Harder Science Fiction
2021-10-11
We read the top three books on Amazon’s list of best-selling sci-fi books. Today’s list includes a mysterious run-down English cottage, sea pirates, and a dystopian future.Read More →
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Aug. 13
2021-08-13
We read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list includes environmental catastophers, time travel, sexy shapeshifters and magic powers galore.Read More →
Weekend Treasures
2021-08-09
Flea markets have gizmos, thingamajigs and other useful things.Read More →
Sci-fi and fantasy poetry contest now open to submissions
2021-07-31
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association’s poetry contest’s deadline is August 31, 2021.Read More →
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for July 9
2021-07-09
I’ve read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes the start of a 100-book-plus space opera series, an EMP survival book, a fairytale retold, and a succubus with an insatiable appetite for sex.Read More →
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for June 18
2021-06-18
We’ve read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes aliens, mercenaries, postapocalyptic cowboys, witches, vampires, and dinosaurs.Read More →
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for May 21
2021-05-21
I’ve read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes an alien invasion, post-apocalyptic survival, a werewolf romance, and a paranormal cozy mystery.Read More →
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for May 15
2021-05-14
I’ve read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a gay romance between a vampire and a were-beaver, lots and lots of dragons, and three magical cozy mysteries.Read More →
Cancer survivor heading to space as part of all-civilian crew
2021-02-25
Hayley Arceneaux will become the first astronaut with a prosthetic limb when she goes into space later this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission.Read More →
How Old is ‘Warp Drive?’ Where was ‘Zap Gun’ First Used?
2021-02-08
Do you “grok” jargon? Does your “filk” contain references to “BEM”s or “BDO”s? And do the goings-on in Washington make you want to go into “cryostasis” in your “hobbit-hole”?Read More →
Nalo Hopkinson is first black woman and youngest winner of Grand Master award
2021-01-22
Nalo Hopkinson is the first black woman to win the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for her lifetime achievements in science fiction and fantasy writing.Read More →