Saturday, June 22, would have been Octavia Butler's 77th birthday (the acclaimed writer died from a fall at age 58 in 2004). Artist Alison Saar has now created a collectible handcrafted edition of Butler's classic, genre-defying 1979 novel, "Kindred," in collaboration with publisher Arion Press. She and Arion creative director Blake Riley spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about the process of creating the book, which includes 14 original linocuts and is made from a type of paper that Saar says, “looks like cotton that still has some seed and stem in it, the kind of leftover, rougher cotton that enslaved people would be allowed to keep to make their own clothes.”
A one-day #sciencefiction convention in Perth – a chance to talk about #books, #games, #films etc. with an emphasis on #Scottish writers. Guest of honour Francesca Barbini, founder of Luna Press
The Wizard's Scion centers on the life of a great wizard's son as he grows from a teen with barely any control over his magic to a powerful wizard that's master of arcane secrets all his own. Follow his adventures as he grows to maturity, both in magic and in life experience.
Levi mourns the recent loss of his parents, but old enemies of his father refuse to give him the time to grieve.
A deposed price with a time machine seeks the throne of a vast, star-spanning empire, scouring history for allies to strike at Levi's father in the past, when he's vulnerable.
Born of human heart and mind,
The Gods thought man blind:
Science stole man’s heart,
Forcing Gods to depart.
A refuge built, a new home made,
Which man did invade!
The Four Horsemen rise,
For man’s action wasn’t wise!
The Gods may be forgotten,
But a war has man begotten!
Pick up your free copy of Troll Song with the code 'P6YFQ' at the Smashwords store!
Troll Song is the story of a teenage troll that touches the mind of a dwarf, coming to realize her family is evil. Follow her journey from darkness to light as her sister continually chases her, for the sake of revenge!
When a plague wipes out most of the world’s male population and civilization crumbles, women struggle to build an agrarian community in the English countryside.
Once There Were Humans: Surrealism & Post-Anthropocentrism in Contemporary Fiction
18 June, free online
Climate fiction has seen a sharp increase on bookshelves worldwide, balancing topics of #sciencefiction and anthropogenic utopian & dystopian visions. In this talk, Leonie Jungen will discuss visions of the post- #Anthropocene, gender violence, & climate activism in contemporary fiction
I'm trying to read This Is How You Lose The Time War, but I'm struggling to understand what is going on, and I'm not sure if it gets better. It feels like a dense read. I heard so much about it, but perhaps I'm too impatient?
I'm rewatching Space 1999 and I cannot believe the massive drop in quality between Season1 and Season 2. In every respects, stories, character development (or lack thereof), set design, costumes, soundtrack. Unbelievable. #SciencFiction#Scifi#AllStarTrek@allstartrek What a waste.
“[Milne’s] cryogenics story, ‘Ten Thousand Years in Ice’, in which a survivor from an ancient advanced civilisation is revived in the present, unintentionally became one of science fiction’s great literary hoaxes”
Robert Duncan Milne (1844–1899) was born #OTD, 7 June, in Cupar, Fife. He emigrated to the USA & became America’s first full-time writer of #sciencefiction
Originally published in THE ARGONAUT in 1883, Milne’s “A New Palingenesis” is, like #Frankenstein, a secular version of the resurrection myth. Adapted in 2022 in comic-book form, it’s available to download for free from Dundee University
Robert Duncan Milne’s short story “Ten Thousand Years in Ice” – published in ARGONAUT STORIES (San Francisco: Payot, Upham & Co., 1906) – is online via @gutenberg_org
If that’s whetted your appetite, a new critical edition of Robert Duncan Milne’s work, edited by Keith Williams & Ari Brin & with a foreword by Ken MacLeod, is due to be published in January 2025 by Bloomsbury