by marissa | Jun 27, 2015 | Books Edited by Marissa, Science Fiction
One of the brilliant science fiction novels I worked on is on special on Kindle! This is one of my favs… Harbinger of Treason by Bayard West, a science fiction space adventure with a kickass and “undeniably endearing heroine.” It’s a page...
by marissa | Mar 30, 2015 | Book Reviews, Science Fiction
SFF Audio had me back on their podcast for another Philip K Dick episode with Jesse Willis and Paul Weimar. This time we talked about Eye in the Sky (1957), which is now one of my favorite PKDs… it’s got a religious world where religious beliefs are literal; a...
by marissa | Dec 3, 2014 | Science Fiction, SFF Classics
Jesse Willis recently invited Paul Weimar (SFF writer/reviewer/podcaster) and me on to the SFF Audio Podcast for a fun conversation about Philip K Dick’s 1964 novel Martian Time Slip. Follow the link to see some more of the beautiful illustrations, collected by...
by marissa | Feb 25, 2014 | Science Fiction
I just opened Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and fell in love this dedication. DEDICATION For Alex Vonnegut, Special Agent, with love All persons, places, and events in this book are real. Certain speeches and thoughts are necessarily constructions by the...
by marissa | Feb 23, 2014 | Books Edited by Marissa, Science Fiction
Happiness! I’ve received my copy of Bayard West’s beautiful novel Harbinger of Treason, which I was lucky enough to work on as a line editor. It’s fast-paced science-fiction with a bit of everything: adventure, romance, suspense, beautiful visuals,...
by marissa | Oct 10, 2013 | Science Fiction
SFF Audio were talking about Cordwainer Smith’s story The Game of Rat and Dragon on Twitter yesterday and suggested checking out the Wikipedia description. I looked it up and found what has to be one of the greatest first few lines of a Wikipedia page ever. This...
