Week 6

Activity 1: The site that I have been following since Week 1 has been Locus. This has been difficult for me because I am not a Sci-fi person. That being said the Locus website provides news from the sci-fi world, reviews of popular sci-fi books, and links to the Locus periodical. I have learned more about the sci-fi world and its authors than I ever have before. That being said I find the text to be small and that there are not enough graphics on the page to be eye catching enough for my liking. \


















Activity 3:




Mystery- Culinary Capers- main character is a chef who solves mysteries.
- Jessica Beck- Donut Shop Mysteries
- Maya Corrigan- Five Ingredient Mysteries
- Carol Culver- Pie Shop Mysteries




Urban Fiction- Hip Hop- characters are driven with a passion to make it in the music industry
- Souljah Sister
- Kiki Swinson
- Nikki Turner




Science Fiction- Super Human- main characters have super human abilities
- Pittacus Lore- The Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files Series
- Michelle Gagnon- PERSEFoNE series
- S.J. Kincaid- Insignia Series




Sub-genre Mashups
The Time Traveler's Wife is a mashup of science fiction and romance. A story of true love through the ages. The ability of the main character to travel to different time periods without control would be interesting for the science fiction reader and the love story would definitely appeal to the romance reader.