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A #podcast dedicated to readers and fans of #SciFi, #Fantasy and #Horror. Every month (and hopefully increasing to every week) we bring you #SpeculativeFiction…
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Leigh Bardugo’s characters are as layered and complex as her worldbuilding. This set of books takes place in Ketterdam, a city of canals, immigrants, mob bosses, gambling, human trafficking, and thieves—the Las Vegas of the Grishaverse. Just like Las Vegas, it’s populated by characters with deep history (baggage). Kaz “Dirty Hands” Brekker has a reputation for getting the job done, no matter how illegal. He does this by scouting out the best talent in the city. Inej was chosen because she was ra Novels, Wicked, History, Las Vegas, Fiction Writer, Fiction, Chosen, Illegal, Talent
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Chosen
Illegal
Talent
Canailles Commit a Wicked Caper
Leigh Bardugo’s characters are as layered and complex as her worldbuilding. This set of books takes place in Ketterdam, a city of canals, immigrants, mob bosses, gambling, human trafficking, and thieves—the Las Vegas of the Grishaverse. Just like Las Vegas, it’s populated by characters with deep history (baggage). Kaz “Dirty Hands” Brekker has a reputation for getting the job done, no matter how illegal. He does this by scouting out the best talent in the city. Inej was chosen because she was ra
Check out the Periodic Table of Storytelling.🙃 Writing Tips, Reading, Writing Prompts, Design, Larp, Writing, Periodic Table, Syntax, Writing Resources
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Writing Resources
The Periodic Table of Storytelling
Check out the Periodic Table of Storytelling.🙃
Check out the Periodic Table of Storytelling.🙃
The Periodic Table of Storytelling
Check out the Periodic Table of Storytelling.🙃
Emma Ellis has converted British isolationism into an eerie, foreboding future. Decades of famine, climate change, and epidemics have driven the population to near extinction. Only Britain has been able to keep its civilization—at a price. They paved over the soil and exterminated all other species to control the serial pandemics. Now they survive on an unmoored concrete and chrome island adrift like a raft on sea while the population survives on artificially-manufactured sterile foods. Science Fiction Books, Sci Fi, British, Sci Fi Books, Civilization, Book Review
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New Dystopian Cli Fi Review
Emma Ellis has converted British isolationism into an eerie, foreboding future. Decades of famine, climate change, and epidemics have driven the population to near extinction. Only Britain has been able to keep its civilization—at a price. They paved over the soil and exterminated all other species to control the serial pandemics. Now they survive on an unmoored concrete and chrome island adrift like a raft on sea while the population survives on artificially-manufactured sterile foods.
There is nothing Irma won’t do to keep her family alive in this harsh, hot world. She's already murdered another family to take their home. When a hurricane churns the waters at the base of their home, and rips off the roof, Irma decides to move her tribe to a mainland so hot they must seek shelter from the sun each morning or die. It is also inhabited by other tribes guarding scarce resources. Irma is more than willing to fight for her tribe, but Lucy is aghast at Irma’s depravity. Tension, Worldbuilding, Mainland, Writer, Survivor
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Worldbuilding
Mainland
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Survivor
New Cli-Fi Review
There is nothing Irma won’t do to keep her family alive in this harsh, hot world. She's already murdered another family to take their home. When a hurricane churns the waters at the base of their home, and rips off the roof, Irma decides to move her tribe to a mainland so hot they must seek shelter from the sun each morning or die. It is also inhabited by other tribes guarding scarce resources. Irma is more than willing to fight for her tribe, but Lucy is aghast at Irma’s depravity.
Good news. First contact with alien life is a microbe that can solve all our energy woes. Bad news. It’s also a deadly disease. Good news. A nearby star system holds the key to using the microbe's energy without succumbing to the disease. Bad news. The astro-biologist is the sole survivor and he can’t remember his name, let alone why he was sent to this star. Good news. A world famous engineer is available to help. Bad news. The engineer doesn’t speak English and is trapped on another ship. English, We Energies, Star System, The Martian, System
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Star System
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All Hail The Hail Mary Project
Good news. First contact with alien life is a microbe that can solve all our energy woes. Bad news. It’s also a deadly disease. Good news. A nearby star system holds the key to using the microbe's energy without succumbing to the disease. Bad news. The astro-biologist is the sole survivor and he can’t remember his name, let alone why he was sent to this star. Good news. A world famous engineer is available to help. Bad news. The engineer doesn’t speak English and is trapped on another ship.
