Noticias Literatura 10-6
Minitura #142 – Weird; David Brin in Madrid; BEM goes online and a new anthology!
Review: The Fire Children by Lauren Roy
Fans of original storytelling targeted for the young adult audiences will be impressed with emergence of author Lauren Roy and her soon to be released fantasy book, The Fire Children.
You’ve Never Heard of the Hugo Awards Before? Oh My….
Never heard of the Hugos before? You keep using that word ‘never’. I do not think it means what you think it means. (No, my name is not Inigo Montoya.)
The Devil of Christmas is Making a Come Back? It’s Time for Krampus!
Indiegogo campaign for truly insane gorefest
El cortometraje de ciencia ficción en Ecuador
A profile of SF Film and visual arts in Ecuador.
Review of Coming of Light by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu
Stanley Chan’s story riffs on Arthur C. Clarke’s observation about science and magic
Museum of SF Passes First Stretch Goal, Heading for Second
The Museum of Science Fiction is holding a contest for its fund raiser
My Thanks to Launch Pad & Puppy Ponderings
Thanks to the Launch Pad people; thoughts on puppy strategy.
Space Shuttle First Flights: Columbia (February 3, 2003)
As with Apollo 13, NASA “can do amazing things when they’ve got their back against the wall”. But for Space Shuttle Columbia they didn’t try.
MOVIE REVIEW and a TV Pilot: CHAPPIE, AN UNDERRATED SF MOVIE, and SUPERGIRL
Steve returns with two reviews: a film and a TV pilot. The film’s a good one; the pilot not so much. See what you think!
Review: Wrestling with Gods: Tesseracts Eighteen
Certain topics are never supposed to be discussed with strangers: religion and faith head the list. The featured authors in Wrestling with Gods:wave aside such strictures
The Clubhouse; Fanzine Reviews: “…not sure if he hates it or not.”
Fanzines reviewed: CYBERCOZEN (V.27#5-Special), RODNEY’S FANAC (#5), and SPACESHIP (#20). (Please note: Zine reviews are normally prepared a week or more in advance of publication of this column and may not necessarily include the latest […]
Literary Critics Do Judge a Book By Its Cover
Maybe it should be the goal of mainstream literary editors to find at least one genre novel a week that deserves a lengthy review
Revisiting the Short Story and Heinlein’s Five Rules of Writing
There are at least seven excellent reasons to write short stories
Anime Roundup 6/4/2015: The Beginning of the End
In this week’s viewing: Stardust Crusaders starts its grand finale, and more!
Novedades de Mayo en Hispanoamérica
Hispanoamerica’s May offerings – books, events, radio appearances and even a new magazine!
The Truth About Zombies
Zombies are no longer confined to the sandbox known as horror. They have found their way into science fiction and fantasy.
Poetry Review: SETI Hits Paydirt, D. Kopaska-Merkel
Poems about stealthy alien invasion, alien colonization, trans-dimensional relationships, Amazons, gods, hillbillies and hicks, horticulture, uplifted animals, and bugs – lots of bugs.
Film Crimes: The Ones That Got Away
Has anyone ever challenged the notion that film viewers are fundamentally happy to be served the same old stuff time and time again?
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