Science Fiction

So Who is the Doctor?

So Who is the Doctor?

I must admit, I’ve not been so excited about a season finale in a longtime. Most of the time, I’m not worried about how a series will end but how I’m going to cope until the next on starts. Still, if series like Game of Thrones has taught me anything... Read More »

Review – Judge Minty by Steven Sterlacchini

Review – Judge Minty by Steven Sterlacchini

OK, let’s talk about fan films. They’ve been around forever. There were folks making movies based around characters from books as early as the 1910s, and the explosion in comic books led to a huge number of fan films based on them. TV and... Read More »

Everything I Know, I Learned from Edgar Allan Poe

Everything I Know, I Learned from Edgar Allan Poe

Everything I know about writing science fiction, reading it, and understanding it, I learned from Edgar Allan Poe, specifically his one story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”. This goes for all of world literature as well. It’s all in that one story... Read More »

Anime roundup 5/19/2013: Ant Misbehavin’

Anime roundup 5/19/2013: Ant Misbehavin’

Space Brothers #57 – Everyone caught that piko-piko is the Japanese onomatopoeic equivalent to “beep”, right? So we all know how the author picked Pico’s name? Well then, let’s talk about a slightly less obvious one: Ta... Read More »

The Artful Collector: Are Conventions Good Places to Find Art? (Part 3)

The Artful Collector: Are Conventions Good Places to Find Art? (Part 3)

Throughout the 1990s, while weekend antiques and craft fairs, and even Ren Faires, were drawing tens of thousands of attendees each weekend, SF cons were still deliberating the good of “one day memberships” and advertising in local newspapers.  SF co... Read More »

It’s All About the Vessel

It’s All About the Vessel

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a 1961 classic science fiction tale of near disaster filled with plenty of mystery and suspense. But the main character and true hero of the story was a submarine called the U.S.O.S Seaview. Read More »

ASM Blog Horde Interview with Daniel M. Kimmel

ASM Blog Horde Interview with Daniel M. Kimmel

Welcome to the Amazing Stories BLOG HORDE INTERVIEWS! The ASM Blog Horde is a diverse and wonderful species. I have the privilege of talking with all of them, and I get to share those chats with you. In this long-running series, you will have the op... Read More »

To Star Trek or to Star Wolf?

To Star Trek or to Star Wolf?

Why not do both? Let’s start with Trek. The new Star Trek movie Into Darkness debuts this month.  The word of mouth seems good from the few people I know who have seen advance screenings as do regular folks reporting at IMDB.  I’m a littl... Read More »

Traffic

Traffic

First of all, I must apologize for the interrupted service on this blog – I have been in and out of hospital for the best part of last month, and eventually had to say goodbye to my gallbladder, so I had to skip last fortnight’s edition. I̵... Read More »

Commander Koenig and the Lost Planet Airmen

Commander Koenig and the Lost Planet Airmen

You could get a hernia trying to suspend your disbelief high enough for this premise. Read More »

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