FULL STEAM BEHIND! COLUMN 17 REVISITED
For his 263rd column, Steve revisits and rewrites one of his first “new” columns for Amazing, six years ago. If you missed it, now’s your chance to catch up!
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The Artful Collector: The World Fantasy Convention 2014
I have to confess, reporting on a convention is usually crazy fun for me. It’s an occasion for legitimate name-dropping of all the new artists I met, and for describing all manner and sorts of […]
Concise Convention Report and Some Other Thoughts
A con report from deep in the heart of Rustycon 31
An Anniversary and a Convention Cold…
I found out just yesterday from the Internet Speculative Fiction Database that November 1979 marks the first fan column I ever published in Amazing magazine, the print version. My column was titled “Fans, Prose and Cons”—a somewhat obvious three-way pun. That means it’s been 34 years since I started writing for this magazine.
The Artful Collector: State of the Art at the 71st Worldcon
Fans, publishers, art directors, and collectors expected Worldcon art shows to display the best-of-the-best art being created in the field, and top artists looked forward to meeting their expections. NO MORE.
The Artful Collector: Art Reporting From the Trenches at LSC3
A preliminary scouting report on LoneStarCon3 – including a report on the winners of the Chesley Awards for fantastic art.
The Artful Collector: What Gets YOUR attention at a Worldcon Art Show?
I must confess, when it comes to SF/F the more you see of it, the easier it is to become innured to its novelty. Familiarity with dragons, wizards, and flying saucers can breed not contempt – but worse: indifference and inattention.
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