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The Big Idea: Curtis C. Chen
Posted on October 16, 2024 Posted by John Scalzi 3 Comments
For the third book in his science fiction series, Curtis C. Chen sets his site on a planetary neighbor, and a classic 90s action film, as inspirations. Which location and which film? Chen reveals all in this Big Idea for True Blue Kangaroo.
CURTIS C. CHEN:
My third Kangaroo novel is mostly set on the planet Venus. Why there? Well, it’s basically a mashup of a theoretical space mission concept and the 1997 John Woo film Face/Off. Lemme ’splain.
About a decade ago, some NASA Langley Research Center engineers put together a video for what they called “High Altitude Venus Operational Concept” (HAVOC), a potential future expedition which would use an inflatable airship to explore Venus’ upper atmosphere. Fun fact: Venusian atmosphere is thicker than Earth’s, so a big enough balloon filled with human-breathable air would be able to simply float above the clouds!
(You can see a different application of this in JPL’s fanciful Venus travel poster, which depicts an observation platform for watching Mercury transit across the face of the Sun.)
By the way, those dense Venusian clouds–which make it impossible to see the planet surface from Earth, and previously inspired decades of pulp adventures set on a swampy jungle world–are primarily sulfuric freakin’ acid. And below that, at ground level, the pressure and temperature increase to infernal extremes, as confirmed by multiple probes since the 1960s.
Good news, though: stay above the clouds in your breathable-air-filled floating habitat, and it can be always sunny in Venus-delphia! Then put some maneuvering thrusters on your hab to follow the sun–they’ll need to be real beefy to push against the extreme winds (which have been clocked at above two hundred miles per hour, higher than a category 5 hurricane), but as a bonus, you’ll also have all the solar power you can eat.
However, a spy thriller can’t just feature unbridled sunbathing and wanton astronomy. And I recalled the movie Face/Off’s “Erewhon Prison,” a maximum-security penitentiary where unruly prisoners can be literally locked down by their magnetic boots. (The original screenplay was set a hundred years in the future, to make the face-swapping technology more plausible, and also included chimpanzees performing all our manual labor for some reason?)
In that movie, an inmate played by Nicolas Cage engineers a daring prison break only to find that Erewhon is located on a remote oil rig in the middle of the ocean, far from any getaway vehicles. Oh, you think that’s bad, Nic? How about being left hanging above an entire furshlugginer other planet that’s bathed in scorching toxic fumes? NOT COOL, MAN.
Last but not least, this being a Kangaroo tale, the inside of the Venusian habitat also had to be something super weird. So I then drew inspiration from one final media source: the 1967 Patrick McGoohan television series “The Prisoner.”
And you can read all about that tomorrow, in the My Favorite Bit piece I’m writing for Mary Robinette Kowal’s blog! :) #ShamelessCrossPromotion
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Posted on October 16, 2024 Posted by John Scalzi 5 Comments
Last night I did an event at the Piqua Library, Piqua being just a few miles from where I live, and it was an interesting event because I didn’t know who was going to show up. When I do a book tour event, it’s reasonably certain that the folks who come to the event have some idea who I am and what I do, and have probably read books of mine before. But with non-tour library events you can’t always assume that. Some folks show up because they’re library event regulars and will show up no matter who is doing an event, and others just know some writer or another is going to be stopping by and they have a curiosity about that.
Last night’s crowd was an interesting mix of people who knew who I was and people who were there because something was going on at the library, so I deviated from my usual set list of readings and did a presentation of who I was, how I came to live in the area, and what science fiction was in terms of literature, with a brief reading of “When the Yogurt Took Over,” which is (if I do say so myself) everything science fiction is supposed to be in just 1,000 words. I thi
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The 40 But 10: CJ Friedman
I had decided to retire the literary Would You Rather series, but didn't want to stop interviews on the site all together. Instead, I've pulled together 40ish questions - some bookish, some silly - and have asked authors to limit themselves to answering only 10 of them. That way, it keeps the interviews fresh and connectable for all of us!
