@BrianScottPauls
Science fiction author David Drake passed away on Sunday, at the age of 78.
Drake wrote the “Hammer’s Slammers” series of military sf stories and novels as a way to process his experiences in Vietnam.
https://www.thecosmiccodex.com/p/fading-away?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Starting this Sunday, Club Codex is reading and discussing Charlie Jane Anders’ Locus Award winning novel “Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak”.
Three friends - artist Rachael Townsend, wannabe princess Elza Monteiro, and cadet Tina Mains - pursuing their dreams in the galactic society known as the Firmament have their ambitions interrupted. They endure transformative odysseys into darkness, deadly missions, and unthinkable choices that could forever alter their destinies.
Please join us!
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/club-codex-december-2023-dreams-bigger?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The Arthur C. Clarke Award recognizes “the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year”.
Here’s some background on Clarke and this year’s winner, Ned Beauman. I also include the publisher’s summary of Beauman’s winning work, “Venomous Lumpsucker.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/a-cautionary-fish-tale?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Science fiction started exploring the idea of a multiverse long before it appeared in comics or movies.
What does current science have to say about the possibility ours isn’t the only universe?
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/worlds-without-end?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The Hugo Awards this year include a science fiction series, two fantasy novels, and a fantasy writer.
I discuss the background of the Hugos, the Lodestar Award, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. I also provide some details on the authors, as well as publisher summaries of the winning works.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/the-fairy-tale-the-epic-the-quest?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Starting this Sunday, Club Codex is reading and discussing Ray Nayler’s Locus Award winning novel “The Mountain in the Sea”.
Dr. Ha Nguyen travels to Vietnam’s Côn Đảo archipelago to investigate reports of a potentially sentient type of octopus. The multinational corporation controlling the islands wants to exploit the octopuses for financial gain, but the cephalopods may have different plans.
Please join us!
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/club-codex-november-2023-the-mountain?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I've never published a short story collection.
Determining the number of words I need in the final draft to guarantee a 120,000 word published manuscript is proving to be a process of trial-and-error.
In this article, I discuss my new target and why I chose it.
I also share a chart I created to depict my progress so far.
https://www.thecosmiccodex.com/p/a-larger-pool-of-stories-for-probability?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
In June, John Scalzi won the Locus Award for Science Fiction Novel with “The Kaiju Preservation Society”.
Here’s my review.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/the-mating-habits-of-north-american?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Most versions of cosmic inflation theory imply a universe eternally expanding at an exponential rate outside our pocket universe.
What are the ramifications for this in the real world? And what kind of stories does it open up for science fiction?
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/in-the-midst-of-eternity?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Join us in Club Codex during October for our online discussion of Rivers Solomon’s “Sorrowland”. This past January, Solomon received the Otherwise Award for “Sorrowland”.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecosmiccodex/p/club-codex-october-2023-sorrowland?r=9qcce&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web