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Tag: science fiction
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Review: Kraken Mare
I read yesterday (sort of) even though I didn’t really have the time to read. I’d actually started it the night before, when I was having trouble sleeping, which was a mistake and I had to force myself to put it down after about 3 chapters. Really. I was looking for a book to put…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Honor in an Orwellian World
Written by Sanford Begley Originally published at the Otherwhere Gazette in March 2015 Most SF fans believe in honor. How can you read stories about heroes and not? I think we all believe we are honorable, I know I do. We can’t be certain though, we all fall short of our ideals, all we can…
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Review: Torchship
I really love a world that makes me feel like it really exists. No big info-dumps, you just slide into the story with little hints of what is around you, and you have to figure out what’s going on as you read. The story unfolds and so does a whole new universe. Through the looking-glass…
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Gleanings from a Messy Desk
No matter what else, take time today to stop and smell the flowers. Even if they are digital because it’s February and baby it’s COLD outside! If you have a little time to read, try this collection of my short science fiction works. Peter Grant was kind enough to write a foreword that makes me…
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Review: Trader’s Tales
Since most of the people I know plan to spend today sitting at home recovering from a turkey coma, I have a whole series, not just a book, to recommend for reading in between naps today. What, you can’t binge-read a half-dozen books on your day off? I, um, I’m not going to admit anything……
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Review: Her Brother’s Keeper
Don’t pick this book up and get past the first couple of chapters if it’s late and you’re trying to fall asleep. This is not the book to help you sleep. Mike Kupari’s first stand-alone novel, Her Brother’s Keeper, is a space opera, and it’s a good, solid read. Once you get past the first…
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Jade Star Snippet 5
I have hit a snag with finishing this. I mean, I thought I had finished it, and I sent it to beta readers. In record time – 100% turnaround in 24 hours – I had my answer. Moar! they said. It needs more. So… I’m letting it sit and simmer a bit longer on the…
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Jade Star Snippet 4
The end draws nigh, and I am hoping to have this off to either beta readers or my editor by the end of the week. Not sure about the betas, since I hope to publish this collection – tentatively titled Twisted Mindflow – by the end of September. My First Reader is telling me that…
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Jade Star: Snippet 3
I will snippet for another couple of weeks and then release the collection. I’m not done writing this story, but I do know what the plot arc is, and all I have to do is follow my character through her journey to the end-point, scribbling hasty notes… As always, a snippet is a rough draft,…
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Jade Star: Snippet 2
The second snippet from my WIP. You can find the first one here, from earlier this week. Slow progress, I guess I’m still in vacation mode. Need to get my head straight. Jade Star As I said, though, hard to be angry with them when it was clear they were pleased as anything over their…
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Review: Trial by Fire
I received a copy of this book in an unusual way: Chuck Gannon gave it to my First Reader and I as a wedding gift. He was apologetic about it, saying that he just didn’t have anything else with him to give us. But it is, I want him to know, the perfect symbolic gift…
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Free Story: Girl Talk
One of these days… maybe this coming month, since I have been living at a flat run this last 6-7 weeks, I will compile and publish a collection of short stories and flash fiction. For years I thought I couldn’t write anything longer than a short, so I have probably a dozen rattling around in…