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Stranger Things
Just finished watching Stranger Things on Netflix, and it is fantastic. By now you’ve probably heard that it is a nostalgic throwback to 1980’s cinema, and you’ve probably heard people name-drop Steven...
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Speaking of the 1980’s. . .
How many of you remember the Tobe Hooper film, Lifeforce, from 1985? It’s probably the only piece of genre pop-culture from the 80’s that Stranger Things didn’t pay homage to— possibly due to the...
View ArticleAnd this makes me happy.
If you follow me at all, you know I’ve been at this for quite a while now. I’ve written about my first novel, Forests of the Night a couple of times now, but in both cases I talk more about the story...
View ArticlePointing at a problem is not the same as identifying it
Late to this party, but apparently science fiction publishing has a major race problem. The study does the requisite bean counting and discovers, as if it was some sort of surprise, that black authors...
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So I have a fan theory
So I noticed that the movie Zootopia is on Netflix now, and it reminded me of a little fan theory I developed back when I saw the movie in theatres. If you’ve seen it, you may have noticed something...
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A Thought About Lovecraft
If you were to pick out who is the most “problematic” character in the SF/Fantasy canon, H.P.Lovecraft has got to be near the top of the list. He is probably one of the most influential voices in the...
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Concoction
I’m going to be at the Cleveland Concoction convention this coming weekend from March 10th through the 12th. If you’re in the area, directions are here. You can find the overall schedule here, as for...
View ArticleLounging About
I just want to let people know about my continued effort to integrate myself into the social media landscape (or other buzzwords to that effect) I have launched myself a Facebook group called Swann’s...
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How to make me feel old.
So far my Facebook group, Swann’s Lounge, seems to be a success. But it comes at a price. On one of the more popular threads people are listing “obscure” SF/F titles. There’s a lot of good stuff in...
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Discovery
Well, I got a chance to see the first two episodes of the new Star Trek and here are my thoughts: If you obsess about canon, this series will trigger you hard. There is no way you can sensibly...
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Zombies, Steampunk & Time-Travel, Oh My…
Guess who’s got a new book out. On January 15th, my new novel Marked will officially hit the shelves. DAW’s given it a nice trade paperback treatment, with a kick-ass cover by Chris Gibbs. And yes,...
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Today’s the Day
Get it here. Today is the release date for my genre mash-up novel Marked. (You can now get it on Amazon.) Follow Detective Dana Rohan as she slips into alternate pasts and futures and faces the...
View ArticleWhat the Punk?
So a few days ago Slate published an article in what has become a distressingly common subgenre we could call “People are writing SF wrong! Here’s what we must do to fix it!” It seems to have been...
View ArticleMe Out on the Web
Now that Marked has come out, I’ve been doing some e-mail interviews with blogs out there on the Interwebs. Today one of my interviews has appeared on Paul Semel’s blog. I get to talk about Marked,...
View ArticleVandalizing the Marketplace of Ideas
Everyone who’s been paying attention and has mere than a passing affection for freedom of speech knows that Internet culture is getting out of hand. Especially at times, it seems, in the little corner...
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