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Scribe Awards Nominees 2015
I’m very pleased to count myself among the nominees for the 2015 Scribe Awards, for my novelization of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Congratulations to all the other nominees! The whole slate, from the IAMTW website: BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – GENERAL24: Deadline by James SwallowMurder She Wrote: Death of a Blue Blood by…
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A Connie Willis Story
I just remembered this story after reading Connie Willis’ heartfelt (and to my mind absolutely correct) assessment of the Sad Puppies debacle, which might more accurately be termed a hostage situation, since the Hugo Award–and by extension the question of how the science fiction field wants to be perceived by itself–is being held hostage by…
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Mars One and "Pictures from an Expedition"
2003: I write a story called “Pictures from an Expedition,” in which a private-sector Mars expedition is partially funded by entertainment licensing and degenerates into a reality-TV spectacle. 2015: The PBS Idea Channel makes this video, asking the question “Is Reality TV the Future of Space Travel?” Huh. This means James Cameron is going to…
Crooked House Fictions 