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Posts Tagged ‘sciencefiction’

This post brought to you in conjunction with Phoebe, who is both a YA author and a moon of Saturn.

My name is Sean Wills, and I’m here to convince you to set your next YA science fiction novel somewhere other than Earth! By the time I’m finished, you’ll see the value in choosing an extra-terrestrial planet, moon, orbital colony or generation ship as the setting for your magnum opus. I can see that you’re skeptical, [...] More »

How long do you think it will be before a publisher describes one of their upcoming releases as 'Downton Abbey IN SPACE'?

When it comes to science fiction, I tend to like books that have slightly unusual settings. I don’t mean that I’m completely averse to futuristic cyberpunk megacities where gigantic corporations have turned life into a conformist nightmare, just that I’d be reading a book like that in spite of the setting rather than because of [...] More »

I forgot to put it in the article, but this is the best/worst example of FutureWord overdose I've ever come across.

(Note: This is a repost of something I originally wrote for The Interroblog. It seems particularly suited to the Academy, so I thought I’d repost it to fill in for Phoebe, who is off having grand adventures that you might get to hear about next week. Enjoy!)   SynthSkin. Grav Tubes. Med-Bay. Med-Anything. Vids. PortaComps. [...] More »

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