by Currie Jean
From wars between worlds to the chemistry of human identity, science fiction is all about messing with the very groundwork of reality. The thematic limits don't end at what we know about the world, but reach onward to disc...read more
Novels require discipline to complete. Though as the audience has changed science fiction generally depends on principle and the expression of ideas that are not only technological but social and even spiritual effects of ...read more
by David Riel
Want to write a science fiction novel? Hope to get it published? Follow these ten tips for writing a science fiction novel and you'll have a completed science fiction novel ready to put in the mail to an editor or agent i...read more
As did Cubist artist Pablo Picasso, fracture reality a little. That is a good place to begin writing a science fiction novel. Look at the jagged edges of the broken shapes. Mark how they wander precariously round new subst...read more
by Christine G.
Can genes be patented? Is it ethical to treat depression with electrical stimulation through deep brain implants? If a person gives genetic samples for research, and a pharmaceutical company finds a way to turn that into...read more
by Golf Nut
The basis for most science fiction novels are found in reality and stretched to a point that takes us beyond what we understand or can achieve at present. Most science fiction novelists write from the standpoint of what th...read more
Tips for Writing Science Fiction Whatever time period it is based in, science fiction combines two opposite elements together in a perfectly harmonious match. Somehow when you put something true like science, together...read more
When I started writing science fiction novels, the community of writers I worked with continually challenged me to justify the category of science fiction I was writing. Most viewed science fiction as stories where space s...read more
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