Lisa Paitz Spindler

Congratulations to The Galaxy Express’ Heather Massey on the news of her debut novel to be released in March 2011 by Red Sage Publishing and titled ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPACE. She describes it as “Christopher Columbus in space…with a romance.”

Here’s the official summary:

Earth is dying. Nick Venture, the last living descendant of Christopher Columbus, embarks on a dangerous mission to find a new planet and save humanity. This places him on a collision course with Raquel Donovan, the deadliest pirate in the galaxy.

The two adversaries find themselves irresistibly drawn to one another. But the conflicted pirate’s deepest secret could tear the couple apart even as humanity’s time runs out….

It’s going to be all space pirates all the time coming this March!

Find me this week on the SF Signal Podcast discussing The Best Genre Shows on the Air and Why You Should Be Watching Them. Also, check out the fantastic interview with Stargate Universe executive producer Joseph Mallozzi.

Listen in while the SF Signal Blog Army discusses Caprica, Stargate: Universe, Fringe, Clone Wars and other shows. Be sure to let us know if you agree or just to tell us what you’re watching.

Find me today recapping this week’s Stargate Universe episode “Pathogen.”

This week’s Stargate Universe episode, “Pathogen,” portrayed the toll being stranded on Destiny is having not only on the crew, but on their loved ones as well. In this episode, we learned more about Eli’s mother’s illness and also about the stress Wray’s partner has been dealing with.

It’s discovered that Chloe has been experiencing blackouts and seems to be channeling, or possibly turning into, a Blueberry Alien. We did not yet get to see the scene with Chloe’s alien skin in this episode, though, and I wonder how long we’ll have to wait.

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Today I’m talking about the most memorable anti-heroes in SF/F over at SF Signal along with Allen Steele, Matthew Delman, Mark Chadbourn, and S. Andrew Swann.