Today we are joined by CJ Friedman. CJ Friedman is a former food truck owner, solar
salesman, and digital marketer. When he was 25, CJ lived within a Stephen King
novel and was the caretaker of an off-the-grid eco-lodge in the woods of
western Maine. During a two week stretch in which he saw no other people, CJ
dreamt of a world that was controlled by bees and other insects. Then, while
living in Philadelphia, he wrote The Bugs. CJ now lives in New Hampshire with
his wife, toddler, and two senior pups.
Why do you write?
Stories are the best way to convey ideas. I want to help
spread the idea that being kind is a good thing. There’s still plenty of room
for drama and problems and suspense in the world full of kindness.
What made you start writing?
Reading Kurt Vonnegut. He showed me that it’s possible to be
absurd, real, sad, funny, inventive, and what not, all at once. I like that
aspect of fiction. It’s not bound by reality. But to be good, it has to be
deeply rooted in real problems and emotions.
What do you do when you’re not writing?
When I’m not writing or working my day-job, I hang out with
my wife and toddler, walk my dogs in the woods or around town, garden, play
hockey, read, think about practicing the guitar again.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
The ability to know the True answer to any question I ask.
Like, how can I build a room-temperature superconductor? Followed by, how can I
leverage that technology to improve life on earth? Followed by, how can I
ensure big oil doesn’t kill me for discovering this? Or something like: how can
I prove aliens exist? Oh, they’re already here on earth? They’re just octopi
and other creatures right in front of our faces! My goodness! What other
animals are aliens? What are they all doing on Earth!? Is it all going to be
okay in the end? Is there such thing as a soul? Does anything happen after I
die? Are we living in a simulation? If yes, how do we escape the simulation?
What came before the big bang? Is the big bang even real? That was the
simulation starting!? Is God real? You get the idea. I’ve been wanting to write
a story about this superpower for a long time, but given the capabilities and
answers I’d need to come up with, I’m having some trouble. It would be awfully
presumptuous.
Describe your book in three words.
Bugs monitor humanity.
Describe your book poorly.
Some bees hijack a young woman’s consciousness in order to
save the Earth from humanity’s destructive tendencies.
If you could spend the day with another author, who would
you choose and why?
Can I choose a dead author? Since the question’s open to
interpretation, I’ll assume yes. So in that case, I’d love to spend a day with
Aldous Huxley. It’d be fascinating to see his perspective on society and
culture in 2024 and how it resembles his essays and Brave New World.
What is your favorite way to waste time?
Walking in the woods. Though, admittedly, it is the furthest
thing from a waste of time. It does wonders for my mental health.
What are some of your favorite books and/or authors?
Island by Aldous Huxley; Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine
Evaristo; Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by
Kurt Vonnegut (or any of his books); Parable of the Sower and Parable of the
Talents by Octavia Butler; Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami; The Very
Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders (I read this to my daughter all
the time); and my all-time favorite kids book that I love reading to my
daughter, All The World by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee, to
name a few.
What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life?
Ocean by John Butler, Life Is Wonderful by Jason Mraz,
Ripple by Grateful Dead
If there’s room for one extra question: What scares you the most?
That I’m chasing the wrong dream.
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Bees, ants, spiders, flies-all of the bugs-monitor two things: the
health of planet Earth, and the planet's most influential inhabitants, the
humans. Should humanity show signs of irreversibly killing Earth, the bugs will
exterminate everyone. They'll then start the human experiment over with a fresh
batch of people, thanks to the DNA collected by mosquitoes.
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Book review: Evil in Me by Brom
Friday, October 11, 2024
Book review: Evil in Me by Brom
Book links: Amazon, Goodreads
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Over the past few decades, acclaimed dark fantasy artist Brom has lent his distinctive vision to all facets of the creative industries, from novels and games to comics and film. He is the nationally bestselling author of Slewfoot, The Child Thief, Krampus, The Lost Gods and the award-winning illustrated horror novels The Plucker and The Devil's Rose. Brom is currently kept in a dank cellar just outside of Savannah.
Publisher: Tor Nightfire Length: 304 pages Formats: audio, ebook, paperback, hardcover
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Friday, September 27, 2024
THE HOT BEAT
THE HOT BEAT
By Robert Silverberg
Hard Case Crime
227 pgs
Though a wee bit dated, this crime thriller pro is still
worth a read. Bob McKay is a talented band leader who lets success get the best
of him. He becomes an alcoholic and loses his loving girlfriend, Terry, and then
his band. Now on the skids, he drifts from one seedy bar to another until,
through a series of unfortunate circumstances, he is falsely accused of
murdering a local B-girl. Things go from bad to worse when the cops dig up two eyewitnesses
who claim he is the killer.
