Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author

Four Writing Prompts: Obsession Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from a fixation or mania. Here are four writing prompts for storie…

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Science Fiction: Definitions Serve to Be Destroyed - Journal #161 Isadora Neves Marques proposes that science fiction is the fiction of misunderstandings.

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Unfortunately I Am Wrestling With Genre Again - Reactor Can you ever really draw a line between genres? And does it matter?

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Isaac Asimov, American writer, “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been” One of the greatest sci-fi writers wrote an essay over 40 years ago criticizing America’s “cult of ignorance” that feels just as true today.

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5 Cool SciFi 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, arti…

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Top Down Map of Our Stellar Neighborhood
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Could Aliens See Us? The Kardashev scale, envisions civilizations as endlessly progressing, building gigantic spaceships or Dyson spheres around their stars. But what if this isn't the only possible future for a civilizat...

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What kind of computer program would aliens use when communicating with humans?
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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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Designing cities inside a hollowed-out asteroids
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Writer’s Guidelines HOW WE ROLL: We’re purely digital. We loved paper books and magazines as kids, but it’s time to grow up. In the future, there won’t be any paper except in antique stores. WHAT WE DON’T WANT: Near-f…

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Starfarer's Cafe is now accepting science fiction stories for publication.
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Humans could move to this floating asteroid belt colony in the next 15 years, astrophysicist says Should we build a 'megasatellite' of human habitats around the dwarf planet Ceres? It's more plausible than it sounds.

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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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Every Dan Simmons Book That Almost Became a Movie, Including Hyperion Hyperion and several Dan Simmons novels were set for Hollywood movies that ultimately never made it past development.

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How Sci-Fi Author Isaac Asimov Really Felt About Frank Herbert's Dune Books - SlashFilm Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert were two of the most influential sci-fi authors ever, so it's no surprise that Asimov had thoughts on Herbert's Dune books.

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We value the perspective of all sentients.

5 Prompts for Science Fiction Writers 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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A Big Alien In A Small Town: Godfall by Van Jensen - Reactor Human-scale drama meets the cosmic and the strange.

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The Language of Contact
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How Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Created the Blueprint for Modern Science Fiction (1927) A vast, miserable proletariat squanders its days in meaningless toil. Society is under the control of ultra-wealthy business magnates. In order to pacify the underclass, the ruling class pins its hope...

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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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The Oldest Movie To Realistically Depict Space Travel Is Almost 100 Years Old - BGR Science fiction has had an interesting relationship to real science, sometimes predicting future advancements, and this movie was especially ahead of its time.

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Nine Memorable Depictions of AI in Fiction Humans have long been fascinated with consciousness. Before even coming close to fully understanding our own, we’ve devoted much of our imagination (and now resources) into creating it. This urge i…

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Every Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movie Based on Richard Matheson Books From I Am Legend to a heartfelt Robin Williams journey, here is every movie based on a Richard Matheson fantasy or sci-fi work, ranked.

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5 Fantastic Science Fiction 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, artificial int…

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Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like Solarpunk. A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.

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How many of the best sci-fi novels of all time can you say that you've read?
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All or Nothing Rob Bignell arrived at Starfarer’s Cafe with this fantastical tale of a strange custom among several far-flung alien civilizations – a race to see who can fall into a black hole first. …

Starfarer's Cafe has published my science fiction story, "All or Nothing"!
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5 Sci-fi Writing Prompts That Will Motivate You 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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