⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Born into a superhero family, our central character (who doesn’t get a name until the end) doesn’t fit in. They don’t have powers — until one day they do. Magnificent is more of an trans allegory than a novel. The story almost felt like it took a back seat at times. …
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rarely are post-apocalypse tales so full of hope. This is the book The 100 could have been – and then it all goes a bit Sherri S Tepper. Rai, Tien, Hera, Ghost, and Sam are part of a mission to reclaim the Earth more than a hundred years after all life there was wiped …
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 If Arthur Dent was a modern lesbian undergrad romping through the golden age of science fiction – cheesily bad special effects and all. Andi’s just your average, ordinary undergrad. Until one day she accidentally thinks someone else’s thought. And then her best friend Eric reveals himself to be not exactly the Norwegian exchange student …
Back in February, I found inspiration in a tweet. I banged out a short story in a weekend. Over the past few months, that story has been given the whole treatment: beta readers, copy-editing, a cover, ARCs. A few weeks ago, I sent it to the proofreader for a final polish.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just shy of her 16th birthday, Kayla and her dad move to Unity Station to reunite with Kayla’s mother. In their new life, they’ll live, work, and study alongside aliens. Jam-packed with teenage insecurity and awkwardness as well as adrenaline-fuelled life-and-death action. I’ve knocked one star off because it was confusing at times. For …
I awoke at half five this morning with the tentacles of a thought wrapped around my brain. It wouldn’t let go and three hours later I’m still pissed off. I’m not angry about being woken up; I’m furious about what I realised in that pre-dawn, half awake moment. Last night, the Twitter-sphere went a bit …
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovelace is the AI that manages the Wayfarer — until she finds herself freshly rebooted, no memories, and migrated to a human body. Pepper, my favourite character from Long Way, finds herself playing mother-figure to Lovelace. Becky Chambers is the master of character-driven science fiction. No one else creates characters that readers get deeply …
Kimiko is a starship pilot with nothing left to lose. She’s already lost her family, her money, her ship – even her ability to find work. So she hatches a plan to steal a ship from the corporation that took it all away from her. But to do that, she’ll need help from the elusive hacker, …
Two pretty puppers Firstly, this newsletter will be shorter than usual. This week, my attention is focused on Oz, my eight-year-old Anatolian shepherd. He’s got acute pancreatitis. He’s slowly getting better, but … well, I’m exhausted. Secondly, I commissioned a drawing of the talking dog, Spock, in the novel I’m working on. I’m pretty pleased …
Hi there. You may remember me from … er, no, you’ve probably never heard of me. In fact, you’re probably only here because I linked to this post in some writers’ group or forum or on Twitter. I’m SI CLARKE, indie author of science fiction. I’ve got several books and stories under my belt. In a …
