Publisher’s Weekly covers the cessation of distribution of the Mass Market paperback by Readerlink at the end of 2025 as heralding the end of this once most popular format. Read the rest here
As if solving crimes wasn’t a hard enough job, you throw mystic and magical mayhem into the mix and you’ve got a whole new world of trouble. Enter the Supernatural Crimes Unit: NYPD, author Keith […]
Publisher : Crown Publication date : September 13, 2016 Edition : Reprint Language : English Print length : 352 pages ISBN-10 : 9780804136716 […]
Author John Varley has passed. Varley passed at his home in Beaverton Oregon, surrounded by family, from complications of COPD and diabetes. A multiple award winner, the author is perhaps best known for his stories […]
View in browser This email is a list of all the new science fiction, fantasy, and other genre books coming out in December 2025. We hope you find your next favorite read! FANTASY BOOKS […]
Did you like Groundhog Day? Do you like action movies? Well, this is the same idea reimagined as an action movie starring that unknown and unrecognized action star Frank Grillo, who’s been in a whole lot of stuff. Still don’t remember him? Read on…
I have a new release in my zombie series this week too! Here’s the weekly post from my author blog on the new releases I found to be of interest in my three favorite romance […]
According to their website: “Open access to The Heinlein Journal archives is being considered as a way to maximize the reach, impact, and preservation of Heinlein scholarship by making it freely available and easily discoverable to readers, […]
Old Bestseller Review: The Feathered Serpent, by Edgar Wallace by Rich Horton Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in 1875 in London. He was illegitimate, and grew up in poverty. He left school at age […]
Chris Barkley, winner of the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, has finally received his trophy. You can read all about it on File 770! *(My Hugo lies over the ocean, my Hugo lies […]
The retelling of myths is a tradition practically as old as the myths themselves. Author L. D. Colter has implemented some Greek mythology to help write her newest novel, While the Gods Sleep. Foll… Source: […]
If everyone had less than an hour to live, would your actions in those moments matter more or not at all? Author Holly Seddon explores this question in the Big Idea for her newest novel […]
When writing a novel, a lot of people think of the process as sort of rigid. You have a specific story to tell and it needs to be an unchanging vision all the way through. […]
JustWatch’s US Streaming Charts for last week are out, with a standout mix of breakout originals and seasonal classics driving audience attention. The full Top 10 for movies and TV is included in the attached […]
Let’s talk to your friendly neighbourhood eggheads, and hear them talk about that time machine they’ve been working on. If time is a street, you never know which direction the travellers are coming from. You […]
BOOK REVIEW by Arlene F. Marks TITLE: TIARIS: When the Oceans Kissed AUTHOR: D.M. Buehler GENRE: YA Eco-Historical Fantasy, Timeslip PUBLISHED: January 2025 by Ridgecrest Books AVAILABLE: on Amazon or from the publisher https://ridgecrestbooks.com/?product=tiaris-when-the-oceans-kissed […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: December 7, 2025 SF Commentary #122 November 2025 from Bruce Richard Gillespie Whatever Happened to BLADE RUNNER? The Big Idea: J. R. Blanes TALKIN’ ABOUT A SUPERMAN (Part One) Noticias Literatura […]
Bidders for Future Worldcons and Smofcons Heard from in Smofcon 42 Q&A Session By Vincent Docherty: Summary: In more detail: The traditional Q&A was held at SMOFcon 42 on Saturday 6th December 2025 in the Dieselverkstaden Culture House in Stockholm, Sweden. […]
88 pages (Portrait/print edition); 128 pages (Landscape edition). Download from http://efanzines.com/SFC/index.html#sfc.122 Reviews from Claire Brialey, Colin Steele, Anna Creer. Paul Kincaid on Keith Roberts. Andrew Milner on Kim Stanley Robinson. Robert Day on Christopher Priest. […]
While some ideas get shelved entirely, some ideas are merely on the back burner for a while before becoming fully realized ideas and narratives. Such was the case for author J. R. Blanes, who kept […]
Steve’s favourite onscreen superhero is an old standby: Superman! But which Superman? There have been so many! We’ll take a quick look at the whole video/film thing and the answer may surprise you.
Fallece el escritor Angel Torres Quesada El escritor Ángel Torres Quesada, falleció el día 30 a los 85 años en Cádiz, donde regentó hasta su cierre la pastelería Orcha, en el centro de la […]
David Agranoff, author of the 25th Century Five and Dime posts here on Amazing Stories, author of The Last Night To Kill Nazis and in addition to hosting the Dickheads Podcast is host of the […]
Publisher : SFBC Publication date : January 1, 2002 Edition : Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Language : English Print length : 568 pages ISBN-10 […]
Matt Truxaw’s newest book is Monster. This urban fantasy, horror, thriller will keep you turning the pages.
He is also the author of the hard science fiction thrillers: “Plastiphobia/Plastivore” and “Anthrophobia: A Teacher’s Tale”
You can find them all on Amazon in Paperback, Hardback, Kindle and/or free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
When you read any of them, he would really appreciate a review/rating on Amazon or your favorite book seller/book reader site.
More about Matt:
He was born in Orange County California many years ago and he still lives there. He has been reading books for most of those years and writing up book reviews for the last few years. He gets MANY of his books out of the library/Libby so expect a lot of old science fiction classics book reviews and other science related reviews in addition to newer books he comes across.
If you want to be ‘in-the-loop’ on these and other works, you can follow his website( MattTruxaw.com), his author’s page on Amazon or his Facebook page.
For more reviews and articles by Matt here on Amazing Stories (Click here).
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