All-Inclusive by Bruce Strand – FREE STORY
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and as will happen, the Apocalypse is a tourist attraction aboard a cruise ship. Impending doom brings out the best and worst in people as […]
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CLUBHOUSE: Review: Fusion Fragment Magazine #25
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #25 – June 2025. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Nickolej Villiger Dear New Tenant – […]
The Big Idea: Justin C. Key
A good beside manner makes all the difference in your medical care. So how polite could a robot doctor or AI nurse be? Justin C. Key makes the argument that human connection in medicine is […]
Matt’s Reviews: On The Road To Cinnabar – The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume One
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 510 pages ISBN-10 : 3633644946 ISBN-13 : […]
The ICE Man Goeth by Tom Easton – FREE STORY
The news tells us about the activities of ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Fandom tells us about the activities of SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism. What happens when ICE meets SCA? Ah, fireworks… WABI […]
Matt’s Reviews: Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publish Date: 2002 Print Published: 1986 Duration: 14 hours 10 minutes Author: Orson Scott Card Read By: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki Audible ASIN: B000079XXN Print ISBN: 978-1250773067 Book 2 of 6 in […]
What Happened to the EAGLE TRANSPORTERS from SPACE 1999?
Dan MonroeMOVIES, MUSIC & MONSTERS!! Dan Monroe is an entertainer, documentary filmmaker and music instructor. He teaches voice, guitar and piano while also producing both commercial and entertainment related content in New York, USA.
SomniCorp by John Leahy – FREE STORY
In this futuristic age, you’d think that sleep and dreams would be the last totally private refuge. Go a little further into the future, and you will find that it’s not necessarily so. Pleasant dreams, […]
Milton Davis of MV Media Interviews Maurice Broaddus
Check it out! Milton Davis of MV Media/The State Of Black Science Fiction Facebook page kicks off this year’s interview series with eleven questions for Maurice Broaddus, contributor to the Magazine of Fantasy and Science […]
´Novedades de Enero 2026 (Primera y Segunda Semana)
LIBROS Apogeo Ediciones ha publicado el libro «Madeleine» de Edison Mucha Soto. Sietch Ediciones nos presentan sus novedades de este año. «Dardos Corporales» de Jean Véliz, el eBook «La tribu Astral» Alejandro Farías Ugarte D’Angelo […]
Gernsback Documentary: Tune In To The Future
A documentary about Hugo Gernsback and his on-going contributions to both society and science fiction recently surfaced, somehow managing to evade our vue screens until now. Tune In To The Future is a straight-forward – […]
LOOK AGAIN! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S… COMMANDO CODY?
Steve talks about super and non-super flying heroes: Commando Cody, Captain Marvel and Superman. Who didn’t want a rocket pack when they were growing up? Towels worn as capes just don’t seem to be able to get the job done!
Whatever Happened to SPACE 1999?
Dan MonroeMOVIES, MUSIC & MONSTERS!! Dan Monroe is an entertainer, documentary filmmaker and music instructor. He teaches voice, guitar and piano while also producing both commercial and entertainment related content in New York, USA.
Old-Timer by Tom Prentice & Andy Daniel – FREE STORY
The life of a spy is never the best, especially when time travel is concerned. You never know who you might meet in your travels. Might even be a relative… The long fall really sobers […]
Matt’s Reviews: Extras by Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Recorded books Publish Date: 2007 Print Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Format: Audio Book Duration: 11 hours 45 minutes (10 compact disks) ISBN-10: 1428172416 ISBN-13: 9781428172418 Author: Scott Westerfeld Read by: Catherine Montbertrand […]
Reactor Posts All the New TOR Releases
All the latest Science Fiction Releases, starting with January 6th and All of the Fantasy Releases also starting with January 6th Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories. Steve has been a passionate […]
Little Balls of Chaos by Sarah Arnette – FREE STORY
In the administration of law, the future will require all types, not just human. And in getting the job done, the tools required may be just as diverse. We just have to make sure that […]
REVIEW – DEAN KOONTZ’S “DEVOTED”
This is Steve’s first Dean Koontz book review in several years, because it’s the first new Dean Koontz book he’s read in that stretch of time. He thinks it was worth it, with a few caveats. What are they? Read the column and find out.
