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A Really, Truly, Utterly, Really Truly Bad Idea by Timons Esaias – FREE STORY
There was a debate in the lab as to whether today’s experiment would be historic, or ahistoric, or suprahistoric. Cassie opted for counterhistoric, but nobody ever listened much to her. Atun Bosepkale, who had dreamed […]

The Most Peaceful Airship by Leonid Korogodski – FREE STORY
I dreamed of Earth—again. I should have known better than to dream of violence—not in my planet’s most peaceful airship. Dream cybermagic was my specialty—and yet, this night, I simply slept, completely unaware that I […]

Spaghetti Forever by Scott Talbot Evans – FREE STORY
The tip of my probe looks funny. I wiggle it back and forth. Looking through the microscope, of course, this slight movement looks like an earthquake, but I’m used to that. No. This is different. […]

Another Day at the Office by Tom Howard – FREE STORY
Hana paused on the moving sidewalk and lifted her multi-faceted eyes to the crystal dome over her head. She never tired of staring at the blanket of stars outside, so unlike her subsurface hive-world of […]

News

Worldcon 2023 – Chengdu (trilingual post)
Este es el último post que he preparado sobre al Worldcon en Chengdu. Más que mi opinión, me interesaba la opinión de otros participantes. Puesto que se trata de participantes de diversas nacionalidades, está en […]

Time Machine: December 3, 2023
AMAZING NEWS: 12/3/23 AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: December 3, 2023 New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for NOV 29 Matt’s Reviews: A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. THE LAST HARRISON FORD INDY… […]

AMAZING NEWS: 12/3/23
Today’s news is almost all about releases – except the “happy ending” kind. Plus – big planets orbiting tiny stars, what fratricidal killers think, a near-perfect definition of “Fandom”, a Fanzine archive and more
OpEd

What Values Should A Country That Will Host A Worldcon Have?
Should we vet countries before they host a Worldcon? If so – what values are we looking for?

Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
Hoping the best for you and your family.

Now That Worldcon is Over
Why I objected to the Chengdu Worldcon.

Chengdu Promo Video and NO Rights Clearances
Chengdu uses Amazing Stories logo in promotional video

My SF Cannon
If Davidson ever becomes Emperor of the Universe, EVERYONE will have to read Science Fiction. Or ELSE!
Science Fiction

Excerpt: Cry of Silence: a novel by Catherine Gigante-Brown
Prologue The moons of Alpha 49C shone brightly through the hatch. All seven of them were in slightly different phases. Jenn thought this was perhaps the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. The past […]

Coherence by Warren Benedetto – FREE STORY
The love of your life…no one could ever hope to replace that person. That person is unique, unique for you. It’s entirely up to you to determine if that irreplaceable person could be recreated. Will a copy be an exact duplicate? Or will that inexact copy be enough?

Has Science Fiction Changed Over the Years?
Changes to Science Fiction over the past 60+ years

CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Indigent Earth” by Scott Overton
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Indigent Earth – by Scott Overton Publisher: No Walls Publishing, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 2023. Premise: The best and the brightest fled the dying Earth, establishing […]

Matt’s Reviews: A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE Publication date: 02/01/1961 Book Pages: 368 ISBN: 9780553273816 Copyright Year: 1959 Author: Walter M. Miller, Jr. A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. was originally published in 1959, […]

Book Reviews by Noah Chinn: Galaxy Cruise by Marcus Alexander Hart
This is the second book I’ve reviewed by Marcus Alexander Hart. The first was One Must Kill Another, which was a great read and genuinely creeped me out. But that was serious horror, and this […]

A Really, Truly, Utterly, Really Truly Bad Idea by Timons Esaias – FREE STORY
There was a debate in the lab as to whether today’s experiment would be historic, or ahistoric, or suprahistoric. Cassie opted for counterhistoric, but nobody ever listened much to her. Atun Bosepkale, who had dreamed […]

CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space” by Cait Gordon
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space – by Cait Gordon Publisher: Presses Renaissance Press, Canada, 2023. Cover and Interior Art by Cait […]
Fantasy

THE LAST HARRISON FORD INDY… MAYBE
It is supposed that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth Indiana Jones movie, will be the last one Harrison Ford will star in. But it’s possible that it will not be. It’s almost certain that there will be more Indy movies, but who will star in them? Only Lucasfilm knows!

Novedades de Noviembre 1
Este es mi nuevo intento de ser consistente con las novedades, que hay tantas y si espero hasta el final del mes para anunciarlas, se hace un post muy largo. LIBROS El miércoles 8 de […]

MIYAZAKI AND SPIRITED AWAY
The name Hayao Miyazaki is almost synonymous in many people’s minds with Japanese anime because of the many high-quality films that he and his Studio Ghibli have put out over the last few decades. (There is lots more anime than they have produced, but it’s not all as exemplary as theirs.) Revisiting some of his best films is always a rewarding experience, especially Spirited Away, for me.

The Big Idea: Ryk Spoor | Whatever
Author Ryk Spoor is back on the blog for the debut of his new novel, and first book of The Spirit Warriors trilogy, Choosing the Player. How does this trilogy fit in with and intersect with […]

The Big Idea: Greg van Eekhout
Is death truly the end? Not for the kids in The Ghost Job! Author Greg van Eekhout is bringing you a tale from beyond the grave(s) of his main characters who aren’t letting a little death […]
Science

“Tasmanian Devil” event has the power of trillions of Stars
What is hundreds of billions of times more powerful than the Sun, flashes on repeat with intense bursts of light, and verges on defying the laws of physics? No, it’s not your neighbors’ holiday lights […]

Matt’s Reviews: Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
Publisher: Picador; Reprint edition (November 4, 2014) Language: English Paperback: 304 pages ISBN-10: 125005611X ISBN-13: 978-1250056115 Author: Sendhil Mullainathan Author: Eldar Shafir Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much […]

Starship: Successful Launch
Starship successfully launches on its second try (the booster did fail just after separation).

Starship Launch Saturday November 18 Starting At 8 AM EDT
SpaceX will attempt the second test launch of its ginormous Starship rocket tomorrow.

Matt’s Reviews: The Genius Plague by David Walton
Publisher: PYR Publication date: 10/03/2017 Pages: 384 ISBN13: 9781633883437 ISBN10: 1633883434 Author: David Walton The Genius Plague by David Walton is a fun sci-fi thriller. A mycology researcher (someone who studies fungus) comes […]

CONTRARY BRIN: Anticipating Artificial Intelligence – the Problems the Promises
Doug Rushkoff’s Team Human podcast dives into an hour with me, discussing a vital Big Picture Question — perhaps the biggest – that’s applicable to the current ‘crisis’ over artificial Intelligence: What methods did people […]

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers 2nd Asteroid During Dinkinesh Flyby
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently conducted a flyby of its first two asteroids, with the first one being a binary asteroid named Dinkinesh. The term “Dinkinesh” means “marvelous” in the Amharic language, and it turned out […]

Matt’s Reviews: An Outsider’s Guide To Humans by Camilla Pang, PhD
Publisher: Viking (December 1, 2020) Language: English ISBN-10: 1984881639 ISBN-13: 978-1984881632 Author: Camilla Pang, PhD An Outsider’s Guide To Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We […]