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Retro Magazine Review: Astounding, July 1955 HACIA UNA HISTORIA DE LAS HISTORIETAS BOLIVIANAS Whatever Happened to the CREATURE From The BLACK LAGOON? Ansible Report by R. L. Farr – FREE STORY THE OFFICIAL 2025 HUGO AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST from Amazing Stories & Amazing Selects
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Scide Splitters: The Great Explosion by Eric Frank Russell

Scide Splitters reviews Eric Frank Russell’s hilarious classic, The Great Explosion – possibly the funniest libertarian science fiction novel ever written.

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Retro Read: The SF Hall Of Fame: Microcosmic God by Ted Sturgeon (Part 1)

An examination of the second story collected in The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame – Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon

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Walking the River at LoneStarCon 3

LoneStarCon 3 promises to be one of the truly landmark events in the history of science fiction. Something so magnificent owes a great debt to San Antonio Fandom

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Sturgeon and Campbell Awards. Photo courtesy of C.J. Harries.
Fandom June 26, 2013

Finding a Path to the Stars at the 2013 Campbell Conference

Friday, June 14, 2013, arrived without much fanfare. My yard gnomes were chained and securely staked in my garden, while the lazy, overweight alligators lounged at the edge of the moat with their mouths open, […]

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R.K. Troughton works as an engineer, developing tomorrow’s high-tech gadgets that protect you from the forces of evil as well as assist your doctor in piecing you back together.  His passion for science fiction and fantasy has been fed through decades of consumption.  He is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy screenplays and short stories, and his debut novel is forthcoming. His articles appear every Wednesday morning on Amazing Stories.

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