Swapnil Bhartiya

Here is an interview of the chill-out SF writer Anil Menon. I won't tell you anything about him – as the Matrix line goes, 'Unfortunately no one can be told who Anil Menon is, you have to read him for yourself.' Here you go...

Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more.

James Cameron is outdoing himself. The Avatars have succeeded in beating Titanic. The Sci-fi movie has emerged as the highest earning movie of all time. Till Sunday the movie has earned around $1.292 billion worldwide.

This is the era of the so-called 'Web 2.0' phenomenon and Kalkion is creating a new platform where writers may publish their stories without any 'interference' by our editors.

Different agencies of the Indian government seem to be making all the wrong moves lately. Two issues have come to our notice and both are quite disturbing. These issues not only raise questions over how such national bodies discriminate against free software alternatives, but also reveal how they are forcing people to use non-free or proprietary software sold by big corporations.

Michael Swanwick is one of the most popular authors around. This interview of Swanwick was conducted quite a while back. The primary goal of this interview was to understand the focus of Science Fiction stories.

Kalkion reporter interviews John E. Stith, an American science fiction author, known for the scientific rigour he brings to adventure and mystery stories. In this exclusive interview, John shares some 'trade secrets' about becoming a writer. This interview also explores what he thinks of the relationship between science fiction and mythology and much more.