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Broderick and DiFilippo's new book catalogs the best SF novels of recent years. San Antonio-based author/critic Damien Broderick and his fellow author/critic Paul DiFilippo recently took on the daunting task of deciding on the best science fiction novels released from 1985 to 2010. The resulting book, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010, will [Read it all...] Game creator and ChimaeraCon organizer Daniel Griego shows off his creation Shadow Fist. Elizabeth Griego will be wrangling volunteers and goodie bags at this year's ChimaeraCon. With ChimaeraCon, San Antonio’s annual gaming convention, rearing its head (or should that be heads?) this weekend, Missions Unknown is running the last in a series of [Read it all...] Some of Matt Frank's Godzilla art. With ChimaeraCon, San Antonio’s annual gaming convention, just a month away, Missions Unknown is running a series of interviews highlighting some of the event’s key players. This week we speak with Texas-based comic book artist Matt Frank, one of ChimaeraCon 2012′s guests. ChimaeraCon guest and pineapple juice [Read it all...] Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins star in Disney's big-budget John Carter film. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of iconic fantasy heroes Tarzan and John Carter (namesake of the mega-budget flick that opens today), almost took a different career path. Until, that is, he got a rejection letter postmarked from San Antonio. In 1898, Burroughs [Read it all...] Roll2Play owner Tiffany Franzoni and game designer Keith Parker show off their badges. With ChimaeraCon, San Antonio’s annual gaming convention, just a month away, Missions Unknown is kicking off a series of Friday interviews highlighting some of the movers and shakers behind the event. We start the series with Tiffany Franzoni, owner of Dallas-based [Read it all...]
Redbeard Comics honcho Austin Rogers shows off his goods. A considerable amount of San Antonio’s sf/fantasy/horror talent will be venturing north on I-35 this weekend. By our count, nearly a dozen writers, artists and organizations will represent the Alamo City at the Wizard World Austin Comic Con, which runs today through Sunday at the Austin [Read it all...]
Rhiannon Frater's Fighting to Survive brings the zombie horde to small-town Texas. Zombie fans may want to shamble over to the La Cantera Barnes & Noble store on Saturday, Nov. 5. Austin-based author Rhiannon Frater will be signing there from 2-4 p.m. to celebrate the release of Fighting to Survive (Tor Books), the second book [Read it all...]
Bet that stings: The Bad Moon Books edition of Joe McKinney's The Red Empire. San Antonio horror author Joe McKinney has scared readers with zombies and deadly disease outbreaks. Now he’s unleashing fire ants on them. A new trade paperback edition of McKinney’s The Red Empire — a novella about inch-long, super-intelligent fire ants [Read it all...] |
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