Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”
Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for being a man who writes a lot of “strong female characters.” People always ask Rucka why he chooses to write so…
Location Changed! Come hear io9’s Charlie Jane Anders read in NYC with Brian Slattery
If you’re in New York tomorrow evening, you should stop by the Soho Gallery for the Digital Arts around 6:30, when Charlie Jane Anders will be reading from her novelette “Six Months, Three Days” with Lost Everything author Brian Francis Slattery. This is part of the long-running and illustrious New York Review of Science Fiction…
The Most Successful Self-Published Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors
Everybody wants to be successful. And if you’ve ever told anyone that you’re writing a novel (or screenplay, short story, comic book, rondel, etc.) you’ll find out that most people you know are writing or planning on writing or want to write something too. This means there are a lot of people who want to…
The Victorian Hugos: 1891
The Hugo Awards are given to the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year. Unfortunately, they’ve only been awarded since 1953. That’s where this column comes in – Jess Nevins will be awarding honorary Hugo Awards to the best novels of the Victorian era… and beyond. Science fiction was hardly unknown to…
How I Brought Game of Thrones‘ Ned Stark to Life
John Picacio is a super-talented cover artist whose art has graced many of your favorite novels — but many people now know him best as the creator of the 2012 Song of Ice and Fire calendar. Picacio’s iconic art has helped to capture the splendor and squalor of Westeros for many readers. Here, in the…
Most Mind-Blowing Surprise Endings from Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Lots of science fiction and fantasy novels have twist endings — but a few of them have twists so startling, they actually change your understanding of what’s been going on in the whole book. The coolest twist endings turn the whole reality of the story on its head and leave you rethinking everything you’ve read…