This blog is not about writing, but about our society. On Tuesday of this week, a federal judge voided a…
Arkady Martine got my attention by winning the 2020 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel, which was her 2019…
Among most people’s lists of great science fiction novels, you’ll find such books as 2001 a Space Odyssey, by Arthur…
Award winning Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu has said, “Science fiction is a literature that belongs to all humankind.…
In my novel, Ezekiel’s Brain, plus in many other sci-fi AI stories (Pandora’s Brain, Robopocalypse, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Isaac…
I got the idea for my novel, Ezekiel’s Brain from reading Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence. Bostrom defines superintelligence as “any intellect…
Today’s the day. Ezekiel’s Brain, my new mind-bending science fiction novel about artificial intelligence and space travel is published and…
Over the last several decades, science fiction has merged with fantasy and retrovisionary techno-fiction (e.g., steampunk), to expand its subject…
Many years ago, when I was in college, I remember hearing about a new TV series that was a “must…
World-renown experts on AI, such as Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nick Bostrom, claim that the central problem of AI development, especially…
It’s been awhile since I’ve communicated to all of you. But now I’ve got great news. My science fiction novel,…
Interested in speculative fiction—sci-fi, fantasy, supernatural, futuristic—novels? I’m a science fiction reader, a fan of novels about the future, robots, space…
There is a thin line between alternate history novels and science fiction. Both clearly belong in the category of speculative…
The Novelist as an Advocate I was tempted to call this newsletter entry, “Reading The Ministry for the Future in…
As a clinician, I’ve had many fascinating cases over the years. One teenage boy had one-half of his brain removed…