SUPERMAN and LOIS (So Far)… with spoilers.
This week, Steve talks about the present Superman TV show and what it means to him personally. What does he think about it? What do YOU think about it?
HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR! – LIST OF 2020 COLUMNS
Steve does his usual roundup of all of 2020’s columns (well, just the ones he wrote). And he does a bit of self-promotion. See the featured image!
FULL STEAM BEHIND! COLUMN 17 REVISITED
For his 263rd column, Steve revisits and rewrites one of his first “new” columns for Amazing, six years ago. If you missed it, now’s your chance to catch up!
CONVENTION REVIEW (SORT OF): NORWESCON 42
This week Steve comments at length on a convention he missed most of. He hopes to obfuscate that fact with verbiage.
SOMETHING FISHY: AQUAMAN MOVIE REVIEW (SPOILERS)
Steve is not a big fan of the movie Aquaman. In fact, he’s not even a little fan of Aquaman; he thinks the movie s(t)inks!
Larry Niven Predicted it – Iran may have the solution to Organlegging
Legalizing the sale of human organs could save lives.
Estrategias de legitimación de la ciencia ficción en Cuba: estudio de un fracaso.
A discussion of three periods in Cuban science fiction.
Review: Twelve Days by Steven Barnes
Twelve Days by Steven Barnes is a thriller, pure and simple. A good measure for new readers to discover the author’s writing style and skill.
On Ecology, Women and Science Fiction: Part 2, Praxis
Nina Munteanu explores issue surrounding eco-fiction and optimistic science fiction with four female speculative fiction authors and/or publishers.
WRITING 101: WHERE DO I SEND THE SF/F BOOK I JUST WROTE?
If you’d love to sell your new book to one of the big SF print publishers, Steve–with a little help from his friends–tells you how to start!
MOVIE REVIEW and a TV Pilot: CHAPPIE, AN UNDERRATED SF MOVIE, and SUPERGIRL
Steve returns with two reviews: a film and a TV pilot. The film’s a good one; the pilot not so much. See what you think!
OPUS 100: A GOOD BOOK and a MOVIE
Steve reaches a milestone 100 columns, and reviews the new Writers of the Future anthology and the film Big Hero 6.
REVIEWS: An Hilarious Short Story, a Horrific Movie, and a Book
Why do the short story and the movie get adjectives in the title, but not the book? Steve tells why.
Review: New Life and New Civilizations (ed.) Joseph F. Berenato
The history of Star Trek comics. (We’ve got one coming that’s not in the book!)
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!
AMAZING NEWS: June 29, 2014
Amazing News isn’t always amazing…sometimes it’s just Startling, or merely Astounding, or somewhat Thrilling…or maybe even Unknown….
Scide Splitters: Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies by SF Masters edited by Philip Strick
Scide Splitters reviews an anthology from the 1970s featuring some of the most prominent names in SF humor at the time.
The Artful Collector: Where Are They Now? Spotlight on “Jael”
A conference on alien contact inspires a change in careers
The Art & Science of World Building: The Tools You Need to Make a Believable World
World building requires art AND science. Nina takes us through a primer.
Star Trek, The Empire
In Star Trek: TOS, the episode Mirror, Mirror introduced us to an alternate universe featuring an Earth dominated empire. Star Trek ‘the Franchise’ has managed to pull that same feat off in the real world.
An Anniversary and a Convention Cold…
I found out just yesterday from the Internet Speculative Fiction Database that November 1979 marks the first fan column I ever published in Amazing magazine, the print version. My column was titled “Fans, Prose and Cons”—a somewhat obvious three-way pun. That means it’s been 34 years since I started writing for this magazine.
After-Action Report: DragonCon 2013, Atlanta, GA
DragonCon is hot, sweaty, tiring, demanding, has endless lines, can feel like a badly-run fire drill – and one of my favorite weekends of all time!
The Dangers of Crosstime Travel
Discovering and exploring a multiverse can be an exciting, adventure-filled journey. Be warned. There are dangers lurking in the multiverse
Interview with SFWA Grand Master Frederik Pohl
Today we are joined by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Grand Master Frederik Pohl. Frederik was one of those wild-eyed youths who through force of will and determination spread science fiction across […]
Scide Splitters: The Goliath Stone by Larry Niven & Matthew Joseph Harrington
Larry Niven has a long history of successful collaborative fiction and The Goliath Stone is no exception. I expect, however, the reception of this novel will be mixed because the authors dared blaspheme one of […]
What is the Vampire of Science Fiction?
I’m not talking about the salt vampire of Star Trek or anything so literal. I’m talking about vampires in the sense that they fill fantasy and horror in a continuing and ubiquitous fashion despite being […]
Hugo by the Numbers Part 2
Let this serve as your reminder that final ballots for the 2013 Hugo Awards are due today. (07/31/13) With that in mind, I bring you my continued parade of Hugo Award statistics from across the […]
A Fan’s History – Part 3
And I’m still not done talking about cons! Continuing with our talk about cons that have grown out of the SF con, we have things like Steampunk and Anime cons. Steampunk arose from the idea […]
Introduction to SFF – 1 – The Mysterious Ms X
In the 1970s, we lived in Vienna for five wonderful years. I loved it, but all my experiences fall into one mental time frame, and I have trouble remembering what came first. So, I know […]
Book Review: The Man-Kzin Wars – 25th Anniversary Edition – Created by Larry Niven
The Man-Kzin Wars – 25th Anniversary Edition – Created by Larry Niven Baen Books – 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1451639001 (Trade paperback) This is a reissue of the very first volume in the Man-Kzin Wars series created […]
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