A space opera comes alive: South Hadley science fiction writer Elizabeth Bear releases 2nd novel in ‘White Space’ series
The cover art of Bear’s latest novel set in the White Space universe, “MACHINE.” Saga Press
South Hadley science fiction author Elizabeth Bear. Photo by Kyle Cassidy/Courtesy of Saga Press
Published: 12/22/2020 1:47:03 PM
When most people think of science fiction, they might think of typical genre tropes such as faster than light travel and galactic civilizations. For South Hadley science fiction novelist Elizabeth Bear, there’s still spaceships in her fictional universes, but they aren’t the focal point the lives of her characters come first.
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INTRODUCING BUTLER TO NEW READERS. Elizabeth Connor describes the work of “repackaging the Patternist Series for the Mother of Afrofuturism” in “How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves” at
Literary Hub.
…After some back and forth and plenty of discussion with the editor acting as mediator we determined that by elegant, they likely meant more stylized human forms in more sophisticated poses, as well as a textural or brushy quality to the art (as there had been on the Parable books), that lent an air of being hand-drawn rather than machine-made. As for dynamic, we soon understood that the symmetry of the earliest comps was what the agent and estate were reacting against. By simply breaking the vertical axis and giving each cover a certain degree of asymmetry even as the figures revolved around a central “moon” shape that remained static they felt much more alive. The designer came back with revisions and, in relatively quick succession,
We’re excited to share an excerpt from
Persephone Station, a new space opera adventure from Stina Leicht available January 5, 2021 from Saga Press.
Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic of Worlds becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation tenaciously wants to exploit.
Rosie owner of Monk’s Bar, in the corporate town of West Brynner, caters to wannabe criminals and rich Earther tourists, of a sort, at the front bar. However, exactly two types of people drank at Monk’s back bar: members of a rather exclusive criminal class and those who sought to employ them.