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Kerry Postle, author of The Artist’s Muse
When and why did you begin writing? I’ve always written, mainly articles, but it wasn’t until 2015 that I decided to write my first novel, The Artist’s Muse. I’ve always admired anyone who has finished a novel, as I have started and abandoned so many over the years and recognize the commitment it takes to…
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Roses Bones by Keefe R.D.
Once upon a time, there were mystical roses. There’s an ancient story about Roses Bones; the wooden box of royal treasure that contains with the forbidden knowledge from the hands of archangel, and one of the knowledge tells a tale about the mystical Black Roses that can help to rectify the past. Ever since Cathy…
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The Future in Sci-Fi, Asian Anglophone Fiction, and more…
Why is science fiction so afraid of the future? (The Verge) It’s not just Trek, either: over the past 20 years, mainstream science fiction creators have largely handicapped their work by situating their stories within known timelines. Reboots and prequels dominate the day, from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Alien: Covenant to a reported live-action Jetsons series (no, really). And when creators tell…
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Curses of Scale by S.D. Reeves
Sixteen-year-old Niena wants nothing more than to attend an elite bardic college, but when the dragon that shattered the empire awakens again she finds herself on the run, through the fey realm of Fairhome, to the city where she was born. On her trail are her army veteran grandfather, thrown into a commander’s role he…
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Sci-Fi in Iraq, NaNoWriMo, Making a Living From Books, and more…
Why serious literary fiction like Ishiguro’s is vital in times like these (The Guardian) Eminent publishers predict a long-term decline for the entire industry, as younger people turn to other forms of entertainment. From a personal perspective, such worries feel well-founded: I organise the books events for the Brighton festival, and it’s been interesting to observe…
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The Cypriot Agent by J.R. Rogers
1974 – Charged by the Justice Department and the FBI with espionage and facing arrest in Washington, D.C., the CIA intervenes and allows the Soviets to recall Marina Kovalev known as Brenda Farber, a Soviet mole in order to avoid the embarrassment of revealing to the world that the U.S. had been duped. Now the…
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Trans Sci-Fi, Imagining the Internet, and more…
Why Science-Fiction Writers Couldn’t Imagine the Internet (Slate) Quantum mechanics defies common sense—so much so that Einstein never really accepted it. But as experiments today, from entanglement to quantum teleportation, demonstrate, quantum mechanics does describe the universe at fundamental scales. That’s why science fiction—though it can inspire human imagination, as Stephen Hawking said in the…
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Zena Shapter, author of Towards White
What is the biggest thing that people THINK they know about your subject/genre that isn’t so? I write science fiction and fantasy, and people (who don’t read it) tend to think of it as ‘all spaceships and magic’. It isn’t! Science fiction, for example, can indeed be based on space, time travel or life on…
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Frida R., author of Blossom’s Wine Bar
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing when I was in the fourth grade, mainly because I was too shy to stand up for myself and speak my mind. In the beginning, I was just venting in my diary. Then, I learned about onomatopoeia in class and was given a homework assignment…
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Towards White by Zena Shapter
They know what’s going to happen to you… after you die. Scientists in Iceland think they’ve figured out one of our greatest mysteries – where the electrical energy in our brains goes after we die. According to the laws of physics, one form of energy must always become another form. So the electrical energy in…
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