The History of Fantasy, Part I: Books of Monsters
Some people like to date Fantasy as starting with Tolkien, some like to reach back to the tales of the ancient world, but I like to split the difference and start with Beowulf. […]
Reseña de libro 1818 Orígenes, Antología de Ciencia Ficción Hispano-Mexicana
1818 Orígenes, antología de ciencia ficción hispano-mexicana Createspace Independent Pub Paperback, 112 páginas ISBN-10 : 1543204872 ISBN-13 : 978-1543204872 Para comprarlo en Amazon. Este libro es una antología de ciencia ficción hispano-mexicana, que ya hace […]
Escritoras fantásticas: Nieves Guijarro Briones
Tanya begins her series focusing on writers of the fantastic with this interview with author Nieves Guijarro Briones.
“Volver a la piel” de Porcayo: volver a lo sensible
Mexican author Gerardo Horacio Porcayo’s novel, Back to the Skin, evokes Well’s Island of Doctor Moreau.
Acerca de una antología de ciencia ficción finlandesa
Northern lights: anthology of Finnish science fiction (Osuuskumma International, 2016), edited by Magdalena Hai and Anne Leinonen is an interesting and novel proposal to approach, in Spanish, Finnish science fiction and fantasy.
Review: Frankenstein Dreams
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur’s Collection of Victorian Science Fiction is a gallery of literary wonder edited by Michael Sims
REVIEW: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (July/August 2017)
The July/August edition of F&SF features many stories of dark fantasy and an unofficial theme of the arts.
Ciencia ficción en Ecuador en 2016
Ecuador has a small, but potentially vital, number of science fiction titles.
HAPPY HELLOWEEN! SCARY MOVIE REVIEWS, says Count Floyd!
Helly Happoween! This week Steve dissects two horrible Halloween-ish movies, then gives several thumbs-up to a real Halloween classic!
200 años de Frankenstein: a propósito de “¡Diodati, idiota” de Salazar Ledesma
On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Rodolfo Salazar Ledesma published a novel that paid tribute to the early science fiction work. But, does it live up to its predecessor?
Visions of Frankenstein
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN is currently playing in theaters, although by the time you read this it may very well not be, having slunk away in disgrace after failing to pull the box office mojo. It stars […]
Review: Beautiful Intelligence, by Stephen Palmer
Beautiful Intelligence is a bracingly imaginative novel. By choosing to operate within a realistic, post-crash, dystopian cyberpunkish framework Stephen Palmer has written his most accessible and commercial work to-date.
The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time Part 13
he 13th inductee into our growing list of The Greatest SF Novels of All TIme!
The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time Part 12
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time. Kate Wilhelm is one of the cornerstones of the science fiction industry, and many consider this her best work.
The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time Part 11
One author gets onto the list a second time!
The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time Part 10
A well traveled novel makes its way on to our Best of All Time list.
The Greatest Science Ficition Novels of All Time Part 9
This week we are going back before the science fiction awards were created to find our entry into the list of the greatest science fiction novels of all time. In fact, we are going back […]
Bulgarian Science Fiction: An Introduction
Radi Radev and John Dodds introduce us to the world of Bulgarian Science Fiction.
SciFi4Me.com, Your Portal to the Science Fiction Multiverse
“Greetings! Welcome to SciFi4Me.com – where we talk science fiction, not wrestling. “ I ask you how can one not love a sci-fi based website that has that as the first thing you see on […]
Book Review – Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Imaginings Volume: 6 – Feast and Famine is a collection of ten short stories by the British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky, best known for the nine-volume (and counting) fantasy series, Shadows of the Apt, published by Tor.
The Icon of Monsters and Monster Models
Probably the most well-known monster ever imagined is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Around 1960 Aurora obtained a license from Universal Studios to produce a Frankenstein plastic model kit. It started a craze.
More Women in Science Fiction
Profiles of women science fiction authors – including the mother of it all, Mary Shelley.
LAS MUJERES EN LA CIENCIA FICCIÓN
Simone de Beauvoir, en El Segundo Sexo, postula que la mujer no es, se hace, que la figura/identidad/rol “mujer” es un constructo elaborado por la civilización. La ciencia ficción, como producto cultural, como fruto y […]
Don’t Quote Me on This, But…
Quoting lines from science fiction can be expected amongst the members of fandom. But getting it right is vital to your nerd credibility.
We Can Hear You Scream: An Overview of SF/Horror Literature
The fear of the dark, the unknown, the monster standing right behind you ready to tear you limb from limb…is part of the human condition. Since the dawn of civilization we have been terrified by […]
No. 9: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, and Who’s The Real Monster?
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, while on holiday, visited Lord Byron’s Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva in 1816. Percy Shelley, her lover and future husband, and two close friends entertained Lord Byron, over several days, with […]
In the Beginning…
Memorable first lines can not only make-or-break a story, these quick literary introductions can become just as iconic as the entire body of work.
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