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Chanda’s Legacy Part 3 by Dave Creek – FREE STORY
PREVIOUSLY: Earth Unity Ambassador Chanda Kasmira must deal with the latest threat to the Station of the Lost, where she is assigned. The nanotech damage to a Sobrenian starcraft just arrived near the station […]
Chanda’s Legacy Part 1 by Dave Creek – FREE STORY
CHAPTER ONE. I remember the tension and fear at the arrival of the injured from the Sobrenian diplomatic ship as if it were still happening in front of me: — Auto-gurneys bringing in one […]
Impersonating Jesus by Michael Ventrella – FREE STORY
The best way to find out about the life of Jesus is to actually live it. Time travellers are doing just that. Are they interfering with time, or are their actions merely fulfilling the records […]
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 […]
Starborn by Robin Kirman – FREE STORY
Two of the crew of four are honeymooning and travelling in space. How well do you know the other two crew members? How well do you know your partner? What will he do do make […]
News
Amazing News: 5/5/2024: Hope the Fourth Was With You Yesterday, Day
The serialization of Dave Creek’s Chanda’s Legacy continues tomorrow! AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS Bill Cunningham wants you to know that the 48th issue of The Paperback Fanatic is now available! Here’s a Booktrailer for David Brin’s […]
Time Machine: May 5, 2024
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: May 5, 2024 Today is Star Wars Day – Happy May the 4th Science Fiction Sampler of Paul Levinson’s Books Noah Chinn Reviews: Dodger by Terry Pratchett Reader’s Choice Awards Announced […]
The Chinese Plan To Take Over Worldcon
This will be a multi-part series of a developing situation. In 2021, the bid for a Chinese-based Worldcon won the selection bid. In 2023, Worldcon was held in Chengdu, Pidu, a district in and capitol […]
OpEd
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 […]
Pluralistic: Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses
Three AI insights for hard-charging, future-oriented smartypantses (permalink) Living in the age of AI hype makes demands on all of us to come up with smartypants prognostications about how AI is about to change everything […]
Chengdu… Nuevamente
Pues, yo no quería hacer ningún comentario negativo a mi experiencia sobre la última Wordcon, pero hay tanta controversia, sobre todo con el Hugo, que pienso es mi responsabilidad hablar sobre mi experiencia. En primer […]
Science Fiction
Matt’s Reviews: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Published Date: 2004 Print Copyright: 1957 Format: Audio CD (8 disks) Length: 9 hours ISBN: 0786183810 Author: Robert A. Heinlein Read by: Lloyd James Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein […]
Paul Levinson Reviews Rebel Moon, Parts 1 and 2
Source: Paul Levinson Reviews Rebel Moon, Parts 1 and 2
Whatever Happened to LOGAN’S RUN?
Source: Whatever Happened to LOGAN’S RUN?
REVIEW – THE DOWNLOADED by ROBERT J. SAWYER
Today’s the launch of not only Robert J. Sawyer’s brand-new terrific science fiction book The Downloaded, but also his 16-stop cross-Canada promotional tour. Check the column to see if he’s coming to a city near you!
The Big Idea: Lyda Morehouse
Fight the good fight. That’s what we all try to do, isn’t it? Stand up and fight, never surrender. It’s what makes us human. At least, that’s what author Lyda Morehouse expands on in her […]
Chanda’s Legacy Part 3 by Dave Creek – FREE STORY
PREVIOUSLY: Earth Unity Ambassador Chanda Kasmira must deal with the latest threat to the Station of the Lost, where she is assigned. The nanotech damage to a Sobrenian starcraft just arrived near the station […]
Noah Chinn Interview with the Author: Arlene F. Marks
Every so often I like to ask other science fiction writers to talk about their projects. It gives us a chance to see how we approach the genres we love, how they differ, and how […]
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Girlfriend on Mars” by Deborah Willis
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Girlfriend on Mars – by Deborah Willis Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Penguin Random House, Canada, 2023. Cover art: by Richard Ljoenes & akinbostanci /Getty Images Premise: […]
Fantasy
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 […]
REVIEW – ABIGAIL (2024)
Can’t say too much about Abigail (spoilers), but the 14-year-old girl in the titular role is extremely good. The movie has a twist that’s revealed fairly early, but I can’t reveal it in the excerpt. I enjoyed it, and the effects are pretty “effective.”
Excerpt: Burning Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber
The final book in the swoony and high-stakes fantasy rom-com trilogy that began with Twin Crowns, about twin princesses separated at birth—from bestselling authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. As Oonagh threatens all Rose and Wren hold […]
Excerpt: Walk the Web Lightly by Mary Pascual
Mary Pascual’s latest – Walk the Web Lightly – releases today, May 7th, from SparkPress. Naya’s family cares deeply about their art, their traditions, and most importantly, their secret ability to see time. She’s expected […]
Noah Chinn Reviews: Dodger by Terry Pratchett
Dodger is one of Terry Pratchett’s (rare) Non-Discworld books, set in early Victorian London. It comes across something as a lighthearted Dickensian novel, which is rather appropriate since Charles Dickens is a rather prominent figure […]
Science
NASA Will Conduct An Interesting Operation This Thursday
On May 6th (at about 10:34 PM EDT) NASA will attempt to launch Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the ISS (a night time launch I hope to be able to see and film from my […]
NASA Telescopes Shed Light on Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts
Fast radio bursts, a mysterious type of high-energy flash emanating from deep space, have perplexed scientists for years. We’re beginning to unravel the mystery thanks to extensive study with powerful telescopes and a little bit […]
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 […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Yet more Space News! And reasons for us to have some confidence.
There are so many reasons why we ought to refuse and reject the propaganda-against-confidence, out there. A better-than-expected economy? Dropping crime rates? A working vaccine against malaria and looming extinction for both the Guinea worm […]
Review: Architects of Worlds by Jon F. Zeigler
Ad Astra games soon to release Architect of Worlds by Jon F. Zeigler
Newly Discovered Ring of Galaxies Threatens Our Understanding of the Universe
A cosmic megastructure more than 9 billion light years away from Earth challenges what we know about the universe. A doctoral candidate at the United Kingdom’s University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has spotted a […]
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 […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Human origins – and evolution. Patterns of cooperation and competition
I’m avoiding politics once again this time, in order to dive into the endlessly fascinating topic of human origins. And hence first, for your holiday shopping…. Can you hunt and gather and woo and connive […]
