What Values Should A Country That Will Host A Worldcon Have?
Should we vet countries before they host a Worldcon? If so – what values are we looking for?
Should we vet countries before they host a Worldcon? If so – what values are we looking for?
Changes to Science Fiction over the past 60+ years
Este es el último post que he preparado sobre al Worldcon en Chengdu. Más que mi opinión, me interesaba la opinión de otros participantes. Puesto que se trata de participantes de diversas nacionalidades, está en […]
2023 Hugo Finalist Voting Statistics Posted The 2023 Hugo Awards were presented October 21 during a ceremony at the Chengdu Worldcon. Today the committee released the voting statistics for the finalists, which show how the […]
Meeting Piltdown By Lee Weinstein: When I was a child, my father gave me a set of the illustrated New World Family Encyclopedia, published in 1954. One illustration that burned itself into my brain was […]
Remembering Fans Who Were Activists in Real World Politics and the Counter Culture Stirred to action by a particularly stupid and dismissive media generalization about science fiction fans, Rob Hansen has prepared this collection of […]
Nominations for 2023 Chesley Awards Close Today (Vote here) Latest FANAC Zoom: APAs Everywhere Scheduled for 12/9 Steven Barnes shares an unusual book layout Advice for graduates: How to spot an idiot. Are “Nasty Superheroes” […]
National Toy Hall of Fame Inductees for 2023 The National Toy Hall of Fame revealed four inductees for 2023 on November 9 — baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids, Fisher Price Corn-Popper, and NERF. The Fisher-Price Corn Popper is […]
Pixel Scroll 11/4/23 Pixels Of The Night, From Pixelated Pixelvania (1) APPRECIATING A FINE ANTIQUE. James Davis Nicoll has a new assignment for the Young People Read Old SF panel. This month’s Young People Read […]
This entry, award winning magazine – Clarkesworld.
A giant squid-amoeba threatens Japan in this 1964 Toho Production of Godora
A. Bertram Chandler Award see Chandler Award. If you want a true ABCs of Science Fiction, you can turn to Arthur Bertram “Jack” Chandler, a master of what has now become referred to as “space […]
Reading through the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction from A to Z. Today’s entry – “A-“
2023 Pegasus Awards The 2023 Pegasus Awards for excellence in filking were announced on October 28 at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest (OVFF). BEST FILK SONG BEST CLASSIC FILK SONG BEST PERFORMER BEST WRITER/COMPOSER BEST ADAPTED SONG [Tie] […]
Chengdu con reports and pictures from various sources; Eggleton shares Freas proofs; Sirois features Phyllis Wheatley; Swanwick to be WFC Toastmaster; Gahan Wilson’s Tales of Horror; Taral Wayne fan art; Mike Glyer celebrates LASFS Clubhouse anniversary; Edelman eats with Michael Marano; Sussmann reviews Zelazny and more
Planet Stories, Satellite Science Fiction, Unknown, Science Fantasy, Vanguard Science Fiction – these are some of the greatest magazine covers of all time.
Well, at least according to me!
An unofficial and unauthorized overview of The X-Files (Parts 1 2 3 4) Part Four: The Journey A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces […]
Part 3 of John Pierce’s Xamination of the X-Files
Help! Timmy Fell In The Gravity Well! By Daniel Dern: Eric Mowbray Knight’s best known character is probably Lassie (the canine), from his 1940 novel, Lassie Come-Home, which went on to begat the TV series […]
Barkley wins Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer
Visit File 770 for a complete run down on all of the winners. Congratulations to all!
Part 2 of John Pierce’s analysis of the X-Files
I decided to go ahead and finish out October’s anniversaries in one go, as there are very few magazines remaining on the stands on either decennial anniversary. Ten years ago (2013), pretty much tells the […]
An unofficial and unauthorized overview of The X-Files (Parts 1 2 3 4) Cautionary Note If you’re looking for a treatise about the 2016-2018 reboot of The X-Files, which trashed both the human drama and […]
As far as magazines on the news stands goes, nineteen ninety three was not a bad year: Weird Tales managed to get two issue out (not shown because I don’t think the issue from two […]
Toy Review: Exterminate! Exterminate! — A Dalek, Dr. Who By Iain Delaney: Dr Who started in 1963 and ran until 1985. They revived it in 2005 and has been running (more or less) continuously ever since. […]
Amazing Stories started this whole thing in 1926. (I’m ignoring Weird Tales and The Thrill Book because neither was a “science fiction” magazine.) In 1929 Gernsback lost his publishing empire to bankruptcy and later that […]
Steve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories.
Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before he even knew what it was called.
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