In Memoriam: John Jakes – SFWA

John Jakes (31 March 1932 – 11 March 2023) was a prolific, best-selling author known for detailed and character-rich historical fiction, as well as science fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, pulp, mystery, and nonfiction. Realizing […]

Free Stories!

Buzzer Beater by David Newkirk – FREE STORY

Patrons of the Bar-Soom fall into three classes. Some people believe the whole “Coldest Beer on Mars” thing. Some come for the view of Hellas Lake. But mostly, they come to hear the owner, Dave […]

News

In Memoriam: John Jakes – SFWA

John Jakes (31 March 1932 – 11 March 2023) was a prolific, best-selling author known for detailed and character-rich historical fiction, as well as science fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, pulp, mystery, and nonfiction. Realizing […]

AMAZING NEWS: 3/19/23

Jack Williamson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julian May, Daleks, Zombie Viruses, volcanoes on Io, upcoming SF film remakes, Godzilla and Frank Wu plays pinball!
Oh: and a cautionary note about anti-Drag laws and conventions.

Time Machine: March 19, 2023

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: March 19, 2023 Introducing the Illustrators of the Future Winners of 2023 The Big Idea: Jane Hennigan Sturgeon Symposium Announced New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for MARCH 15 Here’s the […]

OpEd

The Big Idea: J.A. Tyler

Sometimes, when you start writing a novel, the book is about one thing. As the writing and editing process goes on, however, the book will reveal itself as being about, if not something else entirely, […]

TRIBES

It seems a bit odd to me to be talking about tribes and tribalism here in the early part of the twenty-first century. As a long time reader of science fiction and one who held […]

Science Fiction

The Big Idea: Jane Hennigan

In her novel Moths, author Jane Hennigan does a table flip on the world we know to reveal some things that are truths in any world we might happen to live in. JANE HENNIGAN: Why […]

The Big Idea: J. Dianne Dotson

In The Shadow Galaxy: A Collection of Short Stories and Poetry, author J. Dianne Dotson explores spanning multiple genres and styles within a small package. J. DIANNE DOTSON: Back in the 1980s, I moved to […]

The Big Idea: Michael Berry

What is described by translator Michael Berry as a sci-fi dystopian novel may actually be somewhat of a familiar tale to you. Come along in his Big Idea to see how Hospital, by Han Song, ended […]

Novedades Latinoamericanas de Febrero 3

LIBROS Acaba de publicarse en España, “Historia de lo fantástico en las narrativas latinoamericanas vol. I, (1830-1940)”, libro coordinado por David Roas. Este libro reúne capítulos de importantes investigadores hispanoamericanos colegas. El libro fue editado […]

Fantasy

The Big Idea: J.A. Tyler

Sometimes, when you start writing a novel, the book is about one thing. As the writing and editing process goes on, however, the book will reveal itself as being about, if not something else entirely, […]

Book Excerpt: The Dark Lands by Markus Heitz

Additional Reading The real state of affairs in 1629 Don’t worry, this is a fantasy novel and I have no intention of turning it into anything else. However, to make my readers understand the context better, I have decided to supply a […]

Noticias Literatura 28-2

Ya está disponible el fanzine del XII Certamen TerBi de Relato temático Ya está disponible el fanzine del XII Certamen TerBi de Relato temático, que tenía como tema “Arqueología galáctica”. Incluye el relato ganador “Krystrallos” […]

Science

Keep Watching the Skies!

There have been an awful lot of things falling from the skies this last month from Chinese spy balloons to Unidentified Flying Objects to falling asteroids and comets. So what are we to make of […]

Biobot: courtesy of Yongdeok Kim

Morning of the Remote Controlled Biobot

An Interview with Dr. Rashid Bashir (This interview was conducted by Andrew Hiller for Amazing Stories on January 27, 2023 and is the first in the Living in the Land of Science Fiction Series.) Hiller From […]

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 […]