AMAZING NEWS 5/19/24

Ed Dwight is finally going to space! The serialization of Dave Creek’s Chanda’s Legacy (Part 5) continues tomorrow! Also:  Fan Ellen Klages will be a contestant on Jeopardy! this coming Wednesday, the 22nd AMAZING PEOPLE […]

Time Machine: May 19, 2024

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 19, 2024 Novedades de Mayo 1 New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for MAY 15 The Big Idea: Samantha Mills REVIEW – GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE Matt’s Reviews: Anti-intellectualism in American […]

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 19, 2024

Prix Jacques-Brossard 2024  Alain Bergeron has won the Prix Jacques-Brossard, a juried award for French sff worth C$3,000 given to an author who has distinguished himself with a work or production published during the year. […]

Novedades de Mayo 1

LIBROS El 8 de mayo se presentó el libro « Otras formas de ser humano. Antología del Premio OEI de cuentos sobre ciencia ficción y tecnología » (Compañía Naviera Limitada Editores). El evento se llevó a cabo […]

Free Stories!

The Hanged Man by Tom Jolly

The Hanged Man by Tom Jolly

We all think there just isn’t anything left to trust in this crazy world, nothing in which you could put in any faith. But, there’s got to be things you can rely on, things that […]

News

AMAZING NEWS 5/19/24

Ed Dwight is finally going to space! The serialization of Dave Creek’s Chanda’s Legacy (Part 5) continues tomorrow! Also:  Fan Ellen Klages will be a contestant on Jeopardy! this coming Wednesday, the 22nd AMAZING PEOPLE […]

Time Machine: May 19, 2024

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 19, 2024 Novedades de Mayo 1 New Releases in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for MAY 15 The Big Idea: Samantha Mills REVIEW – GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE Matt’s Reviews: Anti-intellectualism in American […]

Novedades de Mayo 1

LIBROS El 8 de mayo se presentó el libro « Otras formas de ser humano. Antología del Premio OEI de cuentos sobre ciencia ficción y tecnología » (Compañía Naviera Limitada Editores). El evento se llevó a cabo […]

OpEd

Book Cover: Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter

Matt’s Reviews: Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter

  Publisher:            Alfred A. Knopf   Publish Date:       1969   Copyright Date:   1962   Pages:                 434   Author:                 Richard Hofstadter   ISBN (The version I read from the library pre-dated ISBN, but a more recent edition):    ISBN13: 9780394703176    ISBN10: 0394703170 Anti-intellectualism […]

The Big Idea: José Pablo Iriarte

Author José Pablo Iriarte is here today to tell us a bit about his debut middle grade novel, Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed. Both his novel and his Big Idea feature a feeling many […]

The Big Idea: Zilka Joseph

  The world is wider than we often know, with more people and communities in them than many of us have heard of before. In Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman, author Zilka […]

The Big Idea: Kerrie Faye

Sometimes as an author, you have to work to develop a character. And sometimes, they just… appear. Which of these did author Kerry Faye have happen for her novel Dead Girl? She’s here now to […]

Science Fiction

Novedades de Mayo 1

LIBROS El 8 de mayo se presentó el libro « Otras formas de ser humano. Antología del Premio OEI de cuentos sobre ciencia ficción y tecnología » (Compañía Naviera Limitada Editores). El evento se llevó a cabo […]

CLUBHOUSE: Review: “The New Empire” by Alison McBain

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. The New Empire – by Alison McBain Publisher: Woodhall Press, Norwalk, CT, USA, 2022. Cover art: Alison McBain Premise:  In 1751, the youngest son of […]

Excerpt: STARMEN by Francis Hamit: Support the Kickstarter

Francis Hamit offers Amazing’s readers a 14,000+ word excerpt from his upcoming novel, Starmen. Starmen is a 190,000 word epic featuring, among other things, alternate history, quantum mechanics, Apache Indian myths and nasty Aliens. It all begins in 1875 El Paso, Texas.

Fantasy

Novedades de Mayo 1

LIBROS El 8 de mayo se presentó el libro « Otras formas de ser humano. Antología del Premio OEI de cuentos sobre ciencia ficción y tecnología » (Compañía Naviera Limitada Editores). El evento se llevó a cabo […]

The Big Idea: Samantha Mills

Author Samantha Mills has a lot on her mind with The Wings Upon Her Back, and much of what is on her mind goes back… way back. Find out how the experiences of those who […]

REVIEW – GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is, you will forgive the expression, kind of a stiff. (Frozen stiff.) I didn’t find the movie particularly funny or scary, though Patton Oswalt was pretty good. I didn’t really care for any of the characters. Watch it when it’s free streaming and save some bucks.

The Big Idea: Thersa Matsuura

Folklore, superstitions, and legends are all essential parts of a place’s culture and history. Today, author Thersa Matsuura wishes to share these incredible stories and beliefs of Japan with the rest of the world, whether […]

Science

Book Cover: Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter

Matt’s Reviews: Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter

  Publisher:            Alfred A. Knopf   Publish Date:       1969   Copyright Date:   1962   Pages:                 434   Author:                 Richard Hofstadter   ISBN (The version I read from the library pre-dated ISBN, but a more recent edition):    ISBN13: 9780394703176    ISBN10: 0394703170 Anti-intellectualism […]

Book Cover: Range by David Epstein

Matt’s Reviews: Range: How Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World by David Epstein

  Publisher:             RIVERHEAD BOOKS/PENGUIN PUTNAM Publication date: 04/27/2021 Pages:                    368 ISBN:                     9780735214507 Author:                  David Epstein   Range: How Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World  by David Epstein includes several real world examples […]

Book Cover: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks

Matt’s Reviews: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks

   Publisher:              SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE    Publication date:  04/02/1998    Pages:                     256    Copyright Year:    1985    ISBN:                      0-684-85394-9    Author:                  Oliver Sacks   The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a […]