Movie Review — Is That What Scientology Does to Them?
After Earth – a sci fi film masquerading as a science fiction film
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Anime roundup 10/25/2013: Step By Step
In this week’s viewing: The shows that will be covered in this discussion column for the rest of the season are chosen! And the others are whined about!
A Review of Flashback by Dan Simmons
This book kicks posterior. It’s a wild turbo-boosted ride through a shockingly plausible dystopia.
¿Por qué crear una revista de ciencia ficción?
Why create and publish a science fiction magazine? Why indeed.
LoneStarCon 3 Photos
With my schedule pressing in on me from all sides, I decided this was a good time to share some more photos from the 71st Worldcon. LoneStarCon 3 was filled with amazing fans and dazzling stars. All photos were taken by Shawn McConnell. Hope you enjoy these LoneStarCon 3 photos.
Serge Brussolo et les Kaiju
Serge Brussolo est un auteur unique et atypique. Il a publié des oeuvres foisonnantes souvent purement fantasmatique. Il a souvent abordé un imaginaire organique et biologique. Et comme Serge Brussolo a le sens de la démesure et un goût certain pour le cinéma bis et ses images souvent hors normes il était inévitables qu’un jour ou l’autre il aborde la thématique des monstres géants. Il leur a consacré plusieurs romans et il a été suffisamment inventifs pour se détacher de ses modèles japonais.
Film Review: Sorry About Tomorrow
8 hours ain’t a lot of time to make a movie. The 48 Film Project has given us a lot of films, some of which have been remarkable, and some of which have been among the worst films ever made. I should know: I’ve made a couple of those. In recent years things seems to have changed and the pinnacle of these films are among the best shorts I’ve seen all year. Like There’s Nothing Funny About a Clown in Love and Snow in the City from San Francisco, the winners in several other cities have really moved me, and none of them with the intelligence and dark logic of Sorry About Tomorrow.
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #3: Art Done for Love is Better than Art Done for Money
The more we detect fake sentiment or emotion, or (in our case) pandering to a love of dragons and wizards – as opposed to honest “self-expression” – the less we are going to care whether “just for the love of it” was the reason for creation
Cero Absoluto. Páginas del género en español: Ciencia Ficción Perú.
Por iniciativa de Daniel Salvo, esta página web se inició en el 2002 con el ánimo de difundir, compartir reseñas, cuentos y todo lo relacionado con la ciencia ficción en un soporte HTLM gratuito. Esto duró hasta 2008 en que la gratuidad del soporte se terminó y la página migró hacia un formato en blog.
On Second-Childhood Nostalgia, or: How To Avoid Being A Mature SF Fan
I love the old stuff. It’s been a real pleasure reading my way through the Ace Double. Each and every story positively reeks of the sense of wonder that made SF so attractive to me in the first place.
Anime roundup 10/18/2013: It Gets Better
In this week’s viewing: Fewer boobs! More plot! Less filling! Tastes great!
A Baaaad Case of the Warm and Fuzzies: H. Beam Piper v. John Scalzi
From time to time I make halfhearted efforts to like the things everyone else seems to, like The Beatles. In the same spirit I occasionally apply myself to classic science fiction. I recently dug into Little Fuzzy, the much-loved novel by H. Beam Piper.
Leviathan Wakes Review
[two]I am always looking for new books to read and typically pick one by an author from the current con I am attending. In the case of this book it was because I received an […]
Interview with SFWA Grand Master Robert Silverberg
Today we are joined by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Grand Master Robert Silverberg. Mr. Silverberg writes speculative fiction that travels where he wants it to go, pushing aside the traditional limitations with which many writers confine themselves. He has written countless novels and works of short fiction, and his list of non-fiction books is staggering. Mr. Silverberg has been so prolific that his total word count rivals the quantity of stars in the galaxy.
DNA Tattoos = Dattoos
When I was coming up, the only people who got tattoos were bikers, prisoners, or gang members. Of course, times have changed. It seems everyone has a tattoo now. And even my 15-year-old daughter wants one (Me: “Uh, no.”) But…I almost have to say yes to a dattoo. What is a dattoo, you ask? Read on…
Abraham Valdelomar, ¿se anticipó a Stephen King?
Para los peruanos, Abraham Valdelomar es una gran promesa literaria truncada. Nacido en 1888, se convirtió en uno de los más importantes cuentistas del país, innovando el género de tal manera que muchos de sus cuentos se han convertido en clásicos indiscutibles de la literatura peruana, como pueden serlo El caballero Carmelo, El hipocampo de oro y otros. Falleció en 1919.
The Escape Pod: Listen to your Science Fiction
Escape Pod is a publication which has embraced the digital age. They pay their authors at a professional level, but their stories are available for free as podcast, and also for reading on their site.
Article populaire : septembre 2013
Un résumé des articles populaires de Amazing Stories du mois de Septembre.
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #2: “Fine Art” is Better than “Illustrative Art”
Please don’t shoot the messenger. I’m not responsible for the “high” and “low” art divide—into which categories we’ve shoved “art we collectively treasure” vs “art we collectively enjoy,” respectively. I’m just here to generalize, and to […]
Anime roundup 10/11/2013: Boob Tube
In this week’s viewing: Your reviewer embarks on a journey through Light Novel Adaptation Hell! Plus a few shows that look more promising…
Gravity and the Issue of Art vs. Science
I saw the visually stunning movie Gravity last week and overall enjoyed it very much.
Interview with Peter F. Hamilton, author of Great North Road
Peter F. Hamilton is one of Britain’s best-selling SF authors. Hamilton’s novels hark back to the great days of science fiction, reveling in big ideas and unafraid to tackle hard science.
Octavia Butler, o el peso de la diferencia
Octavia Butler era una chica negra, pobre, inusualmente alta, tímida, tartamuda, disléxica y lesbiana. Desde muy joven tuvo una idea bastante clara de lo que era la discriminación en sus muchas formas y utilizó la ciencia ficción para explorar temas sociales antiguos y modernos.
Classic Science Fiction: The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The pope emeritus has written a letter to prominent Italian atheist Piergiorgio Odifreddi, rebutting Odifreddi’s critique of Benedict’s theology. And in it he displays an appreciation for science fiction.
Atlantis is the new Merlin
The origin TV show Merlin was the BBC’s big sci-fi fantasy show that had families across the nation tuning in on Saturday nights. But the show finished recently so the BBC needed to find something new […]
Science on Stage vs. Science Fiction Theatre
It’s no secret that popular science has exploded when we see the amount of paperbacks, TV series and documentaries on the subject, and theatre is no exception. Copenhagen is by far the most notable example, […]
Book Review: Transcendental by James Gunn
Few characters, and people, start off with the intention of winding up where they do. There are the few who succeed at their childhood dreams. The astronauts, the politicians, the firefighters (though I imagine these […]
Les Revues de Science Fiction en France
Les revues ont existé depuis les années 50. Là aussi, il y a eu un profond remaniement du paysage dans les années 80. La mythique revue Fiction qui avait été créé en 1951 disparaît en […]
World Building: To Market, To Market
I was getting all excited last night over the idea of making my next purse. I can work with leather, and I don’t want something that looks like what everyone else has, so… But as […]
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