All my book series in one blog post!
December 6, 2021
Get two fiction series and one non-fiction series today! … More All my book series in one blog post!
Tag: reviews
Better Than Us is a feminist’s nightmare, but I still loved it.
May 13, 2021
Better Than Us is a American feminist’s nightmare. But the Netflix sci-fi series is Russian, not American, which makes it all the more fascinating. … More Better Than Us is a feminist’s nightmare, but I still loved it.
Fifty book reviews. That’s my ask in a competitive indie world.
February 14, 2021
Your reviews of my books help me reach my writing goals. … More Fifty book reviews. That’s my ask in a competitive indie world.
Netflix’s “Alien Worlds” takes you to planets no one has visited, and likely never will
January 29, 2021
Netflix’s Alien Worlds takes you to planets no one has visited before, and unlikely to ever visit, except in your imagination. … More Netflix’s “Alien Worlds” takes you to planets no one has visited, and likely never will
“The Midnight Sky” is barely a sci-fi movie, but that’s okay
January 2, 2021
Netflix’s “The Midnight Sky” barely qualifies as a science fiction film, but director-star George Clooney’s efforts to build a story about connection and regret overcomes the movie’s shortcomings. … More “The Midnight Sky” is barely a sci-fi movie, but that’s okay
Beta readers needed for The Future History of the Grail
July 25, 2020
I’m now recruiting “beta” readers for all three books in The Future History of the Grail, titled Fall of the Green Land, War for the Green Land, and Return of the Green Land. … More Beta readers needed for The Future History of the Grail
Review: Wilders’ solarpunk world engages despite a problematic protagonist
March 3, 2019
Author Brenda Cooper’s Wilders, the first of a two-book series dubbed “Project Earth,” ticks off all the main boxes for solarpunk. … More Review: Wilders’ solarpunk world engages despite a problematic protagonist
Review: What science teaches writers about storytelling
February 3, 2019
Wired for Story explains storytelling in the context of brain science and human evolution. For me, it clarified some of the truisms of writing, while shedding light on why storytelling matters. … More Review: What science teaches writers about storytelling
Review: Watermelon Snow needs more to reach its ambition
October 27, 2018
Science fiction is more than spaceships, lasers and aliens. Some novels remind us that ordinary academic science can be quite dramatic. … More Review: Watermelon Snow needs more to reach its ambition
Review: Weather Woman is a fantasy about control and illusion
October 2, 2018
How would you like to order up the weather, just like you order a pizza with pineapple, but no anchovies? That’s the fantasy that comes to life for Bronwyn Artair, a weather forecaster for a rural New England TV station in the novel, Weather Woman. … More Review: Weather Woman is a fantasy about control and illusion
Read these 14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies
September 16, 2018
A new sub-genre of science fiction—climate fiction—has taken hold. Read these 14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies. … More Read these 14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies
Heart Spring Mountain is a poetic approach to the emotional consequences of a changing world
July 28, 2018
Author Robin MacArthur shows how to demonstrate climate change’s impact without the necessity of thrilling drama. … More Heart Spring Mountain is a poetic approach to the emotional consequences of a changing world
Nine ways to help you start writing climate fiction today
June 15, 2018
Interested in reading climate fiction? Check out Tales From A Warming Planet. On sale now! Climate change is the new normal. Frequent torrential rains, extended heat waves, and Category 5 hurricanes affect readers more and more often, and writers need to reflect these experiences in their short stories and novels. How do you incorporate long-term, … More Nine ways to help you start writing climate fiction today
Why I miss the old Dr. Smith and Robot in the Netflix Lost In Space reboot.
June 7, 2018
Robot fed Dr. Smith lines that set up the most creative insults ever hurled at a computer. … More Why I miss the old Dr. Smith and Robot in the Netflix Lost In Space reboot.
City of Ice and Dreams is released! Download now.
February 15, 2018
City of Ice and Dreams, the third book in the Tales From A Warming Planet climate fiction series, is now available on Amazon in print and Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and for your iPad. … More City of Ice and Dreams is released! Download now.
Review: New novel tackles sexual assault on campus amid the #MeToo debate
December 8, 2017
Yes Means Yes is at once a seminar on the law concerning sexual assault on campus and the story of a young woman discovering its complexities at a personal level. … More Review: New novel tackles sexual assault on campus amid the #MeToo debate
You’d better start reading Chinese science fiction right now
October 29, 2017
If you want to understand the Chinese mind, read its science fiction. … More You’d better start reading Chinese science fiction right now
Grow or die: What happens when a story’s protagonist doesn’t change?
July 27, 2017
I was hooked by the BBC America television series The Last Kingdom, but the hook is loosening and I may spit it out. … More Grow or die: What happens when a story’s protagonist doesn’t change?
Review: Don’t worry. Everything will be fixed by 2037. Or will it?
July 17, 2017
In the year 2037, all the uber-wealthy will be Canadian. Because they will have all the NiceCoin. … More Review: Don’t worry. Everything will be fixed by 2037. Or will it?
Review: Thank God King Arthur will survive ‘King Arthur’
May 21, 2017
The legends of King Arthur and the Round Table are possibly the most abused of the West’s mythic texts, more than the Greek myths, and certainly more than venerated texts, such as the Bible. It’s amazing they’ve survived almost 1,500 years of telling and retelling by most of Western Europe’s cultures, aristocratic Victorian poets and … More Review: Thank God King Arthur will survive ‘King Arthur’
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