 Worlds Colliding? That’s Nothing
Edward M. Lerner discusses Betrayer of Worlds, his newest collaboration with Larry Niven, released on the fortieth anniversary of Niven’s classic Ringworld.
My first exposure to a Really Big Idea was an ancient and tattered—nay, disintegrating—copy of When Worlds Collide, by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, encountered in my school library. Merely the title blew my mind. I remember coming to a halt, thinking: Worlds can do that?
Ah, the power of science fiction.
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 The Half-Made Frontier
By Felix Gilman
The Half-Made World is a western, kind of. A western with monsters. I didn’t start with the intention of writing a kind-of-western, but it soon became clear that that was where Creedmoor belonged, so that was that. Also, I’d just written two long books about Great Big Cities and wanted to get outdoors for a while.
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 How to Find Your Passion
By Beth Bernobich
Which do you believe in, fate or free will?
My answer is both.
No, that's not cheating. You don't make choices in a bubble, separate from self or consequence. You make them from preference, beliefs, from the exigency of the moment, weighted by lingering shadows of your past.
Wait, that sounds as though we have no freedom to choose, that an outside (or inside) force predestines our future. So fate wins?
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 Space Cadets and Starship Troopers: The Eagle Has Landed
By Stacy Hague-Hill, Wishing You Good Journey
Regular readers of Tor’s newsletter and our blog know that Tor has recently published an all-new biography of Robert A. Heinlein. Written with the blessing of Heinlein’s late widow, Virginia, the work was many years in the making and contains a wealth of interesting information, including never-before-published excerpts from Heinlein’s correspondence. Even if you thought you knew everything there was to know about the man, I can promise you there are surprises to be found within these pages.
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