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The Big Red Button by Tom Easton – FREE STORY
Our technology may go so far, it will send us out into the cosmos, and we might just run into ourselves. What do you think might happen here? Myself, I’m uncertain… Captain Iris Froud propelled […]
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 […]
Distance and Family and Death By Brian D. Hinson – FREE STORY
Distance often keeps family apart, and as science progresses, distance may become very, VERY far. Gransparents will want to see their grandsons and granddaughters, but when the distance is far enough, we will see what […]
The Harvester by Richard Harris – FREE STORY
We do worry about AIs, and what they can do, without conscience, with the right programming. Our world is as unpredictable as it’s ever been, so we need to look at just how far doing […]
Dr. Harriet Hartfeld’s Home for Aging AIs by Paul Martz – FREE STORY
When our AIs work hard over the span of their useful lifetimes, perhaps we need to make sure they have a retirement home to live out the rest of their days. Anthropomorphic, you say? Just […]
News
Just Watch Published this 4th Quarter 2024 Market Share Analysis – Stream Away!
SVOD market shares in Q4 2024 In the final quarter of 2024, Prime Video led provider growth, taking 22% of the overall market. Netflix, its largest competitor, trailed Prime by only 1%. Hulu, Disney+, and […]
Novedades de Enero 1 y 2
(Y algunas cosas de diciembre que se me quedaron en el tintero) LIBROS Historias Worter ha publicado el libro «Halloween: Antología de cuentos de terror», resultado de la II convocatoria que hicieran en octubre. Pueden […]
AMAZING NEWS: 1/19/25 – The Eve of the Apocalypse
This Week’s News Is Brought To You By – FanScene, Amazing Stories’ (now) Monthly Newsletter, available to registered members only. Of Special Note Tanith Lee does not get the credit or the attention that is […]
OpEd
Matt’s (Movies) Reviews: Old Science Fiction Movies
“I think that science fiction, even the corniest of it, even the most outlandish of it, no matter how badly it’s written, has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary […]
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 […]
We Want To Bring Amazing Stories Back – And YOU Can Help
We probably don’t need to tell you that publishing a magazine in the science fiction field is not an easy task. We also probably do not need to inform you that authors in this field […]
David Brin Cues the Trumpets: Heinlein Warned Us
In a post on his blog and Facebook this morning, David Brin, noted SF author and accomplished prognosticator, reminds us that Robert Heinlein forewarned us, in quite detailed fashion, of the future upon whose precipice […]
Science Fiction
Ciencia ficción, erotismo y tecnología
César Verduguez, como compilador, publicó una antología de poesía y cuentos eróticos de escritores bolivianos con el título de “Eros en Bolivia: Profundidades voluptuosas” con la participación de 40 escritores, varones y mujeres. Este experimento […]
La ventana sur 5: Lovecraft, el sur y el espacio de la locura
En “Poe, Verne y la “verdad” de la ciencia ficción”, cuarta entrega de La ventana sur, reflexioné sobre el uso y la manipulación literaria del verosímil científico a propósito de la relación intertextual entre Edgar Allan […]
The Big Idea: Alan Smale
When you have the chance to write a sequel, you do it… right? Well, for Alan Smale, the answer was not as straightforward as all that. Come find out why he hesitated at first […]
Novedades de Enero 1 y 2
(Y algunas cosas de diciembre que se me quedaron en el tintero) LIBROS Historias Worter ha publicado el libro «Halloween: Antología de cuentos de terror», resultado de la II convocatoria que hicieran en octubre. Pueden […]
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Pulp Literature Magazine #44 – Autumn 2024
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #44 Autumn 2024 Published by Pulp Literature Press, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Winter 2024. Editor in Chief: Jennifer Landels; Senior Editor: Melanie […]
The Big Red Button by Tom Easton – FREE STORY
Our technology may go so far, it will send us out into the cosmos, and we might just run into ourselves. What do you think might happen here? Myself, I’m uncertain… Captain Iris Froud propelled […]
Nacida de Mujer y de Hombre de Rudy Terceros: Una distopia de clones y humanos
De: Iván Prado Sejas* Rudy Terceros, en su novela “Nacida de Mujer y de Hombre”, nos conduce por un laberinto donde policías y clones emergen para generar una historia distópica en una sociedad boliviana en […]
Matt’s Reviews: Mind Of My Mind by Octavia Butler
ISBN: 9780446361880 Publication date: 08/01/1994 Publisher: HACHETTE BOOK GROUP Pages: 224 Copyright Year: 1977 Author: Octavia E Butler Mind Of My Mind by Octavia Butler is the 2nd book in the Patternist series. I have […]
Fantasy
Have YOU Become Acquainted with Ardor Benn?
As we went into the New Year, I found myself browsing the hundreds of books in my library, and reflecting on which series in particular stand out from the norm. Not an easy thing to […]
“MANQAPACHA DELIGHT”: Una dimensión neoindigenista en un entorno abigarrado
De: Iván Prado Sejas* La ciencia ficción neoindigenista surge a partir del desarrollo de la literatura neoindigenista en un entorno cambiante y de transformación de la sociedad y de las culturas indígenas. Cornejo Polar en […]
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 […]
Whatever Happened to the ISLAND of DR. MOREAU?
Source: Whatever Happened to the ISLAND of DR. MOREAU?
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 […]
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 Update: Starship Lands…and then it exploded…Successfully Captures Starship Booster
SpaceX’s main goal with the fifth launch of its Starship and heavy booster was to capture the booster at the launch site with giant gripping arms positioned at the top of a tower. This morning, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
TONIGHT is the Best Night to Watch Dual Meteor Shower!
Take a nap this afternoon because you’ll want to be checking out this evening’s Double Meteor Shower during its BEST viewing time – 4 AM. The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers are […]
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 […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Updates: science & robotics
As you know by now, I’ve been roped into speaking a lot about the Great Big AI crisis of 2024. I’ll touch on some aspects here. Plus some light on other areas of fast-emerging science! But first […]
