The Titans by Karen Redmond – FREE STORY
A long trip in space, with a crew of ‘bots. A disaster to investigate, and a lot of questions to answer. It’s the questions outside of the investigation that are intriguing. And, the ‘bots, too… […]
Matt’s Reviews: Seed To Harvest by Octavia E.Butler
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publish Date: First Edition (January 5, 2007) Length: 784 pages ISBN-10: 0446698903 ISBN-13: 978-0446698900 Author: Octavia E. Butler Seed To Harvest by Octavia E.Butler is the compilation of all four of […]
The Horror Writer by Robin Kirman – FREE STORY
We all know horror writers, or read their writings…and, of course, we assume they live normal lives, or as normal as they get… But, what if their lives really are…horrible? Or worse? She never came […]
The Big Idea: Rosiee Thor and Vania Stoyanova
Friendship is magic! This, on several levels, is the lesson for this Big Idea for Why On Earth, an anthology of unusual alien invasion stories. Rosiee Thor and Vania Stoyanova, the editors, are laying […]
Matt’s Reviews: It’s Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles
Publisher: Independently published Published Date: 2024 Pages: 226 ASIN B0CVFB18TM ISBN: 9798879141757 Author: Paul Levinson It’s Real Life: An Alternate History of the Beatles by […]
Novedades de Enero 3
Siguen lentas las noticias. Supomgo que es porque recién empicza el año. LIBROS El 21 de enero se presentó « Mostros » (Lima, Maquinaciones Narrativa, 2024) el nuevo libro de cuentos del escritor y periodista José Vadillo […]
New Book Release! Boondoggle by Tom Easton and Torion Oey
A Thrilling new Time-Travel Adventure from Amazing Selects – an imprint of Amazing Stories The year 2340 was looking pretty good—by 2346, not so much. Saboteurs are running wild on a distant space station, threatening […]
Shaded Sol by Devin Miller – FREE STORY
There has always been discussions of faith versus science. One will never overcome the other, but often, the discussion between the two is gratifying, and most illuminating. When the two agree on something, both sides […]
CLUBHOUSE: Review: On Spec Magazine #130
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #130, Vol. 34 No. 4. Publisher: The Copper Pig Writer’s Society. Managing Editor and Art Director: Diane L. Walton. Issue Designer: […]
Matt’s Reviews: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 2013 Print Copyright: 1985 Disc Count: 9 Listen Time: 11 hrs 57 minutes Author: Orson Scott Card Read by: Stefan Rudnick, Harlan Ellison, and others Ender’s Game by Orson Scott […]
The Big Idea: Josh Mendoza
Though we all have seen multiverse stories before, it doesn’t mean they can’t still be fun and interesting. Here to prove that is author Josh Mendoza, who has just come out with his newest novel, Shadow […]
Book Excerpt: Boondoggle by Tom Easton and Torion Oey
Tom Easton has been publishing science fiction and fantasy for more than half a century. He also spent thirty years as the book columnist for the SF magazine Analog, spent many years as a college […]
Speaking Bear Leader’s Quest by James R. Hardin – FREE STORY
The lives of the indigenous change when they meet their first aliens. They make quite the impact for the aliens and themselves. In this case, though, the aliens are humans, and the indigenous are bears. […]
CLUBHOUSE: Guest Review: The Connecticut Gumshoe Trilogy by Randy McCharles
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. CLUBHOUSE GUEST REVIEW – by Arlene F. Marks. THE CONNECTICUT GUMSHOE TRILOGY – by Randy McCharles The novels: A Connecticut Gumshoe in King Arthur’s Court, […]
Matt’s Reviews: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press Publication date: 2009 Copyright Year: 1969 Pages: 224 ISBN: 978-0-385-33384-9 Author: Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of Billy Pilgrim. Like Vonnegut himself, Pilgrim was a POW […]
Ciencia ficción, erotismo y tecnología
César Verduguez, como compilador, publicó una antología de poesía y cuentos eróticos de escritores bolivianos con el título de “Eros en Bolivia: Profundidades voluptuosas” con la participación de 40 escritores, varones y mujeres. Este experimento […]
La ventana sur 5: Lovecraft, el sur y el espacio de la locura
En “Poe, Verne y la “verdad” de la ciencia ficción”, cuarta entrega de La ventana sur, reflexioné sobre el uso y la manipulación literaria del verosímil científico a propósito de la relación intertextual entre Edgar Allan […]
The Big Idea: Alan Smale
When you have the chance to write a sequel, you do it… right? Well, for Alan Smale, the answer was not as straightforward as all that. Come find out why he hesitated at first […]
Novedades de Enero 1 y 2
(Y algunas cosas de diciembre que se me quedaron en el tintero) LIBROS Historias Worter ha publicado el libro «Halloween: Antología de cuentos de terror», resultado de la II convocatoria que hicieran en octubre. Pueden […]
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Pulp Literature Magazine #44 – Autumn 2024
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #44 Autumn 2024 Published by Pulp Literature Press, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Winter 2024. Editor in Chief: Jennifer Landels; Senior Editor: Melanie […]
The Big Red Button by Tom Easton – FREE STORY
Our technology may go so far, it will send us out into the cosmos, and we might just run into ourselves. What do you think might happen here? Myself, I’m uncertain… Captain Iris Froud propelled […]
Nacida de Mujer y de Hombre de Rudy Terceros: Una distopia de clones y humanos
De: Iván Prado Sejas* Rudy Terceros, en su novela “Nacida de Mujer y de Hombre”, nos conduce por un laberinto donde policías y clones emergen para generar una historia distópica en una sociedad boliviana en […]
Matt’s Reviews: Mind Of My Mind by Octavia Butler
ISBN: 9780446361880 Publication date: 08/01/1994 Publisher: HACHETTE BOOK GROUP Pages: 224 Copyright Year: 1977 Author: Octavia E Butler Mind Of My Mind by Octavia Butler is the 2nd book in the Patternist series. I have […]
Amazing Stories’ Amazing Selects Imprint Acquires David Brin’s Out of Time Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Amazing Stories’ Amazing Selects Imprint Acquires David Brin’s Out of Time Series Young Adult Science Fiction Series Features Renowned Writers January 16, 2025 – Amazing Stories, through its Amazing Selects imprint, is thrilled to […]
Whatever Happened to The LAST STARFIGHTER?
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The Big Idea: Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Food is more than just fuel for our bodies. According to author Lavanya Lakshminarayan, food is well, pretty much everything! Dig in to the Big Idea for her newest novel, Interstellar Megachef and see what she’s been […]
Death of the Author Available for Pre-Order
Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s latest novel – Death of the Author – was recently reviewed by the New York Times, accompanied by a feature article about the author. It is rare that the NY Times […]
The Crafts by Raya Yarbrough – FREE STORY
An alien visitation comes to everyone, and everyone’s reaction to the aliens and the hum they make is different. They give everyone a different impression, and then, all reality changes… She’d arrived at work on […]
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