The Big Idea: David Niall Wilson

There’s a theme David Niall Wilson explores in When You Leave I Disappear, and it’s one familiar to artists of all sorts, not to mention others in any number of walks of life. But that theme is just […]

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Book Cover: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Matt’s Reviews: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

   ISBN:                      9780553380958    Copyright Year:    1992    Publication date:  05/02/2000    Publisher:              PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE    Pages:                     576    Author:                  Neal Stephenson Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is the book that helped establish the cyberpunk genre […]

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Unexpected Questions with Stephen Dedman

Stephen Dedman is the author of the novels The Art of Arrow Cutting, Shadows Bite. Immunity, three Shadowrun novels (with more to come), and more than 120 short stories published in an eclectic range of magazines and anthologies and […]

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The Big Idea: Cameron Johnston

“Plot Armor” is a concept where the main characters of a story manage to make it through the story with few if any scratches, but in the Big Idea for The Last Shield, author Cameron Johnston explains how disposing […]

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AMAZING NEWS: 9/8/24

Of Special Note Join me at Albacon this coming Friday, Saturday & Sunday Other Special Note WSFS has issued a formal apology to those negatively affected by the 2023 Hugo Awards debacle New News Section […]

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Time Machine: September 8, 2024

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 8, 2024 New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for SEPT 4 Novedades de Agosto 2 y 3 REAL Science Fiction People Wear Convention Wear(TM) Shirts Matt’s Reviews: Prelude to Foundation […]

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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 8, 2024

Celebrating Frank Capra’s “Wonderful Life,” And Ethereal “Lost Horizons” By Steve Vertlieb: During a particularly sad and lonely Christmas for my friend and hero, I wrote the brilliant motion picture director Frank Capra a few […]

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Novedades de Agosto 2 y 3

Empecé a trabajar y aún me estoy acomodando en mi horario. Me disculpo por no publicar la semana pasada. LIBROS Cathartes Ediciones ha publicado el libro « Morbo Terrorama », de Ariel S. Tenorio. Dice […]

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Book Cover: Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Matt’s Reviews: Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Publisher:                    Bantam Year of Publication:  1988 Number of Pages:     434 Cover:                          Paperback ISBN-10:                     0-553-27839-8 ISBN-13:                     978-0553-27839-2 Author:                       Isaac Asimov Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov was published about a half century after the original Foundation […]

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Unexpected Questions with Ai Jiang

Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist from Changle, Fujian currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.  Her work can be found […]

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The Big Idea: A.Z. Rozkills

Space is unfathomably vast — and for some people, that’s a feature, not a bug. A.Z. Rozkills understands this, and that desire for space, in more than one sense of the term, is something that […]

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2024 Dragon Awards Announced

Thanks to Sean CW Korsgaard, here are the  winners of the 2024 Dragon Awards, handed out at Dragoncon: Best Science Fiction Novel Starter Villain by John Scalzi Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) Iron Flame by […]

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CLUBHOUSE: Review: Fusion Fragment Magazine #22

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #22 – August 2024. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Carly Allen-Fletcher Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions […]

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Time Machine: September 1, 2024

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 1, 2024 The Big Idea: Jonathan Strahan Matt’s Reviews: Homegoing by Frederik Pohl MOVIE REVIEW—HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON Genre Penetration of Streaming Services This Week from Just Watch The […]

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AMAZING NEWS: September 1st, 2024

This Week’s News is Sponsored by Convention Wear(TM), Amazing Stories’ new line of distinctly SFnal shirts created just for Fans!  You can learn more about them and see the designs here, or order them now in […]

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