The Big Idea: Nancy Kress
Science fiction is just that, a blend of the science we know, and the stories we wish to tell. The mixture of these two aspects was especially important to authors Nancy Kress and Robert Lanza, who co-authored their new […]
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Genre Penetration of Streaming Services, Courtesy of JustWatch – January 10th, 2023
Genre Penetration of media is at an all time high this week!
7 SF&F Literary Role Playing Game Novels to Try
NOTE: This post first appeared in the Roswell Daily Record. January can be time for new things and I’ve decided to try reading a new-to-me genre of cyberpunk science fiction known as LitRPG. The name […]
Algernon Blackwood, un escritor de culto
Algernon Blackwood fue un escritor inglés, locutor radial, novelista y cuentista. Nació el 14 de marzo de 1869 en Kent, Inglaterra. A Blackwood se le sitúa en el género “Weird Fiction” aunque algunas de sus […]
New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for JAN 4
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 […]
Hot Potato and Ed Venice in the AI Drives by Night – FREE STORY
This week Patreon backers got TWO stories for the price of one. Hot Potato by Liam Hogan and Ed Venice in the AI Drives by Night by Royce Badgers These stories were also accompanied by […]
Novedades de Diciembre 3
Tratándo de no volver a acumular las noticias, aquí van las novedades para finalizar el año. LIBROS La antología de cuentos peruanos de ciencia ficción «Esta realidad no existe» ha sido editado en audiolibro por […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: January 8, 2023
Pixel Scroll 1/7/23 Farmers Market In The Sky (1) IT WASN’T THE HOBBIT. What turned Stephen Colbert into a voracious reader? Science fiction. Specifically, Niven, Asimov, Heinlein, Pohl, and more. See “Team Hobbit or Lord […]
Time Machine: January 8, 2023
This physics professor is becoming a TikTok star for her cool demonstrations Kindred and Us… What the fediverse (does/n’t) solve HarperCollins Workers Pass 40 Days on Strike with No Response from Company Magic Systems Made […]
AMAZING NEWS (the first from 2023) 1-8-2023
Well, 2023 news roundup begins with a bang: honeybees getting vaccinated, liquid blood extracted from a 4,000 year old foal, an amateur archaeologist solves cave drawing riddle, a two-legged fox eats spam, David Brin’s Uplif series reviewed, a Norman Spinrad newsletter announced, Allen Steele promises more Captain Future, Kubrick answers 2001 question, and, you guessed it, even MORE!
This physics professor is becoming a TikTok star for her cool demonstrations
Meet Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, a professor of Physics at Texas A&M University who is also quickly becoming a TikTok star—her latest TikTok has 1.9 million views already! According to her Texas A&M University bio, she […]
Kindred and Us…
“I’ve been a fan of Octavia Butler since reading my first novel by her, “Mind of My Mind,” about a vampiric telepath named Doro: an immortal from Africa that devours your soul, so he can […]
What the fediverse (does/n’t) solve
Today’s links What the fediverse (does/n’t) solve: We can protect our communities from commodification, but it takes work. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 Colophon: Recent […]
HarperCollins Workers Pass 40 Days on Strike with No Response from Company
Workers at HarperCollins Publishers entered 2023 still on strike, more than 40 days after about 250 employees at the publishing giant walked out when contract negotiations broke down in November. UAW Local 2110, which represents […]
Magic Systems Made Stronger with Science
This article on science and magic systems is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial […]
Common Misconceptions about Satellite Orbits
“Standard orbit” is a phrase used frequently in a popular sci-fi franchise. Problem is, there is no such thing as “standard orbit.” But that’s okay. This is not a sin… maybe someone will define a […]
How the James Webb Space Telescope advanced astronomy in its first year
As Christmas approached last year, astronomers and space fans around the globe gathered to watch the much-anticipated launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Though a wondrous piece of engineering, the telescope was not without its controversies — from […]
Brand New Fiction from Amazing Stories – FREE!
Amazing Stories is excited to announce the launch of a brand new, weekly series of science fiction stories, featuring a mix of established and up-and-coming writers. Starting in January 2023, these tales of the extraordinary […]
The Serpent in Heaven – Book Review
Felicia, Lizbeth Rose’s half-sister and a student at the Grigori Rasputin school in San Diego—capital of the Holy Russian Empire—is caught between her own secrets and powerful family struggles. As a granddaughter of Rasputin, she […]
Ice Planet Blues
Well, it certainly has seemed that way this week in much of the northern hemisphere. Arctic air and winter weather has found itself in places that it has no right being in. The reasons for […]
Happy Science Fiction Day!
January 2 is Science Fiction Day. (Illustration is, of course, the cover of the 1957 paperback edition of the nonexistent SciFi classic “Joy Day of the Planet X2-9 Harmonic Chickenoids.”) Many thanks to the surprisingly […]
Issue 744 Table of Contents, January 2023 – Locus Online
The January 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Annalee Newitz and Alex Jennings and spotlights on author adrienne maree brown and the Portolan Project. Greg Bear (1951-2022) is remembered with an obituary and […]
New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for DEC 28
As always, I recommend sampling before you buy! I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking a bunch as I prepare these posts). I don’t pick up […]
Noticias Literatura 28-12
Noticias literatura 28-12 Antología de relatos 2022 del Sitio de Ciencia-Ficción La web “Sitio de Ciencia-Ficción” ofrece, en formato antología, los relatos publicados durante este año ANTOLOGÍA DE RELATOS 2022 del SdCF. Otro año más, […]
What is Chokepoint Capitalism? …by Cory Doctorow
Why copyright alone can’t unrig creative labor markets. Chokepoint Capitalism is my next book, co-written with the brilliant copyright scholar Rebecca Giblin. It’s a book about how the markets for creative labor were rigged, and how […]
Amazing Stories Etsy Store Now Open
Attention all science fiction and fantasy fans! The Amazing Stories website has just opened an Etsy store, packed with all sorts of Amazing goodies for you to enjoy. At the Amazing Stories Store on Etsy, […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: January 1, 2023
Pixel Scroll 12/30/22 Please State The Nature Of Your Pixel Emergency (1) EATING THE FANTASTIC. Scott Edelman invites listeners to take a seat at the table in Little Italy with Al Milgrom in Episode 188 […]
Time Machine: January 1, 2023
Watch Adam Savage Go “Hands On” With the Original Enterprise From ‘Star Trek’ CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Operation Orkney” by William Meikle If aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next? CONTRARY BRIN: Lifting our gaze […]
AMAZING NEWS: January 1st, 2023
A big news round up from a Big Year: we’ve got TAFF trip reports, Tom Tomorrow, ancient DNA, robot sisters, new space minerals, a Smofcon report on Chengdu, Boskone 60’s lineup and, you guessed it, even more!
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