As we touched on just barely during the Subgenre Study, while many people consider urban and contemporary fantasy to be synonymous, they’re not actually. Examples! Story 1 takes place in modern times in a major city. The story is both
General Update and Thoughts on Adaptations
First of all, I want to apologize for missing Thursday’s update. I spent all of Thursday convinced it was Wednesday, and it wasn’t until my to-do app yelled at me about not blogging at about 8 PM that I realized
Genre-Jumping
As an author, you often hear that you should pick a genre and stick with it. Does anyone else find this as impossible as I do? I love speculative fiction. ALL speculative fiction. And, going back to Thursday’s post, it’s
Subgenre Study: Steampunk
Steampunk, like Alternative History (that we talked about last week), is a subgenre that spans science fiction and fantasy but does not truly belong to either. It can often be found mixed with Alternative History as, to quote Wikipedia, “Specifically,
Subgenre Study: Alternative History
My mother recently read Leviathan and Behemoth (books 1 and 2 of the Leviathan Trilogy) by Scott Westerfeld. For those who haven’t read them (and you should) they are kind of an odd mix of steampunk and alternative history. But
Friday Round-up
Space/Science Private Company to put Robot on Moon (For some reason, this sounds like a terrible idea to me. Sounds like a good way to leave trash everywhere and mess up scientific missions.) Last Rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery (video) Recycling
Friday Round-up
Space/Science Nabokov’s Butterfly Theory Proved Correct NASA spots 54 Potential Life-Friendly Planets Scifi/Fantasy io9’s February Scifi/Fantasy Calendar 12 Revolutionary Uprisings in Scifi 10 Greatest Starships of All Time Utopianism in Steampunk February Fantasy Book Releases Free Read: Chenoire by Suzanne
Friday Round-Up
I’m moving the round-up to Friday this month as I’m trying out a new posting schedule. Let me know if you prefer Thursday or Friday. I work on the round-ups all week long, so it doesn’t much matter to me
Happy New Thursday Round-up!
Greetings, friends! Here’s what exciting in the new year thus far: Science/Space Round-up of Space Science Performed in 2010 Titan May Be Capable of Creating DNA Awesome Solar Eclipse Picture (with bonus ISS) Mars Rovers Celebrate 7 Years on the
Thursday Round-up
Science/Space NASA Creates Material Ten Times Darker Than Black Secret Space Plane Pictures NASA Ejects Nanosatellite from a Microsatellite (With bonus spacesail) Dark Matter Galaxies Orbit the Milky Way Total Lunar Eclipse on the Winter Solstice (Mmm, the writer in me likes