FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: What kinds of governments have you written for your fantasy and sci fi? How are they different from what we have today? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat
QSFer Michael G. Williams has a new gay sci fi book out: A Fall in Autumn. WELCOME TO THE LAST OF THE GREAT FLYING CITIES It’s 9172, YE (Year of the Empire), and the future has forgotten its past. Soaring miles over the Earth, Autumn, the sole surviving flying city, is filled to the brim with the manifold forms of humankind: from Human Plus “floor models” to the oppressed and disfranchised underclasses doing their dirty work and every imaginable variation between. Valerius Bakhoum is a washed-up private eye and street hustler scraping by in Autumn. Late on his rent, fetishized … Read more
QSFer M.D. Neu has a new queer sci fi book out – “Contact” – book one in his “A New World” series. And there’s a giveaway! A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to seven billion people—with all manner of faiths, beliefs, and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding—who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world … Read more
Jacqueline Rohrbach has a new MM sci fi book out: Parallel Larry. And there’s a giveaway! Larry’s search for love didn’t include Greg, his regular waiter at his favorite restaurant. Always too busy daydreaming about a handsome doctor, Larry fails to notice Greg’s shy advances. But when Greg finally finds the courage to ask Larry out, he’s suddenly killed in a freak car accident. Only then does Larry realize how perfect they could have been together. No one gets a second shot at true love. Or do they? Inexplicably, Larry is drawn into a parallel reality, and in this new … Read more
QSFer R.R Campbell has a new FF sci fi book out: Imminent Dawn. Art-school dropout Chandra would do anything to apologize for her role in her wife’s coma—including enroll in the first round of human trials for an internet-access brain implant. At first, the secretive research compound is paradise, the perfect place to distract Chandra from her grief. But as she soon learns, the facility is more prison than resort, with its doctors, support staff, and her fellow patients all bent on hatching plots of their own, no matter how invested they might seem in helping her communicate with her … Read more
QSFer R.R. Angell has a new gay sci fi short out: In The Space of Nine Lives. A pilot on an interstellar colony ship has a conflict between choice and destiny. Originally published in Asimov’s SF magazine, this story is about a boy and his boyfriend on an interstellar colony ship and how love can shape the direction of a life and a civilization. ebook and print. Get It On Amazon Excerpt “Pilot?” Tom called as he ran. Past the galley, the door to Pilot’s sim chamber was open. Tom ducked inside, feeling the empty chamber pushing him gently away. … Read more
Come one, come all and behold the future of space travel: steam power! No, seriously; half a century after the world’s first manned space mission, it seems that interplanetary travel has finally entered the steam age. Scientists at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have teamed up with Honeybee Robotics, a private space and mining tech company based in California, to develop a small, steam-powered spacecraft capable of sucking its fuel right out of the asteroids, planets and moons it’s exploring. By continuously turning extraterrestrial water into steam, this microwave-sized lander could, theoretically, power itself on an indefinite number of … Read more
FOR READERS/WRITERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Many of us grew up with an appreciation for the Golden Age sci fi greats – Asimov, Clarke, Silverberg, Bradbury, Clement, and many more. But they were a product of their time, and in retrospect much of their work would be very different if it were written today. So pick one of your favorite Golden Age sci fi stories and tell us how you would like to see it queered up for today’s readers. For fun, here are some great homoerotic Golden Age pulp covers. Join the chat
QSFer Nora Phoenix has a new MMM sci fi romance out: Ignite. The United States has split into three countries, and in the Conservative United States, being gay will get you sent to a reintegration camp. Tan has survived three years in camp, but he’s at the limit of what he can endure, even with the help of his best friend, Austin. When a massive meteor shower creates complete chaos at the camp, Austin and Tan see a chance to escape and they take it. On a whim, they decide to bring Mack with them, a newbie at camp who seems to … Read more
“Now Apocalypse,” Starz’s newest comedy series, dropped the first trailer for its debut season which features a steamy moment between Tyler Posey and Avan Jogia. Deadline reports that the 10-episode season will tell the story of friends Ulysses (Jogia), Carly (Kelli Berglund), Ford (Beau Mirchoff) and Severine (Roxane Mesquida) as they try to figure out life and love in Los Angeles. As Ulysses struggles with his daytime drama he also encounters strange dreams that he can’t shake. In the trailer, there is a clip of Ulysses having a passionate encounter with Gabriel (Posey), who he meets on a dating app. Mariah … Read more