There are a number of standard dichotomies on the frontier: immigrants versus natives; settlers versus nomads; civilization versus nature. I can only surmise that in the far future the new range wars will be fought oil versus solar. — ed, N.E. Lilly
The Reckoning
Jan 25th, 2009 (16 minute read)
Space Western Most Wanted
Jan 25th, 2009 (5 minute read)
It’s been a conundrum here at SpaceWesterns.com—how best to get the attention of Space Western genre professionals for interviews? After much soul-searching and introspection (not to mention navel-gazing) we’ve decided: an old fashioned bounty hunt! The following are all wanted men… — ed, N.E. Lilly
A Curious Pleasure Excursion
Apr 1st, 2009 (8 minute read)
SpaceWesterns.com is celebrating its two-year anniversary here, with a space-story by Mark Twain. It was published as a hoax in the summer of 1874, at the height of “Comet Scare” of that year. — ed, N.E. Lilly
A Rage for Justice
May 6th, 2009 (20 minute read)
John Whalen brings us another story in his Tulon setting. He asks the question, what’s a man to do when he finds a man that he has every reason to kill at the point of his gun?— ed, N.E. Lilly
Dead Mass
Oct 18th, 2009 (11 minute read)
This is a story about bravery, steel resolve in a crisis, and putting the needs of others ahead of your own. Originally published in Beyond Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine, Issue #19, 1991. — ed, N.E. Lilly
10 Most Influential Space Westerns
Oct 25th, 2009 (11 minute read)
“10 Most Influential Space Westerns!? These can’t possibly be Space Westerns. And you surely don’t want me to believe that Space Westerns have any influence on real Science Fiction…” Yes, they are. Yes, I do. — ed, N.E. Lilly
Deuce of Diamonds
Nov 1st, 2009 (34 minute read)
“Deuce of Diamonds” is, quite simply, an interplanetary tale of claim-jumping. — ed, N.E. Lilly
Interview with Phil Foglio
Nov 8th, 2009 (5 minute read)
Phil Foglio is best known, along with his wife Kaja, for their successful web comic series Girl Genius. Phil is also the creator and artist responsible for Buck Godot. He was kind enough to answer a few questions. — ed, N.E. Lilly
No Child of Mine
Nov 15th, 2009 (13 minute read)
Classic stories of the West seem to revel in the vast spaces and the wide open vistas; the very isolation that living on the frontier must bring with it. Filamena Young returns to Mars in a follow-up story to “Mars Ain’t No Place for Ladies”. — ed, N.E. Lilly
Star Song
Nov 22nd, 2009 (5 minute read)
Westerns tend to be dreams about how life once was; Science Fiction, about how life is to be. Every once in a while we encounter a dream that’s something more. — ed, N.E. Lilly