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Announcement: Lights, by Perie Wolford

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Lights

QSFer Perie Wolford has a new sci fi book out: In the dead darkness of the underwater there were lights. Coming home for summer break, two film school students, Bradley and Tag, decide to shoot a staged UFO encounter video, one that could potentially generate a lot of attention and a lot of clicks on YouTube. Unexpectedly for both of them, during the filming they accidentally discover a real alien presence in the dark waters near their coastal home town. A novel inspired by 1989’s ABYSS and Stephen King’s TOMMYKNOCKERS! Book-trailer: https://youtu.be/X00sPZPgN-k Buy Links Amazon: Click Here Goodreads: Click Here … Read more

Discussion: How Do You Read?

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book review

We’re always talking about writing, and plots, and characters, and genres. Today I thought we’l look at the other end. How about for reading – do you use a kindle or other e reader that lets you read the same book on different devices in different places? Are you still an old-school reader who prefers paper? And where does technology take the book in 5 – 10 – 20 – 50 years? Come join the discussion

Ana’s Spoons: The Monthly QSF FF Takeover

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Star Trek Angel One

Ana has a special topic for us this month: Spaceships. Aliens. Androids, alternative timelines, and answers to problems no one has solved yet. Speculative fiction offers authors a playground to try any number of scenarios impossible in the world as we currently know it. At the same time, this unfamiliar landscape allows freedom to make political statements that might not be permitted in realistic contemporary fiction. Why is it, then, that so much of speculative fiction presents the same dominant power structures of our current society, only dressed up as exciting and new? In past QSF discussions, I’ve asked what … Read more

News: Tyler Posey And Teen Wolf Cast Try To Explain Gay Slang

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OK, a little fun this morning: Gay slang can confuse the most seasoned of us, but imagine if you’re a hetero actor in the cast of a hit series and get quizzed on the red carpet. The cast of Teen Wolf found out at New York Comic Con, when a Logo reporter asked Tyler Posey, Dylan Sprayberry, Cody Christian and series creator Jeff Davis to define simple queer terms like “otter” and “wolf.” We suspect at least one of these guys is just playing dumb. Get More: Logo TV See the Full Story Here

Announcement: Banished Sons of Poseidon, by Andrew J. Peters

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Banished Sons of Poseidon

QSFer Andrew J. Peters has a new fantasy book out: A new fantastical adventure by the author of The Seventh Pleiade. After escaping from a flood that buried the above ground in seawater, a fractured group of boys contend with the way ahead and their trust of an underground race of men who give them shelter. For sixteen-year-old Dam, whose world was toppling before the tragedy, it’s a strange, new second chance. There are wonders in the underworld and a foreign warrior Hanhau who is eager for friendship despite Dam’s dishonorable past. But a rift among his countrymen threatens to … Read more

Announcement: Evolution: Genesis, by Lissa Kasey

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Evolution: Genesis

DSPP author and QSFer Lissa Kasey has a new fantasy/paranormal book out: Evolution made music history when one bandmate turned vampire and another joined the vampire hate movement Preservation Group. Gene is trying to cling to the music as his relationship with Kerstrande begins to spiral into the darkness of hidden demons. Jaded by his years as a vampire flunkie, Kerstrande uses his newly won power over New York City to destroy his enemies and protect Gene. But a demon called a Fallen begins to take control of KC, slowly devouring his soul and through him the entire city. Battling … Read more

Discussion: Will the World End in Fire, or in Ice?

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Today’s topic comes from QSFer Erica Pike: I’d like to talk about the apocalypse/post-apocalypse. It’s a major interest of mine. What kind of post-apoc stories are your favorite? What is your favorite aspect of the stories? The survival? The bad guys? The new society? Do you ever feel guilty for writing it because you’re killing kids off-page? What’s your favorite post-apoc LGBT book? For my part, I’d like to see some happy post apocalyptic books, where things are better after the meltdown. We don’t all have to be Mad Max, do we? Come join the discussion

Article: ‘Heather Has Two Mommies’ Author On The Struggle To Publish Gay Books

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Reaching an audience is never easy, but what do you do when society is working against you? “Libraries were reporting that the book was either stolen or returned with its pages glued shut,” Newman recalled. “There was one library that found the book in the bathroom defecated upon. There were politicians who used the book for their own personal agenda. So all kinds of interesting things were happening during that time.” Full story at HuffPost

News: Pluto Has a Blue Sky and Water Ice, NASA Announces

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Pluto

Pluto has a blue sky, NASA announced today, offering up more information revealed by the New Horizons probe’s visit to the planet last month: Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). The high-altitude haze is thought to be similar in nature to that seen at Saturn’s moon Titan. The source of both hazes likely involves sunlight-initiated chemical reactions of nitrogen and methane, leading to relatively small, soot-like particles (called tholins) that grow as they settle toward the surface. This image was generated by software that combines information … Read more

Interview: Andrew Gordon, Author of Purpose

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Andrew Q. Gordon

Today, Andrew Q. Gordon stops by the QSF blog to answer some of my questions. :) Thanks so much, Andrew, for joining me! JSC: When did you first start writing, and what was your first published work? Andrew Q Gordon: I first started writing stories in junior high school, but it wasn’t until college that I began to write seriously. My creative writing courses were basically required me to complete a short/novella length story in a semester. As much as I reflect fondly on those, none of them have ever been published or will be. JSC: Do you see a … Read more