http://www.plutoniantimes.com science fiction planet Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:31:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2010/11/08/through-the-wall/ http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2010/11/08/through-the-wall/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:38:34 +0000 -ed. http://www.plutoniantimes.com/?p=315 Hugh Fox 1. “I don’t want him to die, I really love the guy, but....” “Love the guy? You’re not gay.” “You can love someone without being gay.” “OK, but he’s got liver cancer and....” Sitting on the hill-terrace overlooking the ocean that’s maybe a tenth read more]]> http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2010/11/08/through-the-wall/feed/ 0 http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2010/09/13/xvi-and-deek-escape-in-the-night/ http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2010/09/13/xvi-and-deek-escape-in-the-night/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:17:56 +0000 -ed. http://www.plutoniantimes.com/?p=300 R.J. Astruc They camp near the place Deek killed the vagrant. XVI finds an old tarpaulin amongst the urban detritus that litters the building site, and strings it up using a coil of cabling and the struts of an old airship. It won't keep out the wind but it'll keep out read more]]> http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2010/09/13/xvi-and-deek-escape-in-the-night/feed/ 0 http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2009/08/24/genre-what-genre/ http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2009/08/24/genre-what-genre/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:56:14 +0000 -ed. http://www.plutoniantimes.com/?p=45 Jason Block At some point or other just about every dedicated SFF fan  has gotten into one of those endless debates - is a certain book SF? Or is it really Fantasy? Hard or Soft? Regardless of how we categorize the tales we read, the reality is that it it can be difficult to tell read more]]> http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2009/08/24/genre-what-genre/feed/ 0 http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2009/08/01/a-brief-history-of-the-fantasy-genre/ http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2009/08/01/a-brief-history-of-the-fantasy-genre/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:01:15 +0000 -ed. http://www.plutoniantimes.com/?p=21 Jason Block To try and understand what's happening in the fantasy genre we love, here and now, we have to first look at it's history. We can divide the recent history of the Fantasy genre into three distinct periods. These divisions are arbitrary and aren't meant to exclude many of the fine books that don't fit read more]]> http://www.plutoniantimes.com/2009/08/01/a-brief-history-of-the-fantasy-genre/feed/ 0