In The Forever War, I had fun writing about cooking under primitive conditions. It’s easy to write about because you don’t have to explain things so much. People understand cooking over a fire. When you start to go into cuisines, you risk losing your readers because the descriptions require too much detail, or it’s too gross.
Member News for Vonda N. McIntyre, Fran Wilde, Joe Haldeman, Beth Cato, and Samantha Henderson.
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Joe Haldeman, China Miéville, Dan Abnett, Gwynne Garfinkle, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, and Norman Spinrad.
Joe Haldeman will be honored as the next Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for 2010 by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Grand Master represents SFWA’s highest accolade and recognizes excellence for a lifetime of contributions to the genres of science fiction and fantasy.
The finalists for 2009 Endeavor Award are: “Anathem” by Seattle, WA, writer Neal Stephenson; “Ill Met in the Arena” by Dave Duncan, who lives in Victoria, BC; “Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Stories” by Ranier, OR, SFWA Member Ken Scholes, “Space Magic” by SFWA Member David Levine of Portland, OR; and “A World Too Near” by SFWA Member Kay Kenyon, of Wenatchee, WA.
A mysterious platform appears off the South American coast overnight. Science journalist and popular TV host Sahalie Spark is sure it’s no oil rig. It’s the world’s first space elevator, and despite dangers she’s about to make the first ascent.
E.E. King is an award-winning painter, performer, writer, and naturalist. She’ll do anything that won’t pay the bills.
Ray Bradbury called her stories, “marvelously inventive, and deeply thought-provoking.”
