Nominated for the Nebula in 1986 and the Hugo and Locus in 1988, The Forge of God by Greg Bear is our next stop in this series Going to Mars: Word by Word. It is a grim, relentless examination of what might happen if an alien society of machines wanted to destroy the earth without…… Continue reading Going to Mars: Word-by-Word Bear Style
Category: Science Fiction
Blog posts by author Lynette M. Burrows that discuss the genre and topics of science fiction from how to write to book reviews and everything in between.
Subtitles Please
I haven’t spoken cat for nearly twenty years so it’s up to you. To boldly go where no cat has gone before . . .in the comments below, provide subtitles please.
Going to Mars, Word by Word with Man Plus
The next stop on our Going to Mars, Word-by-Word tour is the Nebula award-winning novel, Man Plus by Fredrik Pohl, published in 1976.
Going to Mars Word by Word with an Optimistic Knight
We’re going to Mars today via Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s story, The Sands of Mars. It’s a about the early days of colonizing Mars, a story of an Optimistic Knight.
Going to Mars, Word by Word: Bradbury and Unintended Consequences
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury is a series of “Martian penseés, Shakespearean ‘asides.’ Hop aboard for Bradbury and Unintended Consequences.