One of several new graphics designed to explain core concepts used in the forthcoming SF and fantasy books by Jake Jackson, particularly concerning the beginnings of the universe, and notions of time and space. The illustration shows the affect of disordered time events on gravity in the known universe. Each node is a time event that sits as a moment of Space Time. With the correct …
Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos
Shakespeare explores the tragic consequences of ambition and human weakness in his masterful study of guilt, The Tragedy of Macbeth. Greed and shame struggle mightily for the souls of the protagonists as they submit to supernatural forces that press cruelly at the soft core of humanity. The play’s dark landscape, cast with threads of secret desires and murderous intent, with …
Top 100 SF & Fantasy Books. Songmaster by Orson Scott Card
Originally published in the late 1970s Songmaster is a subtle exploration of relationships, pushing at uncomfortable boundaries and playing with some pretty outré notions. In short, Orson Scott Card is doing the job of any decent SF writer. I read this, Enders Game and Seventh Son in a headlong rush, as part of the (then) new wave of writers (Harlan Ellison, …
