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Motivation by Steve Davidson – FREE STORY
Let’s talk to your friendly neighbourhood eggheads, and hear them talk about that time machine they’ve been working on. If time is a street, you never know which direction the travellers are coming from. You […]
Sighted Justice by Dave Creek – FREE STORY
Here’s a good police procedural story, but seeing where you’re reading it, there’s a bit extra added into the procedure. A story from the hard streets of the big city, where not even your thoughts […]
Try This One Weird Trick to Stop Fae from Destroying Your Garden by Sarina Dorie – FREE STORY
It’s tough to make your garden successful; seems sometimes you’ve got to use supernatural ways to do it. Well, sometimes, it might be more supernatural than natural, and sometimes, not so super… I didn’t realize […]
A Grain of Sand by Elana Gomel – FREE STORY
A tale on the distant future, almost post-civilization, about the state of a human mind, the near-immortal capacity of humans, and the tolerance of death. Can it be avoided? Yes, but it’s not how you […]
The Stone Witch by Tom Thompson – FREE STORY
A happy and productive village leads good lives for all, but take heed, for there is a hint of evil once banished, evil that once again may visit, with a vengeance… It was a fine […]
News
John Varley 1947 – 2025
Author John Varley has passed. Varley passed at his home in Beaverton Oregon, surrounded by family, from complications of COPD and diabetes. A multiple award winner, the author is perhaps best known for his stories […]
The Heinlein Society Is Considering Open Access For Its Archives
According to their website: “Open access to The Heinlein Journal archives is being considered as a way to maximize the reach, impact, and preservation of Heinlein scholarship by making it freely available and easily discoverable to readers, […]
Time Machine: December 7, 2025
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: December 7, 2025 SF Commentary #122 November 2025 from Bruce Richard Gillespie Whatever Happened to BLADE RUNNER? The Big Idea: J. R. Blanes TALKIN’ ABOUT A SUPERMAN (Part One) Noticias Literatura […]
OpEd
Scott Edelman Withdraws All Submissions From Must Read Magazines Titles
Scott Edelman, former editor of Science Fiction Age magazine (1992-2000) and the media titles Sci Fi Entertainment and Science Fiction Weekly, not to mention an author of both DC and Marvel comics, knows a little […]
Whatever Happened to THE OUTER LIMITS?
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STAR WARS: Magic & Myth Prop Exhibition 1998
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Science Fiction
John Varley 1947 – 2025
Author John Varley has passed. Varley passed at his home in Beaverton Oregon, surrounded by family, from complications of COPD and diabetes. A multiple award winner, the author is perhaps best known for his stories […]
BOSS LEVEL REVIEW (Recent Retro Review)
Did you like Groundhog Day? Do you like action movies? Well, this is the same idea reimagined as an action movie starring that unknown and unrecognized action star Frank Grillo, who’s been in a whole lot of stuff. Still don’t remember him? Read on…
Motivation by Steve Davidson – FREE STORY
Let’s talk to your friendly neighbourhood eggheads, and hear them talk about that time machine they’ve been working on. If time is a street, you never know which direction the travellers are coming from. You […]
CLUBHOUSE: Arlene F. Marks Guest Review: “Tiaris: When the Oceans Kissed” by D.M. Buehler
BOOK REVIEW by Arlene F. Marks TITLE: TIARIS: When the Oceans Kissed AUTHOR: D.M. Buehler GENRE: YA Eco-Historical Fantasy, Timeslip PUBLISHED: January 2025 by Ridgecrest Books AVAILABLE: on Amazon or from the publisher https://ridgecrestbooks.com/?product=tiaris-when-the-oceans-kissed […]
TALKIN’ ABOUT A SUPERMAN (Part One)
Steve’s favourite onscreen superhero is an old standby: Superman! But which Superman? There have been so many! We’ll take a quick look at the whole video/film thing and the answer may surprise you.
Matt’s Reviews: Infinite Possibilities by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : SFBC Publication date : January 1, 2002 Edition : Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Language : English Print length : 568 pages ISBN-10 […]
Sighted Justice by Dave Creek – FREE STORY
Here’s a good police procedural story, but seeing where you’re reading it, there’s a bit extra added into the procedure. A story from the hard streets of the big city, where not even your thoughts […]
Matt’s Reviews: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Publisher: Tor Books Publication date: September 19, 2017 Duration: 10 hours 27 minutes ASIN: B0753K8CVK Print ISBN-10: 0765392070 Print ISBN-13: 978-0765392077 Author: Annalee Newitz Read by: Jennifer Ikeda Autonomous by Annalee […]
Fantasy
The Big Idea: L. D. Colter
The retelling of myths is a tradition practically as old as the myths themselves. Author L. D. Colter has implemented some Greek mythology to help write her newest novel, While the Gods Sleep. Foll… Source: […]
TALKIN’ ABOUT A SUPERMAN (Part One)
Steve’s favourite onscreen superhero is an old standby: Superman! But which Superman? There have been so many! We’ll take a quick look at the whole video/film thing and the answer may surprise you.
The Big Idea: Vanessa Ricci-Thode
What goes better together than dragons, revolution, and being queer? Not much, and author Vanessa Ricci-Thode is here to show that with her newest novel, The Dragon Next Door. Dive in to her Big Idea […]
RETRO REVIEW REDUX: DAMN YANKEES (1958)
This week Steve retro reviews what he considers to be a fun and very good Broadway musical on film. Do you like musicals? He does, and he gives us the whole story (yes, with spoilers). Read on…
Science
Matt’s Reviews: Superforecasting – The Art And Science Of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
Publisher : Crown Publication date : September 13, 2016 Edition : Reprint Language : English Print length : 352 pages ISBN-10 : 9780804136716 […]
Matt’s Reviews: Multiple Quick Reviews (Pretties, The Municipalists, Broken Place Outer Spaces, Great by Choice)
I’ve been reading too many books lately, plus trying to find time to write my next novel (follow me here if you want to see when that comes out), and I haven’t been finding the […]
Sun Fires Blast Straight at Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System
The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July.The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and is expected […]
Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
This essay is based on the research for the panel “Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?” that I was honored to moderate for 2025 Seattle WorldCon. The panelists were Bob Hranek, Charles J. Walther, […]
Matt’s Reviews: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2018 Print length: 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-250-10781-7 Authors: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are […]
Can AI learn Through Story?
Dear Reader, Hope you’re well. Sorry for being out of touch. Grief is a peculiarly strange condition. I publish this as an experiment. It is part epistle, part conversation. Everything here is “true” in the […]
Vera C. Rubin “Largest Camera Ever Made” Telescope Shares First Images
A full report on this astronomical achievement is available at Rubinobservatory.org. Vera C. Rubin helped establish the existence of “dark matter”. The observatory, built in Chile, is comprised of the largest digital camera ever created. […]
Matt’s Reviews: 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan
Publisher: TURNER PUBLISHING CO (TN) Publication date: 04/01/2010 Copyright Date: 2009 Pages: 344 ISBN: 978-0-470-60203-4 Author: Fred Kaplan 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan is not a book I would normally review […]
