AMAZING NEWS: Pre Hanukah & that Other Gift-Giving Holiday Edition 12-22-24

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Of Special Note

The Amazing Stories staff and crew wish you and yours a safe, happy, fulfilling Holiday!

AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS

Leah Zeldes shares some (more) Hanukah music

Adam-Troy Castro has some thoughts on other’s responses to the new Superman trailer

Fandom

Pamela Sargent reports that George Zebrowski, long time companion, has passed at the age of 78.  Safe travels George.

Space

Take a 3D visual tour of the inside of a Gemini space capsule

All I want for Christmas is a ride home from the ISS…the two astronauts stranded by Boeing’s Starliner on the ISS recently learned that they may not be coming home until April…

Science

It’s probably a good thing that this newly discovered creature lives in the deep seas.  Otherwise, it might have gone extinct long before its discovery.

The Perseverance Mars rover reports that it has reached the rim of Jazero crater!

Industry

Jason Brazeal announces that a new venture – SpaceMonsters Magazine, is accepting submissions for an “ashcan” edition of that title.

Reviews

Rich Horton reviews a “rather obscure” YA fantasy novel The Owlstone Crown

New Releases

DAW asnnounces (in thier newsletter) the release of Christopher Ruocchio’s Disquiet Gods, Erin K. Wagners Mechanize My Hands To War, and additional titles in their latest newsletter, which you can subscribe by clicking the link.

Kermit shares this note from Grace Fell at HarperCollins:  she’s pleased to announce the forthcoming titles: I Am Not Jessica Chen by Anna Liang, Where Shadows Bloom by Catherine Bakewell,  (S)KIN by Ibi Zoboi, Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar, Don’t Let Me Go by Kevin Christopher Snipes, That Devil, Ambition by Linsey Miller, A Girl Walks into the Forest by Madeleine Roux, and Tempest by K. Ibura.  You can sign up for the HarperCollins newsletter by clicking the link.

Film & TV

Superman Teaser Trailer

Art

Lynne Fahnestalk has taken her Rivet of Robots sculptures in a new direction:  now she’s working on a Roundup of Rockets

Retro

Morojo’s “Futuricostumes”, that she and 4SJ wore to the first Worldcon in New York in 1939 are on display in this museum exhibit

Social Commentary

Tom Easton shares this chilling notice regarding the near future (round-ups)

Just For Fun

This image is both fun and homage

Mini-Editorial

This psychologist explains why “anxiety” is prevalent and on the rise.

In the Future

Monday:

Dr. Harriet Hartfeld’s Home for Aging AIs by Paul Martz – FREE STORY
Novedades de Diciembre 2

Tuesday:

The Big Idea: Eden Robin
La columna del invertebrado: ¿Y ahí, dónde está lo fantástico?

Wednesday:

Unexpected Questions with Bill Spangler

Thursday:

What Happened to The Six Million Dollar Man?

Friday:

Matt’s (Movies) Reviews: Old Science Fiction Movies

Featured Image

Photo from an article on the museum exhibit Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation, in USC Photo/Stephen Gee