scifistandpoint.wordpress.com - 3/1/2009
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I’ve made comments in the past about the limitations of the short story format, and one thing I mentioned was the lack of room for any serious character development. Well, I have just had the experience of being proven wrong, because I’ve just read Trinity and Other Stories, an ...
Pseudopod 112: Periods
pseudopod.org 10/17/2008 — By Florence Ann Marlowe
Read by Damaris Mannering
“It’s going on three weeks, now.”
“Mmm-hmmm. And there’s no chance of you being pregnant?”
“Oh, no!” Nancy shook her head. “I ...
50 Free Fantastic Fictions For Friday
sfsignal.com 5/22/2009 — More free speculative fiction goodness (mostly) from the amazing resource Free Speculative Fiction Online . Lots of great authors here. Some of them are making repeat appearances here, but so what? Read 'em again! Kage Baker: " Speed, Speed the Cable ...
Short Story Review: The Sandkings by George R.R. Martin
threetreesstudios.com 6/24/2009 — One of the creepiest and yet most interesting science fiction stories I have ever read is “The Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin. This is the story of Kress a man who loves exotic pets but finally finds some that are just a little to exotic for him.
The story begins with Kress ...
Steal Across the Sky: Nancy Kress: Books
amazon.com 2/16/2009 — “Probability Space offers the pleasures, delivered, with all Kress’s unfailing intelligence and skill, of lovers united (though not without the possibility of future heartbreak), villains defeated (though other villains remain available and willing), ...
Kress can do better than Crucible
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com 2/8/2009 — I said in my review for Crossfire that (to paraphrase myself) it wasn’t the best Nancy Kress was capable of, but that it was still within the realm of worthwhile reading; and that its weaknesses were offset by its strong and well-developed characters. Its sequel Crucible (2004), however, ...
2009 Hugo Best Novella Spotlight
tor.com 8/3/2009 — The nominees for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novella are:
* “The Political Prisoner” by Charles Coleman Finlay ( F&SF Aug 2008)
* “The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress ( Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008)
* “The Tear” by Ian McDonald ( Galactic ...
On July 20th, 1969...by Nancy Kress
tor.com 7/24/2009 —
The Apollo 11 moon landing had a profound but delayed effect on me.
The “delayed” part was because I missed the whole thing. The afternoon and evening of July 20, 1969, I was at my summer-while-in-college job, which was waitressing in a ...
Audio Fiction, Comics and More.
freesciencefantasy.blogspot.com 11/20/2008 — A very quiet day for e-fiction so far, but a little good audio-fiction to compensate. Audio Fiction StarShipSofa has another fantastic episode, number 51 of Aural Delights up featuring: Poem: "Fading Signals" by Mikal Trimm. Flash Fiction: "The ...
Aural Delights No 97 Nancy Kress
starshipsofa.com 8/27/2009 — (http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/lightfoot-art/SSSAD97fine-1.jpg)
Art: Alllie
Poetry: Half-Way Home by G.O Clark (http://my.att.net/p/PWP-goclark) 02:30
Fact: FilmTalk by Rod Barnett (http://pitofrod.blogspot.com/) 32:25
Main Fiction: ...