I hope everybody had
a far out Halloween! I know I did. It started with a trip to Empire Comics
Vault in Sacramento where they had a Halloween mini con and a big sale to go
with the occasion. Unfortunately, I got there too late for the con, which only lasted
until 3 PM. But the sale was still going, including the free comics they were
giving away which I definitely took advantage of both yet without going much
over five dollars. In the evening I
attended a family Halloween party and then came home and watched Dr. Terror’s House of Horror, starring
Christopher Lee, on a VHS tape I bought at a con several years ago. And, of
course, not long after the clock struck the witching hour, I looked up the
winner of the sweepstakes who
was selected by good ol’ Rafflecopter.
And the Winner Is . . .
. . . Alex Cavanaugh! I, again, congratulate Alex. He
receives a book package consisting of novels The Queen of Darkness by Miguel Conner and Blood Moon by M.R. Sellars, plus a signed copy of The Fool’s Illusion by yours truly. I’d like to once again thank Alex for his
participation, and I thank everybody else who participated in the sweepstakes.
I hope all of you will participate in future giveaways here at the Fantastic
Site.
Possible Relaunch of a Classic SF Mag
You may have heard all over sci fi news that Bryan Fuller, executive
producer of TV’s Hannibal, plans to
relaunch the 1980s Amazing Stories TV
series. Well, even greater news is for fans of the original magazine and other
pulp fiction publications of the early half of the 20th century: Amazing Stories trademark owner Steve
Davidson was moved by those plans so much that he intends to relaunch the
magazine both in print and digital! Check out more details about this potential
relaunch in my article at Examiner.com.
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Science fiction as the genre we know it today started with the
Amazing Stories magazine back in the
1920s and some of the greatest writers established their literary careers
writing for it, including Hugo Gernsback who founded and served as editor of
the publication. The magazine helped bring in the pulp era of fiction which
included a huge flourishing of sci fi literature (including comics), movies,
radio and eventually TV shows. It is this era of science fiction, often known
as the golden era of the genre, why many of us here in the U.S. read and write speculative
fiction today.
Next week I’d like to discuss some writing tips inspired by
my attendance at Sinister Creature Con earlier last month.
Until then . . .
Thanks again, Steven!
ReplyDeleteWould be cool to see an updated Amazing Stories series.
No problem, Alex. It would be really interesting to see how an updated Amazing Stories would do and what kinds of stories by which writers would be written. There isn't a better time for it than now, since the Golden Age of sci fi in the '40s and '50s, because in a way we are going through a new golden age of the genre because it has come back into thriving popularity (especially for television). Hopefully that popularity will continue to grow.
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