How To Tell When A Convention Is A Scam or Doomed to Failure
Use some judgement when evaluating the conventions you plan on attending.
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La Universidad y la Ciencia Ficción (Primera parte de dos)
They’re studying science fiction in Mexico. Galaviz gives us the low-down.
Self-Publishing Odyssey: Part 4 Designing the Cover Image
Alastair Savage’s Self-Publishing Odyssey moves on to stage 4: Designing the cover.
Of Critics and Fans
Scratch a cynic, the old saying goes, and you’ll find a disgruntled optimist. Some years ago a friend and colleague of mine thought it even more apt if reformulated as, ‘scratch a critic and you’ll […]
MCM London Comic Con Smashes Attendance Record
Terence turns in a terrific con report on MCM Comicon London – and lots of great costume pics as well!
1775: Alunizaje literario mexicano
Before Well’s The First Men In the Moon…before Verne’s A Trip To the Moon, there was…Fray Manuel Antonio de Rivas
5 Reasons Why Tor’s ‘Imprint’ Will Sky Rocket!
Tor’s new imprint – Imprint – promises an interesting future
Entrevista al chileno Jorge Baradit: Organizando la locura
An interview with Chilean author Jorge Baradit
The Artful Collector: On Collecting Illustration Art that Isn’t . . .Yet
The artful collector talks about illustrations, and the blurred line between private and commercial art.
All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Writer
How do you get inspired when you want to write?
AMAZING NEWS May 25, 2014
Amazon vs Hachette and lots and lots of newsletters and press releases!
Exterminate! Exterminate! A Doctor For the Enterprise Tease
Another teaser image from A Doctor For the Enterprise
Pick Your Favorite Paul Poll #4: April 1928 – March 1929
The last of our four preliminary polls to choose our favorite Frank R. Paul Amazing Stories cover.
The Blurry Line Between Science and Science Fiction
Is science killing science fiction? Is science fiction distorting the public’s perception of science? Is it possible to write an entertaining SF story AND get the science right? (Or, now we know what it takes to get an astronaut to loose his cool: Dying in space – part of the job. Conspiracy nuts calling you a coward? There ya go!)
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: FuturesPastEditions Books Licenses Amazing Stories Imprint
Amazing Stories licenses name for classic stories reprint line
Lost Curiosities: The Romance of Radium
Pete Smith’s ‘filler’ was nominated for an Academy Award and highlights the interesting and casual relationship the Curies brought to their research.
AMAZING NEWS: 4-27-14 Special Hugo Nominating Edition
All the news about Hugo Nominations – and other stuff too.
Star Trek At 33 Cents A Lick
First a resurrection from cancellation. Then a film series and the naming of a shuttle. What’s next for Star Trek? How about a stamp?
Fiction In Amazing Stories Today: Ricky L. Brown’s Heavenly Horizon
Today, Ricky L. Brown’s Heavenly Horizon, with art by Derek Benson.
Frank R. Paul – Amazing Stories’ Amazing Illustrator
All of the Amazing Stories covers, from 1926 thru 1929, by Science Fiction’s first cover illustrator, Frank R. Paul
Self-publishing Competitions: Leave Your Elves At Home
The enormous media interest in self-publishing has been fired by the breakthrough success of Wool by Hugh Howey, so SF is leading the way in this field. It’s strange therefore to hear the Guardian’s flamboyant Books section editor Claire Armistead warning that “It’s all too easy to dismiss the self-publishing sector as a wilderness of elves, sex and high-school romcoms”.
AMAZING News 4/6/14
PRESS RELEASES & NEWSLETTERS (See Below For Full Text) Lightspeed Magazine April Phoenix Pick Detcon1 YA Finalists SOCIAL Sexism In Tech: The ‘Breast App Ever’ Controversy (NY Times: May be behind a paywall) There’s A […]
Self-publishing Odyssey: Part 3 The Dirty Business Of Promotion
A look at self-publishing promotional strategies.
Interview With Gary Chalk, Fantasy Artist, Author and Games Designer
an interview with the unstoppable game designer, author and illustrator – Gary Chalk.
¿Qué se necesita para ser un editor?
What does an editor do and why is one important? David fills us in.
Unhappy Is The Fan
Judith Dial, editor and former book dealer, shares her concerns about the state of fandom.
AMAZING News 3/2/14
KKK Lazers Defend Earth…Astronaut Almost Drowns In Spacesuit…Which of these stories is not true?
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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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