reading list – Marie Vibbert, author

Astronaut in a suit labelled "PhD" washes a satellite dish on the moon.

The Ephemeral Future of the Past

As a side-effect of my Women Writing as Women project, I’ve been reading a lot of old science fiction. There’s an editorial in the September, 1960 Galaxy Science Fiction where editor H. L. Gold asks readers to stop writing the same old bad things… that you can’t ‘drop’ bombs from Read more…

By Marie, 6 yearsMay 8, 2019 ago

A bricklayer sighs at his bricks. A man carrying wood past him thinks "Primadonna"

Writing

Blue Collar Science Fiction

I’ve often found myself frustrated that the stories I pick up are always from the point of view of the starship captain and not the person who swabs the decks. Everything seems to be about millionaires and industry leaders, super-stars. Once I asked a writer why he didn’t write more Read more…

By Marie, 5 yearsJuly 29, 2019 ago

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Dangerous Visions: Getting Political in SF

November 21, 2024 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

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November 21, 2024 11:30 pm - November 22, 2024 1:30 am
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North Continent Ribbon Event at Mac's Backs

November 23, 2024 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Mac's Backs 1820 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Celebrate the release of Ursula's North Continent Ribbon and the Re-release of Galactic Hellcats

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First Wednesday Reading Series

January 9, 2025 12:00 am - 1:00 am
Youngstown

I will be the first featured reader for 2025 in the Lit Youngstown First Wednesday series.

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