HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR! – LIST OF 2020 COLUMNS
Steve does his usual roundup of all of 2020’s columns (well, just the ones he wrote). And he does a bit of self-promotion. See the featured image!
Welcome to 2021
Thoughts on a new year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS*
and Happy Holidays from everyone here at Amazing Stories and The Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC. A selection of Christmas-themed SF & F magazine covers: *There being no “war” in reality, we feel no hesitation about offering the salutation when it is appropriate, and we think that on Christmas Eve Day, it’s appropriate.
Marginalized people living varied and fulfilled lives in genre fiction is historically accurate
Historical accuracy is important in science fiction and fantasy because it can change the default as it is known
Updated: Why a Chengdu Worldcon Should Be a Chengdhon’t
There’s no ethical or moral difference between the Jeddah Saudi Arabia bid and the Chengdu China bid
We Have Not Chosen Wisely
Stanley Kubrick offered two visionary glimpses of the future in his films. We really need to get better at picking futures.
Happy Thanksgiving/National Day of Mourning
True thanks on Thanksgiving.
Adjectives in Science Fiction
What’s a magazine title without an adjective?
#DisneyMustPay
Authors of every kind should be up in arms over this. Read to learn why.
If You Haven’t Done So Already, Go Out And
Please Vote
The End……………………………………………….?
When will the results be counted? Just about everyone wants to know
My Sense of Wonder May Be Different From Yours
The Boomers are OK: We had a chance to experience something completely out of reach to newer fans
And the Chinese Propaganda Begins….
More issues with China
The Science Fiction Cannon is Not a Thing; Canon is.
The SF Canon does not go ‘Boom’
10 Black Science Fiction/ Fantasy Works That Need A Netflix Adaptation
Here are ten Black SFF works that need the Netflix treatment
Why a Chengdu Worldcon Should Be a Chengdhon’t
There’s no ethical or moral difference between the Jeddah Saudi Arabia bid and the Chengdu China bid
AmazingCon II: Thoughts, Plans, Madness
Come celebrate Amazing Stories and Science Fictions 95th Birthday with us next year
SF Unbound Interviewed Taiyo Fujii on COVID-19
An interview with Japanese author Taiyo Fujii, focusing on the Covid-19 Pandemic
Let’s Make My Science Fiction Rock Star Romance into a Musical!
“I wish I were a fireball…Romantic Musicals in space
Voracious Reader Here, A Consumer of Books
Do you set aside time for it each day? How do you decide what to read next?
Science Fiction and Medicine – What I’m Reading and Watching
as reassuring as fiction can be, we all live in the real world and must protect ourselves and our loved ones and everyone else as best we can
Is This the End?
In the country of the insane, the mildly neurotic man is King.
My Portals to Escapism
Books, comics, games, television: There’s so much to do during lockdown, you may be paralyzed by choice
Wherefore Science Fiction
Does Science FFiction predict the future, or is it mere commentary on our times?
The Sociology of Science Fiction
The most difficult speculation for a science fiction writer to undertake is to imagine correctly the *secondary* implications of a new factor.
Author Guest Blog: Five Nineties Pop Songs As SFF Anthems
DOCILE author KM Szpara hits us up with his top five Nineties pop songs as science fiction and fantasy anthems because why the hell not… By KM Szpara 05-03-20 1,588 The two things I have loved longest in my life are Hanson and Harry Potter. The pop trio made their mainstream debut in 1997 and […]
AMAZING STORIES TV SHOW DEBUTS
Amazing Stories premieres and we are not unhappy
March 6th is AMAZING STORIES DAY
Why is March 6th Amazing Stories Day?
March 6th is AMAZING STORIES DAY
Why is March 6th Amazing Stories Day?
IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS!
Why so many posts today?
