Tag: scifi
member name: Dale C.
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May 09, 2008 11:16 PM EDT --
Description. It's necessary to make a story work. Too much leaves the story on hold while you marvel at the sunset or the hero's strong chin. Too little leaves you with a "whiteboard" . . .
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April 12, 2007 09:21 PM EDT --
I don't dislike television. As a matter of fact I like certain kinds of television enough that I founded a group here on Gather about it. At the same time, after watching a little daytime . . .
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July 14, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
The comments are about a preliminary version of the chapter I'm entering in the First Chapters contest. I had to remove that article so I wouldn't have the chapter in two places, but I . . .
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June 06, 2008 12:10 AM EDT --
Review By: Dale Cozort
This is the second book in a series updating the old tradition of adventure stories set on inhabitable Mars and Venus. Stirling sidesteps the fact that we know those . . .
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April 02, 2008 11:40 PM EDT --
I just got to thinking about the lifespan of various leaders. There is a lot of potential for Alternate History in how long various leaders lived. Here are just a few to get the creative . . .
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July 12, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
Thanks for the encouragement, everybody. I had to take the original article down so I didn't get accused of having a contest entry two places, but I wanted to preserve the comments.
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March 22, 2007 06:22 AM EDT --
Cocktail Party Science
How To Grow An Alien Brain (Part 1)
(Lessons From Apes, Bears, Elephants, and Cockroaches)
What is cocktail party science? . . .
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May 25, 2007 11:10 AM EDT --
Note: This is the first scene of a science fiction story approximately 8000 words long. I'm posting it here to get feedback on its effectiveness as a hook. Does the scene draw you in? . . .
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June 05, 2008 11:40 PM EDT --
( Warning: This is not real history. It is iffy history speculaiton)
The south's early lead in HIghWheeler or bicycle technology was doubly ironic, first because the first recognizable bicycle . . .
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June 05, 2008 11:51 PM EDT --
What Has Happened So Far : Spain enters World War II on the Axis side in mid-June, trying to pick up some loot from the defeated French and from the British. That changes the dynamics of . . .
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April 09, 2008 10:04 PM EDT --
This is a brief excerpt from my book American Indian Victories.
Introduction: Indians & Alternate History
American Indian Victories is a collection of alternate history scenarios. . . .
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June 03, 2008 11:30 PM EDT --
This is a concept with a lot of potential. The idea is that a big hunk of North America, essentially over to a little past the Appalachian Mountains, has broken off and become a large island. . . .
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May 28, 2007 12:16 PM EDT --
As a science fiction fan and writer I hate to admit this, but last night I watched Star Wars all the way through for the very first time. "How could that be?" you ask. Thirty years . . .
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March 22, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
The Brazilian Gold Rush of 1930
(Alternate History)
By:Dale R. Cozort
What actually happened: In the late 1920's Britain tried to go back on the gold standard after leaving it during . . .
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April 12, 2007 12:13 PM EDT --
I'm currently a member of two science fiction/fantasy Amateur Press Associations. What is an Amateur Press Association? Basically a group of people with a common interest put together an . . .
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July 02, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
Note: If you didn't catch part one of this story, check it out here.
Blarney looked around at us, took a deep drink, and said, “Dinos, especially the little ones, are about as good as rats at . . .
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September 24, 2007 09:35 PM EDT --
Note: This is a 'character blog' for Doctor Dave Hennings, one of the minor characters in Bear Country. Bear Country is a science fiction/ romance novel currently entered in the First Chapters-Romance . . .
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June 09, 2008 04:32 PM EDT --
Some historians have embraced alternate history or iffy history as a tool of analysis. Most haven't. Why not? I think iffy history hasn't taken off among historians at least partly so many historians . . .
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April 27, 2007 12:27 AM EDT --
A few weeks ago I posted an article called Collapse. It looked at the consequences of a major societal collapse from a fiction writer's point of view. This isn't a survival manual and . . .
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February 03, 2008 10:17 AM EST --
Predominantly Roman Catholic Poland seems an unlikely early adopter of War Magic, but with a looming German threat on one side of them and the rising power of the Soviets on the other, Poland was one . . .
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