Week 13 and Jumper (and Ubik)

Another week, another story. This time I wrote about someone accidentally transporting himself into a motivational poster. I took inspiration from a novel I just finished: Jumper, by Steven Gould. I got it cause I saw that the new sequel, Impulse, was on the Nebula reading list. It's about a guy who learns he can …

Week 12 and A Scanner Darkly

Another week down and I actually like the story I did this week... for now. I may hate it when I read it again in a couple weeks. It's about an old man with a head injury trying to decide if the strange thing he's seeing out his kitchen window is real or not. I …

Week 11 and The Demolished Man

I have survived another week, and read another Alfred Bester novel. This week I wrote about a duel fought with time guns... yeah, probably just as dumb as it sounds. I also read The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. It's the story of a murder committed in a world full of telepaths--a world that hasn't …

The Stars My Destination

I just finished reading The Stars My Destination (originally published as Tiger! Tiger!) by Alfred Bester. I didn't mean to pause from the Count of Monte Cristo. I only meant  to read the preview in the Kindle store, as someone had mentioned it as one of the best Sci Fi novels ever and I'd never heard of …

Week 10 and Borges

I finished a sort of thing this week. It's barely a story, more a rambling about erasing and altering memories. Once again I didn't use the song prompt, but it's a good one so I might use it next week. I discovered Jorge Luis Borges this week also, who somehow had escaped my awareness until …