I noted last night that my science fiction story, "The Sea and All That is In It", was published in Morpheus Tales, a British fantasy magazine. I thank the editors for including me--this is one of those stories that I knew someone would appreciate . . . and one of the best science fiction stories I've written in the past 3-4 years.
Of course, we are living in an age of science . . . so not all science fiction is futuristic. Some of my stories deal with the challenges of modern-day life, or questions posed by a guy like me. Questions like:
Where can you find a really good Reuben, and if one doesn't exist, could it be teleported from, say, the future to Shapiro's?
What would happen if I were abducted by aliens? Would they probe me? And if they did, would the find anything that would advance their knowledge of inter-stellar space flight or would they just chuck the probe findings into The New England Journal of Medicine?
If I could go back in time and become a younger man, would my wife recognize me and would she still call me "Your Royal Highness"?
What if I wrote a science fiction story dealing with a dartboard that was actually like a Russian Roulette wheel that controlled the universe? Would this change Calvin's thought on God as the divine parade-master?
Why does my wife give me strange looks when I tell her I'm writing a story about a futuristic society in which all men have twelve wives and all of these women are named "Bambi"?
Would a sane man do this?
Of course, we are living in an age of science . . . so not all science fiction is futuristic. Some of my stories deal with the challenges of modern-day life, or questions posed by a guy like me. Questions like:
Where can you find a really good Reuben, and if one doesn't exist, could it be teleported from, say, the future to Shapiro's?
What would happen if I were abducted by aliens? Would they probe me? And if they did, would the find anything that would advance their knowledge of inter-stellar space flight or would they just chuck the probe findings into The New England Journal of Medicine?
If I could go back in time and become a younger man, would my wife recognize me and would she still call me "Your Royal Highness"?
What if I wrote a science fiction story dealing with a dartboard that was actually like a Russian Roulette wheel that controlled the universe? Would this change Calvin's thought on God as the divine parade-master?
Why does my wife give me strange looks when I tell her I'm writing a story about a futuristic society in which all men have twelve wives and all of these women are named "Bambi"?
Would a sane man do this?
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