In the Gulf of Mexico: the Deepwater Horizon oil-well blow-out. In Japan: nuclear-reactor meltdowns. Across the Middle East: revolution, civil war, and chaos.
It’s enough to make a person wonder: what if something major ever went wrong with the world’s energy supplies? Something like, say, the Crudetastrope?
The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy is the largest publicly-accessible collection of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and utopian literature in the world. For an inside look, check out the YouTube video.
Think $4 gas was bad? Dread the Crudetastrophe! SFWA member Edward M. Lerner announces ENERGIZED (http://t.co/FETJW4q5) #
Portland SFWA reading TONIGHT (7/16), with Daniel H. Wilson, Isaac Marion, and Rhiannon Held http://t.co/NiEJsQKe # SFWA member Edward Willett's two-act SF comedy Circle the Crops will be produced in Weyburn, Sask., next summer for the city's centennial. #
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Next Portland SFWA reading is Monday July 16, with Daniel H. Wilson, Isaac Marion, and Rhiannon Held http://t.co/diKyOMm9 … # Next Seattle-area SFWA reading is Thursday July 19, with Louise Marley, Isaac Marion, and Rhiannon Held http://t.co/diKyOMm9 … #
Graduation season has come and gone, but we’ve seen lots of great commencement speeches around, from Neil Gaiman’s to Aaron Sorkin’s. They made me mildly nostalgic.
A transcript of #sffwrtcht interview with SFWA member @debcoates http://t.co/9bSJkO5a # SFWA member Beth Bernobich is hosting a giveaway for her new novel, Queen's Hunt: http://t.co/VpqFeuVf # News from SFWA member Sharon Lee: Releasing all 15 Liaden novels as audio books is only part of it … http://t.co/RlTfN9eD #
Our society and technology is hardly the epitome of endeavor; to believe we’re at our pinnacle is mild hubris at best. So why should our future be worse?
For the Nameless Restaurant, once a discreet hole-in-the-wall meant for a cast of supernatural regulars, the increasing levels of background magic has brought with it that most dreadful of locusts – new customers.
Debbie Urbanski is the author of the story collection Portalmania (S&S, May 2025) and the climate AI novel After World (S&S, 2023), which was a Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Engadget, Strange Horizons, & Booklist Best Book of the Year.
