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MADE IN SAN ANTONIO: ArtSlam! founder Rob Perez

By Sanford Allen, on September 23rd, 2011

Local visual artists have a drink with Rob Perez (Center) following another successful ArtSlam!

Rob Perez and his partners, Anthony Trinidad and Steve Balser, are the brains and brushes behind ArtSlam!, a bi-monthly event that invites local visual artists to create work based around a common theme while local bands and D.J.’s fuel their [Read it all...]

Guest in SA: An interview with author and ghost hunter Scott A. Johnson

By Sanford Allen, on September 16th, 2011

Author and paranormal researcher Scott A. Johnson shops for headstones.

Austin’s Scott A. Johnson is the author of Cold Spots: The Ghosts of San Antonio, a book chronicling the varied and interesting spirits haunting our fair city. His book isn’t the only tome attempting to chronicle San Antonio’s creepy side, but with a 2008 [Read it all...]

Damien Broderick-Barbara Lamar techno-thriller hits the shelves

By Sanford Allen, on September 2nd, 2011

The near-future science fiction novel Post Mortal Syndrome, by San Antonio’s Damien Broderick and his wife Barbara Lamar is now available in trade paperback print.

The Australian popular science magazine Cosmos serialized an earlier version of the novel on its website, where it got some 100,000 hits. Broderick was founding science fiction editor of the [Read it all...]

Armadillocon brings sf authors, books and discussion to Central Texas

By Sanford Allen, on August 26th, 2011

Looking for a geeky diversion this weekend?

There’s none we can suggest more highly than the 33rd annual ArmadilloCon, where variety of well-known sf, fantasy and horror writers will read works, sign books and debate weighty subjects ranging from what books belong on a college-level sf reading list and why people just can’t get [Read it all...]

Author David Liss to sign and discuss “The Twelfth Enchantment”

By Sanford Allen, on August 10th, 2011

San Antonio author David Liss will appear Friday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m. at the San Pedro Ave. Barnes & Noble to discuss and sign copies of his new supernatural novel, The Twelfth Enchantment.

The book, Liss’s first full-length foray into speculative fiction, hit the shelves earlier this week. Although Liss has penned a number [Read it all...]

Broderick-edited essay collection hits the shelves (and Nook)

By Sanford Allen, on August 3rd, 2011

Warriors of the Tao collects 16 essays of sf criticism.

The new book Warriors of the Tao (Borgo/Wildside), compiled by San Antonio sf author Damien Broderick and University of Western Australia Professor Van Ikin, collects essays from SCIENCE FICTION: A Review of Speculative Literature, an Australian journal that’s been coming out since 1977.

Broderick [Read it all...]

San Japan 2011 returns to the Alamo City next month

By Sanford Allen, on July 29th, 2011

Cosplayers show off their fancy duds at San Japan 2010.

San Japan, South Texas’ premiere Japanese culture and anime convention, is almost upon us.

The annual event, which draws thousands of attendees, will take place Aug. 5-7 at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel. This year’s guests include a bevy of artists, voice actors, musicians and [Read it all...]

Successfully Unsuccessful at Texas Comicon: Brent Spiner

By Sanford Allen, on July 27th, 2011

Check out the latest installment of “The Successfully Unsuccessful Show with Mike and Keith,” featuring SF cartoonist and animator Mike Fisher and illustrator Keith Carter. In this episode, Mike and Keith corner Brent Spiner — Data from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” — at Texas Comicon 2011 in San Antonio for a bit of profound [Read it all...]

Broderick sews up second Sturgeon nomination in two years

By Sanford Allen, on July 13th, 2011

Damien Broderick

LAWRENCE, KANS. — Hats off to San Antonio science fiction author Damien Broderick.

For the second year running, the transplanted Australian has landed a story on the nominations list for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Broderick’s “Under the Moons of Venus,” however, lost out to Geoffrey A. Landis’ “The Sultan of the Clouds” [Read it all...]

Review: Hyperbubble’s “Drastic Cinematic” CD

By Sanford Allen, on June 29th, 2011

Husband-wife duo Hyperbubble's latest CD is Drastic Cinematic.

If ‘70s rockers Mountain could record a “Theme from an Imaginary Western,” there’s no reason San Antonio synth-pop duo Hyperbubble can’t record a soundtrack for an imaginary Jean-Luc Goddard film.

On “Drastic Cinematic,” a 13-song disk dedicated to the French-Swiss filmmaker, Hyperbubble trade in their cartoony, [Read it all...]

JOHN PICACIO is a World Fantasy Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated illustrator of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature.
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SANFORD ALLEN is a musician and author with more than two dozen horror and dark fantasy stories published.
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PAUL VAUGHN is a graphic artist, web designer, writer, consultant and all around techno-geek.
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SCOTT A. CUPP is a writer whose work has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award.
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MADE IN SAN ANTONIO: ArtSlam! founder Rob Perez

Guest in SA: An interview with author and ghost hunter Scott A. Johnson

Damien Broderick-Barbara Lamar techno-thriller hits the shelves

Armadillocon brings sf authors, books and discussion to Central Texas

Author David Liss to sign and discuss “The Twelfth Enchantment”

Broderick-edited essay collection hits the shelves (and Nook)

San Japan 2011 returns to the Alamo City next month

Successfully Unsuccessful at Texas Comicon: Brent Spiner

Broderick sews up second Sturgeon nomination in two years

Review: Hyperbubble’s “Drastic Cinematic” CD

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