AMAZING THINGS You Should Know
An audiotape of the 1977 Hugo Awards Ceremony at Suncon, with Robert Silverberg
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Oh How Life Has Changed: Observations On Traveling To Cons Cheaply
Commentary on Beverly Bambury’s The Cheapskate’s Guide to SF/F cons
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”.
Loncon 3 Hugo Award Finalists
(See below for some additional information.) The 2014 Hugo Awards (1939 Retrospective Hugo Award Nominees Below) The finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced on […]
HUGO AWARDS FINALISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Watch the Hugo Awards Finalists announcements on Ustream.
Tucker Hotel Expansion & Renovations Planned
The plans are in for the long-awaited expansion of the world’s greatest convention facility, the Tucker Hotel
Everybody Loves A Diagram, or: The Tucker Hotel – A Classic Fannish Legend
Amazing Stories PSA: You can still mail bricks or straw to Bob Tucker – both rumor of his death were apparently hoaxes….
Want to Become a BNF? (Big Name Fan?) Here’s One Long Forgotten Fan Who Tried.
R. Graeme Cameron instructs us in the fine art of becoming a BNF – or nearly so. (It might be advisable to strive for Filthy Pro status instead….)
Stupefying Stories: Campbell Award Nominees (Free) Anthology
M. David Blake’s magnum opus, the 2014 Campbellian Anthology, is now available for download! This book attempts to collect in one volume representative works by most of the writers eligible for this year’s John W. Campbell Award […]
There’s No Right Way To Be A Fan?!?
Want to be a fan? A REAL fan? A TRUfan? There is only one true way. Learn how to follow the path to righteous fannishness – or be doomed to fakefandom – FOREVER!
Review: Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312
As with all Mr. Robinson’s books he involves his personal sensitivities to the environment and his ecological concerns within the story. Global warming has had profound effects on Earth and the parts of the story that take place there present these problems realistically.
Friday Fanzine – Journey Planet 17
Journey Planet 17 reviews and celebrates the history of Worldcon and is probably one of the best fanzine issues to be published in 2013.
Tag — You’re it! One Fan’s History Through Nametags
Egoboo can be found in all kinds of strange places – including science fiction conventions!
Article populaire : septembre 2013
Un résumé des articles populaires de Amazing Stories du mois de Septembre.
Deep in the Heart of Texas, Redux
Long a popular feature in fanzines, con reports have provided detailed and not-so-detailed write-ups of fan gatherings that fall under the general label of “convention.”
Fred and Me
“It is rare that someone who you first come to know as an icon becomes a human and a friend, and that is what happened with Fred in the years that I’ve known him
Worldcon Hiatus
Just a brief note that I won’t be posting a review this week as I will be at Worldcon. I’d hoped to have finished Bryan Thomas Schmidt’s New anthology Beyond the Sun, but the day […]
La Estrella Solitaria, Sunday Evening/Special Masquerade Edition
Worldcon’s Daily Newsletter
La Estrella Solitaria Late Friday Edition
From LoneStarCon3: LSC3_ISSUE_05_FRI_LATE_PM Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories. Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before he even knew what it was called.
The Artful Collector: Art Reporting From the Trenches at LSC3
A preliminary scouting report on LoneStarCon3 – including a report on the winners of the Chesley Awards for fantastic art.
La Estrella Solitaria LoneStarCon3 Daily Newsletter
Read LSC3’s Daily Newsletter – La Estrella Solitaria – and find out the latest happenings on Worldcon’s very own scandal sheet
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
AMAZING News August 25, 2013
Conventions, Readings, Scientific Advances, Awards, Trouble Makers and Just Plain Fun Stuff
The Artful Collector: What Gets YOUR attention at a Worldcon Art Show?
I must confess, when it comes to SF/F the more you see of it, the easier it is to become innured to its novelty. Familiarity with dragons, wizards, and flying saucers can breed not contempt – but worse: indifference and inattention.
Interview with Award-Winning Editor Ellen Datlow
For more than 30 years, Ellen has edited speculative fiction with a discerning eye, helping to shape the stories and authors we all love to read.
About Author
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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