Yesterday, I offered up a list of My Favorite Genre Novelettes of 2016. Today I’d like to offer up a list of My Favorite Genre Short Stories of 2016. Of the roughly 200 stories I read last year, these were, in my humble opinion, the Top 30. I’ve included a short synopsis and links to…
November 15, 2009: Author Adam-Troy Castro Answers Your Questions!
Holy Mother of Nerd! I've just spent the last three hours trying to upload today's blog entry. For some reason, it kept uploading as one giant paragraph. Well, after multiple transfers between multiple laptops, numerous copies and pastings, seemingly endless saves and re-saves, and 27 consecutive drafts (wordpress keeps track, bless their hearts), I finally…
November 9, 2009: Emissaries from the Dead, by Adam-Troy Castro
Andrea Cort, a Judge Advocate for the Diplomatic Corps, is enroute to New London for a long overdue vacation when she is informed of a change in plans. Rather than enjoying some R&R, she is instead redirected to One One One, an immense cylindrical artificial world created and run by an independent AIsource. It's a…
November 4, 2009: The January Book of the Month Club Selection!
The last time I flew to Montreal, I was seated beside a guy reading a science fiction novel. The cover caught my eye and I made a mental note to check out the author the next time I found myself in a bookstore. A little over a week later, I was on a flight back to Vancouver…
October 26, 2009: The December Book of the Month Club Selection! Catching Up With The Mailbag!
Over the course of the past three years I’ve been doing this blog, fans have sent me all sorts of goodies: cards, cookies, chocolate, chestnuts, pictures, lint rollers, shirts, videos, CD’s and the occasional highly recommended read. About a year ago, someone (Please, refresh my memory whoever you are) sent me a pack of books. …
October 4, 2009: November’s Book of the Month Club Selection! My September Top Reads!
First off, in response to you Aussie fans, I'll hold off on answering any SGU-related questions until the night after it airs in your neck of the woods. Which is when exactly? October 9th? Of this year, right? Secondly, a reminder to all of you who picked up October's book of the month club pick:…