SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: FuturesPastEditions Books Licenses Amazing Stories Imprint
Amazing Stories licenses name for classic stories reprint line
Four Months In–Trying to Keep the words flowing in 2014
John reveals the every day struggles of the writer and catches up on his New Year’s resolutions.
Fiction In Amazing Stories Today: Cosmic Corkscrew by Michael A. Burstein
Read Michael A. Burstein’s Cosmic Corkscrew in Amazing Stories 88th Anniversary Issue.
Cosmic Corkscrew by Michael A. Burstein
Stasis felt unreal. Dr. Scheihagen had warned me about that when I volunteered for this mission. “Remember, we don’t know what it’ll be like for you inside,” he said in his German accent. “We’ve never […]
An Introduction To The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years by J. M. Stine
(The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years was Originally published in Amazing Stories Oct 1940) INTRODUCTION Old-timers and historians of science fiction typically identify Robert A. Heinlein’s “Universe” as the first generation starship story and A. […]
Anime roundup 3/27/2014: All You Need Is Love
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco expounds about love, Nobunagun features someone who needs to admit it, and more!
Fantasía venezolana: Ronald Delgado y algunos cuentos
Review of Ronald Delgado’s Ficha La tierra del cielo sin sol.
Create Your Own Archetypes
Stumped for your next story or character? Try an archetype, says Ceres, who offers up a few to help get your creative juices flowing.
PAPERBACKS: ACE Doubles, “D-Series,” the “Good Old Stuff”
Ahh nostalgia. For a book series? Certainly, so long as its the tete-beche wonder of the Ace Double. Two books in one! Steve waxes eloquent on a reading experience that is sadly largely forgotten.
Un día en HISPACON XXXI (QUARTUMCON 2013)
Ricardo reports on Hispacon XXXI and the Premios Ignotus awards
There’s No Right Way To Be A Fan?!?
Want to be a fan? A REAL fan? A TRUfan? There is only one true way. Learn how to follow the path to righteous fannishness – or be doomed to fakefandom – FOREVER!
Interview with Award-Winning Author Michael Swanwick
Interview with Award-Winning Author Michael Swanwick.
NEWS SPECIAL from Frederik Pohl’s The Way the Future Blogs
the future of the way the future blogs
More Fannish Nostalgia: My First Convention; My First Fanzine
Steve recounts the details of his fannish deflowering
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Retro Read: A Martian Odyssey (Part 1)
Steve begins a new series of reviews devoted to examining the contents of what is arguably the single greatest anthology of science fiction’s first half-century – The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, edited by Robert Silverberg and selected by the members of SFWA. Individual stories will be examined in order, with particular attention being paid to their suitability for today’s readers, as well as their place in SF literary history.
An Interview With David Blalock
Adam Gaffen interviews H. David Blalock, author of the Angel Killer trilogy, a series that posits an ancient war between good and evil and evil won. Btw – you’re one of the bad guys….
Speculative Poetry Round-up January 2014
Diane goes walkabout on the web and discovers a surprisingly large amount of speculative fiction poetry, just waiting for you all to drop by.
MAGNUS DAGON – Escritor de CF – por M. C. Carper
M. C. Carper interviews science fiction author Magnus Dagon
Mr. Spock the Wonder Dog, or: How Silly Can A Science Officer Be?
After reading this expose on Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, you will no longer have to wonder why so many people devote themselves to illustrating ‘Spock taking a shower’, nor will you wonder why there is so much Mr. Spock fanfic.
“Viaje al fondo del Bar”, un viaje de lo conocido a lo desconocido
Ivan Prado Sejas reviews the short story collection Voyage to the Bottom of the Bar by Gonzalo Montero Lara
Silvia Angiola – Axxón – por M. C. Carper
M. C. Carper interviews super fan and film reviewerSilvia Angiola: Just how well do english language films play out in the spanish speaking world?
How to Redact and Re-integrate Your Redundant Reliquary of Recollections, or: How Not to Keep a Scrapbook
Mr. Cameron invites us to join him on the floor as he sorts the contents of a 1960s scrapbook
Carlos Duarte Cano—Editor de Korad, por M. C. Carper
Carlos Duarte Cano talks about science fiction, writing, editing, and his interests.
The Ultimate Science Fiction Reading List
Notable and award winning authors talk about what’s on their science fiction reading list.
Addicted to Science Fiction
Award winning authors discuss how they discovered science fiction.
A Sentimental (Science Fiction) Education
Much as I loved Heinlein’s juveniles (Podkayne of Mars, Farmer in the Sky, etc) I became obsessed with Simak. The Way Station stories blew me away, and City was, and probably still is, one of my top ten favourite science fiction novels.
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.
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