AMAZING NEWS: The Resistance Grows Edition: 3/2/2025

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Raising the Roof by R. James Doyle, the latest from David Brin’s YA Out of Time series

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AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS

John Purcell notes that Mark Leeper, Evelyn Leeper’s husband, has recently passed

Donald F. Glut recently had a birthday

Fandom

A remake of Starship Troopers is in the works at Sony.  Let’s hope that the updating they bring to it focuses on the novel…

File 770 publishes its top ten posts from last month list

Ansible 452, for March 2025, has been published

Space

Asteroid Prospector heads for space

You already know but the NYT makes it official:  unfortunately, we will not be hit by an asteroid in the near future.

How do you drink liquids in space?  From this cup that looks like an ashtray made in 1st grade art&crafts, that’s how

Industry

Kermit notes that Jitsi, a new video conferencing platform, may be good for virtual conventions

Jeff Reynolds has published the Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription Database online

Hank Luttrell reports on Publishers Weekly article: there will be a new winnowing of mass market titles

Reviews

Whitney at Secret Sauce of Storycraft reviews vintage SF

New Releases

Paul Di Filippo announces the almost release of his 51st book – The Visionary Pageant and Other Stories

Jason Sanford shares the cover of his upcoming We Who Hunt Alexanders

Awards

Sharon Lee has won the Robert A. Heinlein Award

Short novels are dominating the Booker Award nominations

Literature

Andrew Liptak interviews Adam Rowe about his 70s SF Art book. (Newsletter – subscribe here)

Judith Clute notes that Farah Mendelsohn’s latest book focusing on Joanna Russ, is getting ready for release

Film & TV

A new indie horror  film – Falling Stars – is now available to watch.  (We saw the trailer and this looks to be high quality and they DEFINITELY know how to create suspense!).  At Amazon and On Demand, as well as available through your local library with Kanopy.

The Dailies at Hubsport reports that James Cameron has placed a disclaimer on the third Avatar film: Avatar: Fire and Ash, “No generative AI was used in the making of this movie.”

Alex Shvartsman notes that Pantheon’s second season, an animated series based on Ken Liu stories, has been released.

Jordan Peele will be producing a documentary on Black Cowboys

and there was much rejoicing…Goyer said to be leaving Apple’s Foundation TV series, and many are hoping this means the end.

Michell Trachtenberg has passed

Radio

David Gerrold shares the news that Star Trek: Kahn, a radio drama, has been scheduled for release later this year.

Art

Patrick James Gill shares some of the scratch-built spaceship models he has created

Lynne Fahnestalk shares the travels of one of her robot sculptures

Social Commentary

Just For Fun

This individual argues that the A4 paper size is the absolute best and proper form for all writing paper.  Yeah, if you’re still using the metric system…

Both video conferencing aficionados and authors known as “pantsters” will appreciate this video of an astronaut putting on his pants – and it is NOT “one leg at a time” 

It’s a warning…

Mini Editorial

The performance of the current regime during its meeting with the President of Ukraine was thoroughly disgusting, unconscionable and should lead to the immediate resignation of its leaders and representative.

In the Future

Monday:

The Gravity of Mars by Mariel Zuchniak – FREE STORY

Tuesday:

The Big Idea: Caye Marsh

La ventana sur 6: “¿Quién anda allí?” J. Campbell Jr. y la amenaza metamórfica del sur

Wednesday:

Robotic Units are Essential Companions for the Terminally Ill

Thursday:

Whatever Happened to STAR TREK 2 The WRATH of KHAN?

Friday:

Matt’s Reviews: A War Of Gifts: An Ender Story by Orson Scott Card

Featured Image

The poster for Falling Stars from IMDB