Time Machine: June 14, 2026

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: June 14, 2026 The Big Idea: Matthew Kressel Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about PKD Film Festival 2026 Whatever Happened to FREDDY The FLUTE from H.R. PUFNSTUF? The Big Idea: Caitlin […]

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: June 14, 2026

2026 Lambda Literary Awards The winners of the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards were announced on June 12. The “Lammys” garner national visibility for LGBTQ+ books. The winner of the sff category is listed below. The complete list […]

The Big Idea: Matthew Kressel

Hop on board for author Matthew Kressel’s newest ride through the galaxy, Space Trucker Jess. In this Big Idea as he takes you through not only his writing process for this particular story, but on […]

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Time Machine: June 14, 2026

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: June 14, 2026 The Big Idea: Matthew Kressel Paul Levinson interviews Dan Abella about PKD Film Festival 2026 Whatever Happened to FREDDY The FLUTE from H.R. PUFNSTUF? The Big Idea: Caitlin […]

Novedades de Mayo 3. 2026

LIBROS Tenemos una muy importante preventa. Se trata del libro “Ruta”, antología del mítico Eduardo Carletti. Dice la nota de prensa: “Ruta reúne más de 30 cuentos de ciencia ficción y otros géneros: el trabajo […]

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Abby Goldsmith – “Abby Goldsmith is the author of the Torth series, which starts with MAJORITY. Published by Podium and performed by George Newbern, the epic sci-fi series was originally serialized on Wattpad and Royal Road with over 750,000 […]

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Novedades de Mayo 3. 2026

LIBROS Tenemos una muy importante preventa. Se trata del libro “Ruta”, antología del mítico Eduardo Carletti. Dice la nota de prensa: “Ruta reúne más de 30 cuentos de ciencia ficción y otros géneros: el trabajo […]

61st Nebula Award Winners

THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK) THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVELLA The River Has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia) THE NEBULA AWARD […]

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Novedades de Mayo 3. 2026

LIBROS Tenemos una muy importante preventa. Se trata del libro “Ruta”, antología del mítico Eduardo Carletti. Dice la nota de prensa: “Ruta reúne más de 30 cuentos de ciencia ficción y otros géneros: el trabajo […]

2026 Locus Awards Announced

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WINNER: Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor (Morrow; Gollancz) amazon / bookshop The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz) amazon / bookshop Picks & Shovels, Cory Doctorow (Ad Astra; Tor) amazon / bookshop Notes from a Regicide, Isaac Fellman (Tor) amazon / bookshop When We […]

Novedades de Mayo 1 y 2

Con las debidas disculpas del caso por la tardanza. Estoy teniendo mucho trabajo. Lo siento. LIBROS Iliana Vargas presentó su nuevo libro “Noventa millones de soles” (Editorial UAM, Colección: Molinos de Viento). La presentación se […]

RETRO REVIEW – BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

A John Carpenter movie from 1986 starring Kurt Russell didn’t do very well at the box office, oddly enough. It has since become somewhat of a cult classic, but why has it taken so long to catch on? There might be some answers in Steve’s column this week. Read it and see.

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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, […]

Book Cover: Factfulness by Hans Rosling

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 […]