Welcome to First Page Feedback by Pat!Every week, I read the first page of a submitted work. (On slow weeks, I may choose something from the public domain instead.) I give feedback on the page, similar to what you would get in an Open Read and Critique session at a science fiction convention or writers’ […]
First Page Feedback #8: My Depression and Me Read More »
Years ago, while reading up on the Third Servile War, I came across an essay about the various commanders in it. If you’re not familiar with it, the Third Servile war was one of several major slave rebellions in ancient Rome. This one was started by a group of gladiators, the most famous of whom
Spartacus and Authoritarianism Read More »
Hello, welcome back once again to First Page Feedback! It’s been a few months since the last one. I plan on updating this feature more regularly in the future. In this series, I’ll be reading the first page of a work in progress, or a published work, or, on weeks where nobody submits anything, something
First Page Feedback #7: Cecaelians & Secrets Read More »
#86: “If you send a signal, you’ll just be putting all of us — you, me, and your ship — in more danger.”
Ironically, he’s telling the truth Read More »
84: “I owed someone,” he said. “Now I don’t.”
Well, he’s half right Read More »
82: “Maybe,” she said, “If I could tell who else was bidding”
Turns out, there was a way Read More »
Growing up, I was a big fan of science fiction pretty much from the moment I discovered the genre. I know, this is a surprise to exactly nobody. About my favorite subgenre of SF was, and still is to some extent, post-apocalyptic stories. Lucifer’s Hammer, Alas, Babylon, Damnation Alley, Parable of the Sower, The Postman,
After the End, the Beginning Read More »
