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FOR READERS: Queering the World

May 28, 2018 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Victoria Stagg Elliott: A friend of mine was recently at a presentation at his company. They presented data saying that 6% of Baby Boomers identify as LGBT, 12% of Gen X-ers identify as LGBT, and 24% of millennials identify as LGBT. How could that trend form the basis of a really cool sci-fi novel? Or would there be a backlash that could also form the basis of a really cool sci-fi story? Join the chat

FOR READERS: I Want to Live There

May 18, 2018 by scott

FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Which book have you had fantasies about inserting yourself as a character in that book? A world you wish you could experience for real because of characters you just adored or settings you would want to experience for yourself. 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

FOR WRITERS: Changing the World

August 14, 2017 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer MK Mancos: If you could write a book, and everything in just that one book would come true what would you write about? – Would you change history, or the future? Join the chat

For Readers: We’re Not All Americans

February 6, 2016 by scott

Much of the fiction we consume on a daily basis is written from the American perspective, and that includes speculative fiction. But Americans account for a small percentage of the world population. So my question today – what LGBT speculative fiction works have you read that gets out of the American Perspective? 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

Discussion: Countries of the Future

November 18, 2015 by scott

We tend to live firmly in the now – the way things are at the moment is the way most of us assume they always have been, and always will be. But as they say, the only constant is change. A hundred and fifty years ago, the Britisah Empire was ascendant, and the US was a regional power fighting over slavery. The Romans had their time, as did the Greeks, and empires have waxed and waned throughout history. So Let’s fast-forward 100 years – do we still have mostly the same countries on the globe? Which countries no longer exist, … Read more