JAMES H. SCHMITZ – THE GOOD OL’ STUFF
James H. Schmitz is often cited as writing “Space Opera.” But is that really so bad? Space Opera is usually, at its core, highly entertaining—and who doesn’t like a bit of popcorn now and again?
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LAcon V Announces 2026 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Award Finalists
LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards, the most prestigious honors for excellence in science fiction and fantasy. The members of the 2025 and 2026 World […]
John Scalzi’s When the Moon Hits Your Eye Wins Inaugural Astra Book Awards for Science Fiction
The Astra Book Awards is an expansion of the annual Astra Television Awards and in its first year of featuring books, John Scalzi’s novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye has taken the honors. You […]
Make Space Great Again by Mike Strickland – FREE STORY
Space veterans are a tough lot, and they don’t put up with a lot. They don’t tolerate newbies very well, so you have to be a special sort to earn their trust. Read on, and […]
A Bolivian retrofuturist science fiction book – the real reason Butch and Sundance went to Bolivia
La segunda edición del Cosmonauta. Al tratarse de un libro capricho de autor, uno de esos donde reúno algunos de mis gustos personales en cuanto a los géneros, me había planteado la idea de no […]
Novedades de Abril 2026 (1)
LIBROS El 7 de marzo en el marco de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Coyoacán (FILCO), presentó su más reciente libro Sandra Becerril. Se trata de “El Carnaval diabólico”. El libro ya se encuentra […]
MOVIE REVIEW – PROJECT HAIL MARY
Ryan Gosling’s new movie, based on Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary,” is well done. Except for brief flashbacks, he’s the only actor present in the whole 2 1/2 movie, and he carries it off well. This should be as big or bigger than his previous Weir movie, “The Martian.”
Adventures in Literary Forensics: Chandler’s Lost Stories
‘Literary Forensics’ is a term used to describe the act of applying forensic techniques to the uncovering of lost stories, unpublished editions and hidden literary history. It is an informal discipline, usually only practiced by […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Hospital At The End Of The World by Justin C. Key
Publisher : Harper Publication date : February 3, 2026 Language : English Print length : 400 pages ISBN-10 : 0063290480 ISBN-13 : […]
Roger Zelazny Named SFWA’s Infinity Award Recipient for the 61st Annual Nebula Awards
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Celebrating Roger Zelazny, SFWA’s Infinity Award Recipient for the 61st Annual Nebula Awards San Francisco, CA – April 15, 2026 The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers […]
Singaporan Science Fiction – It’s A Thing: The Senkang Sci-Fi Quarterly
Science Fiction is alive and well in a corner of the globe seldom heard from:* The Senkang Sci-Fi Quarterly has announced a release party to celebrate the release of their third issue, and you can […]
Editor-in-Chief Lloyd Penney will be telling Amazing Stories at the Merrill Collection
An Amazing Evening with Lloyd Penney Wednesday, April 29, 6:30-7:30 pm At the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation & Fantasy. Lillian H. Smith Branch, 3rd floor, Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street. Join us for an […]
Rock and Roll by Norman Cowie – FREE STORY
A first contact mission, to test aliens on how they react to stimulus, to see why they do what they do, why some of them roll around on wheeled chairs…by the way, WE are the […]
Novedades de Marzo 2026 (3)
LIBROS El 28 de marzo se presentó en Ciudad de México los libros “Anotaciones del porvenir” (Ensayo de cifi) e “Instrucciones para habitar otros mundos” (Poesía cifi), ambos de Ediciones El Olvido. Participaron Andrés Arturo […]
MOVIE REVIEW – OPERATION TACO GARY’S
This would be a great movie to review if I could just figure out how to review this film. It’s not an easy movie to describe—or possibly even to watch—and I think you have to be a little bit odd to enjoy it. What does it say about me that I really enjoyed it? Read the review then see it for yourself
Matt’s Reviews: Death’s End (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 3) by Cixin Liu
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Audio Release Date: September 20, 2016 Program Type: Audiobook Book 3 of 4: […]
Junie and Kamal in the Machine by Jessy Randall – FREE STORY
The world is always looking for a new energy source, natural, ecological, never-ending, renewable, eco-friendly, and something the population can really get into. Oh, stop smiling! I figured you’d start thinking about it… Junie and […]
Novedades de Marzo 2026 (2)
LIBROS El 19 de marzo se presentó el libro “Noventa millones de soles” (Colección Molinos de Viento, UAM) de Iliana Várgaz. El evento se realizó en la Librería U-Tópicas de México y comentaron el libro […]
RETRO REVIEW – DIE, MONSTER, DIE! (1965)
In 1965, a non-Hammer movie, made and set in England, starring Boris Karloff and Nick Adams, came out called “Die, Monster, Die!” Suprisingly enough, it’s a science fiction movie, not a horror/monster movie. Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Colour Out of Space,” it’s a different retelling of a classic story. Did I like it? Well, yes and no. Read and find out why.
Matt’s Reviews: Dark Angels: The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume Two
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 638 pages ISBN-10 : 2785303040 ISBN-13 : […]
Dreaming of Home by Josh Clark – FREE STORY
This ship’s crew continually waits for the word for the chosen few to go to the surface of the planet they are orbiting. Excitement, anticipation…and disappointment over who is going down, and who isn’t. Earth. […]
RETRO MOVIE REVIEW – TIMECOP (1994)
In 1994, Peter Hyams, who had been known for directing genre films Outland (1981) and 2010, The Year We Make Contact, made an SF action-adventure film called Timecop, starring “The Muscles from Brussels,” action star Jean-Claude Van Damme. Not surprisingly, it was a pretty good movie with excellent special effects for the time (including some early CGI) and some not terribly deep subtext. Did you see it? Did you like it? Read what Steve thinks.
Matt’s Reviews: The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series, 2) by Cixin Liu
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Audio Release Date: 2015 Original […]
PROBE 207 – Communique From the SFFSA
We don’t hear much from some of our friends south of the equator, but one way they stay in touch is through the Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa club ‘s zine – Probe. 2026’s […]
The Factory by Lucy Egan – FREE STORY
Have you had to deal with a new office? A boss who doesn’t explain the job to you, or train you to do it? Some jobs are dull and repetitive, too. Bet you never expected […]
JOHN C. WINSTON COVER ART
As a follow-up to his 2014 columns about the Winston “juveniles” SF series in the 1950s, Steve today looks at some of the significant covers and cover artists who helped make these books a commercial success, and which also helped spur many young people into reading science fiction.
Matt’s Reviews: Assignment In Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Audible.com Release Date: April 27, 2012 Print Release Date: […]
Why the Animated Version of Firefly is a Good Thing (and those who disagree should STFU)
Charlie Jane Anders recently objected to the announcement of the Firefly animated series – “…There’s also fact that Firefly stars a heroic Civil War veteran who happens to have fought on the side of the Confederacy. And […]
The Tyrant in Retrograde by Scott Morris – FREE STORY
This imperial story shows the depth of the old saying that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. However, the old saying, for all its truth, might not have been created with a computer […]
Malcolm Reynolds Reveals Firefly Animated Series In Production
According to Dateline, the big reveal, teased over the past several weeks by actor Nathan Fillion and other former cast members) is that Fillion’s own production studio is behind the series, which will be shopped […]
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Steve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories.
Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before he even knew what it was called.
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