AMAZING STORIES In the News
a mention in Publisher’s Weekly and an interview with EPublishYourself
The Artful Collector: Fading New Visions
Artists used to get great exposure, back in the day. Now they’re fighting for more.
Review: Forgotten by Samie Sands
A poignant portrayal of a land abandoned to gruesome death calls to mind the devastation caused by the Black Plague nearly seven hundred years ago.
Noticias Literatura 29-7
War of the Imperfect, steampunk conventions and an effort to honor Miasma, a cancelled publication.
Review: Gestapo Mars by Victor Gischler
Gestapo Mars by Victor Gischler is the quintessential example of a guilty pleasure. You might feel a little guilty afterwards, but you’ll be anxiously awaiting a sequel.
Derivative Works of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin’s International Best Seller has created a franchise
Book Review: The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth edited by SM Stirling
Shared universes do not always deliver a shared vision.
Viajes a otros mundos: “Crónicas intraterrestres” de Ney Yépez Cortés
Return to inner earth with this Ecuadorian novel of speculation and discovery.
AMAZING NEWS: 7-26-15
A Darth Vader costume made from sex toys; new crew on the ISS; a new Earth; Money for SETI and more
Bits & Pieces
Hugo Awards, author lectures and appearances and an education piece on the WSFS business meeting.
Buck Rogers: The Way the Future Used to Be
For more than a century the name Buck Rogers has been synonymous with science fiction.
The Clubhouse; Fanzine Reviews: Dean A. Grennell, the “Crottled Greeps” man.
Fanzines reviewed: GRUE (#29 & 28), published 1956/1958. About forty years ago Harry Warner Jr. described Grennell as “the forgotten fan.” Yet only twenty-five years earlier (in the early fifties) he’d been widely respected and […]
Review: Strange World Stories by Hank Quense
Strange Worlds Stories is a very, very silly book. But if your taste runs to that kind of humour, you’re sure to find it very, very enjoyable.
Science Fiction is Real
The Golden Age of science fiction is long over, but perhaps we are living in the Golden Age of science.
Anime roundup 7/23/2015: Full House
In this week’s viewing: Six candidates for further viewing means a little pruning to set the lineup for the rest of the season.
Blogger invitado: Elton Honores: Yeniva Fernández. Siete paseos por la niebla.
A collection of stories featuring the fantastic within intimacy.
Review: Wylding Hall Review by Elizabeth Hand
Wylding Hall is a mixed bag, but there is tremendous craft in the novella, and it can certainly be enjoyable to read.
Scide Splitters: Envoy to New Worlds by Keith Laumer
Scide Splitters examines Keith Laumer’s first collection of stories featuring the less-than-diplomatic diplomat, Retief.
Review: Beautiful Intelligence, by Stephen Palmer
Beautiful Intelligence is a bracingly imaginative novel. By choosing to operate within a realistic, post-crash, dystopian cyberpunkish framework Stephen Palmer has written his most accessible and commercial work to-date.
Comic Review: Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young and Charlie Adlard
Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young, Charlie Adlard is the type of classic bound science fiction comic that many members of fandom will enjoy just as much as the storied history it mocks.
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