Chengdu Promo Video and NO Rights Clearances
Chengdu uses Amazing Stories logo in promotional video
My SF Cannon
If Davidson ever becomes Emperor of the Universe, EVERYONE will have to read Science Fiction. Or ELSE!
CONTRARY BRIN: Prepper-Lords intend to leave us in the lurch… then dominate the wasteland aftermath. Worse – they want it!
In fact, far greater fractions of today’s world oligarchy are old money inheritance brats, or hedge parasites, or casino mafiosi, petro-princes and the like – elites who are all considerably more discreet and secretive than […]
Book Excerpt: Owning the Unknown (A Science Fiction Writer Explores Atheism, Agnosticism, and the Idea of God) by Robert Charles Wilson
Robert Charles Wilson has been writing science fiction since the publication of his first novel, A Hidden Place, in 1986. His novels include Darwinia, Blind Lake, and Spin, which received numerous awards including the Hugo Award, the Grand Prix […]
“Sci Fi Novels Delivered at Warp Speed!”
If a book can be delivered at Warp Speed, you won’t be reading it any time soon – you might not even know what “any time” is anymore!
The Big Idea: Joe R. Lansdale
Today’s Big Idea is short… but is it sweet? Joe R. Lansdale’s collection title promises that Things Get Ugly, and maybe, sometimes, that’s the way it should be. JOE LANSDALE: Things Get Ugly has […]
CONTRARY BRIN: More space updates… And yeah, the ongoing UFO silliness
I am a co-author of this paper, “Science opportunities with solar sailing smallsats,” announcing “Project Sundiver”… offering a wide suite of potential fast interplanetary missions that could accelerate far faster than today’s rockets can manage, by swooping […]
Climate Chaos and Greenhouse Summer
It’s not coming, it’s already here. Robert Heinlein wrote a story called The Year of the Jackpot in which all the shit hits the fan, it wasn’t about climate change, but 2023 is definitely it. […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Space updates – mostly great science… and a bit of UFOs
Is this worth pondering as another worry on our plate? A year or so ago astronomers were saying “Don’t worry (much) about Betelgeuse going supernova any time soon,” despite the earlier nerves set off by […]
Amazing Stories and Flying Saucers/UFOs/UAPs/SUTs*
UAPs are not alien space vehicles and they never will be.
Why an SF Centennial When SF Has Been Around For Centuries – Except It Hasn’t
When was Science Fiction first established? In 1926…and not before.
CONTRARY BRIN: What’s really up with UAPs / UFOs?
(The SETI Institute has issued a carefully evasive position paper on the topic, essentially saying “we’ll stay in our lane.”) Sure, a majority have already been explained by careful analyses of receding jet engine exhausts […]
Chengdu Worldcon Issues Hugo Finalists List, Then Rescinds It
Hugo Awards Finalist list published, then rescinded
Norman Spinrad at Large – Save the SF Magazines from AI, Amazon, and SFWA?
It is no secret that the three traditional ink and paper SF magazines, Asimov’s, Analog, and Fantasy and Science Fiction, are in deep trouble, and perhaps not as obviously so are the main online SF […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Biotech, bioscience & human origins
I’ve been swampd with interviews on Artificial Intelligence and writing missives to try (in expected futility) shining some light amid the shrill, panicky harrangues out there. Few seem to grasp that we’ve created a vast, […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Ah, the Unabomber… And Why Almost Every Maven in Artificial Intelligence gets the Big Picture All Wrong
I have a major piece about Artificial Intelligence under submission to some zines. It details the many simplistic stances about AI – either pessimistic or pollyanna – now pushed by some of the smartest folks on Earth… all […]
The Big Idea: Yukimi Ogawa
It’s a special talent to write in a language that you’ve learned along the way. In this Big Idea for author Yukimi Ogawa’s new collection of short stories, Like Smoke, Like Light, she explains why […]
The Big Idea: Jean Marie Ward
Sometimes, it takes more than one try to really nail down a story. In author Jean Marie Ward’s case, the third time was the charm, resulting in her new novel, Siren Bridge. Read on to see […]
The Big Idea: Dorothy A. Winsor
Sometimes, a “big idea” is a collection of smaller ideas, which, when grouped together, are greater than the sum of their parts. Dorothy A. Winsor knows a little about this, and in this Big Idea […]
The Big Idea: William C. Tracy
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Or in this case, don’t judge a monster by its mushrooms. Author William C. Tracy’s Big Idea brings us back into The Biomass Conflux series with his newest novel, To […]
CONTRARY BRIN: The AI saga continues
Following up on my last posting on advances – and worries – about Artificial General Intelligence…. Peter Diamandis’s latest tech blog is regarding AI and ethics. As you know, it’s a topic I’ve long been engaged […]
The Big Idea: Lisa Brideau
There’s no time like the present when it comes to making positive change. That’s certainly the case for author Lisa Brideau regarding policies on climate change. Follow along in her Big Idea to see how […]
The Big Idea: L.R. Lam
Dragons! Everybody loves them and they wing their way into all sorts of places in the fantasy genre. Author L.R. Lam was determined to find a fresh spin on the familiar creatures, however, and […]
Science Fiction is Dying…Again
Science Fiction has always been dying, but it ain’t dead yet!
CONTRARY BRIN: Galactic matters & supermassive black holes!
Been taking a break from the tsunami of “AI stuff” – pokes and pods about the Chat GPT and the absurd “moratorium petition” and such… and also from the USA’s insane political meltdown. At a time when […]
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