MY PERSONAL TIME MACHINE: AMAZING STORIES’ FIRST YEAR (part 3)
Steve continues his look at the first full year of Amazing Stories. This week it’s the third quarter of 1926.
Scide Splitters: Infinite Jests edited by Robert Silverberg
Scide Splitters reviews an anthology of dark comedies originally published by the people that brought you such fine car repair manuals as Dune.
Noticias de Febrero en Hispanoamérica
Conventions, comics, new book releases and more – all in spanish!
MY PERSONAL TIME MACHINE: AMAZING STORIES’ FIRST YEAR (part 2)
Continuing his series on the first year of Amazing Stories, Steve sees what “scientifiction” was trying to become: US!
MY PERSONAL TIME MACHINE: AMAZING STORIES’ FIRST YEAR (part 1)
Steve begins a series of columns examining Amazing Stories’ first full year of publishing!
Review: Hunting Monsters Is My Business – The Mordecai Slate Stories by John M. Whalen
Hunting Monsters Is My Business – The Mordecai Slate Stories is an action packed collection reminiscent to the pulp classic dime store novels with a morbid twist of supernatural mystery and intrigue.
ROTSLER REVIVAL: Review of THE FAR FRONTIER and PATRON OF THE ARTS (rereleased)
Steve looks at two “new” releases–classic SF by the late William Rotsler, multitalented fan, writer and artist.
Obituario: Fracisco Porrúa (Corcubión, La Coruña, 1922 – Barcelona, 18 de diciembre de 2014)
Fracisco Porrúa, editor and translator of Bradbury, Borges, Simak & Sturgeon, passed away on December 18, 2014
Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick
The short story Mr. Spaceship gives readers plenty to think about with its unique twist on the self-aware machine. How far can and should man go to preserve civilization?
Review: Riders to the Stars by Curt Siodmak
The novel based on the 1950s space classic – the only film that got the right stuff right.
2014: A Reading Odyssey – Part 1
a short recap of my 2014 in books. Where I reviewed a book for Amazing Stories I have provided a link to that review, and in one case to a related interview. So here, in chronological order, are the first 21 books I read in 2014.
‘If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…’ by Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke’s short story ‘If I Forget Thee Oh Earth…’ isn’t just about doomsday. It is a lesson in the art of writing good science fiction.
Blogger Invitado: José Güich Rodríguez. Los Meandros Fantásticos De José Durand, Parte 3
Investigations of the Peruvian fantastical kind
Review: I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas by Adam Roberts
It’s almost Christmas, so what better way to enjoy the holidays than sitting by the fire and checking out Adam Roberts book I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas.
My Science Fiction Childhood: A Memoir, Part 1
They say the golden age of science fiction is 12….
Blogger Invitado: José Güich Rodríguez. Los Meandros Fantásticos de José Durand, Parte 1
Investigations into the works of Joseph Durand.
Collector’s SF Books at Benefit Auction
Duane Wilkins is selling off some really fine works to meet medical expenses.
Novedades de Noviembre en Hispanoamérica
New conventions, conferences, magazine issues & releases
AMAZING THINGS: DPS Releases Jerome Bixby Collection – Mirror, Mirror
Jerome Bixby collection released: additional short story also here today
Unknown Burroughs, or: Never Mind John Carter of Mars, What About the Mucker?
A handful of novels by ER Burroughs have not received the same attention as some other works
Interview with Hall of Fame Author Kate Wilhelm
An interview with award winning author and leading lady of science fiction, Kate Wilhelm
Reporte del I Congreso Internacional de Narrativa Fantástica
A report on 2014’s International Congress of Fantastic Fiction, help in Lima Peru
Scide Splitters: The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith
Now largely forgotten, Thorne Smith was possibly the wittiest writer of the fantastic in the 1920s & 1930s.
I Congreso Internacional de Narrativa Fantástica – Perú
A report on and a photo gallery from the VII International Colloquium for Fiction Fantastic held at the Center for Literary Studies Antonio Cornejo Polar Lima – Peru
OUR HALLOWEEN TRADITION
Continuing a Halloween tradition – the airing of Mercury Theater’s production of The War of the Worlds
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