Redshirts By John Scalzi Is An Interesting Meta Take On Trek
Redshirts by John Scalzi is a lot of fun. I should start by saying that although this book is rightly loved, it didn’t entirely work for me. But it’s well … Read More
Tag: Science Fiction
The Cosmic Scroll is a new Substack all about SFF
I finally started a Substack called The Cosmic Scroll! It will look at all things related to science fiction and fantasy – aka SFF. Exciting stuff. Here is the blurb: … Read More
The future of Science Fiction & Fantasy is here
Or at least it will be in a bit… This site may be called ScifiWard, but it covers science fiction & fantasy. There are many who debate the division between … Read More
Blood Music by Greg Bear is a classic you should read (but might not like)
A paperback copy of Blood Music by Greg Bear has been sitting on my bookshelf for years. I knew it was a classic but only just got round to it … Read More
Free on Amazon for the next 3 days!
For the good of mankind, and a hope of some reviews, I have decided to make my collection of short stories, The Uneven Passage of Time, free on Amazon for … Read More
Cooperworld
I am thinking of developing the story of Cooperworld into a novel. It can go places. If I do, it will probably be quite different in tone but the essential … Read More
Seth McFarlane’s sci-fi parody ‘The Orville’ might be fun
Seth McFarlane is the guy behind Family Guy, American Dad! and Ted. So if you like his humour you will probably like this. If you hate his stuff, then your … Read More
Cooperworld
I wrote a long short story called Cooperworld. Or a short novella. Whatever. It is 17,000 words. I haven’t promoted my stuff for ages and is a new year, so … Read More
The Uneven Passage of Time
I plugged my superb travel book over at The Word of Ward the other day, so I thought I might as well plug my Science Fiction short story collection here. The … Read More