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Whatever Happened to SPACE 1999? Current US Travel Bans and Restrictions Old-Timer by Tom Prentice & Andy Daniel – FREE STORY Review: The Horse Without a Head, by Paul Berna The Editors of Amazing Stories
Science Fiction February 24, 2017

TIME ENOUGH FOR HEINLEIN—RAH, S/F, AND SEX!

Steve looks at Robert A. Heinlein’s SF (and his use of nudity and sex in his SF) then touches on some other classic SF authors’ way of “doing it.” Is Heinlein still worth reading? See for yourself!

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Review April 17, 2015

Book review: “SUMMER of LOVE” by Lisa Mason IS A TRIP!

This week Steve takes us back to 1967, courtesy of Lisa Mason. Time travel is trippy!

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Film/Televison December 12, 2014

3D OR NOT 2D?

This week, Steve shares his love of 3D. How do YOU feel about 3D?

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Fiction May 23, 2014

Heinlein’s YA Novels From Scribners and Other Things, continued

Heinlein’s YA (Juvenile) work is still generating praise and controversy.

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Science Fiction April 25, 2014

ROBERT A. HEINLEIN’S JUVENILES: Are they still good? (Part Two of Three)

Steve posits some similarities between Robert A. Heinlein and Captain America in this continuation of his examination of the RAH “juveniles”.

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Fiction April 11, 2014

ROBERT A. HEINLEIN’S JUVENILES: Are they still good? (Part One)

I seem to be unable to do single columns about stuff I’m passionate about. Heinlein is no exception. Robert A. Heinlein, who was characterized as the “Dean of Science Fiction,” though he was not necessarily […]

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Science Fiction March 17, 2013

No. 10 Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and Self-Reliance

No. 10 – 2013Mar10 – Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and Self-Reliance. As a Navy man, Heinlein recruited Isaac Asimov and L. Sprague de Camp into working at the Philadelphia Navy Shipyard. […]

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The Princess Bride: Is this a Kissing Book?
Fantasy February 28, 2013

Crossroads: Is this a Kissing Book? SFF’s Relationship with Romance

Whenever I think of speculative fiction’s relationship to romance, I am always reminded of that scene in The Princess Bride where Fred Savage’s character interrupts his grandpa and – voice dripping with scorn – asks: […]

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Chris Gerwel
Chris Gerwel

Chris Gerwel is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. Raised in New Jersey, he spent ten years in Central & Eastern Europe in the market research industry, and today when he isn’t reading or writing speculative fiction, he works in the software industry. He lives in northern NJ, with a beautiful wife and a rambunctious puppy, and also writes the weekly blog The King of Elfland’s 2nd Cousin.

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