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more about #nancykress redqueen: Pretty sure that guy in the illustration likes adverbs. He's clearly smoldering intensely. more » PostMarque: every freakin workshop in the world is scheduled at the worst possible time for my day job. please someone put a high quality workshop on during the ... more » LittleDragon: This really depresses me. I wish that I could have been an author. (she said sadly) more » TotalFanGirl: I am happily sitting her, watching the trees blow furiously outside my window while my child plays noisily behind me and wonder why adverbs are treate... more » tipsymongoose: Where is this vast literary audience that has a problem with adverbs? Like we're going to make our book buying decisions based on how many -ly words t... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Those guys can go to hell. I'm never giving up my adverbs. more » fungol: Can we please get Ted Chiang to write awesome stuff full time already? more » jaylake: That was a fun party... more » Alessar: Arggh. So that's where Cthulhu snuck off to the other day. And who is that woman he's hanging out with? more » ProgHead777: Am I seeing things or is Neil Gaiman fellating his hugo in that one pic? more » PostMarque: oh and Cory Doctorw = kind of hot more » PostMarque: i am so glad that no real magic exist, cause if just the tinest spark of magic was in that room - you know we would all be doomed a very terrifying, h... more » Rasselas: It's a rare writer, genre notwithstanding, who looks cool in candid photos. more » Lassus: Hurm. more » Perhaps Not: Neil Gaiman has only one step to to before he truly achieves literary greatness, and that is being denounced by Harold Bloom. C'mon, Hal. "King John" ... more » Grey_Area: I would have preferred Neal over Neil for the Best Novel, oh well. Congratulations to Everybody! more » Ruthless, If you let me: Does your pass say "Infidel" at the bottom? That would be great. more » Slatz_Grobnik: I'm going to say the analogy is backwards, that childhood is Sci-Fi like. The essence of the SF story is the "What If...," right? So much of that "wha... more » Grey_Area: I'm having a problem with the rash of ageless posthumans of current Space Opera with godlike powers and ineffable motivations. Their vast, cool intel... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: BTW, Charlie Jane, I just finished House of Suns. Freakin' awesome. It left me wanting more, though. It's like a prequel to something so much larger. more » -
#writingworkshops
Learn The Craft Of Novel-Writing From Walter Jon Williams And Nancy Kress
The Taos ToolBox Writers Workshop is taking applications for its "graduate level" writing classes, taught by Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress and guest-instructor Carrie Vaughn. But beware: It sounds like the instruction gets pretty intensive. More » -
#hugoawards
Hugos 2009: The Fashion, The Fervor And The Suspense!
Last night, the 2009 Hugo Awards Ceremony brought together many of the genre's leading lights, and we were there. A few victories surprised us, and a couple of speeches moved us. Here's our gallery of the parties and the glamor. More » -
#rant
Is "Sense Of Wonder" Just A Code For Returning To Childhood?
Science fiction writers and fans clamor for a return to "sense of wonder," marveling at the richness of the universe, and technology's brilliance. But is this another way of saying "returning to childhood"?
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#triviagasm
Our Alien Origins: 21 Panspermia Tales
Planet Earth might be home sweet home, but is it really humanity’s birthplace? We explore science fiction stories where humans come from everywhere but Earth, be it by colonization, alien experiments, or good old-fashioned panspermia. More » -
#crapfuturism
Larry Niven's Iron-Clad Rules For Predicting Future Tech
How can you predict future technologies? You can't, according to five great science fiction authors quoted in the new CIO Magazine. But at least you can predict what types of problems will crop up. -
