When I met Allen Steele at a convention two years ago, he told me a great story about when he first met Robert A. Heinlein. At a previous convention, David G. Hartwell talked [...]
The big news last week was the Amazon/Macmillan eBook Disagreement, so we asked this week’s panelists: Q: What’s your take on the Amazon/Macmillan eBook price [...]
Awards are usually a good indicator of worthwhile and books and short fiction, but sometimes great stories get overlooked. We asked this week’s panelists: Q: [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A satisfying end to a thoroughly enjoyable series. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Navy outlaw Wilson Cole turns his attention toward reforming the Republic [...]
SF Signal Contributor and SciFi Songster John Anealio has posted his latest song: an acoustic version of “The Ballad of Wilson Cole” which covers all 5 books of [...]
“Best of the Year” lists start appearing as early as November, so we are perhaps a little late in asking folks around the community: Q: What were the best [...]
We’ve already talked about literary villains, so we asked this week’s panelists about bad guys (and gals) of the big screen: Q: Who are some of the best villains [...]
Short fiction anthologies come in many flavors: some contain original fiction and some are comprised of reprints; they can be themed or non-themed; they may restrict [...]
We always remember our first. (Yes, I’m talking about reading!) We asked this week’s panelists: Q: What book introduced you to science fiction? Check below to see [...]
Adam Roberts reviews Sam Merwin, Jr.’s sexy time travel classic, The Time Shifters. Ack! That painful prose reminds me of Pel Torro! Interviews & Profiles:[some [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Reads like a Marx Brothers script. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Private detective John Justin Mallory is hired to find a missing Dragon in an alternate, urban [...]
Patrick at Stomping on Yeti thinks the contents of Eclipse 3 look suspicious: “To me the ToC says ‘I got in trouble for not having enough women authors last year, [...]