AMAZING THINGS You Should Know
An audiotape of the 1977 Hugo Awards Ceremony at Suncon, with Robert Silverberg
MOVIE REVIEW: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
How does Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty stack up against Danny Kaye’s original version, and with James Thurber’s original story?
Bloc Voting The Hugo Awards – Death Of A Thousand Cuts
…come and join the Hugo Voting Party! (with apologies to Mel Brooks & The Producers)
AMAZING News: 2014 Hugo Awards Double Edition Featuring 2014 Hugo Awards and 1939 Retro Hugo Awards
Sure is interesting, living in a science fiction world.
Loncon 3 Hugo Award Finalists
(See below for some additional information.) The 2014 Hugo Awards (1939 Retrospective Hugo Award Nominees Below) The finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced on […]
Loncon 3 Announces Schedule For Release Of Hugo Award Finalists
Loncon 3 Announces Hugo Awards Finalists Schedule
AMAZING News 3-30-29
STOP THE PRESSES! AMAZING STORIES will begin publication of a special 88th anniversary edition of the magazine on April 1st, 2014. April 1st may be April Fools Day, but this is no joke. Beginning Tuesday, […]
C.J. CHERRY, o la aventura permanente
Laura delivers a nice roundup of the career and influences of one of our best – C. J. Cherryh
Stupefying Stories: Campbell Award Nominees (Free) Anthology
M. David Blake’s magnum opus, the 2014 Campbellian Anthology, is now available for download! This book attempts to collect in one volume representative works by most of the writers eligible for this year’s John W. Campbell Award […]
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Works Eligible For Upcoming Awards
Works you might consider for upcoming awards nominations
The Chicken or the Egg? The Hugo Awards of Dramatic Presentation
After such little theatrical representation in the Hugo Award for Dramatic Representation, should there be a separate award for SF Theatre?
The Club House 1/10/2014
It’s awards season once again and Earl Terry Kemp profiles some works that are eligible for various Hugo Award categories.
Scide Splitters: This is My Funniest, Edited by Mike Resnick
Review of This Is My Funniest, a short story anthology edited by Mike Resnick.
Tag — You’re it! One Fan’s History Through Nametags
Egoboo can be found in all kinds of strange places – including science fiction conventions!
Deep in the Heart of Texas, Redux
Long a popular feature in fanzines, con reports have provided detailed and not-so-detailed write-ups of fan gatherings that fall under the general label of “convention.”
LoneStarCon3 – the 71st Worldcon – Photo Gallery
A Photo gallery from this year’s Worldcon
La Estrella Solitaria LoneStarCon3 Daily Newsletter
Read LSC3’s Daily Newsletter – La Estrella Solitaria – and find out the latest happenings on Worldcon’s very own scandal sheet
Friday Fanzine
Today we introduce you to the Hugo Award winning fanzine from Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon – The DRINK TANK.
TIME MACHINE: Past Popular Posts
21st Century Pulp Artist There’s Something About Night Vale Interview with SFWA Grand Master Frederik Pohl Review: Destination: Planet Negro What if Every Superman Actor Was One Man? Why yes, I’m going to WorldCon by […]
The Artful Collector: The Major Awards for Artists and ART: The Hugo
As I was downloading some bid sheets this week, in preparation for packing up the art to be displayed at the LoneStarCon3 Art Show, the 71st World Science Fiction Convention (San Antonio TX) I was […]
Interview with Award-Winning Author Lois McMaster Bujold
Today we are joined by legendary author Lois McMaster Bujold. Lois writes fantasy and science fiction that marches side by side with the greatest authors the genre has ever known. Her trophy case includes five […]
Amazing News Weekly – 6/23
NEW CONTEST! WIN A COPY OF HAUNTINGS, edited by ELLEN DATLOW Amazing Stories is giving away one copy of Hauntings, edited by Ellen Datlow via a random drawing on July 1, 2013. All you have to do to […]
Another Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form Ballot – A Sidewise View…
I kinda like the Best Dram Pres Long Form ballot this year. It’s a varied one, has one fairly good-sized surprise, features some obvious choices, and has a two-horse race as I see it. That […]
Stray Thoughts About the Hugo Nominations
It’s not been the best of weeks. Plague and pestilence have swept through the household, hitting everyone except me. How I managed to stay healthy is something of a mystery to me, but I’m not […]
2013 HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS
Yesterday, the nominations for the 2013 Hugo Awards (which will be presented at LoneStarCon 3 later this year) were announced live at several conventions and posted to to the official Hugo Awards website (where the […]
The Clubhouse: Looking for fandom — ConFusion at 40, Part 4
Wherefore fandom? Fandom does not equal “the science fiction market.” To be a fan it’s not enough just to be a consumer of science fiction. To be part of fandom you have to participate in […]
Interview: John DeNardo of SF Signal
SF Signal is a phenomenon. This past year at the Chicon 7 Worldcon, the website was nominated in two categories – Best Fanzine and Best Fancast – and walked home with the honors in the […]
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