Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: What sci fi, fantasy, paranormal or horror tropes do you LOVE? Extra points for LGBTIQA speculative fiction ones. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amelia Faulkner: How Science Fiction used to be a risk-taking progressive genre, and now it’s become a relatively conservative one…. Hmmm… we could go a number of directions here. Has sci fi lost its tech mojo because we have become such a tech heavy society? You know, all those things that used to seem so whiz-bang that we now carry around on our wrists and in our pockets? Has sci fi become less daring in holding a mirror up to our society? Witness the sad puppies and their attempt to pull us back to … Read more
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Thea Strange: Where do you draw the line/think the line is between Urban Fantasy and Paranormal? It’s a great question. They share some of the same elements – magic, bending the rules of the universe. And while it’s generally fairly easy to tell if something is Grand Fantasy – look for castles, 1000+ pages and an other-worldly setting – it gets a bit more dicey when we get into urban fantasy territosy. So where do you draw the line? Or do we even need one? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are … Read more
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Who are your favorite protagonists, both “serious” and “guilty pleasures?” Tell us your dirty/not-so-dirty secrets. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
We all actually know what these are. We just forget what they’re called, because really, how often does this come up in conversation? So while an epigraph can be the inscription on a monument, for writing purposes, an epigraph is a quote from another author that one finds at the beginning of a chapter, story section or work. You find them at the beginning of Frank Herbert chapters, at the beginning of T.S. Eliot poems, at the start of Stephen King novels. Depending on the author, they can serve different purposes. They can set tone. They can anticipate or illuminate … Read more
It’s the US presidential election (for nearly another 5 months god help us), but do you like to read books with a political angle? This can be other planetary or inter-pack or species. Does the backstabbing double dealing of Washington or Alderon get you hot and sweaty or make you want to blow up a planet? Any great stories with strong political themes that you’ve loved? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Brian Cherry: How about a discussion on LGBTIQA characters in sci fi media spin offs, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, the old White Wolf World of Darkness novels etc? Which series or movies would you like to see re-made or spin off, with LGBTIQA characters? What would you call it? And who would you cast? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Bookstores/Libraries: As avid readers/authors I think we all have an innate love of bookstores, but do the bookstores in your neighborhood (city/state/country) cater to your LGBT tastes? Do you have a fair selection of books you can flip through? Do you spend less time in bookstores now what you can easily purchase e-books that fit exactly what you are looking for? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: What was the last paper book in speculative fiction you read? Last e-book? What percentage of your reads are paper vs e-book? And which do you prefer? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
