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Review of “Splintered Suns” by Michael Cobley

January 10, 2019Nalin Leave a Comment

Despite the high praise on the back cover and intriguing premise, this novel left me feeling kinda meh. The worldbuilding and the plot were at least interesting enough that I wanted to keep going for awhile, and I did manage… Continue Reading →

Reviews humanity's fire, scifi, worldbuilding, space opera

Sci-Fi Story Elements That Really Hook Me!

May 5, 2018Nalin 2 Comments

For well over a year now, I’ve been spinning my wheels on a sequel to Red Soil Through Our Fingers. Despite the well-known writing advice that the first draft will be crap and you just have to power through it,… Continue Reading →

SFF Genre, My Stories, Writing space opera, futurism, characters, literary fiction, elemental genre, fantasy, hard sf, science fiction, identity, plot, ideas

Space Opera!

August 12, 2014Nalin Leave a Comment

A long, long time ago… in a galaxy far, far away… [cue amazing, soul-electrifying fanfare] It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil GALACTIC EMPIRE. During… Continue Reading →

SFF Genre space travel, planets, empire, star wars, space opera, imperialism, colonialism
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