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July 30, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --   If only there had been some warning. A hint of the catastophe to come. But there hadn't been. We'd watched the missiles in shock and horror. The atmosphere was so thick that it . . . more
Favourite Heinlein Book?
by Rory M.
views: 58 | rating: 10 | comments: 24
December 05, 2007 05:28 PM EST -- I was challenged by our fearless leader, Dr. Curmudgeon himself, to post a brief description of my favourite Heinlein book. Damn, now which one is it? One could go for the obvious, Stranger In . . . more
December 07, 2007 12:42 PM EST -- In my first installment in this series ( Ray Bradbury ) I opened with a brief discussion of what SF is.  Science fiction, or speculative fiction as I prefer to think of it, is not about rayguns and . . . more
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MY SPIRITUAL CONVERSION
by gibbs williams
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December 12, 2007 07:48 PM EST -- Organized religion has tended to leave me cold and uninspired. Forced attendance every Sunday for years at Temple did not exactly turn me on. From time to time I did enjoy hearing the often thoughtful . . . more
Masters of SF: Isaac Asimov
by Rory M.
views: 38 | rating: 10 | comments: 6
December 07, 2007 01:39 PM EST -- In the firmament of the science/speculative fiction genre, three stars shine brightest:  Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimo v. Of these, there can be no question that Asimov . . . more
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Antediluvian Man - POW
by Alison Pearce
views: 69 | rating: 10 | comments: 19
April 24, 2008 01:41 AM EDT -- Ant hony popped another ant acid into his mouth, trying to ignore the strange puiss ant smell of floral deodor ant and ant iseptic coming from the woman with the flamboy ant bouff . . . more
June 28, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --     © By David Wainland 2007 1. Somebody cried out, "The sky is falling!" First the fluffy white clouds, drifted slowly to the ground, rebounding slightly and . . . more
July 22, 2008 09:29 PM EDT --   Dave sighed with exasperation. "I saw a woman!' Peta insisted, ‘This place is haunted. Shouldn't the real estate have told...?' The door had slammed behind Dave. Peta . . . more
April 27, 2007 10:43 AM EDT -- Publisher's Note:  Bards and Sages is the publisher of Mrs. Sadler's upcoming novella, Foot Ways. The first chapter is reproduced here with permission from the author.  We hope you enjoy . . . more
Mainstream Science Fiction?
by Peter D.
views: 29 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
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 . . . more
Lupine Shaping - PPOW
by Alison Pearce
views: 29 | rating: 10 | comments: 13
April 02, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --   Su pin e, the darkness is envelo pin g me Drip pin g from above, despair and misery Lu pin e features ga pin g back from the mirror Overstep pin g boundaries, cree . . . more
Bloodstone Ring
by Alison Pearce
views: 30 | rating: 10 | comments: 11
June 20, 2008 01:22 AM EDT --   Cot ton clouds cross the grey sky Sands ton e blocks jut up from the ground Eerie shadows fall across the s ton e As the bloods ton e calls out, without a sound   . . . more
June 11, 2008 11:52 PM EDT --   The noise of distant en gin es fades away Ima gin e what may be dred gin g through the night That keeps you han gin g on a thread And has you lon gin g for the light . . . more
October 24, 2008 12:52 AM EDT --   ‘Don't worry,' Ada crooned to her constant companion, ‘There's somebody in the next village who knows how to deal with these things.' Betsy stared into Ada 's . . . more
Short story Submissions Call
by Maria S.
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August 15, 2006 11:23 AM EDT -- I think I've written a bit about this e-zine before--http://www.thetowndrunk.org  is currently open for submissions!  They are looking for short, speculative stories.  From the guidelines: . . . more
February 27, 2007 07:00 PM EST -- Okay, we know that the Dursleys are examples of modern suburban middle-class at its stiflingly normal worst.  Dumbledore, however, has known this from the beginning.  Objections having been raised . . . more
August 23, 2007 12:02 AM EDT -- TIME CAPSULE EARTH by Andrew T.     Welcome to Earth. Time capsule buried coordinates 42.23, 20.00 Crew of the SAVIOR was here: 20 Aug 2310     ============================================ . . . more
December 02, 2007 03:37 PM EST -- Enivisioning is a slender book holding 8 fantasy and steampunk stories that are rich in imagination and depth.  The author is Joyce Chng, known to many of us here on gather as Joyce C . She wrote . . . more
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