Gordon Van Gelder wrote a post describing F&SF’s foray into free science fiction. He describes their policies then offers a survey to determine views towards online free science fiction. Most of the comments are from customers, not authors. So I’ll offer my 2 cents. The reason I publish my time travel stories online is that [...]
Entries from August 2008
Free Science Fiction Pays for Itself
August 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Why are scifi authors so pessimistic about the future?
August 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments
A common theme in many of today’s scifi stories is one of desolation, typically a planet ruined by human activity, or a population which cannot be properly fed or sustained. Where is the creative thinking which gave birth to our precious genre? Where are the hero scientists who learn to feed a million people per [...]
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