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by storiesbywilliams on May 7, 2013 in Authors, News, Novels and tagged book sales, ebooks, editing, ereader, indie publishing, max rooks, Reviews, whiskey delta, world war z, zombie, zombies

Good morning all! Once more, I have some good news from the world of publishing and zombie writing! First up, my newest book to hit the shelves, Whiskey Delta, has just passed 650 sales. Woohoo and woohoo! And yet, I am mourning the fact that the people I dedicated it to are unable to read […]

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Remembering Douglas Adams

by storiesbywilliams on March 12, 2013 in Authors, Books, Movies, News, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a trilogy in five parts, And Another Thing..., babel fish, bbc hitchhikers guide to the galaxy game, bbc radio, chaos theory, dirk gently's holistic detective agency, don't panic, douglas adam's 61st birthday, douglas adams, google doodle, Graham Chapman, heart of gold, infinite probability drive, Life the Universe and Everything, mark carwardine, monty python, monty python's flying circus, Mostly Harmless, quantum theory, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish., the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the long dark tea-time of the soul, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Yesterday was the birthday of the late, great science fiction writer and luminary known as Douglas Adams. Had he not passed away in 2001, at the age of forty-one, he would have been celebrating his sixty-first birthday. Best remembered for his series The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Adams greatest accomplishment was arguably his ability […]

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Fears of a Police-Drone State

by storiesbywilliams on March 10, 2013 in Authors, News, Sci-Fi, Technology and tagged 1984, alameda country california, Arthur C Clarke, Big Brother, congress, domestic drone use, dystopian, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), GPS, Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, police drones, police state, post-privacy state, president obama, security drones, surveillance, surveillance drones, UAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles, us government

In a decision which has been decried by countless community activists and civil rights leaders, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department announced plans last month to deploy up to two small, lightweight drones to assist in police surveillance. Despite resistance from the community, the town seems poised to join many other cities in using UAV’s for […]

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The World of “A Song of Ice and Fire”

by storiesbywilliams on December 6, 2012 in Authors, Books, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a song of ice and fire, ancient greece, ancient rome, antiquity, arrakeen, arrakis, astapor, baron harkonnen, caladan, casterly rock, conspiracy theories, dothraki, Dune, emperor shaddam IV, essos, fedeykin, Frank Herbert, geidi prime, George RR Martin, gondor, hadrians wall, hobbits, ilyrio, J RR Tolkien, kings landing, lannisters, Lord of the Rings, mereen, middle earth, minas tirith, Paul Atreides, qarth, sardukar, seitch tabr, selusa secundus, slavers bay, sothoryos, the atreides, the fremen, the harkonnens, the king in the north, the reach, the shield wall, the shire, vaes dothrak, westeros, yunkai

After reading four of the five of the books in the ongoing Song of Ice and Fire series, I’ve come to realize something. I really like the world George RR Martin has created! In fact, you might say I haven’t found myself becoming so engrossed with a fictional universe since Dune or Lord of the […]

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Religion in Sci-Fi

by storiesbywilliams on September 24, 2012 in Authors, Books, Sci-Fi and tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, 3001: Final Odyssey, Alastair Reynolds, Aldous Huxley, anakin skywalker, arrakis, Arthur C Clarke, asbolution gap, bene gesserit sisterhood, chasm city, children of dune, darth vader, duncan, Dune, dune messiah, emperor palpatine, f451, farhenheit 451, firstborn, flow my tears the policeman said, foundation, Frank Herbert, fremen, FTL, gene roddenberry, george lucas, god, god emperor of dune, guy montag, h.g. wells, harkonnens, hyperspatial drive, i robot, indoctrination virus, Isaac Asimov, judea-christianity, justice, kaballah, Kefitzat Haderech, kwisatz haderach, leto II, luke skywalker, midichlorians, monoliths, Obi Wan, one state, padishah emperor, Paul Atreides, Philip k dick, picard, PKD, prescience, Qui gonn Jin, Ray Bradbury, redemption ark, revelation space, robert a heinlein, sandworms, sky haussmann, sky's edge, spice, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Star Wars, starfleet, stranger in a strange land, the big three, the enterprise, the exegesis of philip k dick, The Force, the jesus incident, the lazarus effect, the shape of things to come, VALIS, VALIS trilogy, war of the worlds, World State, yevgeny zamyatin

Since its inception as a literary genre, religion has played an important role in science fiction. Whether it took the form of informing the author’s own beliefs, or was delivered as part of their particular brand of social commentary, no work of sci-fi has ever been bereft of spirituality.Even self-professed atheists and materialists had something […]

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Ray Bradbury Gives Writing Advice

by storiesbywilliams on July 16, 2012 in Authors, Sci-Fi and tagged basho matsuo, j michael straczynski, novels, Ray Bradbury, rip ray bradbury, Sci-Fi, science fiction, short-stories, that's right I read a poem. try not to faint, writing tips

I recently came across this article, which seems to have been one of many I found when researching the life and works of sci-fi great Ray Bradbury. The source is Open Culture, an online magazine dealing with cultural and educational media. And like many other publications, they chose to honor the passing of Bradbury by […]

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Robert Kirkman’s Zombie Car

by storiesbywilliams on June 14, 2012 in Authors, Cool Stuff, News, Video and tagged comic book, comic-con, dawn of the dead, hyundia promotional deal for a zombie car, mad max, robert kirkman, the walking dead, zombie car, zombies

“Be prepared” is the Boy Scout’s motto. And it appears this wisdom is not lost on Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead comic series. In a recent interview, he shares his thoughts on his creation, and spoke candidly on what he thought needed to go into the development of a zombie car. This […]

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Another G5N Anthology in the works!

by storiesbywilliams on June 12, 2012 in Authors, Grim5next, Novels, Sci-Fi and tagged Goodreads, grim5next, martian chronicles, passage of venus, Ray Bradbury, Sci-Fi, science fiction, story time, writer's worth

Don’t you just love it when things come together, and by things I mean talented people and a good concept? Well that seems to be happening once again. A few months back, I joined Writer’s Worth over at Goodreads, a writer’s group dedicated to promoting new talent and aspiring authors. We have since morphed into […]

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My First Troll!

by storiesbywilliams on June 9, 2012 in Authors, Books, News and tagged Brian Herbert, Dune, dune 7, dune and its descendents, dune prequels, dune sequels, Dune universe, Frank Herbert, kevin j anderson and brian herbert

Wow, this is what it feels like to experience hate mail! I gotta say, I’m kind of flattered. It was in reference to my article “Dune and Its Descendents”, one of many in which I praised the late Frank Herbert for his amazing work over the years and bashed the work that has followed in […]

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Wired Tribute to Ray Bradbury

by storiesbywilliams on June 7, 2012 in Authors and tagged apollo missions, colonization of mars, moon landing, NASA, Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury dies, space race, the martian chronicles

Here we see Bradbury seated in the NASA control center back in the 1960′s. Apparently, it was his contention, prior to the Moon Landing, that the United States was headed for spiritual ruin unless “dumb politicians” got out of the way and let Americans reach for the stars. Well, he certainly got his wish, didn’t […]

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