Apr 1, 2008 | Intergalactic Medicine Show
My husband and I are both science fiction fans, which means we had a great deal in common even before we met. His book collection mirrors my own, and he understands my ridiculous references like, “All tapes turn into Best of Queen” and someone has “a...
Aug 1, 2007 | Intergalactic Medicine Show
There are dozens of collectable card games in the world, but Ricardo Piper chose the pink ones. “I’ll play anything that catches my interest,” Piper says as he held his Yu-Gi-Oh cards, which happened to be enveloped in individual pink wrappers, a...
Jan 1, 2007 | Intergalactic Medicine Show
It is common but rarely remarked-upon knowledge that nine of the top ten highest-grossing Hollywood movies are science fiction or fantasy (unadjusted for inflation. Adjusted for inflation, it’s six of the ten). [1] Less remarked-upon than that, and nonetheless...
Dec 1, 2006 | Intergalactic Medicine Show
When I attended Clarion West Writer’s Workshop in 1994, I was given two very specific pieces of writing advice from my teachers: 1) Write every day, and 2) Marry rich. Although the first piece of advice is obvious, the second addresses the hard reality, the open...
Nov 1, 2006 | Intergalactic Medicine Show
I’m a proselytizer. I like to spread the word: Science fiction, fantasy, and everything that lies in between and bleeds around the edges are great choices of reading material. Frustratingly, most book readers do not share my enthusiasm. As an experiment, last...
Oct 1, 2006 | Intergalactic Medicine Show
According to a 2002 National Endowment for the Arts study (1), 93 million Americans read novels and short stories. On any given day, people choose to read, or not to read, science fiction. And many of them don’t. Even in the 21st century, in an age of paid...
