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The Factory by Lucy Egan – FREE STORY
Have you had to deal with a new office? A boss who doesn’t explain the job to you, or train you to do it? Some jobs are dull and repetitive, too. Bet you never expected […]
The Tyrant in Retrograde by Scott Morris – FREE STORY
This imperial story shows the depth of the old saying that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. However, the old saying, for all its truth, might not have been created with a computer […]
Shells by Alexander Zelenyj – FREE STORY
A very fine story for not only SF&F readers, but also those who like their detectives hard-boiled. This story if part of the never-ending discussion over what makes a man, whether he has metal parts […]
Freshly Minted by Nick Hartland – FREE STORY
We know that the computer guys in so many shops are a little leery when a woman walks into their place of business. “Oh, what do they know?”, they’re thinking. “They’re out of their element […]
Commercial Ambitions by D. M. Woolston – FREE STORY
Space haulers have a familiar complaint, too much work for not enough pay. The big corporation in charge controls the lives of many. This shouldn’t happen, someone should do something about it! Someone does… Jax […]
News
Genre News Network March 27 2026
Of Special Interest Today For All Mankind Confirmed for Season 6 as Season 5 Premieres Today Apple TV+ has officially renewed the acclaimed alternate-history space drama for a sixth season. This announcement coincides with today’s […]
Genre News Network March 26 2026
Historical Happenings (Source: ISFDB.org) Birth: Robert Frost (1874), American poet whose work “The Road Not Taken” is a foundational text for alternate-history and “What If” SF themes. Source: ISFDB.org Birth: Joseph Campbell (1904), mythologist whose […]
Genre Network News for March 25, 2026
Historical Happenings William Shatner celebrates his 95th birthday today. The legendary Star Trek actor remains a vocal advocate for environmental conservation, recently sharing a defiant plea for humanity to protect the “small blue marble” he […]
OpEd
Why the Animated Version of Firefly is a Good Thing (and those who disagree should STFU)
Charlie Jane Anders recently objected to the announcement of the Firefly animated series – “…There’s also fact that Firefly stars a heroic Civil War veteran who happens to have fought on the side of the Confederacy. And […]
Happy Anniversary AMAZING STORIES!
Today, March 10th, 2025, marks one hundred years since the debut of Amazing Stories. Our best information informs us that the magazine was first distributed on Wednesday, March 10th, 1926. It was a cold day […]
Sign Our Anniversary Card and Wish Amazing Stories and Science Fiction A Happy 100th Anniversary
If you’d like to help celebrate this unprecedented anniversary, put your name in a comment on this post – we’ll publish the full list at the end of April. If you’ve not registered with […]
Happy Anniversary AMAZING STORIES!
Today, March 5th, 2025, marks one hundred years since the debut of Amazing Stories. Our best information informs us that the magazine was first distributed on Monday, March 5th, 1926. It was a cold day […]
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Science Fiction
RETRO MOVIE REVIEW – TIMECOP (1994)
In 1994, Peter Hyams, who had been known for directing genre films Outland (1981) and 2010, The Year We Make Contact, made an SF action-adventure film called Timecop, starring “The Muscles from Brussels,” action star Jean-Claude Van Damme. Not surprisingly, it was a pretty good movie with excellent special effects for the time (including some early CGI) and some not terribly deep subtext. Did you see it? Did you like it? Read what Steve thinks.
Matt’s Reviews: The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series, 2) by Cixin Liu
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Audio Release Date: 2015 Original […]
PROBE 207 – Communique From the SFFSA
We don’t hear much from some of our friends south of the equator, but one way they stay in touch is through the Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa club ‘s zine – Probe. 2026’s […]
The Factory by Lucy Egan – FREE STORY
Have you had to deal with a new office? A boss who doesn’t explain the job to you, or train you to do it? Some jobs are dull and repetitive, too. Bet you never expected […]
JOHN C. WINSTON COVER ART
As a follow-up to his 2014 columns about the Winston “juveniles” SF series in the 1950s, Steve today looks at some of the significant covers and cover artists who helped make these books a commercial success, and which also helped spur many young people into reading science fiction.
Matt’s Reviews: Assignment In Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Audible.com Release Date: April 27, 2012 Print Release Date: […]
Why the Animated Version of Firefly is a Good Thing (and those who disagree should STFU)
Charlie Jane Anders recently objected to the announcement of the Firefly animated series – “…There’s also fact that Firefly stars a heroic Civil War veteran who happens to have fought on the side of the Confederacy. And […]
The Tyrant in Retrograde by Scott Morris – FREE STORY
This imperial story shows the depth of the old saying that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. However, the old saying, for all its truth, might not have been created with a computer […]
Fantasy
Matt’s Reviews: Assignment In Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Audible.com Release Date: April 27, 2012 Print Release Date: […]
Matt’s Reviews: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publish Date: March 4, 2025 Duration: 3 hours 53 minutes Author: Amal El-Mohtar Read by: Gem Carmella ASIN: B0D3QQWKWK The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar is a beautiful fairy tale novella. […]
Matt’s Reviews: Song Of The Unsung Mushroom by Sarah Clarke Stuart
Publisher : Connected Editions, Incorporated Publication date : January 15, 2026 Language : English Print length : 410 pages ISBN-10 : 1561780960 ISBN-13 : […]
The Big Idea: Nicole Glover
I always found it a severe disappointment when I realized as a child that I was living in a world where tea pots weren’t enchanted, ravens didn’t linger on fence posts to give me a […]
Matt’s Reviews: On The Road To Cinnabar – The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume One
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 510 pages ISBN-10 : 3633644946 ISBN-13 : […]
Science
Matt’s Reviews: How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Publisher : Mariner Books Publication date : January 14, 2010 Edition : 1st Language : English Print length : 320 pages ISBN-10 : 0547247990 ISBN-13 […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Small BIG by by Steve J. Martin, Noah Goldstein and Robert Cialdini
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Publication date : September 9, 2014 Language : English Print length : 288 pages ISBN-10 : 1455584258 ISBN-13 : […]
Matt’s Reviews: Superforecasting – The Art And Science Of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
Publisher : Crown Publication date : September 13, 2016 Edition : Reprint Language : English Print length : 352 pages ISBN-10 : 9780804136716 […]
Matt’s Reviews: Multiple Quick Reviews (Pretties, The Municipalists, Broken Place Outer Spaces, Great by Choice)
I’ve been reading too many books lately, plus trying to find time to write my next novel (follow me here if you want to see when that comes out), and I haven’t been finding the […]
Sun Fires Blast Straight at Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System
The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July.The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at around 137,000 mph, and is expected […]
Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?
This essay is based on the research for the panel “Nuclear Rockets—An Idea Whose Time Has Gone?” that I was honored to moderate for 2025 Seattle WorldCon. The panelists were Bob Hranek, Charles J. Walther, […]
Matt’s Reviews: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2018 Print length: 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-250-10781-7 Authors: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are […]
Can AI learn Through Story?
Dear Reader, Hope you’re well. Sorry for being out of touch. Grief is a peculiarly strange condition. I publish this as an experiment. It is part epistle, part conversation. Everything here is “true” in the […]
