Category: science fiction
Interview with the founders of io9
On January 16, 2018 by LuciusAnnalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders on 10 years of io9. Annalee: We wanted to have a vision of the future for our readers that wasn’t completely silly but that wasn’t hopeless and dystopian. And again, part of covering science was very important to that because it was about how our stories could actually infect
Interactive map of every Quantum Leap series jump
On January 6, 2018 by LuciusJosh Jones mapped out every leap from every episode of the classic sci-fi show Quantum Leap. Jump with Dr. Sam Beckett and his hologram pal Al all over the world again as he tries to find his way back to his own home, his own time, and his own body. Each map marker includes a
Podcast: The Man Who Sold the Moon
On January 3, 2018 by LuciusAfter a two year hiatus, I’ve restarted my podcast! It’s my New Year’s resolution. Here’s part one of my reading (MP3) of The Man Who Sold the Moon, my award-winning novella first published in 2015’s Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer. It’s my Burning Man/maker/first
Saga Volume 8: the best space opera in comics tackles abortion, gender identity, and vengeance
On January 2, 2018 by LuciusBy Cory Doctorow Saga is the best space opera in comics, a masterpiece of serial storytelling from Fiona Staples and Brian K Vaughan, whose character designs — a cross between Vaughn Bode and the Mos Eisley Cantina — and fearless war-scenes combine with masterful cliff-hanger storytelling to weave a tale that hurts even as it
How to get a signed, personalized copy of any of my books, shipped anywhere in the world!
On November 25, 2017 by LuciusThe kind folks at Dark Delicacies, my local specialist horror bookstore here in beautiful Burbank, California have volunteered to fill orders for my novels; since they’re walking distance from my front door, I’ll be popping in there a couple of times every week between now and Xmas to sign and inscribe any orders you
Naomi Alderman’s “The Power”: in which fierce power of women is awoken
On October 10, 2017 by LuciusBy Cory Doctorow Naomi Alderman’s prizewinning UK bestseller The Power comes to the US and Canada today, and you should just go read it right now. In The Power, a day dawns, not so long from now, in which every 15-year-old girl finds herself with the power to deal out electric
Sourdough: a delicious story about nerdism and the flesh, by Robin “Mr Penumbra” Sloan
On September 5, 2017 by LuciusBy Cory Doctorow Robin Sloan’s 2012 novel, Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, was as strong a debut as you could ask for, an instant geek classic of bibliophilia, magic and technology; now, with today’s release of Sourdough, Sloan returns to the alienated, quirkily funny and brilliant lives of technology workers, in a tale of food, the
Party Discipline: a novella set in the world of Walkaway
On August 30, 2017 by LuciusBy Cory Doctorow I wrote the novella Party Discipline while I was on my grueling US/Canada/UK tour for my novel Walkaway, last spring. Today, Tor.com publishes the tale, in which two seniors at Burbank High confront their uncertain future by planning a “Communist party” in which they take over a defunct factory and start it
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