Derivative Works of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin’s International Best Seller has created a franchise
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AN ANNIVERSARY and a FUN BOOK (Review): “JUSTICE GIRL”
After congratulating himself on his 40 years doing conventions, Steve discusses a quasi-SF-ish book about superheroes on TV in the 1950s. It’s fun!
CREATED: THE DESTROYER (Book Series Review)
This week, Steve looks at the popular book series The Destroyer and their Film and TV counterparts. (Caution: this series is more violent than Game of Thrones!)
The Devil of Christmas is Making a Come Back? It’s Time for Krampus!
Indiegogo campaign for truly insane gorefest
Blogger Invitado: Gonzalo Montero Lara. Los quechuas conquistan Marte en Los Sueños del Padre
Gonzalo Montero Lara reviews Ivan Prado Sejas’ work
Fiction: HIS (BELOVED) REVOLUTIONARY SWEETHEART by Arthur Byron Cover
New fiction from Arthur Byron Cover, author of the Nebula nominated novel, Autumn Angels
Portal – An Original Scripted Drama Premiere
I belong to several online groups through Facebook and other various media, as I’m sure many of you do, too. I came across in one of these groups dedicated to those of us who feel […]
MY PERSONAL TIME MACHINE: AMAZING STORIES’ FIRST YEAR (part 3)
Steve continues his look at the first full year of Amazing Stories. This week it’s the third quarter of 1926.
The Eternity Quartet by Ed Greenwood and Robert B. Marks
Considered by some to be groundbreaking, this creative endeavor is “structured like a symphony, The Eternity Quartet is divided into four movements representing the four seasons, each containing four stories.”
ROTSLER REVIVAL: Review of THE FAR FRONTIER and PATRON OF THE ARTS (rereleased)
Steve looks at two “new” releases–classic SF by the late William Rotsler, multitalented fan, writer and artist.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Imprints 101
Going the traditional publishing route? Find out who your best match is!
A LITTLE DITTY ‘BOUT BILLIE SUE and DEAN
Steve discusses two top thriller writers, Billie Sue Mosiman and Dean R. Koontz. Are their new books good?
2015: A Geeky Year for Movies
Forget about all the things we were promised to have in 2015 by Back to the Future. 2015 seems to be our year for the movies, us geeks and nerds, that is. I do hope […]
BOOK REVIEW: Lisa Goldstein’s Walking The Labyrinth & 2014 Year-end
Steve reviews Lisa Goldstein’s “Walking the Labyrinth” and lists his posts of 2014. Happy new year!
My Science Fiction Childhood: A Memoir, Part 1
They say the golden age of science fiction is 12….
WHA…? JOHNNY CASH and SF? I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF…
Steve gets all excited over a shared-universe anthology series. And tells you where to get FREE SF!
Of Mechs and Men: Interview with Russian Artist Fyodor Ananiev
John Dodds interviews his cover artist Fyodor Ananiev
The Science in Fiction: Mindfield: Parlay at Ologo by Cindy Koepp
An interview with the author of Mndstorm: Parlay at Ologo
The Draw by Jerome Bixby, with an Introduction by Emerson Bixby
In honor of the newly released collection MIrror, Mirror, we offer this short story by Jerome Bixby
The Work of a Seamstress
A talk with the costume designer for a film based on the author’s work
DAYS OF FUTURE NOW: “THE PERIPHERAL” by William Gibson
Steve reviews William Gibson’s significant new SF book and talks about his last non-fiction book. And mentions having lunch with the author.
Aliens, Philip K. Dick, and a Final Exam
We all remember that first SF magazine we cracked during our own Golden Ages. John shares his own natal experience.
Britty Scary: Interview with March Shemmans of the UK’s Horror Express Magazine
An interview with the folks from Horror Express Magazine
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe as Arranged and Illustrated by Duncan Long
Continue your Halloween celebration by reading this gorgeously illustration presentation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe as Arranged and Illustrated by Duncan Long
Continue your Halloween celebration with this gorgeously illustrated version of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death
Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe – Designed & Illustrated by Duncan Long
For Halloween, we present this beautifully rendered, illustrated version of Edgar Allan Poe’s Eleonora, by Duncan LOng
Your Reviewer, Some Modern Urban Fantasy and Some Thoughts on Publishing and Stuff
Steve talks about himself (what an ego!) a new urban fantasy, and other stuff.
About Author
Steve has been an active fan since the 1970s, when he founded the Palouse Empire Science Fiction Association (PESFA) and the more-or-less late MosCon in Pullman, WA and Moscow, ID, though he started reading SF/F in the early-to-mid 1950s, when he was just a sprat. He moved to Canada in 1985 and quickly became involved with chairing or helping run Canadian cons, including ConText (’89 and ’81) and VCON. As a fan, he’s published a Hugo-nominated (one nomination) fanzine, New Venture, and he’s founded two writing groups (Writers’ Bloc and Writers of the Lost, Ink). He’s emceed and auctioned art at many West Coast and Northwest conventions including one Westercon. As a writer, he’s published a couple of books and a number of short stories (including one in Compostella [Tesseracts 20], and has collaborated with his two-time Aurora-winning wife Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk on a number of art projects. As of this writing he’s the proofreader for R. Graeme Cameron’s Polar Borealis and Rhea Rose’s Polar Starlight publications. He’s been writing for Amazing Stories off and on since the early 1980s. His column can be found on Amazing Stories most Fridays.
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