I’ve been subscribed to ARS Technica for years. They’ve always been light and superficial, and just a bit clickbaity. Lately, I’ve drifted away because the ads were so numerous, I often couldn’t read the post at all. It’s because of sites like theirs that I finally installed an ad blocker. I know, I know…ad blockers […]
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This collection of essays and posts is a couple of years old, but I still found it fascinating to dig into. There’s a lot of stuff collected on this page. If you like imaging the future for yourself, or listening to people who do, then you’ll enjoy this collection. A couple of highlights include the
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A writer friend of mine popped up on Facebook a few days ago, touting a book that his mom wrote and just released. Normally, that would earn a thumbs up from me. But the cover of this book is so amazing, and the description implies the book will deliver on the promise of the cover.
Diplomat’s Apprentice — definitely check this one out! Read More »
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, April 15, 2018 This photo is a bit old now. It’s from the Mars Curiosity rover, in 2018. I only came across it the other day (or, to be precise, re-discovered it). I thought I’d share, even though it’s a pretty ordinary looking photo. The average teenager with a cellphone could
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In 2016, NASA released a collection of posters featuring exoplanets and other stellar destinations, as travel posters. Extremely high resolution, large scale versions of them were available, and as I was pretty hooked by them, a family member who had access to a high resolution plotter and plastic printing sheets, downloaded the files (they’re free),
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The TV series, Foundation, has just finished its second season on Apple TV. I thought everyone who cares about good science fiction would know about the series, but a reader I was conversing with the other day was not aware of it. Because of that conversation, I thought I’d mention the show here. Perhaps Apple
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K-Lytics, a service that researches trends and rankings of all the categories on Amazon, put out their most recent Science Fiction & Fantasy report in July this year. I tend to take notice of K-lytic reports, even though they’re focused exclusively on Amazon, for the trends and comparisons tend to hold true across most of
Add a Bit of Crime & Mystery to Your Science Fiction Read More »
I am absolutely not a futurist, but when you’re immersed in science fiction every day, it’s sometimes hard to stop yourself from making predictions, anyway. I’m currently rebuilding this site on a staging site behind the scenes, and a couple of days ago came across this post: “I Think AI Covers Have A Way To
When I Said AI Art Wouldn’t Be On Book Covers Soon…. Read More »
This just in… 🙂 Literally, the graphic just popped up on the SPSFC site a few minutes ago. Hammer and Crucible is one of seven books out of the original 300 to make it through the finals of the contest. The grand winner of the contest, one of the 7 finalists, will be announced on July 15th.
Hot news: Hammer and Crucible is a Finalist in Hugh Howey’s SPSF Contest! Read More »
I read with interest a post on Medium by Stories Rule Press author Tracy Cooper-Posey, talking about the world’s first AI created magazine cover, by Cosmopolitan. As a science fiction writer, I’m always interested in computer advances and AI is developing at the speed of sound, these days. We already have AI Narrated audiobooks popping
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