My Superpower: Benjanun Sriduangkaew
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome Benjanun Sriduangkaew to talk about how the power of War relates to Scale Bright. ———————————————– My superpower is an intense interest in war. Strictly on the page, I hasten to add. Recently, I pitched a story idea like so: ‘Deep Ones meet Little Mermaid, told as military fantasy’. I think the editor liked it(?) and seemed pleased that it wasn’t quite like anything else pitched so far. A good thing, yay! On the other hand, I discovered that I might have a problem; usually, one thinks Little Mermaid and the idea of red-haired Ariel tends to come up first thing — not so much, ah, military fantasy. If by remote chance you have read my short stories, you will find war present in many of them, and there is probably a reason most of my SF tends to be read as military.
A World SF Reading List
I’ve been collecting recommendations from Twitter using the #worldsfbooks hashtag for this list. Since this year’s theme is all about World SF, it makes sense that we’d celebrate that with a massive list of stuff you should read. If you’d like to add anything to the list, leave a comment on this page OR use the #worldsfbooks hashtag on Twitter! So, without further ado, here’s the list (below the fold):
