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[StilLearning]

An Ancient Solar System...
This week, off world: SpaceX breaks one record and ties another, two spacecraft could move asteroids for mining and loads more...

This week, off world: SpaceX breaks one record and ties another, two spacecraft could move asteroids for mining and loads more...

Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims Pick o' the podcasts: From the video store: Space X launc...

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[Jo Zebedee]

About themes, where they come from and where they go

All the lost and hidden themes - Jo Zebedee

A few years ago, I approached the Arts Council to see if they would help me with the precious gift of time to write – by providing funding, I was able to take a few months off consultancy to begin work on a new novel. As ever, when I begin something new I only have […]

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[The Big Peat]

Without clicking, I'm expecting Jo's latest to have some Cottoneye Joe references

Anyhoo

Great Women of Fantasy’s Past Tag

I like fantasy’s history. I like knowing about the semi-forgotten contributors, knowing which books and trends caught the public’s imagination, which people deserve a thankful nod. So w…

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More Author Influences: Founders of Urban Fantasy

This post will be looking at the stated influences of authors deemed key to the establishment of urban fantasy as a sub-genre in the 1980s and early 90s. The seven authors chosen as a focus are Emm…

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[Stephen Palmer]

RIP James Lovelock.

stephenpalmersf

Notes from genre author Stephen Palmer

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[Jo Zebedee]

A little personal blog about a character relationship I loved writing: Scott - Jo Zebedee

 

[HareBrain]

A little personal blog about a character relationship I loved writing: Scott - Jo Zebedee

I agree he's a standout character.

 

[Juliana]

A little personal blog about a character relationship I loved writing

Nice post, and yes, Scott is a great character!

 

[Bick]

Added short reviews of Alan Dean Foster's The Director Should've Shot You, and Ursula LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness to the website.

 

[The Big Peat]

The Wee Free Men by Sir Terry Pratchett

The reread of the first Tiffany Aching book, The Wee Free Men, was inspired by a chat on the Fantasy Faction forum in which one person professed a mental block to the idea of Pratchett for kids. I …

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[bretbernhoft]

I began writing an article on the historical and modern context of Shamanism.

 

[StilLearning]

An Ancient Solar System:
This week, off world: Thermally stable base sites on the Moon, a busy week of launches and loads more.....

https://ancientsolarsystem.blogspot.com/2022/08/this-week-off-world-thermally-stable.html

 

[The Big Peat]

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

Welcome to the next installment in my Retro Reviews! This time, we’re looking at an author and book I’ve been excited to get to, one of the foundational pieces in how the genre came to be. In…

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Of Charms, Grievances and Ghosts by Aliette de Bodard

The existence of the Dragons and Blades series, continued here with Of Charms, Grievances and Ghosts, fascinates me. For those who don’t know, it’s a spin-off of Aliette de Bodard&#8217…

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[Stephen Palmer]

Recently I was approached by Ben Shepherd of shepherd.com and asked to design a list of my own choosing. Here's what I chose, and why...
The best books that explain the mystery of consciousness

 

[Stephen Palmer]

I began writing an article on the historical and modern context of Shamanism.

that should be interesting...

 

[bretbernhoft]

that should be interesting...

Thank you. I am having a good time writing the content. It's turned into an entire website-scaled project. I plan to publish the material on a domain that I recently secured.

 

[Juliana]

A bit of bloggish musing on older characters in sci fi and fantasy...
Over the Hill: Older Characters in Fantasy and Sci Fi

 

[Anne Martin]

I wrote about being a total fake - not writing about my own life experience and not researching. I do some fact-checking, but I'm a sponge and I don't know where much of what I write comes from, other than my imagination reassembling data from what I've read or seen.

 

[StilLearning]

The weekly round-up of space-related news, videos and podcasts:

An Ancient Solar System...​

This week, off world: Aurora Borealis seen from above, Rocketlab make progress re-using their engines, a huge experimental satellite for smartphone coverage launches, and loads more....​

This week, off world: Aurora Borealis seen from above, Rocketlab make progress re-using their engines, a huge experimental satellite for smartphone coverage, and loads more....

Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims Pick o' the podcasts From the video store The aurora borealis see...

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[thaddeus6th]

A vague and fuzzy series review, and recommendation: Returning to Tales of the Ketty Jay (four book series), by Chris Wooding

Edited extra bit: I came back here to post the link because I forgot to, and then it turns out I'd forgotten that I had already done that. May be a touch sleepy...

 

[Vince W]

My first book review in a long time.
Footfall – A Relevant Cold War Invasion