Omar Vega – Escritor Chileno por M.C.Carper
Omar Vega – Escritor – Autor de El Secreto de Rings y El Futuro Imaginado. M.C. Carper para Amazing Stories Magazine: : Hola ¿Quién eres? Preséntate con tus palabras, por favor. Omar Vega: Soy un […]
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One Hell Of A Story: A Review of Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity
“Houston, I have a bad feeling about this mission…” Gravity is a constant reality to humanity. It forever keeps our feet planted on the Earth we’ve risen up from and is innate to the way […]
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #1: Arts are Better than Crafts
The “Art vs. Craft” debate seems never-ending, because it hinges on an ever-evolving understanding of how we perceive what is considered “art”.
Review: Star Trek – The Art of Juan Ortiz
In Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz, the renowned artist Juan Ortiz has created a brilliant collection of movie posters, one for each of the eighty individual episodes of the original series.
No. 22 – 2013 October – Elizabeth Moon, Military Science Fiction, and Female Leads
If you like military science fiction, raise the alarm, beat your drum to send all hands to general quarters, and light up your sensors for deep scan. Ms. Moon has several series you won’t want to miss.
Anime roundup 10/4/2013: Judgement Day
It’s time to wrap up the shows we’ve been following this past season and look at the first harbingers of the new one.
Bad Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
In order to understand what makes really good science fiction and fantasy art, you have to look at a few pieces of bad science fiction and fantasy art.
Film Review: Except For Us
This is a film that I really hope makes the rounds. It is another project funded through Kickstarter, and a solid science fiction film at that
Why Doesn’t Science Fiction Care About the Threat of Nuclear Apocalypse Anymore?
Nuclear weapons, of course, are another story. The book you should be reading right now, if you care even a little bit about, er, not getting mushroom-clouded or dying a horrible death from nuclear fallout, is Command and Control, by Eric Schlosser.
Movie Review: Grabbers (Blu-Ray)
Grabbers has been dismissed in some quarters for not doing anything original. Well most films don’t do anything original, and Grabbers does achieve a couple of things I’ve never seen before.
The Making of the Return of the Jedi
The latest making of book from the original Star Wars films has finally arrived. This book is one that you will keep on your coffee table with pride (I know I have). I was lucky […]
Book Review: Wild Cards II: Aces High, Edited by George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards II: Aces High George R. R. Martin Tor Books $15.99 Wild Cards II: Aces High is the second volume in the Wild Cards shared universe series edited by SF rock star George R. R. […]
Two More Military Science Fiction Writers
I began a short series of military science fiction writers last week with Mike McPhail and Alan Smale. This week, I feature Bud Sparhawk and Charles Gannon. Hope you enjoy. Bud Sparhawk Bud Sparhawk began […]
Website Review – Geek-Pride.Co.UK
a favorite website that combines love of all things geeky with affinity for the U.K.
Separating the Art from the Artist
Suppose an artist or a writer says something that is loathsome or morally reprehensible? Can we therefore judge the artist’s work as having no value simply because the artist is a jerk?
Anime roundup 9/27/2013: Chekhov’s Arsenal
In this week’s viewing: The Eccentric Family does a clinic on setup and payoff, Day Break Illusion demonstrates how not to do it, and more!
Fall 2013 anime preview
There’s a veritable stampede of sf headed your way this coming season: 25 series to choose from!
Entrevista a Álvaro Pérez Quehui ganador del VII Concurso de Novela Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, versión 2013
An interview with author Alvaro Perez Quehi
Review – Mr Nobody (the best film you’ve never heard of)
The full 158 minute director’s cut is simply one of the best films I have ever seen.
Why Science Fiction Has a Troubled Relationship With Utopias
Maybe it’s time to donate to SETI … and vote for politicians who believe that Gross National Happiness is less important than Gross National Aerospace Investment.
Interview with Award-Winning Author Kim Stanley Robinson
Stan writes science fiction that pushes the threshold of imagination into humanity’s possible future while turning a mirror on society. When not devising new societies and scientific breakthroughs, Stan spends his time hiking the mountain trails of Mars.
Interview With Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire, sometimes known as Mira Grant, is one of this generation’s most prolific writers.
Two Military SF Writers
Two different authors of military SF, each offering unique expressions of the form.
Qu’est ce que la science fiction ?
What Is Science Fiction? More on the international view of what is and what might not be SF
Website review: Doctor Who: the classic series
A survey of Doctor Who websites – official and fan.
The Art of Star Trek
Star Trek has been around since September 8, 1966. At forty-seven years old Star Trek is one year younger than I am. We grew up together. Star Trek and I were best friends.
Book Review: Vicious, by V.E. Schwab
V.E. (Victoria) Schwab’s people are called EO, for ExtraOrdinary people; people with something extra. These abilities are not genetic, nor are they the result of spilled chemicals (The Flash), extraterrestrial birth (Superman) or encounters with supernatural forces (The Mask); EOs gain their powers by an unfortunate encounter with mortality.
About Author
Steve has been an active fan since the 1970s, when he founded the Palouse Empire Science Fiction Association and the more-or-less late MosCon in Pullman, WA and Moscow, ID, though he started reading SF/F in the early-to-mid 1950s, when he was just a sprat. He moved to Canada in 1985 and quickly became involved with Canadian cons, including ConText (’89 and ’81) and VCON. He’s published a couple of books and a number of short stories, and has collaborated with his two-time Aurora-winning wife Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk on a number of art projects. As of this writing he’s the proofreader for R. Graeme Cameron’s Polar Borealis and Polar Starlight publications. He’s been writing for Amazing Stories off and on since the early 1980s. His column can be found on Amazing Stories most Fridays.
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