An Interview with Nat Segaloff, Author of A Lit Fuse
Interview with Nat Segaloff, the author of A Lit Fuse, a biography about Harlan Ellison.
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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.
Novedades de agosto
New book releases, a television series, radio interviews and so much more!
Noticias Literatura 6-9
An announcement about new publications from Ediciones El transbordador, Apache Libros takes over publication of the winners of the UPC Awards, and more!
Book Review: MJ-12: Shadows by Michael J. Martinez
MJ-12: Shadows, the sequel to Michael J. Martinez’ MJ-12: Inception, tells an entertaining story about an alternate world where people with superpowers help both sides fight the Cold War.
Les littératures de l’imaginaire et le jeu de rôle en France
While there have been French fantasy authors who started playing and/or writing about Role Playing Games, the connection is complicated.
When SF makes sense of the World
Stan Faryna is an author, online strategist, entrepreneur, gamer, and unaccomplished gardener. He’s worked in think tanks, seen the Dead Sea Scrolls and the cave where they were found, mopped up the blood of a […]
New Releases in Science Fiction Romance for August
Time to catch up on a few of the many new science fiction romance releases in August. I’m going to start with Found Girl: Project Enterprise Book 6 by Pauline Baird Jones, which I enjoyed […]
Noticias Literatura 30-8
The publication of YOSS’ satirical novel Super Extra Grande, a call for a new anthology of speculative fiction, and more.
Book Review: Eagle and Empire by Alan Smale
The Clash of Eagles trilogy by Alan Smale truly embraces the high concept story that alternate history is famous for.
Premio Ripley de relatos de género de terror y Ciencia Ficción
A description of the Ripley, a contest for female Latin American writers of science fiction and horror, including an interview with the publisher.
BOOK REVIEW: Science Fiction for the Throne: One Sitting Reads, edited by Tom Easton and Judith K. Dial
Science Fiction for the Throne: One Sitting Reads, edited by Tom Easton and Judith K. Dial, is a fun, entertaining book to read in small doses. It also reveals some of the limitations of short short fiction.
Noticias Literatura 23-8
Two new speculative fiction books have been released in Spanish: La canción de Bêlit, an exploration of a lost period in the history of Robert E, Howard’s Conan the Barbarian; and Transcrepuscular, which considers a possible evolutionary symbiosis between humanity and nature, exposing our ethnocenrtic view of the world.
Book Review: The Berlin Project by Gregory Benford
How would the course of WWII have changed if the United States had perfected the atomic a bomb a year earlier? This idea is explored in Gregory Benford’s flawed but ultimately entertaining novel The Berlin Project.
Noticias Literatura 16-8
News of the reissue of “Mala Racha” by José Antonio Cotrina, a novel in which consciousnesses are loaded to disc at birth and bodies are interchangeable.
La Ciudad del Olvido, de Hermann Gil Robles
In Hermann Gil Roble’s new novel, nanotechnology drugs are used to give consumers sublime experiences. But of course, there are side effects…
Anthology Review: 1066 Turned Upside Down
1066 Turned Upside Down is a collection of short alternate history stories that focus on a historical moment you may not be familiar with, but the stories are entertaining and the editors give enough historical context for even people who know nothing about it to appreciate the work.
Noticias Literatura 9-8
The publication of a new speculative fiction magazine called Windumanoth, and notice of a tribute to the late author Javier Redal.
FREE SF/F, E-ZINES, AND OTHER STUFF
Steve ceases reviewing this week to tell you of cheap and free SF/F ebooks, SF sites, semiprozines and all sorts of SF/F resources online. Check them all out!
The Audio File: Changes
For his last column for Amazing Stories, Sam reviews some podcast short stories that contain the theme of change.
Readers Weigh In: Favorite Types of Science Fiction Romance Heroes Part One
When it comes to science fiction romance, who doesn’t love a man in uniform?
Noticias Literatura 2-8
New collections of short stories and a tribute to the late author Javier Redal.
REVIEW: Cash Crash Jubilee by Eli K. P. William
Eli K. P. William’s Cash Crash Jubilee is a fun, smart read, a great way to start a trilogy of novels.
Review: The Unmoving Stars by Dave Creek
The Unmoving Stars is a fast-paced story that will take readers thousands of light-years away to discover that man’s worst enemy is still man.
Noticias Literatura 26-7
The republication of a classic Elia Barceló novel, the call for nominations for the 17th Manuel de Pedrolo Award – City of Mataró competition for works of science fiction in Catalan, and more news of interest to Spanish speaking speculative fiction fans.
Book Review: Azanian Bridges by Nick Wood
If you want to read an alternate history that does its best to teach the power of empathy, then this is a book you want to check out.
CIENCIA FICCION NEOINDIGENISTA EN BOLIVIA
An overview of the theory and practice of Spanish language neo-indigenous science fiction.
Noticias Literatura 19-7
Announcement of the release of a Spanish language science fiction anthology called Quasar 2.
Professor Rachel Armstrong Joins Improbable Botany
Professor Rachel Armstrong joins the Improbable Botany team!
Improbable Interviews – Cherith Baldry
An interview with Cherith Baldry, one of the contributors to the anthology Improbable Botany.
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