Emma Ellis has converted British isolationism into an eerie, foreboding future. Decades of famine, climate change, and epidemics have driven the population to near extinction. Only Britain has been able to keep its civilization—at a price. They paved over the soil and exterminated all other species to control the serial pandemics. Now they survive on an unmoored concrete and chrome island adrift like a raft on sea while the population survives on artificially-manufactured sterile foods.
New Dystopian Cli Fi Review
Emma Ellis has converted British isolationism into an eerie, foreboding future. Decades of famine, climate change, and epidemics have driven the population to near extinction. Only Britain has been able to keep its civilization—at a price. They paved over the soil and exterminated all other species to control the serial pandemics. Now they survive on an unmoored concrete and chrome island adrift like a raft on sea while the population survives on artificially-manufactured sterile foods.
All of Rayne Hall's books, are easy, clear, and actionable. Feelings, Readers, Subconscious, Language, Emotions
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Two Books Every Writer Needs
Deep POV puts your reader inside your story in the main character’s head—just where they want to be. The technique involves understanding how to fool the subconscious with language to create that engrossing reading experience. The science of euphonics proposes that the sounds used to pronounce words create different emotional responses, and that these responses are predictable. This is one of the most subtle and subconscious ways to manipulate what your reader feels as they read.
I know I'm going to get slammed for this review, but I got to be honest. This one really didn't capture my imagination. I liked the idea of an America littered with our outdated religious beliefs, but I found this book bloodthirsty and rambling. Sorry, Neil. In the end, it felt a little pointless. Maybe that's what Gaiman's saying about religion in the first place. 3/5 stars God, American Gods, Beliefs, Religion, American, America
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American Gods
Beliefs
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America
American Gods not All That
I know I'm going to get slammed for this review, but I got to be honest. This one really didn't capture my imagination. I liked the idea of an America littered with our outdated religious beliefs, but I found this book bloodthirsty and rambling. Sorry, Neil. In the end, it felt a little pointless. Maybe that's what Gaiman's saying about religion in the first place. 3/5 stars
Ellis continues the saga of her unique, prickly heroine and her eclectic cadre of friends. This second book of the duology is faster paced with more twists and turns than the first book in the series, and comes to a surprise ending. (I received an advance copy of this book for review.) See my complete review at link above. Saga, Rafting, Books, Friends, Dialogue, Series
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2nd Book Better than the 1st
Ellis continues the saga of her unique, prickly heroine and her eclectic cadre of friends. This second book of the duology is faster paced with more twists and turns than the first book in the series, and comes to a surprise ending. (I received an advance copy of this book for review.) See my complete review at link above.
The Podcast for fans of SciFi, Fantasy and Horror: Ramping up to Nebula, Hugo, Bram-Stoker awards. Indies. Films in the works. New or bestsellers for May. Excerpt of Paul Tremblay's "A Head Full of Ghosts." Ghosts, Horror, Bram Stoker, Ghost, Fantasy, Podcasts, Nebula
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Ep#10: Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay - Speculative Fiction Picks
The Podcast for fans of SciFi, Fantasy and Horror: Ramping up to Nebula, Hugo, Bram-Stoker awards. Indies. Films in the works. New or bestsellers for May. Excerpt of Paul Tremblay's "A Head Full of Ghosts."
Фото A. Milland, "Showing head-dress of Apache Maidens, 77." 
Источник: John Nelson Glass. American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2893B Бостон. Mай 2016. Skinner. Native American Indians, Indiana, India, American Indians, Ethnographic Art, Native North Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Native Indian, Apache Native American
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American Indians
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Indigenous Peoples
Native Indian
Apache Native American
Фото A. Milland, "Showing head-dress of Apache Maidens, 77." Источник: John Nelson Glass. American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2893B Бостон. Mай 2016. Skinner.
Get your writing unstuck thanks to Jessie Kwak. Science Fiction, Writing Aids, Nonfiction, Author, Picks
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Get your writing unstuck thanks to Jessie Kwak.
SpecFixPix #8: Awards. Star Trek. Star Wars. TV+Movies. Batmobile. Gravitational Waves. "Wow!" More SciFi, Fantasy, Horror news, plus excerpt of "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik. Waves, Films, Star Trek, Gravitational Waves, Movie Tv
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Ep#8: Uprooted by Naomi Novik - Speculative Fiction Picks
SpecFixPix #8: Awards. Star Trek. Star Wars. TV+Movies. Batmobile. Gravitational Waves. "Wow!" More SciFi, Fantasy, Horror news, plus excerpt of "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik.
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books with mind blowing plot twists