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Space Shuttle First Flights: “Space Transportation System”
In spite of having four separate sets of rocket engines, for the entire flight through the atmosphere and landing, the Shuttle Orbiter was simply an unpowered glider.
Cons Going Bad, A Somewhat Part Two
Additional detail for evaluating the health of a new convention.
IT’S COMING! A Review of SHARKNADO! and a hint….
Steve takes on SyFy and Sharknado–with a glimpse of Sharknado 2!
Conan, by Crom!
Depictions of Conan have evolved over the years, from Emshwiller to Brundage to Arnold and now, to Jackson.
The Silent Era Film Version of “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.”
Think CGI is cool? Check out the technical accomplishments of the first cinematic presentation of Jules Verne’s classic.
AMAZING THINGS: Open Road Media Publishes Martian Summer
Martian Summer, My Ninety Days with Interplanetary Pioneers, Temperamental Robots, and NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission
AMAZING THINGS: Genesis SF Opens To Submissions
Genesis Science Fiction, the magazine of the Black Science Fiction Society, is open to submissions.
Finncon 2014. Fotos/Photos
Tanya Tynjala’s photographic report on Finncon (in Spanish AND English!)
Anime roundup 7/17/2014: The Stream of Plenty
In this week’s viewing: An uncommonly good premiere week continues! (and – Tokyo Ghoul is going to be available to the British Isles after all!)
Retrospective: A Minority Verdict Against Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report
Upon release in 2002 the film Minority Report, nominally based on a story by Philip K. Dick, received almost universally ecstatic reviews. I was among the minority of dissenting voices, and what follows, my minority retort
Recap: “Night Zero,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 1
There’s nothing classical about The Strain’s take on bloodsuckers….
The Artful Collector: Your Guide to ArtSpeak – Part I
The language of art collecting can be strange, wonderful and at times totally mystifying to outsiders. It’s a vocabulary rife with very specific descriptors (“etching, serigraph, remarque”) as well as a baffling assortment of slang, […]
Asni’s Art Blog: Apocalyptic Space Art
Space art may have started out as a visualization tool for astronomers and physicists, but the artists have turned the scientific concepts into a play with colours and form, which owes more to the abstract painters of the 20th century.
So Long Alcide…and Everyone Else!
Death, panic and confusion reign as True Blood winds down.
The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time Part 4
Dune has now been added to our list of the Greatest SF Novels of All Time!
What’s Wrong with the Saga?
The trilogy, the saga, or the series. They come in many shapes and forms, but in the end…they may NEVER end! Is it too much to ask that books have an ending?
Book Review: Surrounded by Enemies: What if Kennedy Survived Dallas? by Bryce Zabel
The Kennedy assassination is an alternate history constant.
Even SF is Fantastical!
Dianne wrestles with the age old question: what is science fiction…and what is fantasy?
Online Gaming for the Busy Gamer
Gamers with no gaming time – perhaps one of the saddest things in the universe. Sean has a few suggestions.
H.G. Wells’ Things To Come
Things To Come: in the future, there will still not be flying cars. (Sleepy gas from giant airplanes, but no flying cars.)
Where’s Jessica Hyde? Find Out. Utopia Series 2 Episode 1 Review
Utopia Season 2 Premiere: Utopia is a cruel show. It’s made up of cruel people. It’s a cruel world.
AMAZING PEOPLE: Mark Iles Releases The Cull Of Lions
Darkening Stars Book 2 is now available!
How To Tell When A Convention Is A Scam or Doomed to Failure
Use some judgement when evaluating the conventions you plan on attending.
Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
It doesn’t seem like it should be that hard to make a piece of big budget entertainment which doesn’t skimp on brains or heart while ignoring the siren call of camp or bad humor. It doesn’t seem like it should be that hard, but apparently it is, so let’s cherish it where we find it.
My Hopes for Ben Affleck, DC’s Next Batman
Without resorting to kryptonite, does Affleck’s Batman stand a chance against Cavill’s Superman?
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Steve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories.
Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before he even knew what it was called.
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