The Art of the Pulps: Review
A new, luscious art book devoted to the history of the pulp magazines.
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Interview with Swiss artist/author Christian Kallias
Author, artist, techie – is there anything Christian Kallias can’t do?
REVIEW: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (July/August 2017)
The July/August edition of F&SF features many stories of dark fantasy and an unofficial theme of the arts.
Noticias Literatura 6-9
An announcement about new publications from Ediciones El transbordador, Apache Libros takes over publication of the winners of the UPC Awards, and more!
Review: FLASH GORDON SUNDAYS: DAN BARRY VOLUME 1 – THE DEATH PLANET, 1967-1971
Flash Gordon Sundays: Dan Barry Vol 1 – The Death Planet, 1967 – 1971 is one of those books that should be in every collector’s library.
Worldcon day 3. HUGO TIME!!!!! Worldcon día 3: EL HUGO (Bilingual post)
Video and images from day 3 of Worldcon 75
Wordcon day 2/día 2 (bilingual post)
Videos & pics from Worldcon 75! (Tanya confesses to being a bit overwhelmed)
Review: Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom by Bradley W. Schenck
“Rockets. Robots. Death Rays. Mad Science. The future that never was is back,” in the debut novel Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom by retro-futurist illustrator Bradley W. Schenck
Comic Review: DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke has a powerful message that should be experienced by those interested in both history and the DC universe.
WELCOME TO 2017, and 2016’s LIST OF COLUMNS
As he has done for the past several years, Steve looks back (without anger) at the previous year’s columns, and hopes you found reading them worthwhile. And now: To Infinity—And Beyond! as someone once said!
ACE DOUBLES and AMAZING ILLUSTRATORS PART II (Redux)
For the last of his NaNoWriMo “redux“ columns, Steve finishes his look at Ace Doubles cover illustrators. Nostalgia, indeed! Good old stuff from the Good Old Days!
ACE Doubles and Cover Illustrators Part One (Redux)
Continuing his retro-look at some older columns, Steve talks about Ace Doubles and their cover art. We’re talking about The Good Old Stuff, in both writing and SF illustration. Get Some Now!
Review: Casefile: ARKHAM – Nightmare on the Canvas
Casefile: ARKHAM – Nightmare on the Canvas is the dark, mesmerizing graphic novel stables of 01 Publishing that fandom has needed for long time.
Psychopompos is a Beautiful Student Film, Based on a Poem by H.P. Lovecraft, and They Need Your Help!
a character who helps people after their death to transcend the human body and migrate their souls
Comic Book Review: Draw Blood – A Horror Anthology
Draw Blood – A Horror Anthology is the graphic novel’s answer to flash fiction, a unique collection of six very short comic book storylines, all packed in one chilling issue.
Creative Space III, the finale
An artist describes the space required for her various media projects.
NEW REVIEWS: WENDIG’S “INVASIVE,” SEPT/OCT F&SF and more!
A Book Review and a Magazine Review and a TV Review and an Exhibition Notice! Whoa! Lots going on in this week’s column by Steve! (And what’s with all the caps?)
The Retro Look and Stranger Things
Designer M. D. Jackson defends the visual style of the Netflix series Stranger Things, saying that its retro 80s look is a deliberate homage.
Computer Generated Images and the Eye of the Beholder Part 4
M. D. Jackson’s final installment on the history of visual effects in cinema takes us from the CGI revolution of Jurassic Park to the present.
Computer Generated Images and the Eye of the Beholder: Part 3
In the third part of his history of computer generated imagery, M. D. Jackson takes us from The Last Starfighter to Terminator 2, with a side trip to the Italian renaissance.
Top 10 Young Adult Books You Need To Read By Fall
Now that summer is winding down a bit, it’s time to start stocking up for winter reading – or – you’re TBR pile is just not tall enough!
Computer Generated Images and the Eye of the Beholder: Part 2
The first use of a computer assisted visual element in a major motion picture happened in 1973 with the movie Westworld.
Why Was Early Comic Book Art so Crude? Part 5: The Digital Revolution
Wrapping up the series by talking about a final and really influential technological change, the digital revolution.
About Author
Shaoyan Hu is a part-time translator for speculative fictions. He has worked together with other translators to render A Song of Ice and Fire series into Chinese language. His other translation works in Chinese language include Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge, The Scar by China Miéville, and The City & the City by China Miéville. There are also a number of short stories, novelettes and novellas translated by Shaoyan that appeared in various SF&F magazines in China.
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