Who is Darkcargo?
If you are looking at this page, please click over here and tell me what you are currently reading because that’s way more interesting. And, that’s really what Darkcargo is, anyway. Who are you and what are you reading?
A darkcargo is a drink ordered by Alex Benedict and Chase Colepath in a swanky spaceport bar, in Jack McDevitt’s Alex Benedict series. (I actually met him at Stellar*Con in 2008. Mr. McDevitt complimented my smile, whereupon I promptly passed out. Duncan had my book signed for me, and dragged my comatose body home from the Con.)
Darkcargo.com is a multi-authored hodgepodge of lame fan-girl interactions and encounters with authors and books. Duncan, Kat, Paula S. Jordan, Nrlymrtl, Jessi, Jonah Knight, Wendy, Keith and I read *a lot* and snottily believe that we have an opinion on such matters. Our cumulative interests span the genre-fiction spectrum: science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, romance, horror and mystery.
We attend a few Sci-Fi/Fantasy Conventions, read science fiction and fantasy, do some beta-reading, not many reviews, and perform admirably the difficult task of being the Ultimate Authority in the Universe on what books are worth reading.
All of us are currently or have recently been professional scientists practicing in ecology, geology, rocketry, mining, biology, gemology and chemistry.
And if it really bugs you, this is who you are looking for when you need to complain about the piss-ass photographs, sideways videos and crappy journalism.
Administrative Bits:
A Smattering of Darkcargo Related Things, Oct. 2011
The Return of Lotsofwatermelons!
A Letter to the Darkcargo Authors
We see a lot of folks arriving here with the search terms to find illegal pirated free downloads. If you are here for that reason, piss off. 
You guys sound awesome! (I followed Barbara to this site…)