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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 […]
Rock and Roll by Norman Cowie – FREE STORY
A first contact mission, to test aliens on how they react to stimulus, to see why they do what they do, why some of them roll around on wheeled chairs…by the way, WE are the […]
Junie and Kamal in the Machine by Jessy Randall – FREE STORY
The world is always looking for a new energy source, natural, ecological, never-ending, renewable, eco-friendly, and something the population can really get into. Oh, stop smiling! I figured you’d start thinking about it… Junie and […]
News
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 […]
Writer Beware Uncovers Book Festival Scams
Victoria Strauss, doing exemplary work on behalf of authors everywhere, as always, profiles two new forms of scams designed to separate authors from their hard-earned and frequently not enough money in her latest Writer Beware […]
Ted White, Former Editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic, Enters Palliative Care
Sandra Bond is reporting on Facebook that Ted White has taken a turn and is now in palliative care, following a fall and declining health. Ted was a fixture in Washington DC area Fandom and […]
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 […]
What Happened to the EAGLE TRANSPORTERS from SPACE 1999?
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Science Fiction
Matt’s Reviews: The Verdant Cage by Jess Lourey
Publisher : Entangled: Mayhem Books Publication date : April 7, 2026 Language : English Print length […]
LAcon Announces Official Opening of 2026 Hugo Award Voting
Hugo Award voting is now open! Anyone who is an Attending, Online (Virtual), or World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) member of LAcon V prior to the close of voting is eligible to vote in the […]
Simon & Schuster – New Release(s)
The Republic of Memory LEARN MORE The Republic of Memory By Mahmud El Sayed * A Memory Called Empire meets Children of Time in this Arabfuturist debut set on a generation ship on the […]
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 […]
REVIEW – WAR MACHINE (POPCORN)
The recent Netflix movie War Machine is an action/science fiction movie, full of the usual stuff action movies are full of. I call it a “popcorn” movie, because it’s the kind of movie you sit down with a drink (soft or otherwise) and a bowl/container of popcorn to watch. Nothing intellectual or deep, but a lot of fun.
Matt’s Reviews: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Book 2 of 2: Monk & Robot Publisher: Macmillan Audio Release Date: July 12, 2022 Program Type: Audiobook Listening […]
DAW Announces New and Upcoming Releases
Visit DAW for these and more new titles NEW RELEASES: LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham A romantic science fiction thriller to bust you out of your reading slump! Sexy, snarky, and revolutionary, this fast-paced thrill […]
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 […]
Fantasy
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: […]
Novedades de Abril 2026 (1)
LIBROS El 7 de marzo en el marco de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Coyoacán (FILCO), presentó su más reciente libro Sandra Becerril. Se trata de “El Carnaval diabólico”. El libro ya se encuentra […]
Novedades de Marzo 2026 (3)
LIBROS El 28 de marzo se presentó en Ciudad de México los libros “Anotaciones del porvenir” (Ensayo de cifi) e “Instrucciones para habitar otros mundos” (Poesía cifi), ambos de Ediciones El Olvido. Participaron Andrés Arturo […]
Novedades de Marzo 2026 (2)
LIBROS El 19 de marzo se presentó el libro “Noventa millones de soles” (Colección Molinos de Viento, UAM) de Iliana Várgaz. El evento se realizó en la Librería U-Tópicas de México y comentaron el libro […]
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 […]
