Beth Cato’s Little Story That Could
Our guest blogger, Beth Cato, has a few words to share on Dreams, Horses, and the Little Story That Could: There’s something I’ve learned during the past few years. If you want to succeed as a writer, it’s not all about talent. It’s not about developing a thick skin. Rejections make you cry? Scream? Those [...]
See more...Book Review: The Immortality Virus
“Only when life is short can one imagine that love lasts forever.” This line sums up one of the major themes of The Immortality Virus by Christine Amsden. Set in the far future, when the humanity stopped aging, this story explores such deep subjects as the price and benefits of immortality, while at the same [...]
See more...Optimism and Darkness in Science Fiction
In mid-February, I attended Boskone, a science fiction convention in Boston. I was on the “Optimism vs. Darkness in SF” panel, together with John Joseph Adams, Jennifer Pelland, Phoebe Wray, and the moderator Peter Brett. After the panel, Justine Graykin, who was in the audience, came to me and said thank you for a brief [...]
See more...Jim Hines reviews Pink Noise
Jim Hines reviews Pink Noise on his blog: “[...] The worldbuilding is incredibly rich, and there were plenty of, “Hey, that’s so cool!” moments, which is one of the things I read SF for. [...]“
See more...BookSpot reviews Pink Noise
BookSpotCentral has published a glowing review of Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale. One of the coolest, most well-designed and fascinating hard SF novels I’ve read lately is Leonid Korogodski’s page-turning Pink Noise (A PostHuman Tale). Have you perhaps never heard of the author? You have now. I believe Leonid will soon be one of today’s [...]
See more...Leo at Boskone
Leo Korogodski was spotted at the Boskone science fiction and fantasy convention (February 17–19, 2012). According to the posted convention schedule, he took part in the following activities: Dressing the Parties—Regalia and Symbolism (Panel), Fri 18:00–19:00, Harbor III (Westin) Changing Views of the Aristocrat in SF/F/H (Panel), Fri 21:00–22:00, Harbor II (Westin) Optimism vs. Darkness [...]
See more...Bubonicon 2011
Leo Korogodski was sighted at the Bubonicon science fiction convention, August 26–28, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
See more...ICCS 2011 Workshop: Science Fiction and Complexity
I will take part in ICCS 2011, the Eight International Conference on Complex Systems, organized by New England Complex Systems Institute. Yes, there will be a special workshop on Science Fiction and Complexity, chaired by Jonathan Vos Post and featuring Ben Bova, Philip Fellman, Steve Barnes, and yours truly. It will take place on Monday, [...]
See more...Designing Pink Noise
Hey, all. This is Rina again, your “welcome personette”, reporting from the 31st century with some of our software archaeologists’ finds. Back in 2011, Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale by Leo Korogodski won the Indie Excellence Awards in three categories: (1) Science Fiction; (2) Book Cover Design, Fiction; and (3) Book Interior Design, Fiction. Having [...]
See more...Pink Noise wins 2011 Indie Excellence Awards
Great news! Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale has won in three categories in the 2011 Indie Excellence Awards: Science Fiction Book Cover Design — Fiction Book Interior Design — Fiction
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