Matt’s Reviews: If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 16, 2025 (pre-order available) Language: English Print length: […]
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The Big Idea: Kelli Estes
When strangers meet on the road, can lives change? What if those strangers are something other than just strangers? With Smoke on the Wind, author Kelli Estes has a chance encounter for the ages… in […]
The Big Idea: Bishop O’Connell
Is being a hero a selfless act if the hero has nothing they’re sacrificing? Author Bishop O’Connell explores what a hero really looks like in the Big Idea for his newest novel, Stain of a […]
The Big Idea: Adam Oyebanji
Inspiration can come from anywhere, even from a nautical legal case from the 1700s. Author Adam Oyebanji lets us glimpse into some marines’ tragic pasts in the Big Idea for his newest novel, Esperance. Dive […]
“Apukunapa Kutimuynin”: Cuando los Apus despiertan
Para ver el corto aquí Debo confesarlo, cuando vi el tráiler de “Apukunapa Kutimuynin”, corto producido por Ninakami Estudios, sentí que algo se moría en mi interior, ¿Qué era? La espera nociva de tantos años […]
The Big Idea: Pat Murphy
As awesome as it is to be introduced to new, fantastical worlds, it can be equally amazing to learn about people that exist in our world, and how that knowledge can inform fictional tales. Author […]
Matt’s Reviews: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by MarkTwain
Publisher: Audiobook Contractors Published Date: 2010 Original Print Published: 1889 ISBN: 1-60646-181-8 Author: Mark Twain Read by: Flo Gibson A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain is […]
“MANQAPACHA DELIGHT”: Una dimensión neoindigenista en un entorno abigarrado
De: Iván Prado Sejas* La ciencia ficción neoindigenista surge a partir del desarrollo de la literatura neoindigenista en un entorno cambiante y de transformación de la sociedad y de las culturas indígenas. Cornejo Polar en […]
The Big Idea: Chris Sugden
Today in our Big Idea for High Vaultage, co-author Chris Sugden is here to tell you of a tale of futures past — and what that bygone future means for the present we live […]
Matt’s Reviews: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC Published Date: 1997 Original Publish Year: 1819/1820 Audio Disks: 3 ISBN: 978-1-4025-5119-2 Author: Washington Irving Read By: George Guidall Rip Van Winkle/The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving are classic […]
The Big Idea: Nisi Shawl
Famous writers will tell you of their lives and the lives of those in their orbit. That framing, however, suggests those other lives are not on their own journeys through the universe. In this Big […]
Patrick Rands interviews Paul Levinson about It’s Real Life on WZBC Radio
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La ventana sur 1: La seducción fantástica del sur
Sur y liminalidad (espacio de transición; umbral; no se está ni en un lugar ni en otro) son dos obsesiones que impulsan nuestras imaginaciones, sueños–o pesadillas–y quehaceres narrativos. Si bien el sur–y su punto más […]
Noah Chinn Reviews – 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Time Travel is a tricky business. If you follow the standard conventions, you might come across as cliche. Try something new and SF nerds may nitpick you to your grave. 11/22/63 and the movie Looper […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Oppenheimer
We just watched Oppenheimer. And sure, I am grateful that Christopher Nolan is making the kind of sprawling, deeply-moving and meaningful delights for mind and senses that David Lean used to do. Like Lean, Nolan […]
Time Traveler’s Guide to Surviving the Black Death, the Sack of Rome and Other Historical Catastrophes
Just because history is the most dangerous place to visit doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go. It’s also the most interesting. You just need a guide. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Photos via Wikimedia Commons under […]
The Big Idea: Brenda W. Clough
When one is a writer, laziness can be a virtue. Skeptical? Here’s author Brenda W. Clough to explain how laziness was key to creating the story of A Door in His Head. The wise writer […]
Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors
Across the St. Lawrence River from downtown Montreal, an ethereal and monumental sphere can be seen rising from the sloping topography of St. Helen’s Island. Originally completed as the US pavilion for the International and […]
Review: After Hastings by Steven H. Silver
Alternate history novel After Hastings by Steven H. Silver takes readers in an astonishing new direction following the famed Battle of Hastings
WHAT DOES THE WIND BRING? Matt Hughes knows!
Author Matthew Hughes has written a “slipstream” historical novel with fantasy elements. But much of it is true. Is it SF/F? You decide (I already think so!)
Winter 2019 SF Anime Preview
Anime never sleeps, so get ready to ring in the new year with yet another batch of new shows.
AMAZING STORIES ANTHOLOGIES & CLASSICS ON SALE
Two classic novels and the 1928 annual Best Of from Amazing Stories are now on sale!
What’s New In Fantasy Summer 2018: Historical Fantasy Books
In her debut column, Linnea takes a look at four fantasy series.
Book Review: A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
An entertaining historical fantasy told through family drama
Comic Review: The Last Hunt
Amigo Comics short series The Last Hunt includes elements from all of our favorite genres – and beyond.
‘Xaghra’s Revenge’, by Geoff Nelder
Xaghra’s Revenge is a well-written, time-travelling historical fantasy. Highly recommended!
Review: Thread of a Spider by D. L. Gardner
Thread of a Spider by D. L. Gardner is an absorbing story filled with courage and charm that smoothly combines elements of both history and fantasy.
Review: Cottingley by Alison Littlewood
Cottingley is a treat and another triumph for one of the best writers of dark fiction around, Alison Littlewood.
Improbable Interviews – Cherith Baldry
An interview with Cherith Baldry, one of the contributors to the anthology Improbable Botany.
Anime roundup 7/6/2017: A Journey of a Thousand Shows Starts With a Single Step
In this week’s viewing: Kado and Rage of Bahamut finish up spring, and the first wave of summer premieres.
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