This edition of Amazing News is sponsored by the Tiny Time Machine omnibus edition
Of Special Note
PBS American Masters features a discussion of the contributions and legacy of Judy-Lynn del Rey. Nick Mamatas links to it.
Other Special Note
AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS
Regina Kanyu Wang recently announced the receipt of her doctorate. Congratulations! (Regina’s post is private, but she contributed to Amazing Stories, so here is a link to her posts)
Milton Davis draws our attention to the fact that there are less than three days remaining to back A Crack in the Code: Cybertronic Stories of Rebellion, an anthology whose subject ought to be discernible from the title.
Scott Edelman announces the publication of his latest story in the latest issue of Pulphouse magazine
Steven Barnes shares some reviews of his Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss novel.
More Edelman: Eating the Fantastic episodes features – Eric Choi
John O’Neill shares some of Andrew Liptak’s thoughts on Alfred Bester’s death day anniversary
Fandom
Perry Middlemiss linked to a Reactor(TOR) article by James David Nicholl and shared a graph that showed that yes, the field IS too big for anyone to keep up with, but the link went dead, so here’s one from the Wayback Machine: the field either became too big sometime in the 40s, or sometime in the 90s…
The Rockford Amateur Astronomers group is featuring the November, 1928 cover of Amazing Stories in their current newsletter, heralding good time for the viewing of the King of Planets:
(This cover is available as both poster and t-shirt designs from the Amazing Stories store)
Awards
Geoffrey Landis wins the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem
Space
Solar Ring of Fire seen in southern latitudes
Space X “Crew less two” arrives at the ISS
Literature
Emily Inkpen has some thoughts on writing female characters
Art
It’s not a Bonestell – but it could be – an image from the ESA’s Rosetta probe’s lander
Social Commentary
Librarians are fighting back with LibraryTok
Just For Fun
Video: At home with Alien and Predator, SF’s cutest inhuman couple
In the Future
Monday: Thank You, Miss Kittykat! By Larry Hodges – FREE STORY
El Comefuturos: La creación de un Universo Tecnocrático en la ficción especulativa peruana
Tuesday: The Big Idea: Dirk Strasser
Excerpt: A Reign of Rose by Kate Golden
Wednesday: Unexpected Questions with Alex Jennings
Thursday: What Happened to The VALLEY of GWANGI?
Friday: Matt’s Reviews: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Featured Image
A half sheet movie poster from 1969 for the movie The Valley of Gwangi, from the Monsters in Motion website
