The Ten Greatest Wizards of All Time
A bit problematic, this list. My experience with wizards tells me they are a fickle lot and prone to hubris. And they have powers….Perhaps ranking them might not be such a good idea….
A bit problematic, this list. My experience with wizards tells me they are a fickle lot and prone to hubris. And they have powers….Perhaps ranking them might not be such a good idea….
Robert brings us into the 90s and the new millennia with plastic spaceships from a variety of companies.
The publishing industry is changing because we are changing, not the other way around. We are directing that change. We are directing that change every bit as much as we are directing changes in other important elements in our lives.
A review of the latest poetry collection – Blue Sunset – from Mary Jo Rabe.
Updates on the Ignotus and Minotaur awards and a literary conference covering your favorite subjects in Spanish.
Samantha scratches her itch for more Heroes with a rewind to the beginning.
Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, there were a bunch of other plans – Uganda, Alaska, even China! Matt details the possibilities and their alternate future consequences.
The folks at SciFi4Me offer up their first guest post on Amazing Stories, examining the success of Marvel and the relative lack thereof at DC. Perhaps Detective Comics can learn a little something from their erstwhile competitor.
Returning to the universe of Frank Herbert’s epic space saga Dune, the vulnerability of human existence is once again clouded by faith, fanaticism and revenge. Mentats of Dune is the latest installment written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
James plants a flag for straight white males – but not the one you’d expect.
Ever wonder what ‘frequency hopping’ is? A better wonder is to ask where the concept came from.
Morgana does the self-observational thing regarding her fannishness: I am happy in my self-awareness and my obsessiveness and my over-thinking-it-ness. I am happy to live partially in my head…
Like the Lady and the Tiger, Fandom is being offered two choices. Which door should we choose?
Amazing News – The Town Crier Of The Multiverse (Town CrierS?) (Don’t like a Headline? Just shift a few ‘verses and you’ll find one.)
Posts that attracted the most attention during the previous week.
For those not greatly familiar with the Grand Master and perhaps a bit curious following a recent review of one of his novels, we present the ultimate resource – The Heinlein Society website. Go take a look – regardless of your own feelings about the author, it may just give you even more reasons to get hepped up.
Wanting to be a Fan makes you a fan – despite whatever litmus tests, obstacles or hoops to jump through some may want to throw in your way.
Back in the Good Old (or Bad, depends on your point of view) Days, fiction—especially SF—that was written for a teen audience was called “Juvenile” fiction; I don’t believe any disparagement was meant, or at […]
A review of the new short story collection from Fabián Álvarez López
Ralph 124C41+ was the first modern american science fiction novel, written by the father of science fiction, Hugo Gernsback, and published in installments in his Modern Electrics magazine in 1911. One of our contributors acquired a 1st edition decades ago and it is now going up on the auction block.
Mr. Cameron introduces us to Ukrainian science fiction fandom, from its former life under Russian rule to its future life…under Russian rule?
“Greetings! Welcome to SciFi4Me.com – where we talk science fiction, not wrestling. “ I ask you how can one not love a sci-fi based website that has that as the first thing you see on […]
Luis Cermeno examines the benefits and the conflicts that occur when science fiction publishing meets the creative commons.
Turns out that one of the most terrifying of astronomical objects may be a giver of life. Andrew Weston explains.
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco confronts insanity, Kill la Kill and Nobunagun say that’s fine because it’s awesome, and more!
Violence on Hannibal is so operatic, so rococo. Its inventiveness is so refreshing that, if it weren’t upsetting, it would almost be beautiful.
Gary Dalkin interviews a new master of Horror, author of The Other Room, Falling Over and The Shelter.
Niles Golan is an ex-pat Brit in Hollywood. Never grown-up, he narrates his life with an internal monologue transforming his everyday inadequacies into triumphs. Niles is his own fictional creation: to himself, a genius novelist […]
Nina gives great writing advice. More importantly, she ‘shows’ rather than ‘tells’. Her latest concerns authorial viewpoints: how do you look at your story?
The Guardians of the Galaxy isn’t Marvel Comics’ only space-faring team.
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