Of Special Note
Jim Emerson’s Futures Past A Visual History of Science Fiction 1929 volume has been announced: From the newsletter –
FUTURES PAST 1929
So, the moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. FUTURES PAST: 1929 is finished and off to the printers. The PDF version is now available on the website (www.sfhistory.net) for immediate download and priced at $20. As most of you (like myself) prefer to the weight and feel of a physical book, the print edition should be available within the next 3-5 weeks. Even though this latest volume is significantly larger than the 1928 book, both soft and hardcover editions are priced the same as the last book.
Special Promo:
If you pre-order your print edition of FP1929 by Saturday Oct. 5th, I will gift you the PDF edition for FREE to hold you over until your print book arrives.
Highly recommended
Other Special Note
We’ve just launched Amazing Stories en Espanol, a website devoted exclusively to Spanish language content. Read it here.
AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS
David Agranoff reviewed our own Cents of Wonder anthology a while ago.
Scott Edelman wished Wesley Chu a happy birthday in this Eating the Fantastic episode
David Brin highlights a Chinese rocket that might rival SpaceX’s
Steven Barnes reveals the cover for his Mace Windu the Glass Abyss graphic novel
David Gerrold brought our attention to this write-up of Patton Oswalt’s new take on the Tribbles
Fandom
Critic Fredric Jameson has died
New Releases
Matthew Kressel announces that his novel – Space Trucker Jess – will be released in June 2025
Space
The Artemis mission examined space radiation and how astronauts might fare on future Moon missions
Science
Sea Robins have wings and “fingers” they walk on and dig for food with. (I caught one of these while fishing in Barnegat Bat decades ago. It was considered a ‘junk’ fish, so I threw it back.)
Wake up von Daniken – time for another round of ancient astronauts: AI uncovers more Nazca drawings
There is a HUGE geologic structure underneath Australia
A Raccoon parasite might justify buying a flamethrower
Video shows an octopus hunting with fish – and punching uncooperative participants
Industry
Reviews
Red Headed Femme Bonnie Warford reviews Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
Red Headed Femme Bonnie Warford reviews Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher
Adrian Simmons reviews several older magazines for Black Gate
Literature
If you’ve never seen all of the Doc Savage books together in one place – here you go!
Art
Learn how to make a cool paper airplane and launcher with this video
Film & TV
GRRM writes up Mary Margaret Road Grader and the Wasteland Film Festival
Social Commentary
The “SARCO Suicide Pod” has been used for the first time. In a somewhat related story, nitrogen asphyxiation has been used as a method for execution for the second time.
The proponents of suicide via nitrogen have compared its effects to “rapture of the deep” which can make divers giggly – but that’s at high pressures. Witnesses to the execution suggest it was “painful”. So the jury is still out on this one.
Just For Fun
Nnedi Okorafor writes about a cookie
This upside down video of bats makes it look like they’re attending a rave for goths
Mini-Editorial
Is it time to give up Gmail? This article by Anshul Kummar suggests that it is.
In the Future
Monday – Free Fiction Instrument of Eternity By Livia DeSouza
Andrew Weston Reviews: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Winter 2024
El Rincón Sangriento. Misterios y Maullidos: La Oscura Presencia de los Gatos en la Literatura de Horror
Tuesday – The Big Idea: Raven Oak
Wednesday – Unexpected Questions with Sean McMulle
Reseña de Libro. Los libros que debo:Pandemonium Editorial, El Gato Descalzo, Torre de Papel.
Thursday – What Happened to FORBIDDEN PLANET?
Madre Macabra. Nuevas Maneras de Pensar lo Femenino: Madre Monstruo
Friday – Matt’s Reviews: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Featured Image
From the poster for the film Mary Margaret Road Grader, based on a story by Howard Waldrop
