Tag: books
group name: scifi
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November 02, 2007 01:23 PM EDT --
Ebooks have been around for a long time. Publishers have complained that they don’t sell well. Readers have complained about things like DRM (Digital Rights Management) that keep ebooks on a distributor’s . . .
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August 08, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
COMMENT ON THIS EXCERPT AND YOU WILL BE ENTERED IN DRAWING TO RECEIVE 1 of 50 COPIES OF QUANTICO TO READ BEFORE THE LIVE CHAT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 at 7pm ET!
FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia . . .
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July 06, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
I never really thought too much about book covers until I started sitting on the other side of the desk. They seem to be one of those things you take for granted. We all like to think that . . .
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October 04, 2007 05:17 PM EDT --
Does SF (not fantasy like Harry Potter) have any appeal to mainstream readers? The only SF writers that do, that I can think of, are Michael Crichton and Greg Bear. Greg Bear's novel Darwin's Radio . . .
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November 30, 2007 07:25 PM EST --
I’m about half way through Next, by Michael Crichton, and I don’t know if I can finish the book. My attention keeps waning as I ask myself, “What’s happened to Michael Crichton?” . . .
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April 17, 2007 07:34 AM EDT --
Catholic Science Fiction? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
Rob and I have been asked this several times before, during and since putting together Infinite Space, Infinite . . .
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August 08, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
On Tuesday, August 28 from 7PM-8PM (ET) we will welcome bestselling author Greg Bear to Gather to discuss his newest novel, Quantico. The live discussion will be led by Gather’s biggest . . .
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August 08, 2007 02:25 PM EDT --
Q. QUANTICOshows inside knowledge of the government’s anti-terrorism efforts. How did you become involved with these efforts?
A. In the summer of 2000, I attended a conference . . .
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May 16, 2007 12:04 PM EDT --
Each year, Bards and Sages sponsors a speculative writing contest to benefit various charities. Each year is a little different than the last, because I get bored easily and need to do new things..um...I . . .
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July 02, 2007 10:43 PM EDT --
A few years ago, I wrote an article that was syndicated over a lot of writer sites regarding the importance of following publisher guidelines. I think the actual method of submitting a work to a . . .
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July 05, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
In the comments posted to my last two articles, a lot of folks mentioned self-publishing in a negative light. I think it might be important to clarify a few misconceptions folks have about . . .
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July 09, 2007 03:02 PM EDT --
Warning: This article will probably make me a few enemies.
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A few years ago, Wall Street Journal journalist Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg wrote a telling article regarding the dirty little . . .
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July 03, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
I don't pretend to be all that important. I run a small...tiny...itsy bitsy...press, Bards and Sages. It turns a profit, but I don't do it full time. I haven't published . . .
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December 03, 2008 11:27 PM EST --
Hello everyone!
I'm a huge Science Fiction and Fantasy fan and I've got a SF/F literature web site I'd like to invite you all to check out: www.WorldsWithoutEnd.com
We've got . . .
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April 07, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
This is the scifi novel I did NOT submit into the First Chapters contest. Perhaps that was a mistake. Before I send this to professionals, please let me know what you think. Good or bad, I can take it. . . .
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January 10, 2009 09:16 AM EST --
I am living green and being overwhelmed by hundreds of books which I have read and have no room to store, cannot keep them, cannot throw them away or donate them. I love the idea of the New Kindle, which . . .
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November 06, 2009 11:41 PM EST --
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle originally published in 1963 This 2000 edition published by Gramercy Books
Recently I set myself down in front of my television and watched a marathon of all . . .
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February 26, 2008 09:06 AM EST --
Forget everything you think you know about the planes.
The Cosmology of Karma explores the true nature of the planes, where the gods are far from the most powerful beings and the fight for . . .
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April 11, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
After the great comments from more than 90 people as a First Chapters submission, the Leviathan has been revised to meet YOUR suggestions. Most of them, anyway. The entire story is now in the past tense . . .
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August 05, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
The day is declining.
Stars begin to twinkling.
The birds of variegated plums are singing sweet songs,
while my loneliness is rising.
The wind is making cloud dance.
While my heart's desire . . .
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