Transfer Orbit

This October marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Redwall, the first installment of Brian Jacques' long-running fantasy series, and after that milestone, it appears that the series is going to grow a little bigger.

DragonCon took over Atlanta, Georgia this last holiday weekend, and part of the festivities include the presentation of this year's Dragon Awards.

I'm back from LACon, and had a good time: it was great to catch up with a bunch of folks that I haven't seen in years, and to remind myself that the literary world isn't just words on a page: it's a huge community of people tapping out words to connect and

September has arrived.

Back in 2015, I wrote about C.J.

I'm back from attending LAConV, this year's WorldCon.

One of the things that I like doing with Transfer Orbit is speaking to people about their work.

Audible has announced a new original audio story, Exoplanet, which is being written by author Benjamin Percy (The Ninth Metal, The Unfamiliar Garden, The Sky Vault) ) and executive produced by Andy Weir (The Martian, Project Hail Mary).

As a reminder: I'll bet at LAcon V next week on August 27th and 28th!

Years ago, I interviewed author James L.

In Harlan Ellison's landmark 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream", an artificial intelligence called AM has taken over the world.

There’s an anecdote that I read years ago that stuck with me: President Bill Clinton was so disturbed by Richard Preston's novel The Cobra Event that he began asking senior staffers and policy officials about the nature of the country's defenses against b…

The World Fantasy Convention has announced the finalists for this year's awards.

So, a quick announcement off the bat: I'm going to WorldCon at the end of the month!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Dragon Awards, which kicked off in 2016 in the aftermath of a bitter fight between various factions of fandom over the nature of fandom, what works deserve to be honored as the "best" of the year, and how much of