Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author
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Rob Bignell is the author of several published science fiction novels and short stories. When not writing or reading SF, he's a book editor at inventingrealityediting.com.
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5 Sci Fi Writing Prompts – Novums
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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November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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All the New SFF Crossover Books Arriving in November 2025 - Reactor
This November venture into mind-melding, the horrors of big tech, and the pitfalls that come from trying to change your face.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Bare, hostile alien worlds may be able to host life after all, after astronomers made one key change | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Redefining the 'cosmic shoreline' for rocky exoplanets has revealed some worlds once thought uninhabitable may be able to support life.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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How Legendary Sci-Fi Writer Isaac Asimov Felt About Star Trek - Looper
Isaac Asimov was a legend of science fiction, creating "Foundation" and "I, Robot." But was he a "Star Trek" fan? A 1973 "Trek" convention gives the answer.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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5 Fascinating Science Fiction Writing Prompts
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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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Using Science Fiction to Write About Grief, Marriage, and Memory
In this PEN Ten interview, Aja Gabel discusses Lightbreakers and writing literary fiction that utilizes sci-fi elements.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Communicating Discoveries In The Search For Life In The Universe Workshop Report - Astrobiology
The potential discovery of life beyond Earth presents unique communication challenges for astrobiology. These include ambiguous data, public misconceptions, and the dynamics of social media platforms....
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November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The two key differences in writing for the franchises, from someone who has been doing both for over a decade
Science fiction author John Jackson Miller explains how editors and authors approach Star Trek books differently than Star Wars
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November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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5 Writing Prompts For Science Fiction
Science fiction stories typically revolve 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, artifi…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in November 2025 - Reactor
This November, spend time with Darth Vader, join the antimemetics division, and travel to Las Vegas in space…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The Future of Propellantless Space Travel
Every kilogram of rocket fuel is dead weight once it’s burned, yet conventional spacecraft must carry hundreds, sometimes thousands of tons of propellant to reach even nearby planets. This fundamental...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed
A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into classic science fiction. Read it! says Emily H. Wilson
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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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5 Novum Science Fiction Writing Prompts
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, artificial int…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Self-Replicating Probes Could be Operating Right now in the Solar System. Here's How We Could Look for Them
A new study proposes how we could look for signs of self-replicating (Von Neumann) probes that would prove that the Solar System has been explored by an advanced extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI).
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November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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From science fiction to reality: Marquette University professor uses ‘Dune’ book series to teach and analyze current societal themes
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon in Johnston Hall, around 50 Marquette University students travel 20,000 years into the future.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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From Concentrate: 6 Great Brain-On Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
What books made your thinker thunk real hard?
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November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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5 Prompts for Science Fiction Writers
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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November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Novellas - Reactor
It's time to add something short and sweet to your TBR stack...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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7 Sci-Fi Comics Every Genre Fan Should Own Immediately
These sci-fi comics are books that every single fan of science fiction should read, running the gamut from horror to familial masterpieces.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact by Keith Cooper: Review by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact, Keith Cooper (Reaktion 978-1789149944, $22.50, 224pp, hc) May 2025. In Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact, space journalist Keith…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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5 Sci-Fi Writing Prompts: Novums
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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November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Nnedi Okorafor's The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 Is Out Now
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, guest edited by celebrated Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor, is now available. The anthology, part of the renowned Best American series, feat...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Sci-Fi Books That Predicted the Future
Explore how visionary authors like Mary Shelley, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell eerily predicted modern technology, politics, and medicine long before they existed.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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5 Science Fiction Novum Writing Prompts
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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November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM