Anime roundup 4/7/2016: On Your Marks
In this week’s viewing: The starting gun fires for the spring season! What’s taking the early lead?
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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.
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9, E18: The Application Deterioration
The boys run afoul of patent law, while Raj runs afoul with women..
SECOND LOOKS: MARVEL’S DEADPOOL & ANT-MAN and SOME WORDS ON WRITING
This week Steve takes a second look at Marvel’s two most recent movies, Deadpool and Ant-Man, and finds one much better than the other… but YMMV! Also a couple of tips for writers who may be stuck.
The Rousing Speech
Today…Today we choose to read this post, not because it is easy but because it is fun! We choose to read this post and the other things on Amazing because this challenge is one we choose to accept!
Scide Splitters: Brooklyn Project by William Tenn
“Brooklyn Project,” William Tenn’s outstanding political satire, highlights the folly of disregarding civil liberties for the sake of security.
FREAKS OF NATURE film review, plus POLAR BOREALIS—a new semiprozine!
This week, Steve reviews the 2015 Horror-humour film “Freaks of Nature” and finds it rather flat, then alerts the media (us!) about a new semi-pro Canadian SF/F e-magazine!
Scide Splitters: Uncharted Territory by Connie Willis
Why does it always seem that romantic comedies are funnier at the beginning? Scide Splitters attempts to answer that question while reviewing Connie Willis’ Uncharted Territory.
“Ayer será otro día”: ciencia ficción y humor
A review of Jorge Valentin Miño’s short story collection Today is Another Day
An Interview With Renowned Music Composer: Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill, Shadows of the Damned, cont.)
an interview with composer and game director AkiraYamaoka
Anime roundup 1/28/2016: Full House
In this week’s viewing: Three of the new shows are good enough to be followed for the rest of the season, and one… is not.
Anime roundup 1/21/2016: The Undercard
In this week’s viewing: The remainder of premiere week makes its case; should you bother paying attention?
In the Future, We Will All Look Like Moe Howard
Jaden Smith’s debut as a model for women’s clothing harkens back to a 1970 Life magazine article.
More Star Wars Art Because… STAR WARS!
Pulp inspired Star Wars and then, Star Wars inspired pulp!
Anime roundup 1/7/2016: Best of 2015
As the anime world takes its end-of-year holiday, it’s time to look back on the best that 2015 brought us.
Scide Splitters: 1941 Retro Hugo Eligible Short Stories
The third and final part of a series in which Scide Splitters examines humorous stories eligible for the 1941 Retro Hugos Awards.
Winter 2016 SF Anime Preview
A winter blast of new anime series is coming your way in January!
Scide Splitters: 1941 Retro Hugo Eligible Novelettes
The second of a three part series in which Scide Splitters examines humorous stories eligible for the 1941 Retro Hugos Awards.
Scide Splitters: 1941 Retro Hugo Eligible Novellas
The first of a three part series in which Scide Splitters examines humorous stories eligible for the 1941 Retro Hugos Awards.
A Mixed Bag of Halloween (Eye) Candy
Just remember to look both ways before you cross the street and don’t eat all your candy all on one night.
Scide Splitters: Unidentified Funny Objects 4 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects returns with its fourth annual anthology, this time engaging a theme of dark humor and including stories from the likes of George R. R. Martin, Mike Resnick, Eric Kaplan, Tim Pratt, Piers Anthony, Jody Lynn Nye, Gini Koch, Esther Friesner and more.
Anime roundup 10/15/2015: Tragicomedy
In this week’s viewing: The remainder of premiere week serves up attempted humor, unintentional humor, and Garo. And a dancing android.
Anime roundup 10/9/2015: I Need a Hero
In this week’s viewing: The start of fall premiere week runs the usual gamut from tired formulas to fascinating experiments.
BOOK REVIEW (THE LAST PRATCHETT): THE SHEPHERD’S CROWN (Sob!)
Steve talks about the late Sir Terry Pratchett, and his last book–last DISCWORLD book, too!–which just came out. A new Pratchett is usually a joyous occasion, but this book brings mixed emotions.
Big Brain Aliens
Look at the aliens from This Island Earth. If they are so smart, why are the denizens of Metaluna all such big headed pricks?
About Author
M. D. Jackson has been drawing since he could first hold a pencil. He has been writing for so long that he has, in fact, developed an alternate personality named Jack to handle the fiction.
His work has appeared in numerous magazines and on the front covers of many books as well as in the pages of Amazing Stories Magazine. You can also see a lot of it at his gallery.
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