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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 43m

Writer's Guidelines - The Colored Lens
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 46m

Review of new SF book "Memory Dismembered"
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Memory Dismembered | Los Angeles Review of Books

Kurt Guldentops and Sungshin Kim review Bora Chung’s “Red Sword,” newly translated by Anton Hur.

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 48m

Utopia Science Fiction Magazine Writer's Guidelines
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 52m

What do the aliens in your science fiction stories look like?
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 1h

Multiverse Theory Books For Beginners: Why People Love Physics-Based Sci-Fi
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 1h

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 1h

East of the Web Writer's Guidelines
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 1h

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The Science of Extraterrestrials: The Art of Keeping Hope Alive

Earth appears uniquely suited to life. The question looms: How much can science downplay or avoid facts like that while retaining the character of science?

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2h

How do you worldbuild for your science fiction stories?

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3h

Writer's Guidelines - Apex
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

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The Hopeless Horror of Charles Beaumont

The writer died before his fortieth birthday—but left behind an influential catalogue of stories and unforgettable Twilight Zone episodes.

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

Writer's Guidelines - Beneath Ceaseless Skies
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Submissions by Scott H. Andrews

What We Want Beneath Ceaseless Skies publishes “literary adventure fantasy”: stories with a secondary-world setting and some fantasy feel, but written with a literary approach. Secondary-W...

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

What will tomorrow's space colonies look like?
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

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Science fiction's ‘warp drive’ is speeding closer to reality

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are working to make it so.

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

Writer's Guidelines - The Daily Tomorrow
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Submissions

Submissions are currently open! Submit story.

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu; When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift; The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell; Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; Remain by Nicholas Sparks with M Night Shyam...

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

Professional Science Fiction Book Editing
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Professional Science Fiction Book Editor

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 2d

Writer's Guidelines - Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine
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Submission Guidelines

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3d

Writer's Guidelines - Planet Scumm magazine
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Planet Scumm Sci-Fi Magazine Submission Guidelines — Planet Scumm

Find Planet Scumm's comprehensive submission guidelines for short science fiction stories, comics, and illustrations.

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3d

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Did Sci-Fi Get 2025 Right?

Science fiction is all about looking into the future. So what did authors get right—and what did they get decidedly wrong—about 2025?

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3d

Writer's Guidelines - Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3d

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Five Writing Prompts for Science Fiction

Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3d

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SFWA Market Report For October - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Welcome to the October 2025 Market Report, which includes SFF market openings, closures, & other changes of note for SFF creators on the submission trail.

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3d

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“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

Dystopian fiction is getting real, and I’m here for it. I don’t think I’m the only one. There’s something cathartic about reading about the end of the world. As a science fiction reader and avid fa…

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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author @sfauthorrobbignell.bsky.social · 3d

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The Singular Life of Aria Patel by Samira Ahmed: Review by Colleen Mondor

The Singular Life of Aria Patel, Samira Ahmed (Little, Brown 978-0-316-54868-7, $19.99, 368pp, hc) May 2025. In Samira Ahmed’s The Singular Life of Aria Patel, the title character is a teen who rel…

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