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Asian Echoes: A Writer's Rededication to the Rules
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Speculative Fiction seen through Asian-tinted glasses and other musings. Tuesday, October 14, 2008. A Writer's Rededication to the Rules. The Canadian general election is over and the Liberals got the Green Shaft (sorry, couldn't resist). As the Canadian parliament returns to the job of governing, it will have to rejuvenate itself and abide by a new set of rules. If you don’t get what Mr. Safire is trying to accomplish with these rules, you will by the sixth rule. 2 Remember to never split an infinitive.
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Asian Echoes: June 2013
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Speculative Fiction seen through Asian-tinted glasses and other musings. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Man of Steel - Inner Journeys. DON'T READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT THE MOVIE SPOILED FOR YOU. Rushing to the defence of the Man of Steel, I said you can't have the inner journey without the outer journey. The movie was entirely about Kal-El's search for acceptance. He was an alien on Earth. Would humanity accept him? Now all I have to do is find that hair gel. I read it in high school (a loooong time a...
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Asian Echoes: Con-Version 26 Retrospective
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Speculative Fiction seen through Asian-tinted glasses and other musings. Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Conversion 26 has come and gone. I could take the time to dissect it, to let you know what I thought was good and bad about it, but I think I'll take a different approach. Here was what I thought was noteworthy, from my point of view, about the Con. I’ll let others do the autopsy (bones, bugs and all):. 8226; Hamburger and hotdogs for a banquet meal. 8226; Meeting Marina Sirtis and John deLancie in person.
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Asian Echoes: Mokushi Author Interview
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Speculative Fiction seen through Asian-tinted glasses and other musings. Monday, July 1, 2013. Kayelle Press asked me to answer some questions regarding Mokushi, my story in Tomorrow, Kayelle Press’ collection of post-apocalyptic stories. Most of the questions are about the story itself, but several are about writing and the writing process. Check it out here. Loved your story in Tomorrow, Calvin! July 30, 2013 at 9:26 AM. July 31, 2013 at 8:55 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The author uses Asia...
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Blog | Al Onia
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Science Fiction Author of TRANSIENT CITY and JAVENNY. When I finished my first published novel,. I wanted to create a sequel escalating the theme of water. I began. But only after I’d written the first draft of another book, one exploring the theme of memory. That novel became. My publisher expressed interest in the. Sequel as my second contracted book for Bundoran Press but I had so much more passion about. The final key component was the freedom to introduce new characters. The plot threads came ou...
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Short Fiction | Al Onia
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Science Fiction Author of TRANSIENT CITY and JAVENNY. Visions VI: Galaxies (Volume 6). 8220;Final Contact”. What will future humans be like? For that matter, could our cousins already exist and be waiting for us to contact them? 8220;The Coelacanth Samba”. Where Blood Runs Black As Oil…14 choice cuts from Alberta’s best crime fiction and genre writers, playing in their own back yard. Casserole Diplomacy and Other Stories. 8220;Emily’s Shadow”. Spanning two decades of On Spec’s history, these twenty-four ...
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Appearances | Al Onia
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Science Fiction Author of TRANSIENT CITY and JAVENNY. August 11-13, 2017. Delta Calgary South, Calgary. Http:/ www.whenwordscollide.org/. When Words Collide Aug. 13, 2016. Al with Hayden Trenholm (Bundoran Press) and his Aurora Award for Second Contacts. Interview – Nine Day Wonder. January 21, 2016 NineDayWonder.com. A virtual appearance at Pat Flewwelling’s Nine Day Wonder website. Oct 17, 2015 Priddis, Alberta. Aug 4, 2015 Owl’s Nest Books. March 22, 2015 Iceland. On Spec Fall 2014. In print appearanc...
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Novels | Al Onia
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Science Fiction Author of TRANSIENT CITY and JAVENNY. 248 Pages Science Fiction Bundoran Press. Reviews for TRANSIENT CITY:. 8220;[A] very enjoyable read.”. 8212; Book of Bogan. Read the full review here. 248 Pages Science Fiction Bundoran Press. 8220;Javenny is a thrilling first-contact story with an unforgettable heroine. An auspicious debut from a major new talent: this is one of the best first novels I’ve read in years.”. 8212; Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of. Connect with me on.
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Asian Echoes: November 2008
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Speculative Fiction seen through Asian-tinted glasses and other musings. Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Am I the only one who is bothered by this? Okay, I'm a bit late here. This offer just expired. Still, it is representative of a lot of deals Chapters/Indigo offers to their iReward customers. Take a look at the coupon on offer here. It allows you to take 10% off any book in the store. That’s good. But if you are an iReward card holder, you get 20%. That’s even better, right? Now, if Chapters/Indigo had hed...
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