This author’s note originally appeared in the October 24th edition of my author newsletter. To subscribe to my newsletter, click here. There’s this guy I follow on YouTube named Tom Luongo who has a very interesting take on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. According to him, it’s one of the best Star Wars films ever… Continue reading 2019-10-24 Newsletter Author’s Note
Tag: Roger Allen McBride
Y is for Yesteryear
They say that the golden age of science fiction is about twelve years old. That’s definitely true for me. My first exposure to the genre was Star Wars: A New Hope. I saw it when I was seven, right around the height of my dinosaur phase. Everything about the movie completely blew me away, from… Continue reading Y is for Yesteryear
V is for Vast
If you don’t know anything else about the universe, you should know this: it’s big. Really, really, REALLY big. How big, you ask? Well, for starters, take a look at Earth in the picture above. Can you see it? It’s the pale blue dot in the beam of starlight on the right side of the… Continue reading V is for Vast
Story Notebook #3 (part 1)
I’m not sure whether this notebook is #3 or #2. There’s a lot of notes from English 318, which would put it in the winter, but I don’t know if it’s from ’08 or ’09. Not that that matters; ideas are ideas. And here they are! An empty parking garage with no exit. Covered this… Continue reading Story Notebook #3 (part 1)