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SciFi4Me.com, Your Portal to the Science Fiction Multiverse
“Greetings! Welcome to SciFi4Me.com – where we talk science fiction, not wrestling. “ I ask you how can one not love a sci-fi based website that has that as the first thing you see on […]
Dammit, Jim, I’m A Writer — Not A Mathematician!
Why is Dumas’ novel titled The Three Muskateers when there are four main characters and they use swords? Why is local channel 4 shown on cable channel 25? How many Dalmatians did Cruella de Ville actually dognap? The titular 101…or was it more…or less? Something funny is going on with our math and Buddy wants to know what it is. Meanwhile, it’s giving him such a headache…!
Fantasía venezolana: Ronald Delgado y algunos cuentos
Review of Ronald Delgado’s Ficha La tierra del cielo sin sol.
Interview – Jonathan Oliver
Gary Dalkin interviews one of the hardest working editors in the UK – Jonathan Oliver
PAPERBACKS: ACE Doubles, “D-Series,” the “Good Old Stuff”
Ahh nostalgia. For a book series? Certainly, so long as its the tete-beche wonder of the Ace Double. Two books in one! Steve waxes eloquent on a reading experience that is sadly largely forgotten.
Dare We Laugh at Fandom? No? Can We Laugh at Science Fiction Instead?
Dare we laugh at fandom or science fiction? Perhaps we should start thinking a bit more about laughing WITH it.
Review: Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest
For those who know the work of Cherie Priest, you know she can write. For those not familiar with her work, you’re missing out on something special. The novel Fiddlehead may be billed as the final installment in her “The Clockwork Century” Steampunk collection, but the author’s talent for story telling also makes it a worthy place to start if you’re so inclined.
“La Puntuación es un Impulso Imperialista”. Entrevista con Lavie Tidhar
Tanya profiles international author Lavie Tidhar
What’s Wrong With Mediocre?
C. E. Martin champions the cause for B Movies (and B Lit) everywhere!
The Artful Collector: Fido Forever (or) The Fun of Fantasy Pet Portraits
What you always wanted to know and never thought to ask about commissioning pet portraits.
Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s….
Steve discusses both super and non-super flying heroes – Commando Cody, Captain Marvel and Superman. Who didn’t want a rocket pack when they were growing up? Towels worn as capes just don’t seem to be able to get the job done!
The Other Victoria: Steampunk’s Queen
Was it Colonel Mustard in the arboretum with the steam shovel? Steve participates in a steampunk murder mystery evening.
Fantasy Novels to Appeal to the Science Fiction Reader and Vice Versa
Mike Brotherton – ‘hard’ scientist, recommends a few fantasy novels that might appeal to readers of ‘hard’ science fiction.
The Neo-Pulp Electronic Revolution
There’s been something going on in the publishing business the last several years, and it’s nothing less than what I’ve been calling a Neo-Pulp Electronic Revolution.
Review: Anatomy of Steampunk by Katherine Gleason
Anatomy of Steampunk: The Fashion of Victorian Futurism is not just a big book to be left out on the coffee table so you can look cultured (but you might want to). This is a powerful sourcebook for all that is Steampunk and a valuable tool for those who take the genre seriously.
Interview: Greg Viggiano, Executive Director of The Museum Of Science Fiction
An interview with Greg Viggiano, Executive Director of the Museum of Science Fiction
Review: Try to Remember by Frank Herbert
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.
I Love Science Fiction, But I Don’t Love THAT
Mike Brotherton explains that even when you love science fiction with a passion above everything else, it’s OK not to like ALL of it…really.
The Artful Collector: Art Hierarchies #9: Art That Lasts Is Better Than Art That Is Fleeting
Final installment in the art hierarchies series discussing the permanance of art.
SPACEMEN, Precursor to Starlog?
Steve takes us through the pages of Spacemen, Warren Publications second film-centered magazine helmed by the late, great, missed and lamented Forrest J. Ackerman.
Zeppelins, Tesla Coils, and an Argument for Escapism!
James Weber takes us down steampunk lane to investigate the “second artist effect” (with thanks to Charlie Stross)
Sixties, Science Fiction and Secret Agents
Secret agent tales have always carried a hint of science fiction with them – futuristic gadgets, threatened world-wide annihilation. Steve examines Bond’s 60s rival – Flint – and reminds us that James Coburn was COOL.
On Writing SF Theatre Part 2: Minding the Info Dump
Susan Gray explores the mix of worldbuilding and dramaturgey – the art of bringing science fiction concepts to the live stage.
Review: Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years
Just in time for the holidays, the Star Trek fan on your shopping list will find Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years by David A. Goodman a pleasant addition to their personal library. The book is a documentation of the background and rich history of the United Federation of Planets and the characters that made it come to life.
Why “I Don’t Like Anime” Doesn’t Really Make Sense
Morgana Santilli discusses etiquette of how to say you aren’t interested in anime, and the prejudice you show in saying you don’t like anime.
Six Scientist Myths That Books and Movies Love To Perpetuate
There tends to be some mystique attached to the image of the scientist in fiction. The scientist is mostly a tool, an antagonist, a source of information or a vehicle through which we learn things. […]
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