Revisiting Diversity in Science Fiction.

Now that I’ve completed a draft to the sequel of Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure, I still find myself surprised by the slow but steadily growing audience Degranon finds. It’s been almost ten years since the first edition appeared. I rewrote the book two years after its publication, following an earlier idea of making some of the major characters gay.

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Bitsy Bling's Book Review: featured author Duane Simolke.

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Duane Simolke is currently writing a sequel to Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure.

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