Review: The Alien Stone by Barry Uglow
The Alien Stone by Barry Uglow is a prime example of the classic tales that subscribers of the original editions of Amazing Stories were familiar with.
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Review: Echoes From The Macabre: Selected Stories, by Daphne du Maurier
Gary Dalkin reviews Daphne du Maurier’s 1976 collection Echoes From The Macabre: Selected Stories. Which as the title suggests, is a reprint collection focusing on some of du Maurier’s more horrific tales.
Trouble with the Natives by Arthur C. Clarke
It’s no secret that Clarke has tried his hand at wit before, but Trouble with the Natives hits every mark like a veteran comedian, making this short story an instant classic.
Don’t Look Now at The Birds: A Visit to du Maurier Country
Don’t Look Now, The Birds, Rebecca, Jamaica Inn – adventures from the dark heart of du Maurier country…
FUTURESPAST EDITIONS CLASSIC REPRINT: The Fate of the Poseidonia by Clare Winger Harris
The first science fiction story authored by a woman to appear in a science fiction magazine. FuturesPast Editions Amazing Stories Classic reprint of Clare Winger Harris’ THE FATE OF THE POSEIDONIA
Words and Pictures, an Age Old Interchange
On the inspiration that art brings to our fantasies.
Review: Rollerball Blu-ray (Twilight Time edition)
Post fall of communism, with governments subservient to corporate paymasters, Rollerball seems like a much greater, more prescient, film now than the one I originally saw back in 1976. Today Rollerball surely stands as one of the most underrated films of the 1970s and one of the most thought-provoking and rewarding SF films ever made.
MCM London Comic Con Smashes Attendance Record
Terence turns in a terrific con report on MCM Comicon London – and lots of great costume pics as well!
Review: The Power of the Maleficent
Maleficent is an entertaining movie for both children and those who grow up with a special fondness for Sleeping Beauty, fantasy and folklore.
1775: Alunizaje literario mexicano
Before Well’s The First Men In the Moon…before Verne’s A Trip To the Moon, there was…Fray Manuel Antonio de Rivas
AMAZING NEWS! Gerrold’s A Doctor For the Enterprise Comic Completed!
A Doctor For the Enterprise Special Offer!
The Greatest Science Fiction Novel of All Time Part 1
The first candidate for the greatest SF novel of all time
Hoist Sails to Winds of Adventure.
Dianne gets to be a pirate. (We all want to be one too….)
MORE ON THE RAH FRONT: Robert A. Heinlein, continued
Alexei Panshin is a well-known critic/reviewer of Heinlein and his works
Review of 1984 – Theatre
A new take on an old Classic, this presentation of 1984 is double-plus good!
Scide Splitters: The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison
Scide Splitters reviews Harry Harrison’s tale of Hollywood behaving badly with a time machine.
Green Fingers by Arthur C. Clarke
The short story Green Fingers by Arthur C. Clarke is a fine example of dreamers and forecasters from over half a century ago.
Horror Film or Terror Film. Which is it? Karloff and Clarens Speak Out
Boris Karloff made ‘terror’ films. Not horror films.
Heinlein’s YA Novels From Scribners and Other Things, continued
Heinlein’s YA (Juvenile) work is still generating praise and controversy.
BOOK REVIEW: The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 2
Does Macy’s tell Gimbels? This week a review of the upcoming “Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 2”
Review: The Tell-Tale Heart Graphic Novel
The graphic novelization of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Tell-Tale Heart retold by Benjamin Harper and illustrated by Dennis Calero provides readers with a new look at an old classic. Even the most dedicated fan will be impressed.
Scide Splitters: Mr. Hawkins’ Humorous Adventures by Edgar Franklin
A look at the Mr. Hawkins’ Humorous Adventures stories by Edgar Franklin.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN’S JUVENILES: Are they still good? (Part Two of Three)
Steve posits some similarities between Robert A. Heinlein and Captain America in this continuation of his examination of the RAH “juveniles”.
Review: An Ape about the House by Arthur C. Clarke
An Ape about the House by Arthur C. Clarke is less about the ape and more about the house. Primates have played an integral part in looking at the human condition over the years, but this story throws a wrench in the debate by simply focusing on the human factor.
Review: Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny earned and won many awards as a writer over the years, but Damnation Alley was not one of his most popular stories. But it’s just as hard to condemn a piece of work that inspired such a cult classic film.
Self-publishing Competitions: Leave Your Elves At Home
The enormous media interest in self-publishing has been fired by the breakthrough success of Wool by Hugh Howey, so SF is leading the way in this field. It’s strange therefore to hear the Guardian’s flamboyant Books section editor Claire Armistead warning that “It’s all too easy to dismiss the self-publishing sector as a wilderness of elves, sex and high-school romcoms”.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN’S JUVENILES: Are they still good? (Part One)
I seem to be unable to do single columns about stuff I’m passionate about. Heinlein is no exception. Robert A. Heinlein, who was characterized as the “Dean of Science Fiction,” though he was not necessarily […]
Retrospective – Stephen King’s Carrie Turns 40
April 5 marked the 40th anniversary of the original US publication of Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie. Writing that makes me feel old. Not that I read Carrie in 1974, but I became aware of […]
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