De lo virtual a lo presencial: las tertulias en Hispanoamérica
El pasado fin de semana se llevó a cabo la centésima Tertulia Caraqueña de Ciencia Ficción, Fantasía y Terror.
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Le paysage éditorial de la Science Fiction et de la Fantasy en France – les collections spécialisées des grands éditeurs.
Le paysage éditorial de la Science Fiction et de la Fantasy en France
Noticias literatura 27-8
Se ha anunciado cuáles son los relatos que integrarán la segunda entrega de la antología “Terra Nova”
Review of Fire With Fire by Charles E. Gannon
Fire With Fire is quite good and serves as a nice example of how contemporary science fiction can blend a number of other genres seamlessly into one well-told story.
Ten Pieces of Evidence that We’re Living in the Science Fiction Future
This will display my age, now 45, as I compare the world I live in now with the one I grew up with. I am inspired this week by a number of news stories that […]
Love Thine Enemy: A Review of Interrupt by Jeff Carlson
Let’s get one thing out of the way up front. I am crazy about Jeff Carlson’s writing. I even tipped him as my favorite lesser-known SF author in a recent interview here on Amazing Stories. Tying that hangman’s noose a bit tighter, I stated at the time that I thought Carlson’s best work was still ahead of him.
La ciencia ficción no es diversión vacía
Ante todo, deseo saludar educadamente, pues es mi primer escrito para Amazing Stories. Mi intención es hablar de muchos temas, entre los que estarán las reseñas y comentarios de obras de ciencia ficción venezolanas, artículos […]
Le paysage éditorial de la science fiction et de la fantasy française : 2éme partie : Les Small press
Le paysage éditorial de la science fiction et de la fantasy française : 2éme partie : Les Small press Les small press, dont certaines ont réussi grâce aux technologies d’impression à la demande ont réussi […]
There’s Something About Night Vale
If you are a citizen of the internet – and especially if you are a Tumblr user – you have picked up on the recent hype about Commonplace Books’ year-old podcast, “Welcome to Night Vale.” […]
Excerpt: Pacifier 6 – The Shadows Within by Geoff Wakeling
Geoff Wakeling is an author and gardener from London, using the land of SF and fantasy to escape the city buzz. Wakeling’s work is often distinguished by the wonderful creatures and wildlife that appear on […]
IT’S (NOT) ROCKET SCIENCE: Does Science Fiction Matter?
It sure does to me. It’s the reason I worked on Apollo. When President John F. Kennedy gave his “We choose to go to the Moon” speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas in September of 1962, […]
Planet Blüd
Just a few housekeeping items before I get into the subject of this month’s post. I am happy to announce that my latest vampire novel came out last week and is available on Amazon.com (U.S., […]
Noticias literatura y avance de cine 31-7
Se anuncia “Terra Nova 2” Tras el éxito de “Terra Nova”, se anuncia que el 21 de noviembre se publicará antología “Terra Nova 2”. En esta ocasión será en el sello Fantascy perteneciente al grupo […]
Review: Soul Wars
I once read a novel in which one of the characters was said to “know the difference between the right bracelet, an amusing imitation of the right bracelet and a tasteless copy of the right […]
Crossing the Divide Between Science Fiction and Fantasy
There are some people who have clear preferences among their reading genres. Myself, I read more science fiction than fantasy, but there are times when I definitely want the fantasy. Then there’s my dad. He’s […]
The Art of Au Contraire! 2013
A couple of weekends ago, I had the pleasure to attend Au Contraire!, the New Zealand national Science Fiction, Fantasy and Geekery convention here in Wellington. It was the second Au Contraire! I attended: three […]
Rediscover the Fires of Nuala
Fires of Nuala Cat Kimbriel Book View Café epub and mobi, $4.99 One of the great things about the ebook revolution is that many authors are making their backlists available. As a result, a number […]
Absolute Zero – Cool Websites, Very Cool
Today’s round-up of very cool websites has a theme: online resources created by fans and pros for the fannish community (and those few hardy explorers of the infinite who may wander in from time to […]
Interview with Steve Jackson, author of Fighting Fantasy and the Sorcery! Series
Steve Jackson is one of the biggest names in British fantasy fiction. Along with Ian Livingstone, he was one of the founders of Games Workshop, one of the first major stores selling role-playing games in […]
The Man From Mars Fails as Biography
The Man From Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Journey Fred Nadis Tarcher Penguin Hardcover $28.95 ebook Kindle $12.74 Nook $14.99 Ray Palmer was a major figure in the science fiction field, and to my knowledge, […]
HOW WILL CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT SCIENCE FICTION?
Guest Post by Eric Del Carlo In 2005, the year of Hurricane Katrina, we broke the alphabet. Storms which brew up in the Atlantic and grind toward the Gulf of Mexico get named alphabetically. It’s a […]
Gunbuster: Adventures in Shonen Tropes
Studio Gainax veteran Hiroyuki Imaishi has been in the news lately for his upcoming project, Kill La Kill, which reminded me–I’ve been meaning to write a big fat recommendation post for the 1980s classic, Aim for the […]
You Might be Interested in This…
I have hardly had time haven’t quite finished the novel I was reading to review, so this is going to be a short post this week. One of the things that’s great about blogging for […]
Scide Splitters: The Humans by Matt Haig
Horace Walpole, the eighteenth century British writer and politician, once wrote, “The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.” It is a truth that makes writing humorous fiction […]
Liftoff Scratched for SF Authors Stamps
The countdown has been halted for issuing U.S. stamps honoring science fiction authors, which initially was set for July. According to Linn’s Stamp News, a weekly publication devoted to all things philatelic, the U.S. Postal […]
Future Shock – Part I
When anatomically modern humans developed consciousness 50,000 years ago (or whenever), it’s because they started developing a sense of their place in the world and this included a sense of time. Time in the present. […]
One Thousand Posts
Today Amazing Stories achieves a milestone in publishing its 1,000th post (and then some!) When this project first began – the resurrection of the world’s first science fiction magazine – I had high hopes, huge […]
What Dreams May Come: Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson passed away Sunday June 23 at age 87. He is probably the last of the giants who once walked the land. Rod Serling was one, Paddy Chayefsky was one, Stirling Silliphant was one. And […]
Ciencia ficción desde el extremo occidente
Ciencia ficción desde el extremo occidente En el año 2002, se publicó en el Perú un volumen que recopilaba una serie de cuentos fantásticos escritos por Rodolfo Hinostroza. Tuvo a bien publicarlos bajo el título […]
Dirk Gently Revisited
Back in 1978, a young comedy sketch writer sent a script to the BBC’s flagship SF show, Doctor Who. Far from setting hearts fluttering with excitement, its demands for special effects such as time sinks, […]
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