Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Start Wreck & Dock Terhoo

STAR TREK failed utterly as science fiction. Why? Just the transporter or tractor beam technology spawned worlds of implications they never mentioned, let alone pursued or exploited for plots and cool scenes. How about the food maker? Apparently they could … Continue reading

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Lucky Me

Primary voting day; puts me in mind of other votes and their supporting demographics. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, his sequel to The Shining, won this year’s Stoker Award. It is about the little boy Danny’s subsequent life in which … Continue reading

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Science Fiction’s Clenched Fist of Nostalgia Considered As a Gesture of Triumph

A Very Slight Editorial /// Standard thesis: Golden Age science fiction was not written as well as much of today’s but was demonstrably smarter. Survey: With the proviso that there have always been highly literate and artful writers working in … Continue reading

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Extreme Story Alert

What many consider my most extreme story has been published in PARAPHILIA. I wrote “Even Trade” in 2006 and could never find anyone daring enough to publish it. Was even bounced from an anthology that had asked for the raunchiest … Continue reading

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Trial By Science Fiction: A New Metaphor

…A court and trial metaphor, on the other hand, refines this blatant competitiveness while leaving intact the basic predatory context. Lawyers are often called sharks, for example. They speak of eating the other’s lunch and of tearing testimony apart.

Let’s examine some reasons for switching to the trial referent… Continue reading

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