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CLUBHOUSE: Review: “The Shapes of Wrath,” Medical Horror novel by Melissa Yi AMAZING NEWS: 2/5/2023 Time Machine: February 5, 2023 AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: February 5, 2023 Afua Richardson Helps Us Celebrate Black History Month
Film/Televison February 3, 2023

MOVIE REVIEW: M3GAN (Spoilers)

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.

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Fantasy September 12, 2020

Reseña de Revista: Relatos Increíbles n. 18

A review of Incredible Stories #18

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New Releases April 20, 2020

Reseña de Libro: Los Sintéticos. Narraciones sobre, robots, seres post humanos e inteligencias artificiales.

A review of The Synthetic. Narrations about, robots, post human beings and artificial intelligence

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Review January 1, 2020

La ciencia ficción ecuatoriana del 2019

A survey of Ecuadoran Science Fiction and its 150+ year history

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Science Fiction September 23, 2019

Autonomous Review: Robots, Love, and Identity Under Capitalism

Annalee Newitz Autonomous is a fairly brutal book at points, but it’s never hopeless. It explores the limits of idealism and good intentions

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Fandom August 30, 2019

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!

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Film/Televison April 21, 2018

“LOST IN TIME, LOST IN SPACE…and MEANING”

They’ve redone Lost In Space again. Did they do a good job? Well, uh….

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Science January 29, 2018

Folding ‘exoskeleton’ could get cell-sized robots moving – Futurity

It’s origami nanobots!

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January 19, 2018

Reseña de Libro: Mi Robot Depresivo de Carlos Vera Scamarone.

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?

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Review January 12, 2018

Book Review: AUTONOMOUS (2017)

Steve prepares for a Vancouver visit from Annalee Newitz, whose latest book Autonomous, is reviewed here. He’ll be there, will you?

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Science December 11, 2017

Soft Robots Are Changing Robotics Forever 

Organic-like robots…what could be more natural?

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Science November 28, 2017

Neuroscience Is Helping Us Build a Machine With Consciousness

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 […]

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Review July 18, 2017

Comic Review: Star Wars Droids – Unplugged

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.

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Anime/Comics April 27, 2017

Anime roundup 4/27/2017: The Strong Survive

In this week’s viewing: The final lineup for this season, and it’s looking outstanding!

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Review March 30, 2017

“El inventor de sueños”: la pregunta por el ethos

Henry Bäx’s The Inventor of Dreams is a science fiction book with sobering concerns.

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Film/Televison March 2, 2017

I, Robot on the BBC: this is how good radio SF could be

Radio seems to be the best medium for dramatizing science fiction. It’s a shame that there isn’t more of it, although…

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Film/Televison January 30, 2017

Distopía edulcorada: “Metrópolis”

On the 90th anniversary of the film’s release, Ivan Mendizabal analyzes the history and politics of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.

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Awards November 22, 2016

Review: Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele

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.

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Art October 7, 2016

NEW REVIEWS: WENDIG’S “INVASIVE,” SEPT/OCT F&SF and more!           

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?)

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Review August 29, 2016

Literary Fiction Isn’t Always That Great, Either, You Know

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.

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Review August 23, 2016

Review: Murder in the Generative Kitchen by Meg Pontecorvo

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.

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June 20, 2016

Science Fiction in the Here and Now or “Cleanup on Aisle Nine!”

The future may hold many surprises, and this may be one of them

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Review April 21, 2016

Review: Railhead by Philip Reeve

A YA adventure with sentient trains!

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Film/Televison April 12, 2016

Review: The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes original tale is worth the read.

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Film/Televison March 15, 2016

Guilty Pleasures – The Movies We Love to Hate (But Secretly Just Love)

Mr. Jackson apparently doesn’t know we’re not supposed to share our guilty pleasures!

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Film/Televison February 8, 2016

Radioisotopes and Dude Ranches

SF Westerns were the genre’s first break out hit (kinda)

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Review December 22, 2015

Review: Otto Von Trapezoid and The Empress of Thieves by Jesse Baruffi

Otto Von Trapezoid and The Empress of Thieves is unlike any book you will come across. Author Jesse Baruffi has created an exciting world where anything can happen and probably will.

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Science December 18, 2015

Star Trek vs. International Space Station: Transporters & Robots & Tribbles (Oh my!)

“Three to beam up”. To compare Star Trek with ISS here, I need to stretch a bit.

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Poetry November 17, 2015

Women Destroy* Hard SF Poetry!!! Round Up November 2015

Oxymoron? If you think the title of this blog post is one, then read on, dear disillusioned reader! Be warned though, it’s going to take me a moment to get to the actual poetry. The […]

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Anime/Comics October 27, 2015

MCM Comic Con Fall Edition

Where do Sailor Moon, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Batman, Boba Fett, the Borg, and Captain Jack Sparrow hang out?

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