Science Fiction
Space for Rent: The Allure of Retrofuturism
Tweet of the Day: This Road…It Leads to Nowhere! ——- What is it about visions of future’s past that entices us so? From Cyberpunk to Clockwork-Punk, science fiction is plunging back though its own history in full revival mode. You can’t get any more postmodern than that! The aesthetics of each of these sub-genres has [...]
Mass Effect 3: A New Cycle
Tweet of the Day: Scotland the Brave Part Two: The Painted Ones ——– Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 ——– The final chapter in my Mass Effect 3 ending fic. Thank you all for your comments and support. If this happens to be the first fic you see/read, please follow [...]
Mass Effect 3: Memories
Tweet of the Day: a character can live a lie, an author can’t ——- Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 ——- This is Part 4 of my Mass Effect 3 ending fic. Follow the links above for part 1-3. ——- One hundred solar years after the Battle of Earth ——- Dr. Liara T’Soni, [...]
Mass Effect 3: Aftermath
Tweet of the Day: I’m A Writer and I Cry A Lot —— Part 2 of my Mass Effect 3 ending/fix fic. Part 1 —— Three weeks after the Battle of Earth. —— Faint voices broke through the darkness. “Liara, he is awake,” said one. The last time I heard that voice I come back [...]
Mass Effect 3: The Last
Tweet of the Day: A to Z Challenge: Used Future ——— After three games and hundreds of hours of game play, I arrived at the end of the Mass Effect trilogy and found myself…. Confused…. Angry…. Disappointed… So I did the one thing I hate to do when it comes to fan fiction, write a [...]
Mass Effect 3: Conversations DLC
Tweet of the Day: Book Review: Let the Right One In ——- (SPOILERS OF THE MASS EFFECT SERIES) This is the last of the “bridging” stories/DLCs (Downloadable Content) ——- Normandy SR-2, Port Observation Deck, Space Dock 1, Arcturus Station Ash took another sip from her glass. A synth heavy pop song from Illumiun played in [...]
Sci-Fi: Hardening Sci-Fi without turning it into a fossil
Tweet of the Day: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World-Colossus of Rhodes ——- Sci-fi is all the rage these days. Made a sneaky comeback (or not) with Star Trek: NextGen and grew in popularity during the 90s until today. However, it is, by enlarge, on the soft side of the scale (downright mushy if you [...]
Writer’s Challenge: Interview With A Character
Tweet of the Day: Fake It Until You Make It ——– As promised, this is my entry into this month Writer’s Challenge: Interview With A Character. A recap on the rules for those joining us as this late hour: One-thousand words or less. Interview one character per post Write a small paragraph (50 words or [...]
Sci-Fi: The Setting is the Thing
Tweet of the Day: Don’t Write the Bland and Boring ——– A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away….. In fiction, setting includes the time, location, and everything in which a story takes place, and initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story. Setting has been referred to as story world [1] [...]
Sunday Tweets: Science Fiction as a Genre
Tweet of the Day: Why Science Fiction May Not Be A Genre ——– I found the post linked to above as a well executed and fascinating read on science fiction in general. The thrust of the post revolved around science fiction as a genre. It incorporates over one-hundred and fifty years of works, in book, [...]
