AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 28, 2025
Where Should I Buy Your Book? By Ian Randal Strock: I’ve had several people ask how they should purchase my new book, which way is best for me, and I’m extremely gratified by those questions. […]
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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 21, 2025
Download Jerry Kaufman’s 1983 Australian Trip Report from TAFF Library Kaufman Coast to Coast, Jerry Kaufman’s 1983 Down Under Fan Fund trip report, is the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads. As the […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 14, 2025
Pixel Scroll 9/13/25 May Your Pixel Live In Scrolling Times (1) VALENTE TARGET OF KIRK DEATH BACKLASH. Catherynne M. Valente told her newsletter readers about the death and other threats she’s received after being targeted […]
UKRAINE: SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY ON THE FRONTLINE by Henry Lion OLDIE Translation by Borys Sydiuk
Publisher’s Notes: There is information regarding ways you can help support Ukrainian fighters at the end of this article. The original article was written by Dmytro Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhenskij, better known by the pseudonym H. […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: September 7, 2025
Pixel Scroll 9/6/25 We’re Looking For Pixel Inspectors. If Interested, Call 555-MISTERPIXEL (1) DO YOU KNOW HISTORICAL SF WHEN YOU SEE IT? [Item by Steven French.] Brenda Clough presents a taxonomy of science fiction stories […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: August 31, 2025
Pixel Scroll 8/30/25 File The Pixels, Lest They Squeak Or Scroll (1) WE INTERRUPT THIS MANUSCRIPT. “Why did books start being divided into chapters? Joshua Barnes reviews Nicholas Dames’ history of literary segmentation, a study […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: August 24, 2025
When Bill Mallardi Met Buddy Holly INTRODUCTION. Ohio fan Bill Mallardi co-edited the fanzine Double:Bill with Bill Bowers in the Sixties. Double:Bill was published from 1962-1969. It was a Best Fanzine Hugo finalist twice, in […]
HOW TO ATTEND A WORLDCON AND MISS EVERYTHING!
For Steve’s 50th year as a convention fan, he wanted to attend the closest one: Seattle 2025, the 83rd World convention. There is always a lot to do at a Worldcon, like panels, awards, parties, multi-track programming, films, get-togethers with old friends, etc. But Steve didn’t really do any of that. Read the column to find out why.
The 2025 Hugo Awards
And the winners are – Astounding Award Moniquill Blackgoose 2025 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Sheine Lende, by Darcie Little Badger Best Poem “A War of Words,” by Marie Brennan Best Fan Artist […]
A Five Year Trek: Building The World’s Largest Starship Enterprise Model
Mr. Trek has undertaken a personal five year mission – to create a 1/25th, highly detailed, with INTERIORS!, scale model of everyone’s favorite (oh, ok, tied with everyone’s favorite) Starship, Star Trek’s Constitution Class Cruiser, […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: August 17, 2025
2025 Nommo Awards Finalists The African Speculative Fiction Society has released the 2025 shortlist for the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction. The African Speculative Fiction Society, composed of professional and semiprofessional African writers, editors, publishers, graphic […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: August 10, 2025
2025 Munsey Award John DeWalt has been named the winner of the 2025 Munsey Award. The award was presented at PulpFest in Pittsburgh on August 9. He was selected by a committee made up of […]
We’re Adding Videos!
We’ve been adding some short videos to the Amazing Stories Television channel on Youtube to join the already existing content there, which includes video coverage of AmazingCon, author readings (Scalzi, Doctorow, Tremblay), some fun bits […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: August 3, 2025
Classics of Science Fiction at the 2025 Worldcon By John Hertz: This year’s World Science Fiction Convention World Science Fiction Convention (the 83rd Worldcon, gosh) will be held August 13-17 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: August 3, 2025
Classics of Science Fiction at the 2025 Worldcon By John Hertz: This year’s World Science Fiction Convention World Science Fiction Convention (the 83rd Worldcon, gosh) will be held August 13-17 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: July 27, 2025
2025 Colorado Book Awards The winners of the 2025 Colorado Book Awards were announced on July 26. Awards are presented in 16 categories by Colorado Humanities to celebrate the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators, and […]
Cosplay At Comicon
The Guardian published a very nice gallery of some of the costume on display – You’ll find the rest here Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories. Steve has been a passionate fan […]
First Fandom Foundation Publishes Latest Issue of Scientifiction Newsletter
The First Fandom Foundation, the successor organization to First Fandom (established following the passing of the last remaining member of First Fandom – the Fans who could trace their fannishness back to the beginnings of […]
Kris Neville Wins the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award
Via Rich Horton “The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award for 2025 is awarded to Kris Neville. Kris Ottman Neville (1925-1980) began publishing SF in 1949, and gained attention with several early stories, in particular “Bettyann” (1951), […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: July 20, 2025
2024 Shirley Jackson Awards The 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented at Readercon 34 on July 19. The juried award is given for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The […]
The Other Barry Malzberg: K. M. O’Donnell
David Agranoff’s latest 25th Century Five and Dime post did a fine job of looking into the late Barry Malzberg’s career and contributions (I’ll never forgive him for being right about the space program and […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: July 13, 2025
Pixel Scroll 7/12/25 You Are In A File, Scrolling Some Pixels. A Bearded Kzhin Approaches You. What Do You Do? (1) ABOUT WORLDCONS. Abigail Nussbaum has a long thread on Bluesky about Worldcon running which […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: July 6, 2025
2025 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalists Finalists have been announced for the 2025 Silver Falchion award given by the Killer Nashville Writers Conference in Franklin, Tennessee. The Silver Falchion award categories cover the spectrum of popular […]
Preliminary Take on a ‘Different’ Kind of Visual History of Science Fiction
When I discovered that science fiction had a “history” (which was about a year or so after I attended the 2nd NY Star Trek Convention) it was at the feet of a legendary science fiction […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: June 29, 2025
2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award Shortlist The shortlist for the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy revealed June 27 by the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation. The 12 titles are: The winner(s) will be […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: June 22, 2025
2025 Locus Awards Winners The 2025 Locus Awards were announced June 21 in a ceremony during Locus Awards Weekend in Oakland, CA. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL FANTASY NOVEL HORROR NOVEL YOUNG ADULT NOVEL FIRST NOVEL NOVELLA […]
Amazing Histories, May 1929: Enter T. O’Conor Sloane
Two astronauts leap across the low-gravity environment of Earth’s moon. We can see that they are astronauts in that their spacesuits, although crude and antiquated, are still broadly recognisable in concept. In detail, though, the […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: June 15, 2025
Crime Fiction Awards News for Father’s Day 2025 The latest info on the CWA Awards of Excellence, the Shamus Awards, and Sisters in Crime Australia’s Davitt Awards. THE CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE The […]
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: June 8, 2025
Marvel United: A Pride Special #1 Is Coming Next Week Marvel Comics’ annual Pride Month comic book one-shot is back in Marvel United: A Pride Special #1 hits stands on June 11 and will feature […]
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