The Predatory Gentleman: Manners and The Gift of Fear in Universal’s Dracula
Predators hide in plain site, leveraging the social rules of their environment to help them identify, isolate, and manipulate their prey.
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Trekdom and the Quest for the Final Frontier of Ultimate Fandom. Will it Never End?
Are Trekkies (‘ers) real science fiction fans or something else? R. Graeme Cameron takes us on a tour of the first ever Trek fanzine.
Anime roundup 2/7/2014: Inverted World
In this week’s viewing: Kill la Kill turns enemies to possible allies, Samurai Flamenco turns reality to fantasy or maybe vice versa, and more!
Parallel Plotting: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
The common definition of plot is that it’s whatever happens in the story.” Ahhh, but how are those things that happen put together? Nina explains how interwoven and parallel plotting can enhance a story.
Novedades De Enero en Hispanoamérica
Tanya Tynjala returns with a roundup of genre happenings in Hispanoamérica.
Review: Cemetery Girl by Charlaine Harris
Alastair reviews the new graphic novel by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer
Review: The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell
An updated review of a seminal and influential anthology – The Space Opera Renaissance
The Artful Collector: Achieving Immortality Through Fantasy Art
The Artful Collector gives some pointers on commissioning portraits.
Noticias Literatura 5-2
Estadística sobre lo publicado en castellano en 2013 y adaptación radiofónica de “Blade Runner.”
Interview with Award-Winning Editor Neil Clarke
Neil Clarke talks about Clarkesworld and what goes into building magazines and anthologies with R. K. Troughton.
Scide Splitters: The AAA Ace stories of Robert Sheckley
A brief synopsis and recommendation of Robert Sheckley AAA Ace stories.
Reclaiming Awe: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron
A review of a collection of short stories that brings us to that penultimate form of 20th century dread, Cosmic Horror
Return to Ink Mage by Victor Gischler
Let’s take a return trip back to Ink Mage by Victor Gischler. This time around, we look at the completed work originally reviewed here at Amazing Stories. Through the Amazon.com “Kindle Series” format, readers were originally piecemealed episodes of the story over time until the book was completed. So let’s look at the final product.
When Virtual Meets Reality
Virtual Reality technology is providing an opportunity for individuals to experience what it is like to be the other…and William Gibson helped.
Deseret: The Mormon State That Never Existed
The Mormon state of Deseret appears in genre lit more often than you’d think!
From Dusk Till Dawn the TV Series
From Dusk Till Dawn is being made into a TV series: Speculations and a trailer will follow.
TONIGHT: NYE vs HAM – or – Evolution vs Creationism
The long-awaited debate between the ‘science guy’ and the ‘creation myth guy’ is on tonight via a free live stream.
Stupefying Stories: Campbell Award Nominees (Free) Anthology
M. David Blake’s magnum opus, the 2014 Campbellian Anthology, is now available for download! This book attempts to collect in one volume representative works by most of the writers eligible for this year’s John W. Campbell Award […]
Book Review: Red Chalice by Christopher Fulbright
Review of Christopher Fulbright’s Red Chalice, get ready for some twists.
A Year With Amazing Stories: My Anime Blogiversary!
Morgana Santilli reflects on a year of posts and blogging. Happy Blogiversary!
Serge Lehman ( Pascal Fréjean)
A profile of the multi-pseudonym-ed French author, Serge Lehman
AMAZING News 2/2/2014
All the news that fits, we print. The news that doesn’t fit – we pound and smash until it does!
ABSOLUTE ZERO: Cool Websites, Very Cool
Websites Devoted To SF’s Greatest (Serialized) Heroes – Buck Rogers & Flash Gordon
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Works Eligible For Upcoming Awards
Works eligible for award nominations
There’s No Right Way To Be A Fan?!?
Want to be a fan? A REAL fan? A TRUfan? There is only one true way. Learn how to follow the path to righteous fannishness – or be doomed to fakefandom – FOREVER!
When is a Convention Not a Convention? When It Is your First Convention!
R. Graeme Cameron suggests that the best way to attend a science fiction convention is to not treat it like a yard sale.
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