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Tag Archives: Clarke

The future

Posted on 23 August 2013 by J. M. Brink

Science fiction is a fun genre.  It’s the genre of the future.  Says so on the ad copy.  Thing is, that’s true. First, though, it’s fantasy.  It’s myth.  It’s a Continue Reading →

Posted in Random Bloggy Stuff | Tagged Arts, Barsoom, Clarke, fairytale, Gene Roddenberry, Jules Verne, NASA, Science fiction, Star Wars

It’s science fiction, not tech porn

Posted on 15 August 2013 by J. M. Brink

I’ve got a rant in me today. True, there’s always been the type of science fiction, hard scifi, where the tech was important.  To some, the tech is so fucking Continue Reading →

Posted in Random Bloggy Stuff | Tagged Arts, Barsoom, Clarke, Fiction, Literature, Science fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Writers Resources

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This is a writer’s blog, author’s blog, professional blog, whatever. This is about the stuff I’m not writing and all the ways I’ve found to distract myself so that they don’t get written or, at least, so they take longer. (for the uninitiated, that’s called ‘sarcasm’ and you might see a lot of that here)

J. R. R. Tolkien in his introduction to the second edition of The Lord of the Rings:
“Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”

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