New Releases! Amazing Selects Publishes Allen Steele’s Avengers of the Moon
Allen Steele, author of Arkwright, gives us a thrilling piece of science fiction pulp with Avengers of the Moon Curt Newton has spent most of his life hidden from the rest of humankind, being raised […]
Dangerous Visions To Receive New Editions
J “Joe” Michael Straczynski recently announced that owing to positive sales numbers of the Blackstone publishing editions of Dangerous Visions, Again Dangerous Visions and The Last Dangerous Visions, new hard cover editions will be introduced […]
Novedades de Diciembre en Hispanoamérica
Este diciembre fue muy atareado para mí. Disculpe la tardanza. Pronto me estaré mudando de casa, por lo que enero quizá sea también atareado. Me disculpo de antemano. LIBROS El 5 de diciembre, en el […]
Sneak Peak of Space Command’s Latest Episode
Marc Zicree – “Mr. Sci Fi” has posted a link to the latest “rough cut” edit of his indie science fiction series SPACE COMMAND Check it out – Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher […]
The Big Idea: Cadwell Turnbull
Reality can oftentimes be stranger than fiction. Author Cadwell Turnbull speculates on this funny thing we call reality in the Big Idea for his newest novel, A Ruin, Great and Free. Follow along to… Source: The […]
Altamont 2030 by Kurt Newton – FREE STORY
We have the technology here to remember the past for you, and take you to the great concerts of the past. Our protagonist shows that time is on your side, time where you can always […]
The Big Idea: Catherine Asaro
The motto for the Olympics translates to “Faster, Higher, Stronger” — but in Gold Dust, author Catherine Asaro takes athletic competition to heights even the greatest of Olympians might not have ever dreamed of. Source: […]
THE SCIENCE-FICTIONAL SAINT
Ten years ago, Steve did a general column about Leslie Charteris’ action hero Simon Templar. Rather than redoing that column, Steve wants to focus on the Saint’s genre-type stories, whether SF or F, since TV & movies haven’t really touched on them.
Matt’s Reviews: Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock
Publisher : Pocket Books Publication date : January 1, 1981 Edition : Book Club Language : English Print length : 250 pages ISBN-10 : […]
The Big Idea: Caspar Geon
Human characters have never been essential to tell a good story. Author Caspar Geon breaks the mold of featuring boring ol’ humans in his newest novel The Immeasurable Heaven. Come along as he takes you […]
Designation 957-A by Anson Jones – FREE STORY
A trip to the doctor is a time for some nerves and a little worry, but for some, it could be time to meet your…maker, so to speak. Just make sure your warranty hasn’t expired… […]
Matt’s Reviews: Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Recorded books Publish Date: 2007 Print Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Publish Date: 2006 Format: Audio Book Duration: 11 hours (9 compact disks) ISBN-10: 1-4281-3462-X ISBN-13: 978-1-4281-3462-1 Author: Scott Westerfeld Read by: Catherine […]
About Author
Matt Truxaw’s newest book is Monster. This urban fantasy, horror, thriller will keep you turning the pages.
He is also the author of the hard science fiction thrillers: “Plastiphobia/Plastivore” and “Anthrophobia: A Teacher’s Tale”
You can find them all on Amazon in Paperback, Hardback, Kindle and/or free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
When you read any of them, he would really appreciate a review/rating on Amazon or your favorite book seller/book reader site.
More about Matt:
He was born in Orange County California many years ago and he still lives there. He has been reading books for most of those years and writing up book reviews for the last few years. He gets MANY of his books out of the library/Libby so expect a lot of old science fiction classics book reviews and other science related reviews in addition to newer books he comes across.
If you want to be ‘in-the-loop’ on these and other works, you can follow his website( MattTruxaw.com), his author’s page on Amazon or his Facebook page.
For more reviews and articles by Matt here on Amazing Stories (Click here).
Monster: A Novel by Matt Truxaw
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