Just why are these writers shunned? Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, John Howell writes at galacticbrain.com, sometimes attacked by their own. He quotes Margaret…Continue readingWhat’s wrong with SF authors?
Vending machines for short stories(Photo: AFP) It is now possible to read stories that can be consumed in however much time you’ve got to kill. The ‘three minute’ format, for…Continue readingFree stories?
After my mother finished reading Heidi to me, I wanted her to start all over again. When she said no, I picked the book up and taught myself to…Continue readingYour first book?
The Greatest Spies In Pop Culture In fiction — as well as the real world — spies are everywhere. At io9, Katharine Trendacosta and Meredith Woerner picked 50 out of…Continue readingWho’s your favorite spy?
Writing for the future Margaret Atwood has just been named as the first contributor to an astonishing new public artwork, The Future Library project, Alison Flood reports at The Guardian.…Continue readingIn 100 years…
A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia – Photo by Asher Svidensky The Kazakhs of the Altai mountain range in western Mongolia are the only people that hunt with golden eagles,…Continue readingShe hunts with eagles
This was part of the inspiration for the mountain temple in my “Embers of Heaven”, so in one sense, I’ve been here before… uqpu.net imgur.com At the base of a…Continue readingWorld’s Scariest Trail?
Some books are slightly more ‘guilty pleasure’ than ‘classic literature’, Buzzfeed says, and offers 30 examples. Well, a lot more actually since so many of them are series. The Princess…Continue readingCan ‘Guilty Pleasure’ books be awesome?