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CROSSROADS: The Power in Romance
February is here, and that means that over on Amazing Stories, I’ll be looking at how romance and speculative fiction hook up. This week, I kick the series off by trying to get to the heart of what...
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CROSSROADS: Will You Be My Undead Valentine?
Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody! Not only is today Thursday, nor merely even Valentine’s Day, but it’s also the day when another of my Crossroads essays goes live over at Amazing Stories. This week,...
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CROSSROADS: An Exploration of Science Fiction Romance
For this week’s Crossroads post at Amazing Stories, I take an in-depth look at science fiction romance, and explore how its non-literary pop culture support may contribute to it selling less than...
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CROSSROADS: Absurdity in Space
And now, for something completely different… It’s Thursday, and that means that this week’s Crossroads post has gone live over at Amazing Stories. Continuing with April’s “humor” theme, I take a look...
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CROSSROADS: Literary Fiction vs Speculative Fiction – Round Infinity!
Even though I’m theoretically on a blogging vacation, I’m still doing the weekly Crossroads series over at Amazing Stories. This week, we’re continuing May’s exploration of the intersection between...
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CROSSROADS: The Techniques of “Literary” Speculative Fiction
Somehow, we seem to keep coming back around to Thursday. And what will we do this Thursday? The same thing we do every Thursday. Try and take over the world. Post another Crossroads essay over at...
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CROSSROADS: SF/F Techniques in Literary Fiction
Last Thursday, I looked at how science fiction and fantasy employ a variety of techniques typically found in mainstream literary fiction. Of course, the door swings both ways and literary fiction is...
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CROSSROADS: Are police procedurals and speculative fiction incompatible?
Welcome to Thursday! Okay, for those of you in the US, welcome to Thursday afternoon (I’ve been running around like mad today and haven’t had a chance to get this post up until now). Considering...
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CROSSROADS: How speculative are police procedurals?
Happy Thursday, everybody! It’s time for this week’s Crossroads post over at Amazing Stories. This week, I take a look at the degree to which police procedurals are reliant on some of the same...
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