ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (Anthrophobia) Challenge – Calling all Robert Heinlein enthusiasts…or people who just like free stuff!
Find the Robert Heinlein Easter Eggs and other references in – Anthrophobia by Matt Truxaw and win free books. There are several references within the book to my favorite author, Robert Anson Heinlein, many consciously […]
What Happened to the Original MICHAEL MYERS Mask?
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In Memory of Anand Vaidya 1976-2024
It was always Anand’s contention that cross-pollination of ideas with disparate origins resulted in greater understanding. This was not merely a philosophical idea for him but a tenet he lived by. He often wrote in […]
Amazing News: Where Is It Safe To Host A Worldcon?
On August 1st of 2020, I published the following article on the Amazing Stories website – Why A Chengdu Worldcon Should Be A Chengdon’t. The article detailed what I still consider to be very good […]
FILOFICCIÓN 4 POR SOPHIE CANAL: UN RECUERDO A CUANDO LA PORNOGRAFÍA ERA FILOSÓFICA: REFLEXIONES LIBRES SOBRE “HUMEDADES DE LAS ORILLAS” DE NASTIA T.
Acabo de leer “Humedades de las orillas” de la escritora peruana Nastia T., recientemente publicado por Pandemonium Editorial, segunda y nueva edición de la versión inicial que vió la luz en Lima en el 2000 […]
Matt’s (Movies) Reviews: Old Science Fiction Movies
“I think that science fiction, even the corniest of it, even the most outlandish of it, no matter how badly it’s written, has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary […]
Barry Malzberg 1939-2024
I first met Barry, I don’t remember exactly when. It was certainly at a convention at least somewhat adjacent to New Jersey, where we both lived. The fact that we shared a state of origin […]
The Big Idea: Lauren C. Teffeau
When does science become magic? Or is all magic really just science? Author Lauren C. Teffeau explores this in the Big Idea for her newest novella, A Hunger With No Name. Read on to […]
We Want To Bring Amazing Stories Back – And YOU Can Help
We probably don’t need to tell you that publishing a magazine in the science fiction field is not an easy task. We also probably do not need to inform you that authors in this field […]
David Brin Cues the Trumpets: Heinlein Warned Us
In a post on his blog and Facebook this morning, David Brin, noted SF author and accomplished prognosticator, reminds us that Robert Heinlein forewarned us, in quite detailed fashion, of the future upon whose precipice […]
Just My Opinion: KINGDOM of the PLANET of the APES
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The Empire (With Some Help From Some Short-Sighted American Voters) Strikes Back, A Political Essay by Chris M. Barkley
In the early morning hours of November 6th, 2024, it rained heavily in Ohio. It woke me up and I had an uneasy feeling of dread. My partner Juli and I had spent the evening […]
What Happened to the SEAVIEW from VOYAGE to the BOTTOM of the SEA?
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What Happened to The THING From ANOTHER WORLD?
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The Big Idea: Kate Elliot
Sometimes you go long. And as Kate Elliot details in this Big Idea for The History of the World Begins in Ice, sometimes you go long to explain why, this time, you’ve gone short. KATE […]
What Happened to APE CITY from PLANET of the APES?
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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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The Big Idea: Richard Thomas
The days are getting shorter and the nights longer as we head into the dark season of the year. For author Richard Thomas, that’s all to the good, because for his novel Incarnate, he wants […]
Paul Levinson interviews Bob Hutchings: An Optimistic Discussion of AI
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The Big Idea: Raven Oak
Music can raise spirits… and it can save souls. In this Big Idea for Voices Carry, author Raven Oak goes deep into the music and lyrics that carried them through the highs and lows, and […]
How Genre Author’s Can Regain Control of Their Own Destinies by Nom de Guerre
It is clear that book marketing has changed radically over the past several decades. This is not all that surprising considering how much the entire publishing industry has changed during that time. Publishers have had […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication date: 06/07/2011 Pages: 480 ISBN: 9780061452062 Author: Matt Ridley The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley begins with the premise that overall, the world has been improving […]
The Big Idea: Abigail Owen
The pantheon of Greek gods is having a moment in popular culture recently, from the new Kaos TV series to the video game Hades, and author Abigail Owen adding her own imagination to that moment with her latest, The Games Gods Play. […]
The Big Idea: Beth Revis
Never discount the power of “Oh, yeah? I’ll show you. Watch this.” Author Beth Revis recounts how just such a thought led to her latest novel, Full Speed to a Crash Landing. BETH REVIS: We’ve […]
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