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Announcement: Opposites, by TM Smith

QSFer TM Smith has a new sci fi book out: In the year 2081, our planet survived global warming on an apocalyptic scale. When the dust settled and the water receded, Dr. Anthony Smith, one of only a few hundred survivors of GWI, started society anew. Having come to the conclusion that injudicious breeding played a huge role in the destruction of Earth as we knew it in the twenty first century, he worked closely with other survivors to isolate the Dionysus gene: the gene has the ability to manipulate human DNA to ensure that all male children be born … Read more

Announcement: Spliced Series

QSFer Jambrea Jo Jones has a new sci fi/shifter book out that’s part of the four book series Spliced: When scientists mess with the most primitive elements of a man’s core, the results are bound to be explosive. Four book series, four authors. Sharkorilla (Spliced #1) – Sarah Masters Mason has been tasked with the job of helping his fellow shifters escape from the compound. Two techs need his help to ensure the breakout goes smoothly. One of those techs, Brennan, has a thing for Mason—and Mason has a thing for Brennan too. Once Mason and his three friends are … Read more

Announcement: Servant or Slave, by Dusk Peterson

Servant or Slave

QSFer Dusk Peterson has a new alternate history book out: Is service a privilege or a chain? Two young men face this question. Both live in the Dozen Landsteads, where life centers on the nation’s Bay. One young man lives at the beginning of the twentieth century, the other in the sixteenth century. Both youths possess masters. But do the masters have their best interests at heart? “Servant or Slave” presents twin tales of love, faithfulness, and responsibility. It can be read on its own or as a side story in Waterman, a speculative fiction series set in an alternative … Read more

Announcement: Avanti Chronicles: Once Upon an Ocania, by Hannah Walker

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QSFer Hannah Walker has a new sci fi book out: After their trip to Berinias is delayed, thoughts turn to both love and the future. Ocania, a day of love for mated pairs, gives the men a treasured day off. But with love in the air, all the Avanti seem to feel the pull, pushing some to go after those they want and try to fulfil their hearts desire. May your journey be swift and uneventful, may you all get one step closer to your truemates and may good triumph over evil. Remember love conquers all. This short falls just … Read more

Announcement: Beside a Black Tarn (Brimstone 4), by Angel Martinez

Beside a Black Tarn

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new sci fi book out: When Shax stumbles across rumors of an experimental house that responds to the occupant’s brain functions, creating scenarios to please and delight, naturally he wants to steal it. But with the return of a troubled and hunted Julian Parallax and an overabundance of Poe references, even Shax’s scheming may not be enough to get the Brimstone crew out alive this time. Book Four in the Brimstone Series Excerpt Forked lightning stabbed the sky, misfiring neural dendrites from some angry god with a migraine. Wind whistled and groaned through the rattling … Read more

For Writers: The Future of Religion

A bit of a hot topic today – is there religion in your future? Sci fi has a long and sketchy history of dealing with religion. In many stories of the future, religion fades away in the face of reason. In others, it becomes a driving force. And yes, sometimes Sci Fi writers even create their own religions. And we all know how that ends. So my questions today: As a writer, do you include religion in your sci fi, and if so, what’s it like in the future? Will our current religions continue to predominate, will they fade away, … Read more

Announcement: Scardust, by Suzanne Van Rooyen

QSFer Suzanne Van Rooyen has a new sci fi book out: Raleigh Williams made a promise to his brother before he died, that he’d scatter his ashes on Mars. Desperate to leave a life of bad memories behind and start over in the Martian colony, Raleigh fully intends to keep that promise. But his plans are thwarted when a meteor near-misses him in the desert, and Raleigh finds in its crater not debris or even a spacecraft, but a man covered in swirling scars and with no memory of who he is. At least he looks like a man—a man … Read more

News: Planet Poltergeist

The International Astronomical Union has announced the names of a slew of exoplanets and stars as chosen by worldwide public ballot. Enter exoplanet Poltergeist, as nominated by an Italian group. Also new to the nomenclature galaxy is the star Cervantes (Spain) and the exoplanet Galileo (Netherlands). The IAU writes: The votes are in — the names of 19 ExoWorlds (14 stars and 31 exoplanets orbiting them) have been chosen by public vote in the NameExoWorlds contest, and accepted by the IAU. Reflecting the truly international interest in astronomy, over half a million votes from 182 countries and territories contributed to … Read more

For Writers: Biodiversity

A recent report showed that we’ve lost almost half of the animals on earth over the last fifty or so years. There have also been numerous reports about bee population declines, and the ramifications this could have for our food supplies. So my questions for the day: In the future, will we have to bioengineer our own biodiversity? And what would that look like? Join the chat