Movie Review — Is That What Scientology Does to Them?
After Earth – a sci fi film masquerading as a science fiction film
World Building: To Market, To Market
I was getting all excited last night over the idea of making my next purse. I can work with leather, and I don’t want something that looks like what everyone else has, so… But as […]
Omar Vega – Escritor Chileno por M.C.Carper
Omar Vega – Escritor – Autor de El Secreto de Rings y El Futuro Imaginado. M.C. Carper para Amazing Stories Magazine: : Hola ¿Quién eres? Preséntate con tus palabras, por favor. Omar Vega: Soy un […]
Why Doesn’t Science Fiction Care About the Threat of Nuclear Apocalypse Anymore?
Nuclear weapons, of course, are another story. The book you should be reading right now, if you care even a little bit about, er, not getting mushroom-clouded or dying a horrible death from nuclear fallout, is Command and Control, by Eric Schlosser.
AMAZING NEWS: 9/22/13
What Would You Expect From Amazing Stories? Amazing News, That’s What!
FRACTAL: Universo futurista en expansión desde Medellín
Aunque los organizadores del Encuentro Fractal han querido desvincular la razón de su evento al mundo de la ciencia ficción, solo en un lugar como este evento en Medellín pueden darse cita autores como James […]
Carniculture in Science Fiction and Real Life
Like going on a brewery tour, except at this farm, the vats are full of meat.
DOMINGO SANTOS – ESCRITOR Y EDITOR por M. C. CARPER
Domingo Santos – Escritor – autor de Gabriel, Hacedor de Mundos y Volveré ayer entre otros libros – Editor de Nueva Dimensión M.C. Carper para Amazing Stories Magazine: Hola ¿Quién eres? Preséntate con tus palabras, […]
Is Science Fiction Fundamentally Retro?
Jaron Lanier says science fiction is fundamentally retro. Is he right? Do SOOPER SPACE ROCKETZZZ run on Ribena?
Poor Execution Leads Elysium to its Death
One of my first annoyances was that the entire film seemed like Mass Effect fan fiction. From Elysium and the robots, to the soldier’s exoskeletons and even the font-type used on the space station, it seemed like a Bioware rip-off.
FUTUGRAMMA: Ecuador escribiendo su propio futuro
Durante seis días se desarrolló un proceso de diálogos alrededor de distintas inquietudes sobre las posibilidades del futuro.
Review: Oblivion
I won’t say it’s the best SF film I’ve seen lately—it’s certainly one of the best-looking, however; but it’s deserving of a second look if you’ve been hoping for a moderately good science fiction film to watch this summer.
Hard to tell if anything to gonna sell: Kickstarting REVOLUTION 60
It’s Wednesday, July 31, 10:45 am. Our fingers on the same mouse, Brianna and I simultaneously clicked the button. Then we fist-bump in celebration. Our Kickstarter for the videogame “Revolution 60” is now officially launched. […]
What’s the Deal with 3D Printing?
3D printing has popped up in science fiction for ages: recall the Star Trek crew materializing food in the microwave-like “replicator” or Neal Stephenson’s “matter compilers” in The Diamond Age. The appeal of creating whatever […]
FUTUGRAMMA: Un continente escribiendo sus propios futuros
FUTUGRAMMA es un espacio que se plantea la relación entre la escritura y el devenir del cosmos desde nuestra situación como latinoamericanos. También es un lugar para discutir sobre Ciencia Ficción, desde que nadie tiene la […]
Clemente Palma, el Hugo Gernsback peruano
Si hay un autor injustamente maltratado en el Perú es Clemente Palma (1872-1946). Dos hechos de su prolífica carrera intelectual fueron escogidos por sus enemigos para desacreditarlo ante las generaciones posteriores. Uno de ellos, un […]
Interview with Science Fiction Legend Ben Bova
Today we are joined by science fiction legend Dr. Ben Bova. Ben has served as an editor of both Analog Science Fact & Fiction and Omni magazines. He has written over 120 books of fiction […]
Future Shock – Part I
When anatomically modern humans developed consciousness 50,000 years ago (or whenever), it’s because they started developing a sense of their place in the world and this included a sense of time. Time in the present. […]
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