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A Clockwork Orange forty years on – and its parallels to Misfits
As of yesterday, I can strike another film from my “Must watch someday” list, because I finally managed to see A Clockwork Orange. I read the book by Anthony Burgess years ago, but I never saw the film...
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Margaret Atwood does not hate science fiction
At the Guardian, Margaret Atwood talks about science fiction and speculative fiction, utopias and dystopias and how she views her own work. This should hopefully put all of those “Margaret Atwood hates...
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An interview with Cora, the end of the singularity and the popularity of teen...
I don’t have a whole lot to say today, at least not here. But head over to the blog of historical fiction writer J.R. Tomlin where I’m interviewed today and talk about writing and researching...
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A threesome of links and some really depressing books
I hope I’ll have more to say soon, but for now here is a threesome of interesting links: At the Bookview Café, Sherwood Smith discusses the trend towards ever darker and more violent fantasy and...
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Quick Thunderstorm Linkdump
The heatwave of the past few days is in the process of giving way to cooler air, to pretty much everybody’s relief. Unfortunately, hot and cool air colliding means thunderstorms and rather a lot of...
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Doom and gloom predictions, random weirdness and celebrity deaths
First of all, I updated the master list of great German movies available on YouTube. Among other things, I added links to several of the iconic Winnetou adaptions of the mid 1960s, a neat 1970s...
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New Post-Apocalyptic Novelette: The Hybrids
As I’ve hinted at before, I have a story to announce. It’s another foray into science fiction, the genre that still owns my heart. However, instead of the next Shattered Empire story (coming later in...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: January 2014
Welcome to “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”, a new feature on this blog. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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New apocalyptic SF story available: The Iron Border
I did another eight-hour e-book challenge the last weekend in January and here is the result, a somewhat gloomy end of the world tale called The Iron Border. There is some more information about the...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: April 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: May 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: June 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: July 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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Realism and Revolutions in Science Fiction
iO9 has a great article by Esther Inglis-Arkell about ten lessons that fictional dystopias and the revolutions that topple them can learn from real life revolutions. The weak worldbuilding of many...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: September 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for October 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”, this time with a special Halloween edition or rather one that just happens to be published at Halloween. So what is...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for November 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for December 2014
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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Indie Publisher Mega Bundle
I’m a big fan of DriveThruFiction and particularly their bundling option. I already offer several series and theme e-book bundles at DriveThruFiction and also participate in multi-author/publisher...
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for January 2015
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly...
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