Tag: Dune

October is Meteor Month; skull & bones sugar lumps, black hole may be orbiting our sun, space rocks may be spying on the Earth, Sandford calls for change of name to Clarke Award, Venkman says dogs and cats are living together, reading SF may not make you stupid after all and lots more stuff of biblical proportions this week in Amazing News

The Dark Between the Stars is one of those books that grabs you which readers will love.

Written by Brian Herbert, in collaboration with his gifted father Frank Herbert, this tale first started with a germ of an idea way back...

You think Star Wars ruined the possibility for "legitimate science fiction" to appear on the big screen? Darren Slade suggests that you think again.

Ebooks and more ebooks! Cheap and plentiful; Steve finds them for you! Oh, and Steve reviews two so-so "horror flicks" that should have been better. But that's what the film industry seems to be offering this week!

Scide Splitters reviews an anthology of dark comedies originally published by the people that brought you such fine car repair manuals as Dune.

  “For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories about the death of kings.” Richard 11, Act 3, Scene 2 Shakespeare knew how...

he 13th inductee into our growing list of The Greatest SF Novels of All TIme!

Frank Herbert's Dune has been a favorite subject for science fiction illustrators for years. Now Sam Weber is about to release a new illustrated edition.

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time. Kate Wilhelm is one of the cornerstones of the science fiction industry, and many consider this her best work.

One author gets onto the list a second time!

A well traveled novel makes its way on to our Best of All Time list.

This week we are going back before the science fiction awards were created to find our entry into the list of the greatest science...

A new inductee into the Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time

The Greatest SF Novels of ALL TIME list enters new territory!

RK Troughton continues to assemble a list of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, based on objective measures

The fifth inductee into Amazing Stories list of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.

Dune has now been added to our list of the Greatest SF Novels of All Time!

Ediciones Irreverentes (Irreverent Editions) introduces two science fiction novels & the new issue of Valinor Magazine is available for free download.

Really? They did a comic about that?

The top ten villains to grace the screen.

Try to Remember by Frank Herbert is a fitting finale to the 1969 edition Best of Amazing anthology and a fitting story to represent what is best about Amazing Stories. First published in the October 1961 issue, the novella is one of those stories that makes the reader think.

Who are your Grandmasters of Science Fiction?

When I was young I purchased most books and magazines in the science fiction field based on their covers. Nowadays that still applies, though...

Recently a documentary had its debut at the Cannes Film Festival called Jodorowsky's Dune. The documentary by filmmaker Frank Pavich, examines a very early...