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Discussion: Is There a Silver Lining to Piracy?

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lego pirate

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Victoria Stagg Elliott – Book pirates suck but are there times to ignore piracy? I once talked to an author of gay young adult fiction who ignores pirate downloads because she knew that not all gay teens had access to a credit card. Granted, there are other ways for folks with no money to get free books – including contacting the author directly. So my question today: Does piracy, as much as we all hate it, provide a conduit for people, especially gay kids, to find our works that they might otherwise not have? Come … Read more

Time for the First Ad on the Moon?

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Pocari

Most people outside of Asia are unfamiliar with Pocari Sweat, a Japanese sports drink that tastes like Gatorade and resembles, well, sweat. That might change when Pocari Sweat becomes the first product advertised on the surface of the moon. In the latter half of 2016, an American firm devoted to space exploration, Space X, plans to land a rover on the moon. Among the rover’s cargo: a can of Pocari Sweat, which will be left on a lunar plain near a giant crater named Buerg. The goal, as stated by Pocari Sweat, is for a modern-day child to someday become … Read more

Announcement: The Devil’s Science, by Jate Hemms

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The Devil's Science Book 1

QSFer Jate Hemms has a new Sci Fi book out: Thomas was a middle aged man who lived a troubled life of sadness and grief. He tried to maintain his sanity through the worst events life has to offer. Little did he know that fate had something much more in store for him that would change his life. . . and the world forever. This story looks at the complexities of religion against the marvels of advanced technology and the many shades of grey in between. It will challenge the seemingly easy process of determining what is right and wrong … Read more

Wild Cards

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Young Protectors

When I was a kid, I used to imagine that I could fly. I really thought if I just thought about it hard enough, I could leave terra firma and soar into the heavens like Superman, but evidently I didn’t think quite hard enough. Later, I saw the movie Somewhere in Time, where a man surrounds himself with memorabilia from an earlier age and then imagines himself back to that time. I tried that too, but found I couldn’t manage the time travel trick either. All of us have, at one time or another, wished that we had abilities beyond … Read more

Saturday Night Fever Meets Gay Sci-Fi Thriller In Disco Mashup Masterpiece

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Hell's Club

In a galaxy far, far way, there’s a place where disco never died. Also, there are aliens, cyborgs, drug kingpins and hookers — basically New York City in the ’70s. Watch below as the likes of Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Boogie Nights, Night at the Roxbury, Austin Powers, Terminator and so many more are thrown into a blender and poured out as a single-consistency, vaguely gay smoothie. Full Story at Queerty

Announcement: Conviction, by Lissa Kasey

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Conviction

QSFer Lissa Kasey has a new fantasy book out: Kelly Harding has become good friends with Seiran Rou, originally the only male witch to actually train in magic. Now after a couple trying months and several crazy plots to kill Seiran, Kelly suggests a ski vacation to help them all relax—even if Kelly does have to work to keep his taboo crush on Seiran’s brother, Jamie, under wraps. But their getaway becomes a fight for survival when a magic fueled blizzard strands them in the middle of nowhere…with a killer. When visions of a tower and a dying man fueling … Read more

A Straight Fan Wants More Gay Comic Book Heroes

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Catwoman

I am a straight guy and a comic book fan. Exactly the kind of person the studios are worried about upsetting by having LGBTI superheroes. So why am I actually surprised and disappointed there are so few gay heroes in comic books? Firstly, it’s important to recognize that, while there are too few, that doesn’t mean there are none. Some names immediately pop into my head, mostly found in comics by the Big Two publishers; Marvel and DC. There is, for example, Catwoman who – in her latest interpretation – is at least bisexual; but I guess nobody was really … Read more

Announcement: Dagger, by Steven dos Santos

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Dagger

QSFer Steven dos Santos has a new paranormal book out: When Ultimate Evil engulfs the entire world, only Dagger can pierce the Darkness—even if the Apocalypse falls on a school night! Dagger Beaumont is a High School senior who’s been recruited by D.U.S.T. – a covert governmental organization dedicated to battling supernatural terrorism all over the globe. However, Dagger’s unresolved conflict over his missing brother could be his undoing, as he races around the world battling the Dark Reich, a diabolical organization on a quest to possess an ancient artifact and unleash a mystical plague to enslave humanity. If that … Read more

Discussion: Winding it Down

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Typewriter

Today’s topic comes from QSFer Victroria Stagg Elliott: What are the signs for writers and readers that it’s time for a series to end? It’s a great question. As a reader, generally my answer is NEVER! when I’m really enjoying a series. But eventually series do tend to run into the ground. I remember watching the original Melrose place, and you knew it was done when the last possible combination of bed partners among the cast had been played out. As a reader, we all hope that the author has a plan – that they know where this is going, … Read more

Tune Tune Thursday???

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WTF? It is hardly Thursday and I am promoting an out of sequence Tune Tune Tuesday post. Live with it. What Broadway songs have influenced you – or are influencing you now? Does musical theater even matter to you? It does to me. Musical theater was my first introduction to the ‘gay’ world. Oh, yes, theater is gay. Argue how you may to the contrary, theater is gay – especially musical theater. We own the fucking genre! Yes! Think about those lusty sailors in South Pacific: There is Nothing Like a Dame? Right. There is nothing like a dame, except … Read more