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For the Betterment of All by C.B. Droege – FREE STORY
The mathematician split his time evenly among observation, calculation, and sleep. He never did conform to the can’s twenty-four-hour schedule. He had been accustomed to a thirty-hour day, and apparently saw no social or functional […]

May She Live Forever by Peter J. Carter – FREE STORY
The next time I saw her was two years after she died. My wife was thirty-two years old when cancer took her. She was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an insidious tendrillar growth that grows in your brain, […]

The Zombie Hunter by Sue Pawlowski – FREE STORY
I wasn’t always a fearless zombie hunter. I missed the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. I’d quit my job after a series of sexual harassment episodes perpetrated by my perverted boss that the HR department […]

Eat Me by Norman Spinrad – FREE STORY
His full name really was Tex Colin Davis, “Colin” was not exactly a middle name. “Colin Davis” was the family name given to it by Bruce Davis about four generations back when he got modestly […]

News

Time Machine: September 24, 2023
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 24, 2023 AMAZING NEWS: 9/24/23 The Big Idea: Matthew Sangster Survey Suspended New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for SEPT 20 Novedades de Septiembre 1 Book Review: The Case Against […]

AMAZING NEWS: 9/24/23
Outer Limits at 60, Di Filippos reviews, Copyright Office is wrong about AI Art, stunning pic of Andromeda Galaxy and more this week in Amazing News!

Novedades de Septiembre 1
LIBROS En México, durante la Feria Universitaria del Libro 2023 de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Federico Schafer dió la conferencia « Colección Aztlanópolis. Ciencia Ficción Mexica(na)». El evento se llevó a cabo el viernes 1 […]
OpEd

CONTRARY BRIN: Prepper-Lords intend to leave us in the lurch… then dominate the wasteland aftermath. Worse – they want it!
In fact, far greater fractions of today’s world oligarchy are old money inheritance brats, or hedge parasites, or casino mafiosi, petro-princes and the like – elites who are all considerably more discreet and secretive than […]

Book Excerpt: Owning the Unknown (A Science Fiction Writer Explores Atheism, Agnosticism, and the Idea of God) by Robert Charles Wilson
Robert Charles Wilson has been writing science fiction since the publication of his first novel, A Hidden Place, in 1986. His novels include Darwinia, Blind Lake, and Spin, which received numerous awards including the Hugo Award, the Grand Prix […]

“Sci Fi Novels Delivered at Warp Speed!”
If a book can be delivered at Warp Speed, you won’t be reading it any time soon – you might not even know what “any time” is anymore!

New Story Contracts
Read every contract you get.

The Big Idea: Joe R. Lansdale
Today’s Big Idea is short… but is it sweet? Joe R. Lansdale’s collection title promises that Things Get Ugly, and maybe, sometimes, that’s the way it should be. JOE LANSDALE: Things Get Ugly has […]
Science Fiction

Book Review: Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE (07/07/2020) ISBN: 9780756416935 Pages: 368 Author: Nnedi Okorafor Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor includes a new Binti story in addition to the three original novellas. Okorafor has […]

The News Stand Galleries for September (1933 – 2013)
What the magazine stands might have looked like for Fans in years gone by

News Stand Anniversaries – 60 Years Ago
Sixty years ago – 1963 – would find me on the verge of discovery with the upcoming airing of Fireball XL-5 – which would eventually lead me down the path to Science Fiction Fandom. Meanwhile, […]

News Stand Anniversaries
Eighty and ninety years ago, the news stands were a changing landscape for fans of the genre.

Versions of You by Stephen R. Case – FREE STORY
I cry when you come to the door. It has been almost three weeks since you were hit walking home. And now, here you are, in t-shirt and khaki slacks, with the hesitant half-grin you wear […]

Novedades de Septiembre 1
LIBROS En México, durante la Feria Universitaria del Libro 2023 de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Federico Schafer dió la conferencia « Colección Aztlanópolis. Ciencia Ficción Mexica(na)». El evento se llevó a cabo el viernes 1 […]

Today’s Favorite Magazine From The V1N1 Collection: The FIRST Science Fiction Magazines
A look at some “also-rans” in the history of the SF magazine

Today’s Favorite Magazine From The V1N1 Collection: Galileo
William McCaffrey, Charles C. Ryan, Galileo and Galaxy and Avenue Victor Hugo all come together in this SF historical nexus
Fantasy

REVIEW: THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER
The Bram Stoker novel about a bloodsucker has a short passage about how he got to England. This movie takes that portion of the well-known book and expands it. Steve thinks you’ll like it (a lot).

The Big Idea: Matthew Sangster
Want to dig into the tropes and traditions of the fantasy genre? Matthew Sangster has come over from the University of Glasgow to give us An Introduction to Fantasy, and to retrace the steps that […]

Novedades de Septiembre 1
LIBROS En México, durante la Feria Universitaria del Libro 2023 de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Federico Schafer dió la conferencia « Colección Aztlanópolis. Ciencia Ficción Mexica(na)». El evento se llevó a cabo el viernes 1 […]

Review: The Dark Gift by Trevor Jones
Novels set in roleplaying worlds are a tricky thing. On the one hand, you want to be true to the game world, but sometimes the game mechanics get in the way when applied to a […]

Noticias Literatura 19-9
Ganadores de los premios Ignotus 2023: Durante la HispaCon, el pasado fin de semana se difundieron los ganadores de los premios Ignotus 2023 (los Hugo españoles): -Novela: Proyecto Kétchup, de Inés Galiano (Obscura Editorial) -Novela […]
Science

The Mysterious Atmosphere of this Extraterrestrial World Captivates Astronomers
Is humanity the sole inhabitant of the cosmos? This age-old question has persisted throughout our history. In the realm of modern astronomy, the inquiry delves into the search for extraterrestrial life. Are we, as a […]

Book Review: The Case Against Reality by Donald D. Hoffman
Publisher : Penguin (August 20, 2020) Language : English Pages : 208 ISBN-10 : 0141983418 ISBN-13 : 978-0141983417 The Case Against Reality: How evolution hid the […]

Demon quasiparticle is detected 67 years after it was first proposed
For nearly seven decades, a plasmon known as Pines’ demon has remained a purely hypothetical feature of solid-state systems. Massless, neutral and unable to interact with light, this unusual quasiparticle is reckoned to play a […]

Asteroid Orbits Shrink After Being Hit By NASA’s DART
NASA’s endeavor to alter the trajectory of an asteroid has yielded unexpected results. Just shy of a year ago, NASA intentionally directed its Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft (DART) towards Dimorphos, an asteroid located approximately […]

“Sci Fi Novels Delivered at Warp Speed!”
If a book can be delivered at Warp Speed, you won’t be reading it any time soon – you might not even know what “any time” is anymore!

Uraniborg: An Observatory Without a Telescope
Before the invention of the telescope, astronomers relied on a variety of tools and techniques to observe and study the celestial objects and phenomena. The simplest and the most ancient method was unaided observation with […]

Space Junk Is Colliding With Itself, Creating More Space Junk
The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that a space debris removal mission’s target, a piece of debris called VESPA, was hit by a small unidentified object. This collision resulted in the release of new […]

CONTRARY BRIN: More space updates… And yeah, the ongoing UFO silliness
I am a co-author of this paper, “Science opportunities with solar sailing smallsats,” announcing “Project Sundiver”… offering a wide suite of potential fast interplanetary missions that could accelerate far faster than today’s rockets can manage, by swooping […]