Jeremiah Tolbert

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Case Study: The Five Worlds Website

by Jeremiah Tolbert on Sep 03, 2009 (0) Comments

…the Academy was founded to detail the story of how Fremont’s Children directed the out­come of the Making War. This is the incred­i­ble and unlikely story of how a brother and a sis­ter, and other young heroes, cre­ated the bal­anced forces that drive us today. Although this is a tale of our past, it is […]

Recommended Viewing: The Sleep Dealer

by Jeremiah Tolbert on Sep 02, 2009 (3) Comments

I have often thought that the future of sci­ence fic­tion isn’t in tales of first world nations like the United States. The future sto­ries we should be explor­ing and con­tem­plat­ing more are the ones involv­ing (and told by res­i­dents of) life on the fringes, in the fave­las and the bor­der towns, in the devel­op­ing world, […]

Eight Less Known Websites for SF Readers and Fans

by Jeremiah Tolbert on Aug 31, 2009 (5) Comments

Everyone knows a dozen author web­sites to read, and the indus­try blogs that tell you about the lat­est movies and TV shows. But what if you’re inter­ested in hear­ing about out­landish ideas you might pil­fer for a story? Or maybe you just want a quick kick of reality-based sen­sawunda. What web­sites to do you turn […]

Why You Should Apply to Attend LaunchPad Next Year

by Jeremiah Tolbert on Jul 27, 2009 (2) Comments

TheLaunchPad Astronomy Workshop has been held three times now, each sum­mer in Laramie, Wyoming. This project is the brain­child of Jim Verley and astronomer/SF writer Mike Brotherton. The goal of the work­shop is to help expand the audi­ence for sci­ence lit­er­ate fic­tion and other pop­u­lar endeav­ors. This year, we not only had sci­ence fic­tion writers […]