Month: December 2016
Entertainment: Tom Payne Says His “Walking Dead” Character is Gay
Tom Payne, who plays Paul “Jesus” Rovia on The Walking Dead, sat down with the Huffington Post to talk about the show and his character’s sexual orientation, confirming that his character, true to creator Robert Kirkman’s wishes, is gay. Said Kirkman in a Reddit Q&A in 2014: “In my opinion there should be more awesome gay people in fiction because there are plenty of awesome gay people in real life. I want Jesus to be a character where his sexuality is as unimportant as Rick or other heterosexual characters. So we won’t focus on it constantly and it won’t be the focus of any … Read more
Guest Post: Root of the Spark, by Michele Fogal
Author Michele Fogal has a new queer sci fi romance book out, and she’s sharing a guest post with us: Science Fiction & Diversity – The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything Thanks so much for having me Scott and the gang! It’s an honour to be here! I hope everyone will enter the giveaway contest! Diversity in SF I grew up reading science fiction and fantasy, and both were entry points into diversity for me. Historically, SF has always been pushing the envelope of what’s politically and socially appropriate and acceptable. It allows and encourages us to explore the … Read more
Me Me Monday!
Welcome to M3: ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post, so I can also share it over to our FB page (as opposed to this discussion group). –If you want, send me your book announcement info … Read more
Trailer: Guardians of the Galaxy 2
It’s been more than two years since Guardians of the Galaxy got moviegoers hooked on Marvel’s gang of wily space-explorers—and if the first full trailer for 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is any indication, you can expect even Gamora action, adventure, and interstellar wise-assery the second time around. The trailer, which you can watch above, features all of your laser-brained heroes—including Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, and Dave Bautista as Drax—as well as some toothy monsters, a dogged dogfight, and, of course, Baby Groot, who adorably almost blows everyone up. By Joe – Full Story … Read more
U=(N/T)M*G: Water Bear
Don’t let the picture of that weirdly adorable little microbe that accompanies this article fool you. That badass is the Tardigrade. And it’s tough as nails. Sent to space unprotected and survived, it’s so hardcore. So superheroic that it survived all five mass extinctions. I bow down in awe to this, the toughest sumbitch on this planet. Like some weird love child of Colossus and Wolverine, this extremophile beastie earns its awesome status because it can dry out into a hard husk, called a tun, and it has wild regenerative properties. Some species are bisexual and some are asexual too. … Read more
Announcement: Gifts, by R. Phoenix
QSFer R. Phoenix has a new paranormal book out: Before Imriel Conti was condemned to a life of slavery, the sheltered young witch had never been with anyone. Now that he is in the hands of Draven Foss and Callia Odessa, a sensual and controversial power couple at the pinnacle of supernatural society, all of that is about to change. Coveting him for his accursed but prized gift, they take him into their household, where he finds his morals and innocence equally compromised. 18+. This novella contains explicit M/F and M/M/F scenes. All characters are 18+. A Ripples in the Status … Read more
Pop Culture: Harry Potter Christmas Tree
The British Harry Potter fan set up the ultimate Harry Potter Christmas tree using trinkets collected from frequent visits to the Harry Potter studio tour in London, she told HuffPost. The tree features gems only true Potter fans would recognize, from a Ravenclaw diadem to the Dolores Umbridge unicycle and a Sorting Hat at the top. “The two things I love the most are Christmas and Harry Potter,” Burnett told HuffPost of her tree. “At first my friends thought it was a crazy idea, but now they love it.” By Suzy Strutner – Full Story at The Huffington Post
Announcement: Always & Forever, by Jenn Burke & Kelly Jensen
QSFers Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen have a new sci fi book out: In Chaos Station (Chaos Station #1), Zander Anatolius and Felix Ingesson are reunited after nine years apart. Zander believes Felix was captured and executed by the enemy in the years long Human-Stin War. Felix believes Zander was swallowed by a black ops program, probably never to surface again. Their reunion, therefore, is a rather profound event and the basis for the five-book Chaos Station series. That’s not where their story begins, however. Collected here are the extra stories written alongside the Chaos Station series. “Graduation” and “Reunion” are set … Read more