Genre Grapevine

On winning the authors’ lottery

Rarely does an author hit the big-time without first toiling in…

The divinely ordained myth of writing contests

Don’t believe that writing contests alone will raise a…

Excuse me for blurbing

Don’t trust the author quotes on books unless that author rarely blurbs. And…

So goes the love-hate relationship between science fiction and Kurt Vonnegut

Why humanity is going to Spock

As more people grow up under constant surveillance, the suppression of…

When failure is the only way forward

The sooner you understand that life is rooted in failure, the…

Playing Like a Girl

Women in early electronic music

In praise of virtual connections

Our interconnected world isn’t the cause of social disengagement, and…

Screaming Toward a Sci-Fi Strange Future

Who will write the next ground-breaking science fiction novel?