The Language of Scandal: Why Do Speculative Fiction Writers Love Disgusting Scatological Insults?
Why has this man been labelled “a poo-flinging chimp,” among other, less printable things? I have an idea or two (a rare occurrence, I know, I know).
Noticias Literatura
La web “Ficción Científica” cumple un año y , para celebrarlo, ha editado un ebook gratuito, titulado “Ellos son el futuro”
De lo virtual a lo presencial: las tertulias en Hispanoamérica
El pasado fin de semana se llevó a cabo la centésima Tertulia Caraqueña de Ciencia Ficción, Fantasía y Terror.
Building Online Communities
Building an online community can expand your reach, build customer loyalty, and help members generate and share knowledge. But where do you start?
Worldcon Hiatus
Just a brief note that I won’t be posting a review this week as I will be at Worldcon. I’d hoped to have finished Bryan Thomas Schmidt’s New anthology Beyond the Sun, but the day […]
La Estrella Solitaria, Saturday Eve Edition
LOneStarCon3’s daily newsletter, late Saturday edition
The Artful Collector: Art Reporting From the Trenches at LSC3
A preliminary scouting report on LoneStarCon3 – including a report on the winners of the Chesley Awards for fantastic art.
La Estrella Solitaria LoneStarCon3 Daily Newsletter
Read LSC3’s Daily Newsletter – La Estrella Solitaria – and find out the latest happenings on Worldcon’s very own scandal sheet
The Geek Test: What’s Your Score?
I believe people of all types should be able to join in geek events and have fun whether they’re sufficiently geek credentialed or not, but I wondered how one might one go about quantitatively evaluating “geekiness”
Fannish Friday Hiatus
Due to unexpected personal issues, Fannish Friday will not be seen this week, but will resume at its regularly scheduled time next week. Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories. Steve has been […]
The Metal Man by Jack Williamson
At the young age of 20, science fiction icon Jack Williamson wrote his first short story The Metal Man and welcomed readers to a new literary brilliance that would be enjoyed by generations to come. We take a look at this historic tale.
Walking the River at LoneStarCon 3
LoneStarCon 3 promises to be one of the truly landmark events in the history of science fiction. Something so magnificent owes a great debt to San Antonio Fandom
César Vallejo, ¿autor de ciencia ficción?
Si a un peruano cualquiera le piden que nombre al poeta más conocido del Perú, lo más probable es que responda “César Vallejo”.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Engineer’s Toolkit
To explain to a generation born after PlayStation how we simulated Apollo reentries in 1968, using Stone Age implements and dragging our knuckles, I’ll need to go into a little detail.
Bad Robots
Robots are supposed to follow three laws that will maintain their loyalty to humanity. But as we all know, even a bunch of nuts and bolts can go bad. So let’s take a look at some of the bad robots we’ve grown to love.
¿Qué está pasando? Acoso sexual y racismo en la Ciencia Ficción.
Tanya Tynjala addresses the issue of sexism in Science Fiction outside the confines of the English speaking world,
Friday Fanzine
Today we introduce you to the Hugo Award winning fanzine from Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon – The DRINK TANK.
The Winston Science Fiction Series
Paul Cook looks back at an early science fiction influence – the Winston Science Fiction Series.
Nobody Goes It Alone: Best Friends Make Anime Better
This is the story of two little girls. They live down the street from each other, take the bus to school together, and are often mistaken for sisters.
Friday’s Fanzine: Askance 28
Fannish Fridays offers our readers a concentration of content that is squarely focused on fandom. Or, I should say FANDOM. Those people for whom terms like SMoF, Dirty Old Pro, Femmefan, Fen, GAFIA, FIAWOL, FIJAGH, BNA & BNF, not to mention Roscoe, Ghu,Yngve and Smooooth!, DUFF & TAFF are not unfamiliar fanspeak.
Amazing Stories T-Shirt Goes Public
Amazing Stories’ exclusive, collectible T-shirt is now available for reservation by the general public.
Deep in the Heart of Texas, Part 2
Ever wanted to drop a fan into the middle of the Atlantic? Learn how.
Discovering Science Friction: Snark Week 2013
Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives could easily have been made into a Syfy Channel movie (if they’d used lower resolution cameras, thrown in a former 1980s TV star and some cornball music).
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