Ten Things for the SF/F Lovers
And I thought I hated SF writing workshops -- A Workshop Lexicon by Bruce Sterling.
Because if they behaved, they'd be boring -- Lee Masterson's article Aliens and Faeries: Non-Human Characters Acting Badly
If Hawking won't lend you his copy -- Free to read online from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics -- Martin V. Zombeck's Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Elf, dwarf, centaur -- you know the drill" -- On World Building by China Miéville.
Need stars, lots of stars -- Check out the Physics and Astronomy links online at Physlink.com
Look, Flash -- it's Eujyuidd Xi!: For those times when you have a world but can't think of a handle for it, The Planet Name Generator.
Also from Seventh Sanctum: for those times when the Singularity arrives, and your SF protagonist can't find his Dimensional Awl or Vortex Nanogrinder, the Science Fiction Tool Generator.
CH71 FRI 3:30PM GMT: Venus City ~ While exploring the interior of a derelict starship, a respected scientist is trapped inside of a stasis field and is sent backward in time to prevent a disastrous occurence -- a skiffy idea brought to you by The Science Fiction TV Show Synopsis Generator.
Free homework -- Jeffrey A. Carver's online writing course site, Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
Get over Starship Troopers already, will you? -- Author William Mielke's post Writing Science Fiction -- Ten Cliches to Avoid
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Love these links. Am I the only one getting excited about homework? *g*
ReplyDeleteI'll get me coat.
Oooh, this is fun stuff! Free homework from Jeffrey Carver? I'm so there.
ReplyDeleteI love derelict spacecraft stories!
ReplyDeleteI hate that they always destroy them at the end!
bah :)
Loved the articles on non-human creatures and world building. I don't tend to include too many non-humans in my writing at this point, but I might in the future and appreciate the advice about making a non-human species actually act like a separate species. The world-building one was very helpful as well. I recently built a very complex world and wrestled with paring it down to what was most important to the story at hand.
ReplyDeleteI immediately clicked on the homework link, laughing at getting my ultra-geek on. . .
ReplyDeleteThank goodness I'm not alone!
As always--great links PBW.
Ooh, fantastic links. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for these links--terrific stuff.
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