reading list – Marie Vibbert, author

Astronaut in a suit labelled "PhD" washes a satellite dish on the moon.

The Ephemeral Future of the Past

As a side-effect of my Women Writing as Women project, I’ve been reading a lot of old science fiction. There’s an editorial in the September, 1960 Galaxy Science Fiction where editor H. L. Gold asks readers to stop writing the same old bad things… that you can’t ‘drop’ bombs from Read more

By Marie, 7 yearsMay 8, 2019 ago

A bricklayer sighs at his bricks. A man carrying wood past him thinks "Primadonna"

Writing

Blue Collar Science Fiction

I’ve often found myself frustrated that the stories I pick up are always from the point of view of the starship captain and not the person who swabs the decks. Everything seems to be about millionaires and industry leaders, super-stars. Once I asked a writer why he didn’t write more Read more

By Marie, 7 yearsJuly 29, 2019 ago

Marie’s Calendar

Kentucky Book Festival

November 7, 2026 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 161 Lexington Green Cir # B, Lexington, KY 40503, USA

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Books By the Banks

November 14, 2026 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, 800 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA

Join me and so many other great authors for this regional book festival at the Cincinnati main branch library! Books will be available from Joseph Beth! I miss Joseph Beth so much in Cleveland! </3

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Holiday Stroll at Loganberry Books

November 27, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Loganberry Books, 13015 Larchmere Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44120, USA

I'll be greeting and signing for one hour at the front of the store.

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