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Sword of Guilt by Robert Marcus – FREE STORY
War heroes are brave and daring, and admired by the masses. Yet, these people do have consciences. Here’s a war hero with a conscience, and a good story, just right for a sterling journalist to […]
Marco Swims on Titan by Jeff Gaba – FREE STORY
Recently, it was billionaires in space that made the news, getting into orbit just to say they could. I think most of us roll our eyes, think about what the money spent could have benefitted […]
Dactyl by Humphrey Price – FREE STORY
We choose so many unimportant reasons for the basis of prejudice. Skin colour, gender, descent, religion, so many others. Why are those reasons still there? It may be some time in the future before […]
High Carnival by Guy Stewart – FREE STORY
It seems so long ago that we were all excited about travel into space, watching the Saturn Vs and shuttles launching, until it became almost passe. I sincerely hope that excitement will return one fine […]
Make Space Great Again by Mike Strickland – FREE STORY
Space veterans are a tough lot, and they don’t put up with a lot. They don’t tolerate newbies very well, so you have to be a special sort to earn their trust. Read on, and […]
News
Time Machine: May 17, 2026
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 17, 2026 Author Interview: Michael Kuester, Writers of the Future Volume 42, 1st Place Winning Author Help us LAND The SHUTTLECRAFT from STAR TREK RETRO BOOK REVIEW — FALSE MEMORY […]
EL JOVEN QUE SUBIÓ AL CIELO: Ciencia ficción o narrativa fantástica
El investigador Gonzalo Montero Lara acaba de publicar el artículo EL JOVEN QUE SUBIÓ AL CIELO: ¿Cuento quechua de ciencia ficción? y seguramente dará mucho que hablar en el ámbito de la ciencia ficción latinoamericana […]
Novedades de Abril 2026 (2)
LIBROS El viernes 17 de abril se presentó el libro “Teoría de la evolución. O los abismos del futuro”, de la escritora surrealista y artista plástica Verónica Cabanillas. Presentaron Magdalena Benavente y Alfredo Vanini. Vuelve […]
OpEd
Amazing Stories: The 100th Anniversary Issue
Fifty years and a couple of months from now, I would receive the following issue of Amazing Stories in the mail: and I would read the following in Ted White’s editorial: “Welcome to our 50th […]
The Robot Wars Began As A Simple Rivalry Between Pulp Magazine Publishers
It is 1929 and Hugo Gernsback has lost his publishing empire to bankruptcy. Later that same year he returns with competing magazines from a new publishing company. In one of many tactics used to market […]
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 […]
Science Fiction
“Growl you may, but go you must”: A Bertram Chandler’s Faster Than Light Drives
The title of this piece draws upon a quote from Chandler’s most storied character, Commodore John Grimes, former officer of the Interstellar Federation’s Survey Service (secretly still a reserve officer, intelligence branch), private (space) ship […]
Tachyon Sale!
TACHYON PUBLICATIONS 30 Years of smart speculative fiction Memorial Day Sale! Save 20% on unforgettable science fiction, fantasy, and beyond. May 22–25 only Use code: MEMORIAL20 SHOP THE SALE →Hurry — sale ends May 25th. Discover More Amazing […]
Matt’s Reviews: AutoNoMoUs Trilogy by Christopher L. Truxaw
Publication date : January 30, 2026 Language : English Part One Print length : 474 pages ASIN : B0GJGV4VG2 ISBN-13 : 979-8992258417 Part Two […]
Amazing Stories: The 100th Anniversary Issue
Fifty years and a couple of months from now, I would receive the following issue of Amazing Stories in the mail: and I would read the following in Ted White’s editorial: “Welcome to our 50th […]
Small Planet – an SF In Translation Magazine, Debuts!
Rachel Cordasco has been on of the genre’s champions of Speculative Fiction in translation, contributing articles and reviews on the subject to publications as venerable and varied as SF Signal (2014), Locus and Tor.com. In […]
Robert Charles Wilson Reviews Library Of America’s Science Fiction Novels of the 1950s
Over on his substack, Robert Charles Wilson, Hugo Award-winning author of Spin, has decided to review the Library of America’s anthology of 1950s (highly regarded) novels, novel-by-novel. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2, […]
Sword of Guilt by Robert Marcus – FREE STORY
War heroes are brave and daring, and admired by the masses. Yet, these people do have consciences. Here’s a war hero with a conscience, and a good story, just right for a sterling journalist to […]
Author Interview: Michael Kuester, Writers of the Future Volume 42, 1st Place Winning Author
The following interview is with Michael Kuester, author of “In Living Color,” a tense sci-fi thriller for readers of character-driven mysteries: a man who walks through images to solve murders discovers the killer is now […]
Fantasy
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.
Novedades de Abril 2026 (2)
LIBROS El viernes 17 de abril se presentó el libro “Teoría de la evolución. O los abismos del futuro”, de la escritora surrealista y artista plástica Verónica Cabanillas. Presentaron Magdalena Benavente y Alfredo Vanini. Vuelve […]
Novedades de abril 2026 (3)
LIBROS El 17 de abril, en el Museo Casa Colorada, se realizo la presentación “Pyloba” (Triada Ediciones),el último libro de Marcos Fabian Cortez, que conto con la presentación de Hugo Riquelme y la editora de […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Verdant Cage by Jess Lourey
Publisher : Entangled: Mayhem Books Publication date : April 7, 2026 Language : English Print length […]
Matt’s Reviews: Twelve Months (Dresden Files Book 18) by Jim Butcher
Publisher: Penguin Audio Release Date: January 20, 2026 Program Type: Audiobook Listening Length: 16 hours and 59 minutes Version: […]
Science
One Step Closer To Belters and Singleships: Psyche Prepares for Mars Slingshot
JPL offered up this interesting video about the Psyche spacecraft’s upcoming Martian slingshot maneuver, which will send the probe on the final leg of its mission, an encounter with the metal rich asteroid Psyche, in […]
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 […]
