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more about #octaviabutler Wyldemusick: The fifth book in the McGill Feighan series by Kevin O'Donnell. PLAINSwas supposed to be almost done back in 1990 or so, and to be released by Tor, b... more » Soon Lee: Top of my wish-list would be the conclusion to Tony Daniel's trilogy that began with "Metaplanetary", continued with "Superluminal", and then his publ... more » ghopkins1138: George Alec Effinger began a fourth Budayeen novel. The first chapter can be found in the collection, "Budayeen Nights." more » bagumpity: Just wait a few years. If the author is still alive, he'll die and his family will either miraculously find a "99% finished manuscript" or find some ... more » Starwatcher: Another tragically incomplete project is Miracle Man, my all-time favorite Alan Moore/Neil Gaiman comics series. Will it ever be completed? I have m... more » Starwatcher: Yeah, the sad thing is, almost all of those writers were/are favorites of mine: Dick, Delany, Lovecraft, Butler and Disch especially. Why is it that ... more » bobert: "The Geography of Dreams", Stephen R. Boyett's sequel to "The Architect of Sleep". It's 23 years now since you published "Architect", SteveBoy - and... more » Dessad: You might as well add George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series--the guy is never going to finish it, thanks to his questionable handling/rev... more » amygdala: Not exactly unfinished novels, but unfinished series: John Barnes has started THREE separate series of books, each including huge plot threads that th... more » Wookie1972: It's not a book, but I would love to see something done (perhaps a graphic novel?) with David Lynch's Ronnie Rocket. I've read the synopsis and it sou... more » Wookie1972: I hate to be mean, but isn't that a little bitchy on Stephen King's part? I mean, he's got more money than God. #books more » Josh Wimmer: Joel Rosenberg (who's best known for his Guardians of the Flame series, which I've never read) (and who is this guy, not this guy) wrote a book called... more » Zidel333: The REAL Book 7 of Dune by Frank Herbert. None of that Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert crap. Sad that this isn't on the list. Travesty really. #books more » njesto: David Gerrold's "Chtorr" series! more » Guang: I was so mad at Robert Jordan for not finishing the last book of the WoT series before he passed. I was reading through the rest of them, timing my re... more » jeremydeananderson000: Robert Anton Wilson said he had a whole trilogy of novels in his head, set somewhere between the Historical Illuminatus Chronicles and Illuminatus! I ... more » Starlionblue: So totally want that 3rd Varley novel. He is one of my absolute favorite authors. But hey, at least I have "Rolling Thunder" on the way (finally in pa... more » Sunshineyness: The Henry James unfinished novel just kills me. Time travel romance is my absolute favorite sci-fi genre and Henry James is one of my favorite writers... more » arosenba: Though more an uncompleted series than an uncompleted novel, my 12-year-old self would love to see sequel to David Palmer's Threshold. Though he's app... more » ceti: How about a 4th age of Middle Earth? Didn't some authors try to imagine and write short stories on the trials and tribulations of the post-war governa... more » -
#unfinishedmasterworks
12 Unfinished SF Novels We Wish We Could Read
Of all the alternate worlds we're dying to visit, the greatest is that mythical room containing every book that was never written. Here are the dozen unfinished novels by science fiction's greatest authors, that we wish we could read.
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#octaviabutler
Octavia Butler's Papers Preserved For Future Generations
Thank goodness the Huntington Library's Curator of Literary Manuscripts, Sue Hodson, recognized Octavia's Butler's brilliance when she first met her. Hodson pursued Butler doggedly, and finally Butler agreed to give her papers to the Huntington after her death. More » -
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Help Send Readers Back In Time With Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler's amazing time-travel novel Kindred will be a graphic novel from Beacon Press - and you can help. More » -
#quoteoftheday
A World Of Universal Empathy Would Make Us Behave Worse, Said Octavia Butler
It's the third anniversary of Octavia Butler's death, and blogger ZeroAtTheBone is linking to some writing about her, as well as her own essays. My favorite is Butler's essay about a world of pure empathy. More » -
#posthumans
Posthumans Go Hollywood! (Maybe.)
Are we finally going to get a posthuman mass culture? With movies like Surrogates and Avatar hitting theaters later this year, it may be now or never.
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#quoteoftheday
Afro Futurist Lit Is Bleaker Than Cyberpunk
In the Afro-futurist fiction of Walter Mosley and Octavia Butler, the heroes are often at the mercy of the system, writes blogger Christopher Bradley. That isn't so much the case for Cyberpunk's outsider heroes, he points out. More » -
