Years ago I had a vision. I put too much cinnamon into some food I was preparing, and the resultant dish was so filled with spice that I was able to see through time to this very moment. Yes, I knew then that I would re-read Dune in 2020, and write a review of it. That’s the reason why I’ve never done it before, I was trapped by my prescience to do so…and if you, dear reader, have never read Dune or are not familiar with it or its adaptations, well, the entire preceding paragraph will go over your head and you likely think I’m mental. Those of you who are familiar with it will be thinking “Oh! Isn’t he devilishly witty”. Today, I review the greatest science fiction novel ever written (heart on my sleeve moment, there). There will be spoilers here.
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Review: The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
Today’s review is The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter. This is a novel outside of my comfort zone in that it is firmly in the genre of Sci-fi and I usually stick to fantasy. Yes, I know Dune is technically sci-fi, but it also has quite a fantasy vibe to it – this one is pure sci-fi. There won’t be any plot spoilers here.
Continue reading Review: The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen BaxterSaf-Tee First!
I have been a way for a while. In that time I wrote this short story, with a view to sending it into an anthology. While the publishers told me they liked it (yay), they didn’t select it (not so much yay). But still, I wrote a story about aliens, which is something I wouldn’t have done otherwise (I don’t overly like sci-fi literature) AND I got some very useful constructive feedback from some other local writers, which is always a good thing. It was the first time time I actually submitted my work to anything like that, and it won’t be the last! Onward and upwards!
This story is about mankind’s first (well, technically nineteenth) contact with a group of extremely advanced extra-terrestrials…it’s called Saf-Tee First. Enjoy!
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The Philmarillion 