Considering the time setting, it’s no surprise when the
overly eager detectives proceed to beat the crap out Bob trying to get a
confession out of him. Silverberg paints a realistic picture of both the good and
the bad guys. What turns things around is a nosy reporter name Ned Lowry, who,
having previously known the musician, believes him to be innocent. Then Bob’s
old flame, Terry, volunteers to help Lowry sharing his feelings. As they start
digging into the case, they eventually uncover hidden clues that point to the real
killer.
“The Hot Beat” is a masterfully woven tale with an economy
of words. Silverberg tells his story clean and neat like a shot of whiskey. And
if that wasn’t enough, the good people at Hard Case Crime have added three of
his short crime stories to fill out the volume. All in all, a nice package
we’re glad we picked up.
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What differentiates The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema is author Nikolas Schreck used to practice the Black Arts. That granted the original 2001 edition a seal of credibility, but this new, considerable update — courtesy of Headpress — allows him to cover dozens of titles that didn’t exist, like Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, in a hilarious review that alone is worth the price of purchase. In his intro, Schreck asks, “Who the hell is the Devil anyway?” then answers with a thorough history lesson spanning the life of cinema. Yes, horror films abound, but Satan pops up in costumed dramas, British comedies, kiddie matinees, mondo docs, animation, pornography and even an “all-Negro musical” from Vincente Minnelli. From Kenneth Anger to Irwin Allen, Ingmar Bergman to Ed Wood, our writer proves to be the authority of the evil one’s vast filmography. Surrender!
Another year means another McFarland & Company publication from Roberto Curti. As prolific as he is, his subject this time makes him look lazy by comparison: cult icon Jess Franco. Co-authored by Francesco Cesari, The Films of Jesus Franco, 1953-1966 examines the works of the Spanish director from his start — his pre-OB/GYN cinema, one might say. As is Curti’s wont, each pic — from puffery like Attack of the Robots to artistic triumphs like The Diabolical Dr. Z — reliably devotes coverage so in-depth, they may as well be a submersible. What really makes this Jesús text special is how heavily it goes into Franco films we’ll never see, from his university short Theory of Sunrise, a debut “ignored” by other Franco texts, to Treasure Island, an abandoned ’64 adaptation/collaboration with Orson Welles. One Yank’s quibble: The movies are listed in Spanish, so unless you know your Red Lips from your Labios rojos, keep the index bookmarked.
I thought my own book did a decent job of mining some obscurities … then along comes Lowest Common Denominator: The Amateurish Writings of a Failed Film Critic to show everybody up on that front. Written by David John Koenig, aka “A Fiend on Film,” the self-published paperback might review as many movies I’ve never heard of as it has pages! That’s because Koenig’s tastes lean toward the Asian, underground, microindie and black-and-white crime pics as old as my grandparents. Needless to say, my Tubi list grew exponentially as I read. And read. And read! From A to Z, I didn’t miss a word and, as a result, got exposed to a whole new world.
When a movie gains a fervent, coast-to-coast cult, multiple books on it inevitably follow. That’s certainly the case with Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. I reviewed two of them a decade ago, and now it’s time to add a third with BearManor Media’s release of Accidental Genius: An Oral History of The Room. Think the world doesn’t need another? Think again. Andrew J. Rausch, whose work I love, goes deeper on the topic than any medium before him. With dozens of people weighing in, his task as curator and craftsman couldn’t have been easy, but as a read, it sure is. The anecdotes are as crazy as a Room viewer could hope for, from using Greg Sestero’s facial hair as a guide for editing the nonsensical scenes into something watchable to Wiseau’s desire to perform his sex scenes unsimulated. On purpose, Accidental’s a lot of fun, as entertaining as it is thorough — enough to make you want to exclaim in joy, “Hai, doggy!”
