Publisher: William Morrow & Company Publication date: 01/14/2025 Pages: 448 ISBN: 978-0-06-339114-7 Author: Nnedi Okorafor Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor continues to confirm my opinion that Okorafor is […]
Publisher Random House Audio Date June 2004 Binding CD: Audiobook Edition Unabridged ISBN 9780739312704 Author Isaac Asimov Read by: Scott Brick i, Robot by Isaac Asimov is one of those classic science fiction stories […]
There was initially a lot of discussion around this movie when it came out, but that has died down. From a fan’s perspective, is it worth watching? Depends. Read it and find out.
An Interview with Dr. Rashid Bashir (This interview was conducted by Andrew Hiller for Amazing Stories on January 27, 2023 and is the first in the Living in the Land of Science Fiction Series.) Hiller From […]
Just about everybody but me (and my wife) says M3GAN is a good sf/horror/comic film. I didn’t find it good SF, terribly horrifying, or in the least funny. YMMV. I just didn’t get it.
A review of The Synthetic. Narrations about, robots, post human beings and artificial intelligence
A survey of Ecuadoran Science Fiction and its 150+ year history
Annalee Newitz Autonomous is a fairly brutal book at points, but it’s never hopeless. It explores the limits of idealism and good intentions
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!
They’ve redone Lost In Space again. Did they do a good job? Well, uh….
It’s origami nanobots!
An ordered reading of two collections by author Carlos Vera Scamarone reveals a vast improvement in the author’s technique. Besides, how can you say no to a collection with the title My Depressive Robot?
Steve prepares for a Vancouver visit from Annalee Newitz, whose latest book Autonomous, is reviewed here. He’ll be there, will you?
Conscious robots with the capabilities of human beings are one of the oldest sci-fi tropes; a threatening blend of human and machine that could turn from friend to foe at a moment’s notice. With recent […]
A little different from what readers may be accustomed to from Marvel Comics, Star Wars Droids – Unplugged is still an entertaining look at droid life in that galaxy far far away.
In this week’s viewing: The final lineup for this season, and it’s looking outstanding!
Henry Bäx’s The Inventor of Dreams is a science fiction book with sobering concerns.
Radio seems to be the best medium for dramatizing science fiction. It’s a shame that there isn’t more of it, although…
On the 90th anniversary of the film’s release, Ivan Mendizabal analyzes the history and politics of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.
Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele takes us back to the pulp classics by reviving Edmond Hamilton’s hero adventurer from the 40’s, Captain Future.
A Book Review and a Magazine Review and a TV Review and an Exhibition Notice! Whoa! Lots going on in this week’s column by Steve! (And what’s with all the caps?)
Ira Nayman makes a startling admission: he often prefers literary fiction to genre fiction. Oh, no! That does not, however, make him blind to the limitations of literary fiction, as his review of A Free Man indicates.
Coming out on September 27, 2016 from World Weaver Press, the novella Murder in the Generative Kitchen by Meg Pontecorvo is a compact little story with a lot to say.
The future may hold many surprises, and this may be one of them
Mr. Jackson apparently doesn’t know we’re not supposed to share our guilty pleasures!
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