If you’ve been a denizen of the internet for a while, you are no doubt aware of the existence of webcomics. They are everywhere. They run the gambit from amateur attempts with poor storytelling and art to epic fantasy worlds
Subgenre Study: Hard Science Fiction
Science fiction can be divided into two subsections: hard and soft science fiction. Hard scifi is focused on the actual “science” part of science fiction and is much more interested in maintaining scientific accuracy than other subgenres. Hard science fiction
Get Off My Childhood
I tried to find a version of this that would embed, but alas, I must send you to Youtube instead. What you have here is the trailer for the new Thundercats series that has recently premiered on Cartoon Network. I’m not
Science Fiction and Television
Science fiction and television don’t seem to be getting along very well lately. For every long running series like Doctor Who, there’s a half-dozen series killed before their time, ala Firefly. It’s somewhat understandable. Scifi series cost more to make
Subgenre Study: Cyberpunk
Ah, cyberpunk, the father of all other punks. Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction that became popular in the 1980s. It tends to involve a world where data and computers are ubiquitous, cyborgs are common, and the world has
Subgenre Study: Science Fantasy
This is a tricky one. For one thing, people can’t even agree whether it’s a subgenre or its own genre. And once you reach some sort of consensus on that, getting people to try and agree on a definition –
Short Story Markets
So, I was talking to my friend Anne (of Sky Shark fame) last week about short stories and anthologies and how I thought I would try a few more, and she said, “Wow, you know way more about this than
Subgenre Study: Space Western
I can hear you now saying, “Kit, now you are just making up subgenres.” Am I? Am I? Possibly, but let’s face it. Science fiction and westerns go together like mint and chocolate. Peanut butter and jelly. Cream soda and
Subgenre Study: Space Opera
This week on Subgenre Study we examine the science fiction subgenre of the space opera, a subgenre of adventure that tends to have more in common with most fantasy than other science fiction subgenres. (I managed to get the word
Subgenre Study: Paranormal
This one’s a bit controversial, friends. While I would put paranormal as a subgenre of fantasy, I’ve started to see publishers and agents list it separate, like it’s its own genre. Paranormal tends to involve things that are not quite
