The Big Idea: Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Food is more than just fuel for our bodies. According to author Lavanya Lakshminarayan, food is well, pretty much everything! Dig in to the Big Idea for her newest novel, Interstellar Megachef and see what she’s been […]

Death of the Author Available for Pre-Order

Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s latest novel – Death of the Author – was recently reviewed by the New York Times, accompanied by a feature article about the author. It is rare that the NY Times […]

Cover for "The Crafts" by Raya Yarbrough Publish Jan 13 2025

The Crafts by Raya Yarbrough – FREE STORY

An alien visitation comes to everyone, and everyone’s reaction to the aliens and the hum they make is different. They give everyone a different impression, and then, all reality changes… She’d arrived at work on […]

AMAZING NEWS: 1/12/25

This Week’s News Is Brought To You By – Captain Future and the Futuremen (which includes women…and androids, robots and brains in jars).  Read Allen Steele’s on-going, blockbuster series!   Of Special Note Over the […]

Free Stories!

Cover for "The Crafts" by Raya Yarbrough Publish Jan 13 2025

The Crafts by Raya Yarbrough – FREE STORY

An alien visitation comes to everyone, and everyone’s reaction to the aliens and the hum they make is different. They give everyone a different impression, and then, all reality changes… She’d arrived at work on […]

News

AMAZING NEWS: 1/12/25

This Week’s News Is Brought To You By – Captain Future and the Futuremen (which includes women…and androids, robots and brains in jars).  Read Allen Steele’s on-going, blockbuster series!   Of Special Note Over the […]

Time Machine: January 12, 2025

2024’s Fourth Quarter Reader’s Choice Awards Announced! Paul Levinson interviews Jared Moshe about Aporia Matt’s Reviews: Light Raid by Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for JAN 8 “MANQAPACHA DELIGHT”: […]

Noticias Literatura 29-12

Los libros más esperados de 2025 en literatura fantástica y ciencia ficción ¿Cuáles son los libros más esperados de 2025 en literatura fantástica y ciencia ficción? Lo cuentan en “Literatura Fantástica”. Se anuncia una auténtica […]

OpEd

Barry Malzberg 1939-2024

I first met Barry, I don’t remember exactly when.  It was certainly at a convention at least somewhat adjacent to New Jersey, where we both lived.  The fact that we shared a state of origin […]

The Big Idea: Lauren C. Teffeau

  When does science become magic? Or is all magic really just science? Author Lauren C. Teffeau explores this in the Big Idea for her newest novella, A Hunger With No Name. Read on to […]

Science Fiction

The Big Idea: Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Food is more than just fuel for our bodies. According to author Lavanya Lakshminarayan, food is well, pretty much everything! Dig in to the Big Idea for her newest novel, Interstellar Megachef and see what she’s been […]

Death of the Author Available for Pre-Order

Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s latest novel – Death of the Author – was recently reviewed by the New York Times, accompanied by a feature article about the author. It is rare that the NY Times […]

Cover for "The Crafts" by Raya Yarbrough Publish Jan 13 2025

The Crafts by Raya Yarbrough – FREE STORY

An alien visitation comes to everyone, and everyone’s reaction to the aliens and the hum they make is different. They give everyone a different impression, and then, all reality changes… She’d arrived at work on […]

Book Cover: Light Raid by Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice

Matt’s Reviews: Light Raid by Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice

  Publisher:               ACE Books   Publication date:  1990   Copyright Year:    1989   Pages:                  263   ISBN:                     0-441-48312-7   Author:                 Connie Willis   Author:                 Cynthia Felice Light Raid by Connie Willis and Cynthia […]

The Last Orphan Stories

  Introduction This article is about a book, specifically an anthology, which has an almost legendary status among those who read speculative fiction or science fiction. It has been talked about for half-a-century yet was […]

Fantasy

The Big Idea: William C. Tracy

  Let’s get physical – about a type of fantasy activity that generally not thought to be physical at all. But as William C. Tracy explains in this Big Idea for Physical Magic, incorporating the […]

Otherworlds

This poem was written in response to an exhibit of Australian aboriginal art at the Chazen Museum. What struck me was the absence of defining borders between the physical world and the dreaming world, between […]

Book Cover: She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor

Matt’s Reviews: She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor

    Publisher:            PENGUIN PUTNAM   Publication date: 08/20/2024   Pages:               176   ISBN:                978-0-7564-1895-3   Author:            Nnedi Okorafor She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor is set in an indeterminate future in village in the deserts of Northern Africa, probably […]

Science

Sky Show Tonight! Geminids Peak This Evening

The Geminid Meteor Show will peak tonight at around midnight (at least for east-coasters). If you are in a relatively dark skies area, go outside an hour before or after midnight and look up. Maybe […]

SpaceX Attempts Fifth Test Launch Of Starship – NOW

SpaceX will attempt its fifth test launch of the monstrous Starship rocket…and this time they may even attempt to capture the booster on landing. Multiple Youtube channels are providing live coverage, including SpaceFlightNow. You can […]

Book Cover: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

Matt’s Reviews: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

  Publisher:               Harper Perennial Publication date:  06/07/2011 Pages:                     480 ISBN:                      9780061452062 Author:                  Matt Ridley The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley begins with the premise that overall, the world has been improving […]

Book Cover: Clade by James Bradley

Matt’s Reviews: Clade by James Bradley

  Publisher:              Titan Books (UK)   Publication date: 09/05/2017   Pages:                   320   ISBN:                    9781785654145   Author:                 James Bradley Clade by James Bradley is a dystopian tale of a self-destructing Earth in the not too distant […]

Robot Reading

Reality and Artificial Intelligence

Given the nature of the current artificial intelligence or AI landscape, any attempt to discuss the technology is like trying to describe an ocean wave racing towards you. You might posit that the wave’s amplitude […]