Manifold: Origin by Stephen Baxter
Manifold: Origin by Stephen Baxter (Available for Purchase)
Available for Purchase, Member Fiction Online
Available for Purchase, Member Fiction Online
Star Trek: The Original Series #15: Corona by Greg Bear
Star Trek: The Original Series #15: Corona by Greg Bear (Available for Purchase)
Available for Purchase, Member Fiction Online
Vitals by Greg Bear
Vitals by Greg Bear (Available for Purchase)
Press Book, The SFWA Blog
2009 Octavia E. Butler Scholar – Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
A beautiful, handcast commemorative pendant in the shape of an owl has been awarded to the 2009 Octavia E. Butler
Planetside
Research Tool: Random name generators and lists
Sometimes coming up with the right character name can be the hardest part. Whether working in secondary worlds or the real world, we have some research tools to make picking that perfect name a little easier.
The SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2009-08-24
Obscure math and astronomy texts. Arbitrary backlist policies. Member News about David Anthony Durham, Ken Scholes, N. K. Jemisin, and Victoria Janssen.
The SFWA Blog
The Pros and Cons of Having Your Own Website
Do you need to have you own website? It depends on what you want to use the website for. Having an online presence may or may not translate to your desired action, in part because your presence really is about “you” as a person rather than “you” the author. With today’s technology, the two are not mutually exclusive.
The SFWA Blog
How articulatory phonetics can help you!
Articulatory phonetics deals with how the human vocal tract creates sounds.
Knowing the principles of how the vocal tract works can help science fiction and fantasy writers to create languages that follow naturalistic patterns of pronunciation, thus making created languages that seem more natural.
The SFWA Blog
How linguistics can help you!
This sequence of “How ____ can help you!” pieces concerns various areas of linguistics. These aren’t intended to be technical, or even introductory discussions of linguistics itself. They are short, practical pieces which relate linguistics topics to the use of created languages in science fiction and fantasy.
News, The SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2009-08-21
Congratulations to Edward Willet for winning the Aurora Award for the best long-form work of science fiction or fantasy by a Canadian writer in English in 2008. Mike Resnick is the newest Writers of the Future judge Celebrate Mary Shelley’s birthday in Boston! Hear SFWA members Jennifer Pelland and Elaine Isaak read.
Member Fiction Online
Clockwork Chickadee by Mary Robinette Kowal
Clockwork Chickadee by Mary Robinette Kowal
Press Book, The SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2009-08-20
Research Tool: An online archive of vintage tools
Market Update: If you’ve submitted to Strange Horizons from a gmail address, they’ve been having problems with responses vanishing. Jed Hartman has an update.
Market Update: Asimov’s, Analog, Hitchcock’s, & Ellery Queen have moved to new offices.