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WHY I READ FIVE BOOKS AT ONCE
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If you’ve been following my blog, Fantasy Author’s Handbook, or have “friended” me on GoodReads, you’ll have heard me talk about reading five books at once. That may conjure up visions of me sitting in front of five books, open on a desk in font of me as I read them all ( Read more... ) -
Guest Post: Science Fiction is Ridiculous by David Goodberg
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Orson Scott card said the difference between science fiction and fantasy is that fantasy is not real while science fiction can be real. Therefore, he would categorize dragons, ghosts, elves, witches, and carefully drawn out invented societies on distant planets as ( Read more... ) -
How do you define science fiction and fantasy to a newbie?
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I’m currently working on an article that requires that I both define science fiction and fantasy, and that I talk a little about its subgenres and where it is going for people (in this case, Christians) who may or may not be familiar with the genres. I put the question ( Read more... ) -
CONVENTION ETIQUETTE FOR PROS & PANELISTS
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Because I am a huge, gigantic nerd, I have saved all of my badges from every single convention I’ve ever attended, starting with IDECON II from March 14, 1981. I was badge number 8. IDECON was a one-day game convention put on by the games club of a neighboring high ( Read more... ) -
The Way the Future Shouldn’t Be
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Fred Pohl recently won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer (congrats Fred!), mostly for his (relatively) new blog The Way The Future Blogs, which title is a play on his excellent autobiography, The Way The Future Was.
The title of that memoir is, of course, a clever play ( Read more... ) -
IS SCIENCE FICTION BAD FOR US?
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For years now-decades even-there has been an argument in play in political circles in this country that violent action in movies, television, and especially now in video games has a desensitizing effect on children. The “logic” is that if children “witness” thousands of ( Read more... )
