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Sci Fi

Announcement: Serge & Een, by Angel Martinez

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Serge & Een

QSFer Angel Martinez has a new sci fi book out: While driving home during a snowstorm, Serge Kosygin witnesses a meteor plummeting to Earth. When he reaches the strike location, he finds a horrific crash site instead of a meteor crater, with two aliens dead and one survivor barely alive. His deeply ingrained mistrust of the government prompts him to rescue the alien before the authorities arrive. Een has lost his life mates in a desperate effort to reach safety. With their deaths, he may be the last Aalana in the galaxy. He finds himself in the care of a … Read more

DC Comics: A Cinematic Retrospective

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Superman

From SF Signal: As pointed out by The Awesomer, calling the following video a retrospective of DC Comics’ superhero films is a bit of a misnomer when two of the films — Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad — have yet to be released, but the video does succeed in encapsulating what a poor job Hollywood did with DC Comics properties. I mean, I liked Watchmen and The Dark Knight is probably in my list of Top 10 Films, but the rest? I wouldn’t mind if I never, ever saw any Green Lantern footage again. And, being a Moviegoer of … Read more

20 Times Batman And Robin Were Definitely In A Secret Gay Relationship

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Batman is probably the gayest superhero, that’s not actually out kissing dudes, in existence. The ‘gay’ interpretation goes all the way back to 1954, when a psychiatrist claimed that the comic books were ‘homosexual fantasies’… Hit the link for the gayest, and slightly awkward, moments in Batman history (Some may be NSFW). http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/20-times-batman-robin-definitely-secret-gay-relationship/

“2001” Promo Looks at Life in The Future

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Laptop 2001

Even when it released in 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey was a big deal. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke envisioned a future that was wholly believeable and scientifcially accurate. Here’s a promotional documentary filmed around the time of the film’s release. OMG I LOVE that “laptop” computer. Hit the link for the video! http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2016/03/2001-space-odyssey-seen-short-documentary-1960s/

For Writers: The Fermi Paradox

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Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: Has anyone seen Geoffrey Landis’ intriguing answer to the Fermi Paradox? If even a very small fraction of the hundred billion stars in the galaxy are home to technological civilizations which colonize over interstellar distances, the entire galaxy should be completely colonized in a few million years. The absence of such extraterrestrial civilizations visiting Earth is the Fermi Paradox. You can find Landis’s arguments here. In a nutshell, though, why haven’t we found noisy galactic neighbors? Join the chat

Superman and Batman Kiss in New Video

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Superman Batman Kiss

Superheroes Batman and Superman share a kiss in the video for Coheed and Cambria’s new single Island from the group’s latest album The Color Before the Sun. The video follows a bearded man who works for tips in Times Square dressed as Batman. A man offers Superman $5 to battle Batman. A victorious Superman walks away from the fight without looking back as Batman returns to his home, where he eats dinner in the dark by himself. Full Story at On Top Magazine

Announcement: Transmutations of Fire and Void, by Matt Buscemi

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Transmutations of Fire and Void

QSFer Matt Buscemi has a new speculative fiction anthology out: Fifteen short stories explore the formidable interstices between violent conflagration and frigid desolation. A facility generates power by obliterating aesthetic beauty from parallel universes; a “pink brick” defies the analytical capacity of a team researching an alien culture; a temple remains serene and unperturbed even as the world around it plunges into war; a young man with relationship problems is tormented by his own reflection; a deadly poisonous organism masquerades as an art show piece. Buscemi’s short stories make a hairpin turn into the violent fluctuations between fury and desolation … Read more

“The Artifact of Foex” by James L. Wolf

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Genre: Queer Science Fiction Length: Novel   CHET IS a student of archaeology, nearing the completion of his studies. His current project has been field work in a patch of solidified lucid mud, capable of perfectly preserving objects stuck in it throughout the ages. It’s same old same old for Chet, until two Flame (god-affiliates with unusual powers) show up, and assist with unearthing the artifacts, including a complete person. Fenmore, a rogue from three hundred years ago, takes the artifact, and with the help of the Flame, runs with it. Chet gives chase, and from that point on, his … Read more

Announcement: The Artifact of Foex, by James L. Wolf

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Artifact of Foex

QSFer James L. Wolf is stopping by the QSF blog to talk about his new book, The Artifact of Foex, and about reincarnation: Writing Reincarnation Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Time Fluidity Reincarnation is one of the central tenants of my new book, “The Artifact of Foex,” and the upcoming Flame Cycle novels in general. Did I lose you with that sentence? *Whew* Oh, good. Reincarnation is one of those woo-woo topics many people in the Western world avoid on principle. If you just had a vivid memory of the smells of sandalwood and pot when … Read more