Free Stories!
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 […]
Dreaming of Home by Josh Clark – FREE STORY
This ship’s crew continually waits for the word for the chosen few to go to the surface of the planet they are orbiting. Excitement, anticipation…and disappointment over who is going down, and who isn’t. Earth. […]
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 […]
News
Time Machine: April 26, 2026
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: April 26, 2026 What Happened to the FLYING SUB from VOYAGE To The BOTTOM Of The SEA? The Big Idea: Samantha Mills The Big Idea: Justin Feinstein What Happened to the […]
Time Machine: April 19, 2026
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: April 19, 2026 Novedades de Abril 2026 (1) MOVIE REVIEW – PROJECT HAIL MARY Adventures in Literary Forensics: Chandler’s Lost Stories Matt’s Reviews: The Hospital At The End Of The World […]
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 […]
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
JAMES H. SCHMITZ – THE GOOD OL’ STUFF
James H. Schmitz is often cited as writing “Space Opera.” But is that really so bad? Space Opera is usually, at its core, highly entertaining—and who doesn’t like a bit of popcorn now and again?
LAcon V Announces 2026 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Award Finalists
LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards, the most prestigious honors for excellence in science fiction and fantasy. The members of the 2025 and 2026 World […]
John Scalzi’s When the Moon Hits Your Eye Wins Inaugural Astra Book Awards for Science Fiction
The Astra Book Awards is an expansion of the annual Astra Television Awards and in its first year of featuring books, John Scalzi’s novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye has taken the honors. You […]
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 […]
A Bolivian retrofuturist science fiction book – the real reason Butch and Sundance went to Bolivia
La segunda edición del Cosmonauta. Al tratarse de un libro capricho de autor, uno de esos donde reúno algunos de mis gustos personales en cuanto a los géneros, me había planteado la idea de no […]
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 […]
MOVIE REVIEW – PROJECT HAIL MARY
Ryan Gosling’s new movie, based on Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary,” is well done. Except for brief flashbacks, he’s the only actor present in the whole 2 1/2 movie, and he carries it off well. This should be as big or bigger than his previous Weir movie, “The Martian.”
Adventures in Literary Forensics: Chandler’s Lost Stories
‘Literary Forensics’ is a term used to describe the act of applying forensic techniques to the uncovering of lost stories, unpublished editions and hidden literary history. It is an informal discipline, usually only practiced by […]
Fantasy
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 […]
Matt’s Reviews: Dark Angels: The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume Two
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 638 pages ISBN-10 : 2785303040 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 […]
