I’ve read scenes where characters wake up from cryosleep like they just had a really long nap, and I’ve never once stopped to wonder if that’s actually possible. (Spoiler alert: it’s complicated.) The thing about science fiction is that we bend...
I’ve been mulling this over for a bit, and I figured it’s time to share it with you all. I’m making a little shift from cozy mystery sci-fi to straight-up sci-fi mystery. The biggest change? I’ll dial back on all those fun food chats. But...
Every once in a while, I stumble across real space facts that sound like they were dreamed up by a science fiction writer. (Which, to be honest, makes me a little jealous.) The universe is full of wonders that sound too strange to be real—stars that hum, planets made...
When I think of space opera, I imagine starships clashing and distant galaxies. One example would be some of the scenes I first saw in Star Wars by George Lucas. It also brings to mind empires and regimes rising and falling, like in The Expanse by James S. A. Corey,...
When you think of cozy mysteries, you might picture English villages, bookshops, or tea-sipping amateur sleuths. Science fiction, on the other hand, brings to mind distant planets, futuristic gadgets, and sprawling starships. Put the two together and you get a genre... 
