Tag Archives: Heinlein

Ma Lune Est Faite de Fromage Vert

My moon is made of green cheese. OK…the stories in The Cities of Luna aren’t that cheesy. They’re more hommage than fromage. A long list of writers, including several Grand Masters of Science Fiction, have gone before me. What does a … Continue reading

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The Comfort Zone

I have a long list of writers I love. I have a separate, largely overlapping list of authors whom I feel are an influence on my writing. But the ones I go back to the most, not just to read … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Wife Husbandry and Vice Versa

SciFi Question of the Day: Is it weird for a character have a romance with or even marry someone they knew as a baby? For example: Doctor Who and River Song, or Jacob the werewolf and child-of-vampires Renesme? ♦ Twitter Answers: ♦   Stormy@BeckyStormyLynn  @USNessie A … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Restricting Voting Rights

SciFi Question of the Day: What secular reasons might a future society have for restricting the right to vote from certain segments of the population? Facebook Answers:   Al Hartman They are not legal citizens of the society. They can’t demonstrate proficiency … Continue reading

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Atemporal Masturbation

Apparently, I’m an expert. No no no… not in the actual act, but apparently in the naming thereof. It all started with this article about Dr. Who and Torchwood’s John Barrowman to be replaced by younger Captain Jack in Doctor Who … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Religion in Science Fiction

SciFi Question of the Day: In the SciFi you’ve read and watched, what role does religion play? Is it treated as a quaint, backwards practice or as an integral aspect of an enlightened future? Facebook Answers   Didva Zachariel Ruthk religion is … Continue reading

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This is My Office

Someday, writing will be my day job. Someday, I will have an office to where I retreat, where people understand “She’s working.” Here is what will be in my office. First of all, it will be in Robert Heinlein’s old … Continue reading

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Group Marriage

The first time I read about the concept of group marriage in a positive light was in the prolific works of the late great Robert Heinlein.  It is a recurring theme in his stories.  (OK, several spoiler alerts coming for … Continue reading

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