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FOR WRITERS: What if We Can’t Get There Fast?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer John Bellagio: According to Einstein’s theories, superluminal travel is not possible. Do you agree? What implications would this have for society and our future if there’s no easy “escape valve”? And how would it change our colonization of other stars? 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

ANNOUNCEMENT: Leviathan, by Erik Schubach

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QSFer Erik Schubach has a new FF sci fi tale, book one in the Worldship Files: Leviathan. When the Earth is threatened by a slowly expanding sun, mankind embarks upon a mission to send a mammoth Worldship to settle a new planet across the stars. The preternatural races step out of hiding to work with the humans to save what they can from their dying world. With the aid of the Fae, shape shifters, Vampires, and other creatures of supernatural lore, the Worldship, Leviathan, is complete one thousand years later. Lotteries are held and only twelve million souls are selected … Read more

SPACE: Build Your Own Wormhole in Three Easy Steps

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Everybody wants a wormhole. I mean, who wants to bother traveling the long-and-slow routes throughout the universe, taking tens of thousands of years just to reach yet another boring star? Not when you can pop into the nearest wormhole opening, take a short stroll, and end up in some exotic far-flung corner of the universe. There’s a small technical difficulty, though: Wormholes, which are bends in space-time so extreme that a shortcut tunnel forms, are catastrophically unstable. As in, as soon as you send a single photon down the hole, it collapses faster than the speed of light. But a … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Last Run, by J. Scott Coatsworth

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QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new lesbian sci fi book out: The Last Run. Sera is the last runner from Earth, bringing badly needed supplies to the Tharassas Colony across a twenty-five year gulf between the planets. Jas works on a hencha farm to make ends meet, harvesting berries from the semi-sentient plants. Neither one that knows their lives—and worlds—are about to change forever. Get It At Amazon Excerpt Sera fought with the controls of the damaged starship. The Spin Diver bucked as it hit Tharassas’ atmosphere, waves of heat distorting the view. Her namesake spin was off, causing … Read more

FILM: “The Eternals” Will feature Marvels’ First Major Openly Gay Film Character

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Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first openly gay character will appear in “The Eternals.” “He’s married. He’s got a family. And that is just part of who he is,” Feige spilled about the character to “Good Morning America” at the D23 Expo in California. Before the announcement, it was suspected Valkyrie would be the first major LGBTQ character in the MCU in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which opens on Nov. 5, 2021. “The Eternals” will hit theatres on Nov. 6, 2020.  Full Story at the Washington Blade

FOR READERS: Hot Topics

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Lex Chase: Hot Topic Incoming! Books that deal with current issues are a hot commodity. Some readers can’t get enough, to others it feels preachy. Do you feel there should be a more subtle way of addressing issues and not feel like you’re being yelled at? Or is it fine the way it is? Or do you feel there should be a happy medium? 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

REVIEW: Here Comes the Son, by Dahlia Donovan

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Title: Here Comes the Sun Author: Dahlia Donovan Genre: Paranormal Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing Pages: 308 Reviewer: Linda Tonis, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Five Stars When evil stirs in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, heroes come in both ordinary and extraordinary packages. Ignatius Faber knows a few things for absolute certain. He’s half-demon, his father is the unequivocal prince of darkness, and demons want to destroy his city. And if he doesn’t make the first move on his crush, they’re never going to be anything more than a teenage fantasy … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Witchstone Amulet, By Mason Thomas

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QSFer Mason Thomas has a new MM fantasy book out: “The Witchstone Amulet”. Protect it at all costs.  That’s what rugby player Hunter Best’s mother told him before she died. But when Hunter surprises an intruder in his Chicago apartment, he discovers her amulet stolen. Hunter pursues the thief—all the way through a strange vortex. He wakes in a bizarre and violent world, a benighted realm on the threshold of civil war.  The queen has become a ruthless tyrant, punishing any who oppose her, weakening the kingdom’s defenses against the brutal Henerans. To survive, Hunter must depend on the man … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Are You Traditionally Published, Self Pub, or a Hybrid?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Are you self published, traditionally published, or a blend of the two? What do you like or hate about each? Any tips? 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

SPACE: Life on Mars

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Mars may seem barren and inhospitable today, but long ago the Red Planet once looked very different. Once upon a time, Mars was warmer than it is now, and covered in rivers, lakes and seas. There’s no way of saying for sure whether Martians ever existed, experts say. Still, there’s mounting evidence that Mars was not only habitable in theory, but actually home to some kind of extraterrestrial life. It’s even possible that remnants of that life still lurk undiscovered beneath Mars’ surface. Here are six reasons why astrobiologists believe in the possibility of life on Mars.  River Valleys and … Read more