Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author
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Rob Bignell is the author of several published science fiction novels and short stories. When not writing or reading SF, he's a book editor at inventingrealityediting.com.
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Five Ways to Build a Story Around an Unlikeable Protagonist - Reactor
Thoughts on hateable, problematic, and morally bankrupt characters.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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What a Missing Signal Tells Us About Alien Worlds
When astronomers detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b, it raised a critical question, ‘could this world's atmosphere even survive its host star's radiation?’ A new s...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Artist Ian Miller (1946-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
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Cover: 1975
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Cover: 1975
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Artist Ian Miller (1946-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
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Cover: 1975
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Cover: 1975
Reposted by Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author
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Thrilling Wonder Stories: Vol. 29, No. 2. December 1946
An interesting perspective at the dawn of the computer age, showing optimism for the advancements to be made in the years ahead.
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Thrilling Wonder Stories: Vol. 29, No. 2. December 1946
An interesting perspective at the dawn of the computer age, showing optimism for the advancements to be made in the years ahead.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫
Thrilling Wonder Stories: Vol. 29, No. 2. December 1946
An interesting perspective at the dawn of the computer age, showing optimism for the advancements to be made in the years ahead.
#book #booksky
#science-fiction
#thingsthatmadeanimpression
Thrilling Wonder Stories: Vol. 29, No. 2. December 1946
An interesting perspective at the dawn of the computer age, showing optimism for the advancements to be made in the years ahead.
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Five Writing Prompts for Science Fiction
Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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New Book Releases: November 11, 2025
Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Asare, Isis: Afrofuturism Short Stories (Flame Tree Collections UK 978-1835622643, £20.…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Theodora Goss’s ‘Letters From an Imaginary Country’
Short stories so expertly spun you’ll hardly know you’ve been ensnared.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Warfare and Survival: Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh - Reactor
A science fiction classic about the true costs and consequences of war.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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5 Awesome SF Novum Writing Prompts
Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, artificial int…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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The Archeologist's Guide To Colonizing Other Worlds
Models help scientists understand everything from the particles that make up the universe to massive superstructures of galaxies at the beginning of time. But sometimes they model more mundane, though...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025 - Reactor
Check out 13 of the best YA titles publishing this season
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November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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The 10 Greatest Philip K. Dick Novels, Ranked
Philip K. Dick is one of the most influential and lauded sci-fi writers, with his best works including Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Valis.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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5 Sci Fi Writing Prompts – Novums
Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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All the New SFF Crossover Books Arriving in November 2025 - Reactor
This November venture into mind-melding, the horrors of big tech, and the pitfalls that come from trying to change your face.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Bare, hostile alien worlds may be able to host life after all, after astronomers made one key change | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Redefining the 'cosmic shoreline' for rocky exoplanets has revealed some worlds once thought uninhabitable may be able to support life.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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How Legendary Sci-Fi Writer Isaac Asimov Felt About Star Trek - Looper
Isaac Asimov was a legend of science fiction, creating "Foundation" and "I, Robot." But was he a "Star Trek" fan? A 1973 "Trek" convention gives the answer.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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5 Fascinating Science Fiction Writing Prompts
Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Using Science Fiction to Write About Grief, Marriage, and Memory
In this PEN Ten interview, Aja Gabel discusses Lightbreakers and writing literary fiction that utilizes sci-fi elements.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Communicating Discoveries In The Search For Life In The Universe Workshop Report - Astrobiology
The potential discovery of life beyond Earth presents unique communication challenges for astrobiology. These include ambiguous data, public misconceptions, and the dynamics of social media platforms....
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November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The two key differences in writing for the franchises, from someone who has been doing both for over a decade
Science fiction author John Jackson Miller explains how editors and authors approach Star Trek books differently than Star Wars
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November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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5 Writing Prompts For Science Fiction
Science fiction stories typically revolve arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, artifi…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in November 2025 - Reactor
This November, spend time with Darth Vader, join the antimemetics division, and travel to Las Vegas in space…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The Future of Propellantless Space Travel
Every kilogram of rocket fuel is dead weight once it’s burned, yet conventional spacecraft must carry hundreds, sometimes thousands of tons of propellant to reach even nearby planets. This fundamental...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed
A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into classic science fiction. Read it! says Emily H. Wilson
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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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5 Novum Science Fiction Writing Prompts
Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, artificial int…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM