Recent Substack Posts Here are some recent reviews I’ve done on my Substack. Human Voices, by Penelope Fitzgerald The Mills of the Gods, by Tim Powers Cumberworld & Farther, by Gregory Feeley Beloved, by Toni […]
El investigador Gonzalo Montero Lara acaba de publicar el artículo EL JOVEN QUE SUBIÓ AL CIELO: ¿Cuento quechua de ciencia ficción? y seguramente dará mucho que hablar en el ámbito de la ciencia ficción latinoamericana […]
LIBROS El viernes 17 de abril se presentó el libro “Teoría de la evolución. O los abismos del futuro”, de la escritora surrealista y artista plástica Verónica Cabanillas. Presentaron Magdalena Benavente y Alfredo Vanini. Vuelve […]
Send Help takes the top spot for movies in the U.S. this week, with The Devil Wears Prada (2006) holding strong at #2 — still riding a wave of renewed interest following the theatrical release […]
This an extended review I wrote back in 2001, on the occasion of the nomination of L. Ron Hubbard’s short novel “To the Stars” for a Retro Hugo. I go into some detail at the […]
Replanted Review: Deepdrive, by Alexander Jablokov by Rich Horton [I wrote this back in 1998, when the novel came out. I haven’t revised it at all (save for a few bracketed additions] so what I […]
LIBROS El 17 de abril, en el Museo Casa Colorada, se realizo la presentación “Pyloba” (Triada Ediciones),el último libro de Marcos Fabian Cortez, que conto con la presentación de Hugo Riquelme y la editora de […]
I’m back home, with not a little bit of convention adventure under my belt. Bottom line: the event appears to have been a success on many levels: this was probably the last convention I’ll be […]
Recently, it was billionaires in space that made the news, getting into orbit just to say they could. I think most of us roll our eyes, think about what the money spent could have benefitted […]
Here’s the weekly post from my author blog on the new releases I found to be of interest in my three favorite romance genres (which are also the ones I write in!), and related areas […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 10, 2026 One Step Closer To Belters and Singleships: Psyche Prepares for Mars Slingshot Introducing GalaXic Baseball League Writer Beware Uncovers Book Festival Scams Revivified Review: Crown Duel and Court […]
Cats Sleep on SFF: Shroud Kate Towner introduces us to a well-informed voter: Here is Zephyr sleeping on Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky. He’s reading up for the Hugos. Photos of your felines (or whatever you’ve […]
JPL offered up this interesting video about the Psyche spacecraft’s upcoming Martian slingshot maneuver, which will send the probe on the final leg of its mission, an encounter with the metal rich asteroid Psyche, in […]
MLB Players, Inc. and OneTeam Partners Team Up with Renowned Manga Artist Acky Bright and VIZ Media to Launch New Baseball Sci-Fi Epic – Introducing GalaXic Baseball League New York, May 8, 2026 […]
Victoria Strauss, doing exemplary work on behalf of authors everywhere, as always, profiles two new forms of scams designed to separate authors from their hard-earned and frequently not enough money in her latest Writer Beware […]
This review was written originally in 1999 for SF Site, about two YA novels by Sherwood Smith, one called Crown Duel (1997), the second Court Duel (1998). At the time I rather grumpily concluded my […]
The sequel to 2019’s “Ready or Not,” while keeping up the bloody body count of the first movie, seems a bit flat to me. While it attempts to match the dark humour of its predecessor, I found it lacking in that respect. It not only has the same strong female protagonist, but it even doubles down by adding a sister to the mix. You may like it a bit better than I did, though I thought it somewhat enjoyable.
Greetings! For those that attended The Day The Earth Stood Still with Gort, The Time Machine or Forbidden Planet screenings- here’s the next exciting event. We don’t want you to miss this! ____________________________ From the Land Beyond Beyond… From the World […]
Publisher : Entangled: Mayhem Books Publication date : April 7, 2026 Language : English Print length […]
Sandra Bond is reporting on Facebook that Ted White has taken a turn and is now in palliative care, following a fall and declining health. Ted was a fixture in Washington DC area Fandom and […]
Hugo Award voting is now open! Anyone who is an Attending, Online (Virtual), or World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) member of LAcon V prior to the close of voting is eligible to vote in the […]
Here’s the weekly post from my author blog on the new releases I found to be of interest in my three favorite romance genres (which are also the ones I write in!), and related areas […]
I resurrect another review of a rather nice original anthology from a small press, back in 2008. This review originally appeared in Locus, as a Divers Hand review. Lace and Blade, edited by Deborah J. […]
Fable of the Color Green after Quiron (acrylic on canvas) by Verne Mittlestadt If our sun is the withering eye of God, the Greeks had it right with picturesque idols poised to […]
The Republic of Memory LEARN MORE The Republic of Memory By Mahmud El Sayed * A Memory Called Empire meets Children of Time in this Arabfuturist debut set on a generation ship on the […]
Here’s the weekly post from my author blog on the new releases I found to be of interest in my three favorite romance genres (which are also the ones I write in!), and related areas […]
SF Site isn’t the only place I reviewed for that has gone defunct. (Not by a long shot, alas!) I also did a number of reviews for Fantasy Magazine. Here’s one, of a really fine […]
We choose so many unimportant reasons for the basis of prejudice. Skin colour, gender, descent, religion, so many others. Why are those reasons still there? It may be some time in the future before […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 3, 2026 The Big Idea: Eleanor Lerman The Big Idea: Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan REVIEW – WAR MACHINE (POPCORN) Matt’s Reviews: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers […]
Tomorrow Prize and Green Feather Award Ceremony on May 16 The Omega Sci-Fi Project will announce the winners of The Tomorrow Prize and The Green Feather Award for high school students during a ceremony at […]
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