I've got nothing to say about Liz Bourke's recent post on the topic in the title -- at least, not right now (maybe later).  However...

I've never voted for the Hugos before, which means this year is a huge "first."  Regardless, I've always had a problem fil...

First, read this . Have you read it now?  Good.  I want to start by briefly talking about two of the central problems that Ms. Bourke righ...

One of my colleagues recently asked me whether I think he should finish reading Ringworld by Larry Niven.  While he didn't say so direct...

One of the things I hope to do one day is teach a class on Space Opera.  Thus far, that opportunity has not arisen just yet, but the future ...

If you haven't already heard from io9 , Entertainment Weekly , and Geeks of Doom , Lucasfilm is considering the possibility of two stand...

On the recent Skiffy and Fanty Show podcast, my friend Jen and I interviewed author Myke Cole about Shadow Ops:  Fortress Frontier , the seq...

I find it amusing when smart people take science fiction concepts seriously enough to question their validity in the real world.  From rocke...

In the interest of filling my blog with all your lovely voices, I want to know your answer(s) to the following question: Which novels, nov...

It's official.  J. J. Abrams is going to direct the new Star Wars movie .  The good news?  He's not writing it.  Nope.  That would b...

I remember being 9 years old and buying my first issue of Uncanny X-Men; my Mum had worked in a bookstore when I was little and had brought ...

On January 10th, Catherine Schaffer and Mary Robinette Kowal organized a fundraiser to raise money for a genome sequencing procedure for fe...

Would you clone yourself if you have the opportunity to do so?  I sometimes think it would be strange to clone myself (the scifi kind of clo...

I've been re-watching X-Files lately and it dawned on me how strange the world looked back then. For example, in one of the 1st season...

I'm currently enjoying Enterprise , one of the least-liked of the various Star Trek incarnations.  I won't say that Enterprise is th...