Great TV Series Are Like Buses … Two Come Along at Once
This weekend has been all about TV; on Saturday night we had the return of the Doctor but also the high fantasy epic Game of Thrones. I can’t remember the last time I looked forward […]
Jules Verne
Jules Verne was born February 8th 1828 and died in 1905. He and H.G. Wells are considered to be the ‘fathers’ of modern Science Fiction although Edgar Allan Poe was actually ahead of both of […]
AutoDrive by Rory O’Donnell
“Paranoia is the backbone of science fiction, and deservedly so.” – Chris Garcia Some films grew out of concepts that are neither obvious, nor simple. When I watch a short, whether on YouTube or as […]
Stray Thoughts About the Hugo Nominations
It’s not been the best of weeks. Plague and pestilence have swept through the household, hitting everyone except me. How I managed to stay healthy is something of a mystery to me, but I’m not […]
From the In Box
From Lightspeed Magazine – The April 2013 Issue is Now on Sale! Welcome to issue thirty-five of Lightspeed! In this month’s issue, we have original science fiction by Desirina Boskovich (“Deus Ex Arca”) and acclaimed […]
The Dreaded M-word
A recent conversation about self and independent publishing led to me voicing my thoughts on what to do once the book is released. This will also hold true even for the traditionally published, as the […]
Top Posts from March & Other Amazing Cool Stuff
Today, on April 1st – and this is no joke – Amazing Stories crosses the 500 posts line. Congratulations to all of our contributors. If you would really like to thank them, pay a visit […]
Anime As An Art Form
One of the greatest things that anime ever did for me was give me the desire to create. I was a really bookish kid, and the idea of writing had always been pretty appealing to […]
From the – We ARE Living In A Science Fiction World – Department
When those who are critical of science fiction’s predictive powers – or seeming lack thereof – are searching for a pithy sentence with which to punctuate their position, they often resort to an annoying little […]
Spring 2013 Anime Preview
Every three months, like clockwork, Japanese TV remakes itself. A bunch of shows end, a bunch more start, and many continuing series bring out new opening and closing sequences. Most anime series run for only […]
Demystifying Contracts #2: Novels – Territories
This will be my third installment about contracts. For reference you can also refer to: Demystifying Contracts #1: Novels – Ownership vs Rights Transfer Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Life of Copyright Terms As we […]
Anime roundup 3/31/2013: You Are In a Maze of Twisty Little Plotlines
From the New World, end – If there has been one theme running through every episode of From the New World from the beginning, it’s been that there is always another way to make the […]
2013 HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS
Yesterday, the nominations for the 2013 Hugo Awards (which will be presented at LoneStarCon 3 later this year) were announced live at several conventions and posted to to the official Hugo Awards website (where the […]
The Artful Collector: Price vs. Value
It’s an innocent question: What’s it worth? And I always answer: That depends on whether you’re buying or selling. An object’s “worth” can relate to price, or it can relate to value. These words are […]
What Does the Music of the Future Sound Like?
When I was a kid, I saw a cheezy science fiction B movie wherein someone was playing an instrument that looked like a small organ with a hemispherical keyboard, and before him was a screen […]
Lost In Space! Reviews of Unknown or Underappreciated Books Post #5 The Apocalypse Troll by David Weber
Hello and welcome to what will be an occasional feature on my blog! So – what, exactly, do I mean by ‘unknown or under-appreciated’? To put it simply – not everyone is a Kevin J. […]
From the In Box
Our own Michael Brotherton (sky seer!) has been conducting the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for a number of years now. The program recently lost its funding from NASA (thank you sequestration) and is looking into […]
David Fincher’s Alien 3, and What It Can Teach Us
According to my extensive academic research over at Wikipedia this afternoon, the third installment in Fox’s Alien Quadrilogy (’Cause why use the word tetralogy, right? What a lousy word . . .) went through development hell for several […]
Amazing News, Saturday, March 30, 2013
From the Should Posted This Before Department: The New York Review of Science Fiction presents David Hartwell’s list of 200 SIGNIFICANT SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS BY WOMEN – 1984 – 2001. Mr. Hartwell is an […]
The Dumbest Part of The Lord of the Rings
I first read Tolkien when I was 13 and (like many others before and after) totally fell in love with the Middle Earth thing. I’ve read the trilogy (and the Hobbit) probably a dozen times, […]
IT’S (NOT) ROCKET SCIENCE: Junk Food Junkies
This post has been removed because its content may be incorporated into a forthcoming book by the author. To find more articles by Jack Clemons, go here. Information about Jack’s new book will be forthcoming.
You Can Still Catch the Runaway Skyscraper
The Runaway Skyscraper is a classic representation of how early twentieth-century Science Fiction was written, and how it should still be done today.
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 11 in series)
Dear Editor…: How to submit short fiction (conclusion) Welcome back to my on-going and generally weekly series on how to market and sell short fiction. These posts are written in a very specific sequence, with […]
The Clubhouse: Widowers, fandom’s answer to the limerick
Fans are nothing if not creative and, over the decades, fandom has come up with not only our own jargon and customs, but also our own art forms. We even have a unique verse form, […]
Another Difference Between Real Scientists and Science Fiction Scientists
I was watching an episode of Fringe today and got to see Walter Bishop actually puttering around his lab and whipping up antidotes with seconds to spare. If only science were so exciting on a […]
ASM Blog Horde Interview with Alex Kane
Welcome to the Amazing Stories BLOG HORDE INTERVIEWS! The ASM Blog Horde is a diverse and wonderful species. I have the privilege of talking with all of them, and I get to share those chats with […]
Buying a Book for its Cover
So you know you’ve done it. I’m sure we all have at one point or another. You know what I’m talking about, right? You walk into a bookstore and there it is… the cover that […]
Interview with Bruce Boston – Part 2
Welcome back to my little spot on Amazing Stories. I tell you, it’s really exciting that I’ve been given the opportunity to bring you closer to the world of Science Fiction Poetry (that being a […]
The Empty Art of Onmyodo
We’re all living on borrowed time, but it can take a fox to remind you that what you should fear most may be the very thing you desire. What does moe culture have in common with black magic? A lot, actually.
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