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Worldbuilding Beyond Fantasy and Science Fiction – How To Write Shop

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No matter what genre or category, one thing riveting books have in common are the worlds the author creates, and the way the imaginary (or real) realms envelop the reader and draw them in to a new reality.

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Worldbuilding Beyond Fantasy and Science Fiction – How To Write Shop

Worldbuilding Beyond Fantasy and Science Fiction – How To Write Shop

Posted on Jan 31, 2011 under sf | Comments are off

No matter what genre or category, one thing riveting books have in common are the worlds the author creates, and the way the imaginary (or real) realms envelop the reader and draw them in to a new reality.

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Worldbuilding Beyond Fantasy and Science Fiction – How To Write Shop

Are we going beyond science fiction? I don't remember seeing this …

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TEchnology is developing at an exponential rate but so too is our acceptance of it and the way in which we adopt it into our daily lives.

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Intentional Science Fiction (Digital Painting) – Brad BlogSpeed

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Intentional Science Fiction (Digital Painting). Dragons. by Brad Goodspeed. As I mentioned in ‘I’m Bad at Math’, there were some errors in my original animation of the video ‘Scale’, so I’ve done my best to clarify and correct them. …

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Intentional Science Fiction (Digital Painting) – Brad BlogSpeed

Intentional Science Fiction (Digital Painting) – Brad BlogSpeed

Posted on Jan 31, 2011 under science, sf | Comments are off

Intentional Science Fiction (Digital Painting). Dragons. by Brad Goodspeed. As I mentioned in ‘I’m Bad at Math’, there were some errors in my original animation of the video ‘Scale’, so I’ve done my best to clarify and correct them. …

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Ten of the Dumbest Things in Science Fiction Film

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I’ve been involved in a few discussions recently where some instances of really dumb things in science fiction movies came up. I’m not talking science here so much (my usual issue to harp on) as just things that are so astoundingly dumb …

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Ten of the Dumbest Things in Science Fiction Film

Ten of the Dumbest Things in Science Fiction Film

Posted on Jan 31, 2011 under science, sf | Comments are off

I’ve been involved in a few discussions recently where some instances of really dumb things in science fiction movies came up. I’m not talking science here so much (my usual issue to harp on) as just things that are so astoundingly dumb …

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Cinema Styles: Why Science Fiction No Longer Appeals to Me

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I have long since touted my love for science fiction on these pages and made clear that it was older sci-fi that appealed to me. In fact, so little modern sci-fi appeals to me that I have begun to wonder if I really love sci-fi at all …

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Cinema Styles: Why Science Fiction No Longer Appeals to Me

Cinema Styles: Why Science Fiction No Longer Appeals to Me

Posted on Jan 31, 2011 under science, sf | Comments are off

I have long since touted my love for science fiction on these pages and made clear that it was older sci-fi that appealed to me. In fact, so little modern sci-fi appeals to me that I have begun to wonder if I really love sci-fi at all …

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Cinema Styles: Why Science Fiction No Longer Appeals to Me

The State of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Urban Steam

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When I was a kid (yeah, I’m feeling like an old fart today), science fiction was Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama, Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War, and Frederick Pohl’s Gateway. Asimov still had his robots running around, …

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The State of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Urban Steam