Is anyone else slightly saddened that we haven’t been back lately? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon… we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve […]
Bang, zoom, straight to the moon!
Sep 12th, 2008
This time last year… Beans, Blades, & Bullets
Sep 17th, 2008
Beans, Blades, & Bullets: A Pulp Tale of Grit & Zen, by Steve Logan, was an unusual space samurai/cowboy tale.
Interview with Beth Nelson, 2008 Browncoat Ball Chair
Sep 21st, 2008 (8 minute read)
Beth Nelson is 2008 Chair of the Browncoat Ball, an annual roaming gathering of fans of the science fiction space western series Firefly and major motion picture Serenity created by Joss Whedon. This year the Browncoat Ball is being held in Austin, Texas on the weekend of October 10th-12th — ed, N.E. Lilly
Coming Soon: 22nd Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction
Sep 29th, 2008
The 22nd Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction will be hosted on the SpaceWesterns.com Sideshow. Our specific topic suggestion: Women in Space Westerns. Send submissions (blogged between May 3rd, 2008 and October 28th, 2008) to Nathan E. Lilly. Additional submission information is available on the submissions page.
100 Space Western Features
Oct 14th, 2008
SpaceWesterns.com has published 100 articles, and we are proud to make “Kin” by Bruce McAllister that 100th article. We’ve also doubled our rates for fiction, articles, illustrations, and comics, and are still actively seeking audio and video content.
This time last year… Mathematics of Hunger
Oct 18th, 2008
Mathematics of Hunger, by Jason Andrew, is a classic Space Western tale of smugglers.
This time last year… Interview with David Hartwell
Oct 20th, 2008
SpaceWesterns.com was barely a month old when we were thrilled find ourselves in an Interview with David G. Hartwell on the topic of Space Westerns.
This time last year… They Were the Wind
Oct 22nd, 2008
They Were the Wind, is another Byanntia tale by C.J. Henderson that was written as a response to environmentalism. In it we learn about previous inhabitants of the planet Byanntia, and get a new outlook on the old adage: “Leave nothing behind but your footprints.”
This time last year… No Right
Oct 28th, 2008
When I first read No Right, by Jens Rushing, I was confounded. I wasn’t expecting such a jump in the quality and style of his writing, compared to his earlier submission, How Beautiful the Herd on the Dark Matter Range.
This time last year… Green River Rain
Oct 29th, 2008
Green River Rain, was John M. Whalen’s first submission to SpaceWesterns.com. More examples of his Tulon stories have been published on Raygun Revival.