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BookTribFebruary 18, 2021
Our world changes when we dare to ask what if … What if our carriages could harness the strength of 100 horses? What if we could transport our voices across oceans? What if we could hold all the information we desired in the palm of our hands? Science Fiction and…
Chelsea CicconeSeptember 21, 2020
The most appealing part of natural disaster stories isn’t just the threat of impending doom. It's the way that the impending doom forces people into action, making heroes out of regular people. There's nothing like the tension of a raging storm to force families closer together, build alliances and reveal…
Wyatt SemenukJuly 18, 2022
One of the decidedly fraught areas of fiction is genre. Very rarely is a book so limited in its story or its characters that it can neatly fit into the confines of any one category, and yet, that’s one of the first things prospective readers want to identify. So, we…
Chelsea CicconeApril 18, 2022
When we think of our own speculative or dystopian futures, our thoughts often drift to that of cold and complex technology, unbreathable or toxic air, forms of protective gear to shield us from the sun's harmful rays, or utilitarian governments hiding major secrets to keep its citizens in the dark.…
Kendall FarrisApril 22, 2022
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and though I wish it went without saying, the first voices anyone should seek out when learning about autistic folks, or any marginalized group for that matter, are voices that come from within that very community. If you're unsure how to support someone, ask them!…
Chelsea CicconeApril 8, 2022
I have mostly spent my scholarly career writing about nostalgia in the media, which can clearly be more of a past-focused endeavor. This entailed looking at the ways different movies, television shows, and video games ask us to view our pasts, often in service of creating lifelong consumers of characters…
Ryan LizardiMarch 11, 2022
Ask any group of people what superpower they’d like to possess, and I’d wager that the most common response will be flight. I myself would choose telekinesis most days — or mind control, if I’m feeling particularly annoyed with others — but you’d hear no complaints from me if I…
Chelsea CicconeNovember 2, 2021
The great Athenian philosopher Plato once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” Wow. Pour me a glass of that, will you? It’s powerful stuff, music. That a few simple notes can so precisely convey emotions many…
Chelsea CicconeOctober 19, 2021
The arms of fantasy and science fiction can squash reality’s best weapons any day of the week … and they’re a hell of a lot cooler, too. Up against Doctor Who’s sonic screwdriver, that power drill in your garage might as well be made by Fisher-Price. Mjolnir in Thor’s hands…
Chelsea CicconeSeptember 21, 2021
The Apocalypse is on everyone’s minds these days. I may sound a little dramatic, but the events of the past year have justified speaking of catastrophic and cataclysmic occurrences with courage and a previous-unused bluntness. Suddenly, the unknown seems to be the expectation. One place where drama is usually very…
Judy MorenoMarch 26, 2021
Transhumanism — ever heard of it? Honestly, I myself hadn't for quite a long time. The Cambridge Dictionary defines the term as "the theory that science and technology can help human beings develop beyond what is physically and mentally possible at the present time. Transhumanism asserts that with all the…
Judy MorenoFebruary 23, 2021
As we await the biggest (at least commercial) holiday of the year, take a breather to celebrate another holiday. And this one is timed perfectly, because you really are taking a perfectly-sized brief break to honor it: National Short Story Day! Speaking of timing, this sneaky little devil intentionally falls…
BookTribDecember 21, 2021
When it comes to reading, there is nothing better than a great plot twist. It’s always a thrill to be glued to the page, unable to look away in case you miss the next surprise. An unexpected turn of events can be what takes a book from good to great,…
Cameron KimballFebruary 26, 2021
BookTrib.com recently added Writer’s Bone to our weekly features. Daniel Ford and Sean Tuohy have been bringing us weekly podcasts of discussions they have with writers about the craft of writing and what motivates them to tell a good story. Today, you can enjoy a Friday Morning Coffee podcast featuring Kat Howard. Kat…
Daniel FordNovember 17, 2017