AMAZING NEWS: 4/28/24
From the THE MOST SFNAL THING WE’VE SEEN IN MONTHS Department: A Catholic Group Has Defrocked an AI Priest Deadpool & Wolverine trailer brings it With the passing of John Trimble, a new effort to […]
AMAZING NEWS: 11/19/23
Stellar happenings; Starship launch, new release reveals and cover reveals! WSFS news and, apparently, an obsession with the Lost Space Tool Bag
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BOT CALENDARS!
Vancouver, BC (Canada) artist Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk has created a unique 2023 calendar featuring her one-of-a-kind “bot” sculptures made from upcycled metal parts!
FUN FILK AND A FILM REVIEW—JURASSIC WORLD: Fallen Kingdom
This week Steve talks about some filk, some fan musicians, and even a movie! Yes, the sequel to Jurassic World is up… will it be a drubbing or roses and a bottle of champagne? Read it and see!
R.I.P. REVIEW: “A BOY AND HIS DOG”
In honour of the late Harlan Ellison, Steve deconstructs—without major spoilers—the film “A Boy and His Dog.” It’s not a great film. See whether you agree!
Hawking y la ciencia ficción
Dr. Stephen Hawking and Science fiction: “I read a lot of science fiction when I was a teenager…”
REVIEW: F&SF SEPT.-OCT. 2017
This week, Steve reviews the Sept./Oct. 2017 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, their 68th anniversary issue. And finds it good to read!
An Interview with Nat Segaloff, Author of A Lit Fuse
Interview with Nat Segaloff, the author of A Lit Fuse, a biography about Harlan Ellison.
Estrategias de legitimación de la ciencia ficción en Cuba: estudio de un fracaso.
A discussion of three periods in Cuban science fiction.
AMAZING NEWS: 8/27/2017
Tributes to Brian Aldiss, Worldcon 75 aftermath, PKD anthology show, Near Earth Asteroid, Roy Krenkel art, authors speaking truth to power, nuclear zeppelins, more exoplanets and killer robots. What’s not to like?
Review: Christmas Magic ed. by David G. Hartwell
T’is the season for holiday stories. In memory of popular editor David G. Hartwell, the yuletide Tor Books anthology Christmas Magic has just been re-released for all the good boys and girls of fandom.
REVIEW: JULY/AUGUST MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION (F&SF)
Steve reviews the current F&SF. It’s still a great magazine! Get it now while it’s still on the stands!
Scide Splitters: The Starcrossed by Ben Bova
The Starcrossed provides a hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at how a SF television series goes from promising to awful.
Small Press Book Review: Tales From Super-Science Fiction
50s redux – Super Science Fiction!
MOORCOCK vs. ULTRON: Two Reviews
Two new reviews by Steve: the new Michael Moorcock book and The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Are they worth it? You bet they are!
“CLASSIC” Movie Reviews, OUR MAN FLINT and IN LIKE FLINT
Steve revisits a favourite–classic–“spy spoof” from the ’60s. Many people loved these James Coburn films!
Rewind: Interview with Science Fiction Legend Ben Bova
Ben Bova, editor of Analog & Omni, author of many fine SF works, always deserves a second look.
Small Press Book Review: The Book of Feasts and Seasons by John C. Wright
A review of some Seasonal fiction.
The Grand Masters’ Reading List
It would be tough to go wrong with this list of recommended Holiday reads by the Grand Masters of Science Fiction
AMAZING THINGS: Ellison Calls for Grand Master Status for Spinrad
Norman Spinrad deserves a Grand Master Award. Now.
Review: The Memory Hunter by Jon Konrath
What brought me back to science fiction was the work of cyberpunk writers such as Rudy Rucker, Bruce Sterling and, yes, William Gibson.
Interview with SFWA Grand Master Harlan Ellison®
An exclusive interview with one of the genre’s greats, Harlan Ellison. Influential, ground-breaking, cantankerous, problematic, loyal-to-a-fault and a genius behind the typer, perhaps the most accurate thing one can say is that there is no other like him.
The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time Part 5
The fifth inductee into Amazing Stories list of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.
The Five Year Retrospective: Babylon 5, Season Two
When people talk about what they love about Babylon 5, season 2 is usually where that love comes from.
Things that Never Were
Hoaxes – from fakecons to television series – are a staple of the fannish world.
The 72nd Worldcon Voters will Forge History
The Hugos are upon us. RK gives you even more (and better reasons) to join up and vote!
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”
Nebula Awards by the Numbers
Nebula Awards Weekend fast approaches. RK fills us in on some of the history of the awards.
AMAZING THINGS You Should Know: New F&SF Anthology (Update)
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction announces a forth coming Best Of anthology
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