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The Dark Rind of the Moon by John Taloni – FREE STORY
I spotted the tourists before they even fully entered the bar, as they bounded too high in the Lunar gravity. One bumped his head on the entrance. Moments later I heard laughter. I pitched an ear […]
Love Planted in the Night Sky by Jenna Hanchey – FREE STORY
Truthfully, it started off as a joke. One shared between Gretchen, Annie, TJ, and I around a mess table on the lunar base, drinking in celebration of Gretchen’s daughter’s college graduation. Drinking too heavily, […]
Cattywampusly Chawed Up on Asteroid Ryugu by Royce Badgers – FREE STORY
“Knowledge and imagination are the life buoy and the extra lung for breathing outside the walls of a tainted reality.” Hassan Blasim Rob cursed at himself, loudly and long and with great creativity. He […]
Time of the Critic, By Andrew Hiller – FREE STORY
Terrance dug a groove into a slab of limestone, stenciling an ideograph into a large flat surface. It proved delicate work. The soft rock tended to chip and crack at the slightest application of horn, […]
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 […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Science Fiction roundup – and predictive milestones! And the worst timing for a movie release ever!
Let’s start with a pair of eerily almost-exact predictions. First here’s a prophetic image from my graphic novel, Tinkerers. (published circa 2008.) The slogan was: “New for 2024: The Apple/Honda iCar!” Check the rumors about an announcement next […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Isaac Asimov, Karl Marx & the Hari Seldon Paradox
Let’s try looking back at the Foundation universe… which some of you have read… considering Isaac Asimov’s sci fi classic in light of his acknowledged influences – Edward Gibbon, Adam Smith and Karl Marx… which I […]
Book Excerpt: To The Stars / Ad Astra by Norman Spinrad
The stories in this book are set in the coming days of the Golden Centuries of Astronomy, so why does it begin with THE TRANSFORMATION CRISIS, written as a speech I wrote for a futurology […]
Science Fiction
The Dark Rind of the Moon by John Taloni – FREE STORY
I spotted the tourists before they even fully entered the bar, as they bounded too high in the Lunar gravity. One bumped his head on the entrance. Moments later I heard laughter. I pitched an ear […]
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 […]
Love Planted in the Night Sky by Jenna Hanchey – FREE STORY
Truthfully, it started off as a joke. One shared between Gretchen, Annie, TJ, and I around a mess table on the lunar base, drinking in celebration of Gretchen’s daughter’s college graduation. Drinking too heavily, […]
Review: The House of Styx By – Derek Künsken
Those of you who follow my blog know how much I loved the Quantum Evolution Series, as I found the universe in which it was set, as original as it was inspiring. Imagine my delight, […]
REVIEW/PROMO: POLAR STARLIGHT & POLAR BOREALIS
This week Steve talks about two new, FREE, online genre magazines—one featuring sf/f poetry by Canadian poets; the other featuring sf/f poetry and fiction by Canadian writers and poets.
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
Book Excerpt: The Way_The Gospel of Satan by Nicholas Fillmore
Gospel is a road trip story, a buddy novel. Easy Rider meets the Gospels. Part picaresque, part polemic. In a series of near-misadventures unfolding across the ancient Levant, the Devil, Jesus and his thirteen disciples […]
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” […]
Hugo Nominations Are Finally Open – Locus Online
Nominations are now open for the Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, to be presented at Chengdu Worldcon 2023, the 81st World Science […]
Science
Here’s the new spacesuit that astronauts will wear when they return to the Moon
NASA has revealed the new spacesuit that astronauts will wear to explore the Moon under the Artemis program. Created by Axiom Space, the new suit is designed to improve mobility for astronauts working on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
This Week in Space: Drag Sails, Cosmic Rays, and ‘Space Cushions’
Hello, readers, and welcome to your Friday morning digest of space news from this week. If you’re looking for unalloyed good news, you’ve come to the right place. This week we’ve got astronauts of […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Gaining perspective: imaging Earth – and deep space
Modeling this planet. Having cut my teeth long ago on the Whole Earth Catalogue, and later having written a novel called Earth, I’m a bit of a sucker for macro planet modeling projects. Here’s one […]
2 asteroids the size of 100 pugs to pass Earth Tuesday – NASA
Two asteroids approximately the size of 100 adult pugs are set to barrel towards Earth this Tuesday, according to NASA’s asteroid tracker. The asteroids in question have been designated 2019 BO2 and 2019 BZ4, according […]
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 […]
