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Author Archives: BT
Jade Rabbits, Dieselpunk, and Virgins
So China is going to the moon. Following up on the heels of their 2013 Yutu (Jade Rabbit) mission, China will soon be launching the Chang’e 4 to touchdown on lunar soil. I should add that this is not just … Continue reading
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Ten Thousand Thunders is released!
On October 6, 2018 a new science fiction book entered the world: my novel Ten Thousand Thunders has officially hatched, flown into bookstores, and is making the rounds into reader hands. The reviews are likewise pouring in from some dizzyingly … Continue reading
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Guest at Archon, releasing virgins, and the sound of thunder
As teased in last month’s blog update, “The Memorybox Vultures” is now out in Fantasy & Science Fiction and has been getting some wonderful reviews. It was also a pleasant surprise to see that the story was selected to open … Continue reading
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The Memorybox Vultures
“The problem, people told her, was that she was always dealing with the dead.” My sci-fi noir tale “The Memorybox Vultures” is about to appear in the September/October issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction (this will be my second appearance … Continue reading
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Tagged black mirror, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Intergalactic Medicine Show, memorybox vultures, orson scott card, social media, terraform
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Anthony Bourdain
“Fellow travelers, this is what you want, this is what you need. This is the path to true happiness and wisdom.” Anthony Bourdain uttered those words while sitting on a red plastic stool on a street-side restaurant in Vietnam. And … Continue reading
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Crash Site, Jackbox, and the War Hero universe
I enjoy experimenting with perspective in my writing. My novelette “Crash Site” (now available in the May/June 2018 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction) was written as a large-scale canvas to explore a rogue’s gallery of viewpoints within the frame … Continue reading
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A Quiet Place of Terror and a City in the Sky
I saw A Quiet Place and found it to be one of the most intense films I’ve seen since 28 Weeks Later. Smart, tightly constructed and truly scary, with an admirable devotion to show-don’t-tell storytelling and a thoroughly unique nature … Continue reading
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Bygone days of the Astroliners
From the outside, the rocketship looks like some relic of the early Cold War. It’s little more than a lengthy cylinder like some retrofitted ICBM, with a bright red needle on the end like a painted narwhal tusk. The words … Continue reading
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Tagged alex shvartsman, astroliner, baen books, cackle of chulhu, escape pod, fertile crescent, Galaxys Edge, lovecraft, Pseudopod, rahotep, sparg, the god and the gate, third flatiron, tina connolly
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Bidding 2017 Farewell
In 2017, I spent time in London, Amsterdam, Germany, Paris, and Switzerland (where I was forced into a duet with a professional yodeler). I was a guest on the NECSS panel in Manhattan to speak about science fiction in film. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, ANALOG, awards, Dark Luminous Wings, Fantasy & Science Fiction, orson scott card intergalactic medicine show, ten thousand thunders, third flatiron
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Blade Running into Brainlessness
So I got around to seeing Blade Runner 2049. And my review, like my feelings on the film, is complicated. On the one hand, I enjoyed and respected it. Denis Villeneuve is clearly someone who understands science-fiction as a genre, … Continue reading
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