Articles and posts about the business of publishing and how it affects SF, fantasy and horror.
Tag: Publishing
Blogger Invitado: Cristian Arenós Rebolledo, director de “La máquina que hace...
Proxima is going to Spain!
AMAZING THINGS – SAFELY TO EARTH by JACK CLEMONS PRE-ORDER
Jack Clemon's accounts of working on the Apollo, Skylab and Shuttle programs are now a new book!
TIPS & TRICKS: Submitting to Amazing Stories
Tips on submitting stories, non-fiction and artwork to the Amazing Stories submission website.
Amazing Histories, June 1927: Prize-Winning Stories
In this latest issue, Hugo Gernsback announces that he and his associates have chosen the three contest winners from around 360 entrants
Professor Rachel Armstrong Joins Improbable Botany
Professor Rachel Armstrong joins the Improbable Botany team!
40 years on, did Star Wars change SF for the better...
Imagine George Lucas at the Pearly Gates: would he get into heaven because of his contribution to science fiction, or would he be cast down?
Novedades de Marzo en Hispanoamérica
News of speculative fiction book launches, magazine publications and writing contests and other events of interest to Spanish readers.
Reseña de libro: Aquí hay dragones. Breve antología de minificción centroamericana...
Here Be Dragons is an excellent representation of Spanish language SF microfiction.
Novedades de Enero
January was a busy month for Spanish language speculative fiction, with many book and magazine releases, calls for stories and more!
Blogger Invitado. Cristián Londoño Proaño: Tal vez los dioses si existen.
What would happen if we discovered another universe inhabited by gods. Would we even be able to comprehend them? Jorge Alberto Collao poses these and other questions in his latest novel.
“No busques una línea en nuestras colecciones más allá del atrevimiento”....
An interview with the brains behind the Barcelona Speculative Fiction publishing house Café con Leche.
Editoriales que Apuestan por la ciencia Ficción
Interviews with two new Spanish language speculative fiction publishers, featuring advice for new writers.
Reseña de libro: La Pena y Otras Historias de Redención de...
A review of Marcela Ponce Trujillo short story collection La Pena y otras historias de redencion.
Spec Fic Publishing: Pitfalls and Opportunities
What is a new author supposed to do when so many established authors are being abandoned by their publishers?
The Retro Look and Stranger Things
Designer M. D. Jackson defends the visual style of the Netflix series Stranger Things, saying that its retro 80s look is a deliberate homage.
Boom & Bust: Lester Del Rey’s 12 Year Cycle
Taking a look at Lester Del Rey's theory of a 12 year boom and bust cycle for science fiction, 36 years on.
Novedades de Julio en Hispanoamérica
Book releases, critical writings and interviews and symposia on the literature of the fantastic in Latin America are recapped by Tanya Tynjala.
FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! or Just a Humour Writer in a Science...
I told my psychiatrist everyone hates humorous SF. He said I was being ridiculous; everyone hasn't read humorous SF...
Why Was Early Comic Book Art so Crude? Part 5: The...
Wrapping up the series by talking about a final and really influential technological change, the digital revolution.
Why Was Early Comic Book Art so Crude (Part 4)
The fourth installment of MD Jackson's comic art history.
Why Do Ebooks Cost So Much?
There is a legal idiom that goes like this: "the value of a thing is that which that thing will bring". Michael J Sullivan has a few thoughts.