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1. Complicit Simplicity - a hackers end game forward: Writers create for themselves and an audience, authors write for publishers. I am a writer. My novel Complicit Simplicity, A Hackers End Game reflects a writer's effort. This free online book is therefore dedicated to you my audience. Y...
2. What Is "Speculative Fiction"? Speculative Fiction, or "SpecFic", is hard to define. It's "What If?" - the fantastic in a fictional setting. Sound vague? Read on.
3. How to create STEAMPUNK jewelry art Wikipedia defines Steampunk as "a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used-usually the 19th century, and o...
4. S.M. Stirling S.M. Stirling is a US author who has written several series' in the apocalyptic near future and alternative history genres. His books are very exciting and can have you racing through pages to find out what happens next. Most notably, he is the autho...
5. StEaMpUnK Steampunk is a term that was coined in the late 1980s to describe a type of science fiction or fantasy writing that fused a Victorian setting and technology with later technological and mechanical developments to create a 19th century that never was....
6. Fight Club: The Book by Chuck Palaniuk Since the movie of Fight Club came out in 1999, hipsters and rebels across America have been hungry for books by transgressive fiction author Chuck Palahniuk... and some of his fans aren't reading much else. If you liked Fight Club or any of Chu...
7. Robert A. Heinlein : Science Fiction Master His name evokes awe and reverence among science fiction fans and writers alike. I read my first book by Robert Heinlein (pronounced hineline) in my early 20's and have been an avid fan ever since. That's when I began voraciously reading everything wr...
8. Urban Fantasy: More Things 'Twixt Heaven and Earth This lens is an introduction to Urban Fantasy, a relatively new subgenre of fiction. It is also sometimes known as Contemporary Fantasy or, occasionally, Supernaturals. For purposes of this lens, Urban Fantasy is fiction in which magical or supernat...
9. Dr. Augustus Dayafter's Emporium Hello there, friend. I'm glad you could make it to my little corner of the world. Fancy a cup of tea? I know I do. Have a seat and take a load off make sure you take a look around first though... oh, and do mind the automatons, some of them get a lit...
10. Great General Science Fiction This lens is about Science Fiction books that I like. I'm going to be talking about what I think of as "general" SF here, since I have a separate lens about High Fantasy Series, another about Urban Fantasy and I'm planning another to focus on militar...
11. J. Michael Straczynski J. Michael Straczynski is the creator of Babylon 5.  He created the show and the unforgettable characters, produced it and wrote many, if not most, of the episodes himself.  He is a prolific and brilliant writer, winning awards honoring his...
12. ORYX AND CRAKE by Margaret Atwood Told from a present viewpoint and remembrances, Atwood's story is told by Snowman, the only human survivor of a viral devastation who finds himself mentoring and minding a tribe of engineered individuals in a post-apocalyptic, haunted paradise. If ge...
13. Free Speculative Fiction Online This site provides links to free online Speculative Fiction. SpecFic is a broad and wonderous term that encompasses many forms of speculative genre writing. Care has been taken to choose only sites that do not infringe on the authors' copyright.
14. Heroes: Hiro Nakamura He can bend Time & Space. He has intellect with the wonderment of a child. He's even a Science Fiction fan. Hiro Nakamura, from NBC's hit series HEROES, is more than just a character: He is the physical manifestation of our Inner Geek.
15. William Gibson Wiliam Gibson came to widespread attention with his 1984 novel NEUROMANCER, winning both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.  The word and concept of "cyberspace" was invented by him.
16. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing This lens is for writers, editors and wannabees who think they have that next great science fiction or fantasy novel in them. It's for all of you who have tried (or ar still trying) to write that novel and are looking for advice, tips, how-to article...
17. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books Headquarters Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books A lensroup dedicated to speculative fiction books, authors, and writing. The group discussion is not working right now. Looking into it and hopefully our great conversation will get back on track!
18. The Science Fiction Book List A guide to discover the fascinating world of speculative fiction. From Hugo and Nebula Award nominees and winners to my favorite writers Cherryh, Le Guin, Lem and Asimov. Travel under the red sun of Darkover, visit Trantor, experience the anarchistic...
19. The World in the Satin Bag The World in the Satin Bag is a blog and a blog novel together. It begun as an experiment to see if having a blog novel would compel me to write a young adult fantasy novel and complete it. The blog itself became heavily focused on science fiction, w...
20. Adele Cosgrove-Bray Adele Cosgrove-Bray began writing poetry at the age of fourteen, and at seventeen became a member of Leigh Writers' Workshop, when her first poem plus a humorous small article were published in Pipes of Pan. Adele went on to write and illustrate a mo...