The Difference Between Censure and Censor
Thoughts on protest, history and the Bill of Rights
STEVE DOES DAVE BARRY: IT’S COLUMN 29 ALL OVER AGAIN!
Steve rewrites and repeats one of his earlier columns for Amazing just in case you want to know how he started in this whole “fannish” business. Do you care?
2018 Hugo Award Voting Begins!
It’s time to vote for the 2018 Hugo Awards and the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards.
Review: All the Wonder that Would Be by Stephen Webb
All the Wonder that Would Be by Stephen Webb takes readers into the heart of predictions and expectations as they are or have been portrayed in Science Fiction.
AMAZING NEWS: 4-1-2018 2018 HUGO AWARDS SPECIAL EDITION
2018 Hugo Award Finalists and 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards.
Paradigm Lost: An Interview with R. Roderick Rowe
There are so many different takes on Science Fiction.
FILM PROGRAM: Fanac’s Video Fan History Project
Tribute to Ike and a bit of inside baseball on fanzines
Novedades de enero
Bolivian anthology series Supernova releases the third edition, Editorial Cthulhu has published his third anthology: “HORROR QUEER, Rosarium Publisher announces 2018 plans; magazines, events and more
On Cover Mentions
Cover mentions. Every author loves them, but do they actually help sell magazines?
TIME MACHINE: Popular Posts
Big Brained Aliens, Santa Claus as alien, Star Wars, Clarke and more
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: 11/12/2017
SF Films that flopped, Goodreads nominations, Stranger Things explained, PKD…and…Wesley Crusher
Guest Editorial: Words Matter, Actions Matter and Race Definitely Matters by Chris M. Barkley
“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I finished reading Christopher Nuttal’s editorial, “A Character Who Happens To Be Black” for the first time, I found myself remembering an oft told story about Nichelle Nichols, the actress who played Lt. Uhura on Star Trek.
REVIEW: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (July/August 2017)
The July/August edition of F&SF features many stories of dark fantasy and an unofficial theme of the arts.
Novedades de Julio en Hispanoamérica
News about the release of new books, comics and analyses of interest to Spanish speaking fans of speculative fiction, as well as events, including a workshop on robots.
Readers Weigh In: Favorite Types of Science Fiction Romance Heroes Part One
When it comes to science fiction romance, who doesn’t love a man in uniform?
What’s Happening with the TV Show?
NBC no longer producing Amazing Stories TV show. (Or shouldn’t be.)
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: 7/16/2017
Scroll, Scroll, Scroll, Scroll, I’d like to be on a Scroll with Men and sail across the PixelO…(apologies to Martin Mull)
Editorial 2: The Hugo Awards or How To Talk About Them Without Looking Like A Clueless Asshole – or – HuGo Look It Up, I Already Did!
Kinda wishing that Chuck Tingle had a book titled “Sad Puppies Pounded in the Butt by Humanoid Hugo Award”. That way, I could steal the cover art and use it here.
RETRO REVIEW: ROBERT A. HEINLEIN’S THE DOOR INTO SUMMER
Following on the heels of his Heinlein columns, Steve decides to retro review The Door Into Summer. Is it worth reading? Well… that depends. Read this and find out.
RETRO: OF MOSCON AND HEINLEIN AND VERNA
This week, Steve continues his romp into his past by talking about Robert A. Heinlein, E.E. “Doc” Smith’s daughter, Verna Smith Trestrail; and MosCon 1, back in 1979.
I, Robot on the BBC: this is how good radio SF could be
Radio seems to be the best medium for dramatizing science fiction. It’s a shame that there isn’t more of it, although…
Noticias Literatura 22-2
An interview with Vicente Verdú, author of the epic fantasy novel “El Elegido de los oscuros”, and a report on a round table discussion of the intersection between science fiction and horror.
Noticias Literatura 15-2
An interview with Gorka Pera Seijo, autho of “Los supervivientes del arca,” the rules of a new Spanish language writing competition and the announcement of the publication of Spanish speculative fiction magazines.
Review: The People’s Police by Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad’s latest novel, The People’s Police, is raw, real near future science fiction.
Blogger Invitado: Cristian Londoño Proaño
The Spanish language collection Hacia el espacio puts the science back in science fiction.
A Brief History of Worldcons From NYCon to Discon, 1939-1962
The early years of fandom, and especially Worldcons, were wild and wonderful, featuring outsized personalities and innovations that are now standard features.
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