Enjoyed the historical aspect of Vincent A. Albarano’s recent Aesthetic Deviations: A Critical View of American Shot-on-Video Horror, but wish it also had room for reviews and interviews? Then you’re going to love Justin Burning’s Hand-Held Hell: The Outbreak of Homemade Horror. With a title like that, how could you not? Well, quite easily, were we in the hands of a poor writer, but that, Burning is not. Covering a mind-boggling 40 years’ worth of SOV projects, he gives great insight about movies I’ve not only seen (Video Violence), but seen more than once (Black Devil Doll from Hell), wish I could unsee (The Burning Moon) and absolutely never will see (August Underground). Interspersed among these 44 movies are interviews with nearly two dozen directors — including such household Hanekes as Tim Ritter, Bret McCormick and Donald Farmer — and full-color photos, all in a trade-paperback package heavy enough to challenge your wrists’ strength. For the right type of person (like you and me), this trip through Hell feels like heaven.
As someone whose film knowledge began on watching movies on UHF channels and read the Sunday paper’s TV listings supplement in full, Armchair Cinema: A History of Feature Films on British Television, 1929-1981 stirred nostalgia in this American. It’s a shame the Edinburgh University Press title costs such a pretty penny, because I suspect like minds would find it catnippy, too. Leslie Halliwell (he of the Halliwell’s Film Guide) emerges as a hidden hero as Sheldon Hall looks back at when the tube saw
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a memorial by Steven H Silver
Science fiction fans have always had a respect and understanding for the history of the genre. Unfortunately, science fiction has achieved such an age that each year sees our ranks diminished. Deaths in 2015 included Alice K. Turner, Leonard Nimoy, Tanith Lee, Jon Arfstrom, George Clayton Johnson, Suzette Haden Elgin, Sir Terry Pratchett, Christopher Lee and Peter Dickinson.
The Blood Red City by Justin Richards
reviewed by Nathan Brazil
This is the second novel in the author’s Never War sequence, and as might be expected, picks up almost where the first book ended. Ambitiously, the action aliens and Nazis sprawl across the USA, Germany, the Greek island of Crete, occupied France, Stalin’s Russia, and good old Blighty. Once again it’s a hell-for-leather scramble between those loyal to the Third Reich or the Allies, with the alien Vril following their own agenda and playing both sides against the middle.
By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
In the latest volume in the Legion of the Damned series, Booly comes back from the brink of what could have been disgrace as a hero to his men who risked their lives for freedom. Now Naa Commandos are set to protect him, yet assassins come to try and take over their encampment. The author fleshes out the characters and their lives, their doubts, loves and hopes. Booly’s rescue mission to get back Maylo gives us an idea of what kind of man he is, and what others think about him.
The Dark Arts of Blood by Freda Warrington
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
This story is separated into two parts with several smaller chapters that create an epic feel about it. These vampires seem more sophisticated than, say, the ones from a Stephen King novel. Their settings are bourgeois in their development and the characters never lose their edge. While the previous three novels have set the scene and developed the characters, this, the latest in the series, has a twist in the tale of which Sandra is very fond ever since reading Roald Dahl’s deliciously disturbing stories.
Of Bone and Thunder by Chris Evans
reviewed by Sandra Scholes
Every day the men of Red Shield have to face the Collective as they need to keep the Kingdom enemy free in Luitox. Here while they play the waiting game for their enemy to approach, we hear the war from several viewpoints during the story and many of the accounts aren’t what the Kingdom’s rulers might expect. The men are tired, hurt, stressed-out and at times bored out of their brains, and who can blame them? Their enemy is sneaky, dangerous and worthy of being feared as they never show themselves if they can help it, and they aren’t the sort of enemy who fights en masse.
The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher
reviewed by Nathan Brazil
This is the tale the last Hand; five people with supra-natural abilities, keeping the Law and Lore in an alternate Dickensian London. The Oversight was established to police and maintain the borders between the world of men and the darkly magical Sluagh. For many years an uneasy balance was achieved, mostly by mutual adherence to the rules that govern what is permitted from both sides. Then came the Disaster.
A Conversation With Rick Riordan
An interview with Steven H Silver
On merging Greek and Egyptian mythology:
” It wasn’t too difficult [to merge Greek and Egyptian mythology] because historically the Greeks and the Egyptians were
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