MY PERSONAL TIME MACHINE: AMAZING STORIES’ FIRST YEAR (part 2)
Continuing his series on the first year of Amazing Stories, Steve sees what “scientifiction” was trying to become: US!
Indie Book Review: “Passing in the Night” by Michael Kingswood
Keith West begins a series looking at “teaser” fiction from the indie publishing world.
Hugo Award by the Numbers Part 3
A deep look into the history and statistics of an often overlooked Hugo Award category: Best Editor.
Who Goes There? The Thing?
The Thing. The iconic black and white film from 1951 actually titled The Thing from Another World. Even with all of the name variations and numerous cinematic remakes, to most of us it will was and always will be The Thing. Or was it?
Introduction to SFF – 2 – Pulp
I learned a lot about pulp magazines from the early Asimov. To be precise, from The Early Asimov. I’d encountered a few samples of pulp a little earlier, through the mysterious Ms X, as detailed […]
Interview with SFWA Grand Master James Gunn
Today we are joined by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Grand Master James Gunn (also James E. Gunn). James writes, edits, and anthologizes science fiction and related scholarly books. In 1969, Paramount […]
BLUE PENCILS AND BLOODY SWORDS: EDITORS OF S&S
It’s easy to discuss authors for their contributions are evident. You just have to read the stories. The great editors are harder to corral, for the editor’s job is one of selection, guidance, subjective acts […]
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 7 in series)
Where to First?: How to choose short fiction markets Welcome back. This is the seventh in my weekly (more or less) series of posts on how to market and sell short fiction (I missed a […]
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 1)
Introduction: Who I am and what this series will cover Hi and welcome. This is the first in a weekly series of posts I’ll be doing on how to market and sell short fiction. In […]
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