Free Stories!
Split Decision by C. J. Peterson – FREE STORY
This week’s free science fiction story is by C.J. Peterson and introduces new challenges in diplomacy! Please enjoy the story as read by the author in audio or read the story below. In the viewport, […]
We Hope You’ve Enjoyed the Journey by Heather Santo – FREE STORY
The following story is the FIRST in a series of weekly free science fiction from Amazing Stories. We’ve embarked on this new venture and Heather Santo has provided us a memorable story. Each story is […]
Hot Potato and Ed Venice in the AI Drives by Night – FREE STORY
This week Patreon backers got TWO stories for the price of one. Hot Potato by Liam Hogan and Ed Venice in the AI Drives by Night by Royce Badgers These stories were also accompanied by […]
News
Scalzi Wins Heinlein Award
John Scalzi is the winner of the 2023 Robert A. Heinlein Award, given for “outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space.” Winners are chosen by a committee […]
2023 World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced
The judges for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards have been empaneled. The judges will read and consider eligible materials from 2022 between now and June 1, 2023. To be considered for awards, all materials must […]
AMAZING NEWS: 1/22/23 (24, 25, 26…)
Ancient radio signals, native americans in space, Saturn plays peek-a-boo, new Ellison release, Chengdu changes dates and location, AI gets sued, D&D IP adventures and much more today on Amazing News
OpEd
Norman Spinrad At Large And Commons – An SF Manifesto
Scientifiction, Science Fiction, Sci-F, Speculative Fiction. SF. Do those two letters really mean the same thing now? Did they ever? According to the SFWA, which began as the Science Fiction Writers of America, and then […]
Top SFF Books January 2023
As SciFI Now welcomes in the new year, they figured what better time than now to pull together a list of some of the best SFF books to read this January. Source: Top SFF Books […]
What the fediverse (does/n’t) solve
Today’s links What the fediverse (does/n’t) solve: We can protect our communities from commodification, but it takes work. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 Colophon: Recent […]
Magic Systems Made Stronger with Science
This article on science and magic systems is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Lifting our gaze to… the Moon? And beyond?
Lifting our gaze to… the Moon? And beyond? I have some way cool space news to report below. But first a familiar rant. While I disagree with this White House white paper on USA […]
Science Fiction
Let’s Make A Sci-Fi
Can three comedians create a legit sci-fi show? Comedians Ryan Beil, Maddy Kelly, and Mark Chavez are going to find out. Over eight episodes, they’ll try to write a serious, and seriously nerdy, pilot […]
Antimatter Blues: Cover reveal for Edward Ashton’s Mickey7 sequel
We absolutely loved Edward Ashton’s Mickey7 at SciFiNow, saying it “packs in the peril but still leaves you with the warm and fuzzies” in our four-star review. And we’re not the only ones, with the novel being […]
COVER REVEAL for System Collapse by Martha Wells!
COVER REVEAL for System Collapse by Martha Wells! The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure! Am I making it worse? I think I’m making it worse. Everyone’s […]
Scalzi Wins Heinlein Award
John Scalzi is the winner of the 2023 Robert A. Heinlein Award, given for “outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space.” Winners are chosen by a committee […]
Review: Sea of Rust
As my followers will know by now, I’m an avid speculative fiction fan. I spend a considerable amount of time scouring noteworthy sites, searching for suggestions and ideas for books to add to my reading […]
2023 World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced
The judges for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards have been empaneled. The judges will read and consider eligible materials from 2022 between now and June 1, 2023. To be considered for awards, all materials must […]
Split Decision by C. J. Peterson – FREE STORY
This week’s free science fiction story is by C.J. Peterson and introduces new challenges in diplomacy! Please enjoy the story as read by the author in audio or read the story below. In the viewport, […]
The Big Idea: James L. Cambias
One advantage writers get when they work in different fields of writing is more tools for their professional toolbox — but as James L. Cambias points out in this Big Idea for The Scarab Mission, […]
Fantasy
BOOK EXCERPT: The Eye of Argon and the Further Adventures of Grignr the Barbarian
We Can All Be Grignr; or: How to Appreciate Very Bad Writing by Michael A. Ventrella So it’s 1970. If you’re a fan of high fantasy, you’ve read The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. […]
Review: Mr Breakfast by Jonathon Carroll
Melville House Publishing, HB, £20.00 Reviewed by Rym Kechacha Describing a book as a philosophical novel of ideas might induce dread in some. You might be thinking about info dumps, quotations from obscure German thinkers, […]
EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett
Orbit Books. h/b. £14.99 Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins Professor Emily Wilde was, in fact, the youngest professor to have been appointed to Cambridge University, where she has happily spent her years researching and documenting the […]
Scalzi Wins Heinlein Award
John Scalzi is the winner of the 2023 Robert A. Heinlein Award, given for “outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space.” Winners are chosen by a committee […]
2023 World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced
The judges for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards have been empaneled. The judges will read and consider eligible materials from 2022 between now and June 1, 2023. To be considered for awards, all materials must […]
Science
US Certifies First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor
The design is courtesy of Oregon-based NuScale Power, which has been working to certify a small modular reactor (SMR) design since 2007. At the NuScale’s core are up to 12 power modules, or natural circulation […]
Researchers Find 17-Pound Meteorite During Antarctica Expedition
The team—which consists of geochemists Maria Schönbächler, Vinciane Debaille, and Ryoga Maeda as well as cosmochemist Maria Valdes—began their Antarctic expedition in December. When they returned in mid-January, it was with five meteorites, including one […]
New Nuclear Rocket Design to Send Missions to Mars in Just 45 Days
We live in an era of renewed space exploration, where multiple agencies are planning to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years. This will be followed in the next decade with crewed missions […]
Scientists Have Successfully Reversed Aging in Mice
We’ve recently made some major strides toward understanding and managing aging on a larger scale. In 2022 alone, scientists found ways to predict a person’s lifespan, use fecal microbiota to “restore” youth in rodents, and make human […]
Last year marked the end of an era in spaceflight—here’s what we’re watching next
This past year was a momentous one in spaceflight, bringing to a close many of the most significant storylines that have dominated this industry in the last 10 to 15 years. Consider the state of […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Science advances for a new year – We are (or can be) amazing!
Looking back at 2022: a roundup of scientific achievements… from asteroids to AI and (possibly) fusion. Science journal calls the initial data and images from the James Webb Space Telescope the 2022 Breakthrough of the year. In light of […]
Is there Life on the Moon? A History of a Famous Moon Hoax
The Moon and Space Exploration are magnets for fake news. In August 2022 a prominent French physicist discovers a star and later admits it was a piece of chorizo. July 1969. Man lands on the […]
The James Webb Space Telescope Is Finding Too Many Early Galaxies
Images and spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the first galaxies in the universe are too many or too bright compared to what astronomers expected. Evidence is building that the first galaxies […]
