Muse of a Wizard
Open your heart to a fantasy tale, ones like your mother told you when you were still small.
The Power of the Written Word.
“My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel—it is, before all, to make you see.” – Joseph Conrad You […]
Estrategias de legitimación de la ciencia ficción en Cuba: estudio de un fracaso.
A discussion of three periods in Cuban science fiction.
TIME ENOUGH FOR HEINLEIN—RAH, S/F, AND SEX!
Steve looks at Robert A. Heinlein’s SF (and his use of nudity and sex in his SF) then touches on some other classic SF authors’ way of “doing it.” Is Heinlein still worth reading? See for yourself!
Scide Splitters: Bean Bag Cats & Bad German by Ed Bryant
Ed Bryant (1945-2017), award winning writer, celebrated convention toastmaster, and mentor to developing writers, also wrote some funny short stories.
RETRO DAYS: ROBERT A. HEINLEIN and SPIDER ROBINSON
This week, Steve tries to go Back to the Future but ends up in the past, where he meets Spider and Jeanne Robinson as well as Robert and Virginia Heinlein! Come with him and see!
Beam me up, Fernández
Cuban science fiction writers talk about what Star Trek meant to them.
A Must-watch Show
Carol Shetler remembers how important Star Trek was to her family when she was growing up, and especially the effect that the show’s strong female characters had on her.
Where Science Fiction Became Science Fact
A British science fiction fan remembers what an American TV show meant to him.
Imágenes de la interculturalidad en Star Trek
Star Trek was the first science fiction television show to deal seriously with multiculturalism and the “other.”
Adventures in Treklandia
You don’t have to be a fanatic Star Trek follower to become a Klingon…
Its Fifty Year Mission
Taral Wayne remembers the excitement of watching the first episode of Star Trek air fifty years ago.
Drawing on the Ideas
Darren Slade was drawn in by Star Trek’s physical universe, but stayed for the ideas.
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