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BIG NEWS! (For me, anyways)2 comments

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: I was originally going to start off with a bit of personal news, but what you see up there knocked t … more →

Tags: Television, Science Fiction, SkiffyTube, jack dann, skiffy tube, David Drake

Once the rockets go up, who cares where they come down?

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: Says Wernher von Braun. The title is from Tom Lehrer’s song Wernher von Braun.  The song is pr … more →

Tags: Space, Science Fiction, Old Stuff, chesley bonestell, Wernher von Braun, Space Program, World War 2

Desperados Under The Eaves

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: Yes, that’s the title to a Warren Zevon song. I miss Warren.  More than anything, I miss the n … more →

Tags: Science Fiction, pulp magazines, Science Fiction Magazines, Science fiction art, Paintball, Warren Zevon, Tom Petty, SF Pulp magazines, SF Fix

Flags on SF Pulp Covers

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: The cover of the first issue of Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine recreates the flag raisi … more →

Tags: Science Fiction, pulp magazines, Science Fiction Magazines, Science fiction art, 9/11, Patriotism, flag, Iwo Jima, September 11th

Tales From The Rim - A. Bertram Chandler's Magnum Opus

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: I forgot to cover a few points the other day while gushing about Chandler.   What I most forgot to m … more →

Tags: Classic Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantastic Universe, John Grimes, New worlds, Rim Worlds

Why A. Bertram Chandler ISN'T 'Old' SF4 comments

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: If you noticed, I have a thing for Chandler.   If you didn’t – I have a thing for Chandl … more →

Tags: Classic Science Fiction, new science fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction, Space Opera, writing, future history, jack dann, Larry Niven

Pulp Comic Story NOT Being Sued by Fox3 comments

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: Hell, it would be great if some large media conglomerate decided to sue me in Federal Court – … more →

Tags: old science fiction, new science fiction, Classic Science Fiction, writing, Evolution, Science Fiction, Awards, Literary History, Cordwainer Smith

A. Bertram Chandler

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: *Above you will see the first incarnation of my ‘Nightline-esque’ reminder that we are S … more →

Tags: old science fiction, new science fiction, Television, Classic Science Fiction, writing, Science Fiction, pulp magazines, SkiffyTube, Books

Firefly & Serenity - An Experiment: Two Reviews in One9 comments

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: Up until about half a year ago or so, I’d managed to avoid Firefly.  Sure I’d heard lots … more →

Tags: Television, Movies, Marketing, Alan Dean Foster, Amazing Stories, Star Trek, Firefly, Ebay, George Lucas

Doodling Along

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: I’ve spent most of the morning working on my website.  I’m finishing up the Ebay search … more →

Tags: writing, pulp magazines, Paintball, Ebay, Joomla

Pulp Mashup8 comments

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: I’m going to try something a little different tonite. Below you’ll see the cover art fro … more →

Tags: Classic Science Fiction, writing, contest, pulp magazines, Mashup, Rocket Stories, Saturn Science Fiction

Locus Awards, Cory Doctorow and Commodore John Grimes

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: IO9 heats the Locus Awards controversy up again (Locus doubled susbscriber vote count in an effort t … more →

Tags: Awards, Hot air balloons, new science fiction, Cory Doctorow, dirigibles, Hillsboro NH, hot air balloon, io9, John Grimes

DREAMING AGAIN with a 'new' A. BERTRAM CHANDLER story3 comments

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: Jack Dann (editor and author) who made a name for himself with an anthology of Jewish themed SF stor … more →

Tags: old science fiction, new science fiction, John Grimes, jack dann, Ford Street Publishing, Dreaming Down-Under, Dreaming again, Sean McMullen

Busy, Busy, Busy!

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: I am absolutely mired in creating links to audio files.  Currently re-watching Firefly on The Classi … more →

Tags: old science fiction, new science fiction, Television, John Grimes, Firefly, Adventures of Stephen Brown, SFFix

I've Been Remiss

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: I’ve overlooked posting about one of my favorite (and one of the most under-rated) authors. A. … more →

Tags: old science fiction, John Grimes, Rim Worlds

The Ten Wurstest Moments in Science Fiction History5 comments

crotchetyoldfan wrote 1 year ago: Mike Macafferty over at slice of scifi, in response to the list making mania, offers his sarcastic t … more →

Tags: old science fiction, Hugo Gernsback, Stanley G. Weinbaum, John W. Campbell, H Beam Piper, Robert A Heinlein, C.M. Kornbluth, Eric Frank Russell, Isaac Asimov

A. BERTRAM CHANDLER STORY TO BE PUBLISHED

rimworlder wrote 1 year ago: I am VERY happy to be able to announce that a new A. Bertram Chandler story will be published in an … more →

Tags: Science Fiction, Rimworlds Concordance, jack dann, paul collins

Opening Remarks

rimworlder wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been a science fiction fan since at least 1963.  That year saw the original airing of Fir … more →

Tags: Fireball XL5, pulp magazines, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Rimworlds Concordance, Frank R. Paul


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