The Club House
Our weekly roundup of fanzine reviews mixed with just a tad of political commentary
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Whatever Happened To Egoboo?
There is no mention of egoboo in the first Fancyclopedia, written by Jack Speer, published in 1944.
REVIEW: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (Somehow It Ended up Lame and Disappointing)
I have always felt that SHIELD was the most interesting part of Marvel Comics. The reality of Disney’s production, however, has left me sad and very disappointed.
The Changing Face of Science Fiction
Some of the brightest minds in the science fiction industry talk about how they perceived this ever evolving juggernaut, how the science fiction industry had changed since they first found their way into it, and where the industry was headed. What follows is their amazing insight.
Noticias Literatura 13-11
Noticias literatura: Terra Nova 2 el 21 de noviembre, Direcciones de la Hispacon 2013, VII muestra Criptshow Festival de narración de terror, fantasía y ciencia ficción, Premios Nocte.
Consider the Magical Girl
With the Sailor Moon relaunch just a few months away, I seem to be seeing an onslaught of magical girls in the media.
Review: Ink Mage by Victor Gischler
Ink Mage is not your typical fantasy adventure story. In fact, author Victor Gischler is not your typical fantasy adventure writer. But rest assured, the two have come together into an impressive display of epic storytelling.
The Club House 11/08/13
Put on your Propeller Beanies (and give them a good spin) and put down your Zap-Zap Ray Guns! The Word for today is BYZANTINE.
Speculative Poetry Round-up October/November 2013
A round-up of the speculative poetry I’ve found online in the past month or so.
Battle Fever J! This Is Why I Love Japan (and You Should, Too)
Battle Fever J was a forerunner of the Power Rangers: four guys and a girl in superhero suits, saving the world from “the mysterious deity Satan Egos.”
Noticias literatura 6-11
Noticias sobre la Hispacon 2013, la visita de Patrick Rothfuss, y el taller literario de la TerBi.
Con Report: CAPCLAVE 2013!!!
While I’ve been reading SF for ages, I haven’t participated much in the fandom aspects of the genre. I’ve only been to one other convention and I only made it for a single afternoon. Needless to say, three days seemed like a marathon.
Website review: Daily Science Fiction dot com
Just like every high-quality short story, it doesn’t have to be complicated to be good. To prove that, dailysciencefiction.com has provided a convenient outlet for finding well written original work in the genre.
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Liaden Universe – Trade Secret Tour
Lee & Miller are on a book tour that is well worth your time to attend.
Friday Fanzine: SFSF
Says editor Jean Martin: Science Fiction/San Francisco is a monthly news zine covering all areas of fandom in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We report on events, conventions and balls in the genres […]
One Fan’s History — Badges? We Don’ Need No Steenkin’…(Part One)
Every con has a name badge, and most of them are well designed, like a little piece of art. Badge collecting is a great way to save convention memories
The Club House November 1, 2013
It is high time that this passing generation reach out, find the next generation, and mentor them…bring them into fandom!
Why Writing Science fiction is so Easy, or: How NOT to Write Science Fiction
This is the silliest, lamest, most self-indulgent column you will ever read in Amazing Stories Magazine.
Noticias Literatura 29-10
The 25th Anniversary of the Alberto Magno Award for Science Fiction.
It’s Halloween!
Need some scary, macabre, bizarre inspiration for all hallows eve? Look no further!
Ooky Spooky Animanga Part VI (and Final): The Scariest Characters Make the Best Halloween Costumes
The final installment of this year’s Ooky Spooky Animanga series focuses on the best scary animanga character costumes, and how to put them together.
Review: The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
There is a lot more to Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man than giant spiders and cats. It is the discovery that the amazing journey of life continues on infinitely, no matter how miniscule we become.
Friday Fanzine – SF Commentary
SF Commentary, an international award winning fanzine from Australia.
How Not To Host A Website -or- The Further Adventures Of A Twentieth Centure Computer Illiterate In the Twenty-First Century
As late as twenty years ago a fanzine panel at a VCON would draw thirty to forty fen, all curious, many enthusiastic, all appreciative of any sprightly and hilarious tales to be told springing from fanac lore, tradition, and experience. But now…
I stopped participating in convention panels promoting fanzine fandom when the four panelists on the panel outnumbered the audience four-to-one…
The Club House October 25, 2013
According to both Sam Moskowitz and another fan historian, whom I did know, Jack Speer, the beginnings of fandom were consumed with feuds, bickering, hoaxes, all out wars, and lots of other fun stuff.
And it was fun for most of those that participated.
Fotos de Fan: Fantastika 2013
Este post tenía que ser originalmente un recuento de todo lo ocurrido en el Swecon de este año, llamado Fantastika 2013
Noticias Literatura 23-10
Patrick Rothfuss en España El estadounidense Patrick Rothfuss visitará por primera vez España el próximo mes de noviembre. El autor de “El nombre del viento” y “El temor de un hombre sabio,” de los que se han […]
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