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It's quite apparent that right now we're seeing the build-out of a whole new communications technology that hasn't quite hit the public eye yet—ubiquitous satellite broadband and telephony. This is still in the very early …

Lately I’ve been working on a sequel to my Analog novelette “Aleyara’s Descent” from last year, featuring one of my favorite alien creations, the Biauru. They’re a flamboyant, theatrical people, and I wrote “Descent” in …

For me, the most rewarding pages of Dangerous Visions were the introductions by Harlan Ellison and the afterwards by the authors. When I first read this anthology back in the late 1960s, I felt those …

This historic Worldcon has already been very well covered by others, e.g. Nicholas Whyte and Jeremy Szal. For lots of coverage of events, guests and so on, see the con’s Facebook page. But I’ve been …

Over in Every, I wrote about how writing is more than a method for capturing ideas, it’s a way of exploring them: By externalizing your thoughts, writing puts you into conversation with yourself. It’s always …

by Chris Campbell Chris Campbell discusses cosmic horror while pointing to a few examples of how Black authors are pushing the genre forward. Grab a copy of our [May/June issue, on sale now] to read …

by Brian Collins Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini is quite the character: a provocateur, author, leftist intellectual, and filmmaker. Despite his atheism and devotion to communism, his film The Gospel According to St. Matthew was …

Godzilla Minus One puts human-scale charactersin the foreground, while the kaiju casts a shadowover their lives. (Image via IMDB.com)This spring, almost 70 years after the original hit cinemas, Godzilla Minus One became the first movie …

Karen Lord, The Blue, Beautiful World, Del Rey, 2023.Audiobook available.The Blue, Beautiful World is a fascinating science-fiction stand-alone novel about first contact. Owen is a global music star. The crowds flock to his concerts, commune …

I have a new novel coming out in July (amazon page here): a utopian novel mashed-up with some space-opera Lovecraftian/Dennis Wheatley horror. My teenage son, when I explained the premise, suggested I call it Space …

Today we are surfing on over to the internet archive to read three stories from the 1983 printing of the 1970 Harry Harrison collection Prime Number, which has a great Peter Elson cover that looks …

Which books/covers/authors in the post intrigue you? Which have you read? Disliked? Enjoyed? 1. It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy, Keith Laumer (1968) Richard Powers’ cover for the 1st edition Back cover: “This frenetic collection …

Paul Linebarger (aka Cordwainer Smith) was an interesting guy. Among other things he was heavily involved in developing psychological warfare techniques for the US military. He was also a close adviser to Chiang Kai-shek and …

[This review originally appeared in The Times, Sept 1st 2022] Encyclopedias are almanacs to real life, or most of them are. Diderot’s great Encyclopédie (1757-71) set out to describe all the ‘sciences, arts and crafts’. …

News Snowpiercer Snowpiercer’s Fourth Season Hits Tracks Sooner than Expected, With First-Look Photos to Boot You’ll be able to watch the whole series on AMC soon By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 7, 2024 …

In Japan, riding a steam train through outer space is a melancholy symbol of the human journey. Like the gentle drift of the sakura petal, the whistle of a train means a transition in life. …

This week sees the release of Homeworld 3, the latest in the venerable 3D real-time strategy video game series. There's never been a better time to jump on board the franchise, which has now expanded …