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What We're Reading: May 2010What We’re Reading: May 2010

While all of us at Missions Unknown like different aspects of SF, one thing we all agree on is that we love to read. Thomas Jefferson famously said, ”I cannot live without books.” While we may not be as extreme as our favorite founding father, books are an integral part of our psyche. That said, here [Read it all...]

Scrap the Remakes and Film These Books InsteadScrap the Remakes and Film These Books Instead

We saw an article on the brilliant io9 site with the provocative title Don’t Remake These 21 Movies, Film These Books Instead! This piece really hit home for us at Missions Unknown. We love great SF movies almost as much as we love great SF literature. Almost. You really can’t help being embarrassed as a [Read it all...]

Innsmouth Free Press reels in Innsmouth Free Press reels in “Kali Yuga”

Don't mess with Kali Maa.

I just got word that my short story “Kali Yuga” will be appearing in the upcoming “Multiethnic Issue” of INNSMOUTH FREE PRESS.

IFP is an online publication that features both short fiction inspired by H.P. LOVECRAFT and fictional newspaper reports set in the author’s universe. My story is the former: a classic [Read it all...]

San Antonio's Best SF/F of 2009San Antonio’s Best SF/F/H of 2009

We started Missions Unknown on May 24th, 2009, looking to delve into the SF/F/H happenings in the Alamo City. Frankly, we’ve been amazed at some of the killer things we’ve seen this year. Once again we weigh in with the best of San Antonio’s SF scene and we even solicited some other opinions as well. [Read it all...]

Our Favorite SF/F/H Enjoyed in 2009Our Favorite SF/F/H Enjoyed in 2009

With 2009 drawing to a close, we naturally have a tendency to look back upon the year that was. We have our favorite genre-related media: books, TV, movies, comics, games and more. We asked around too and got some additional input from Doctor Who Fans Unite‘s Crystal Shedrock-Rangel, KiDDandGEEZER‘s Frank Zieglar, James Hartz from Film [Read it all...]

Your Most Memorable SF/F Album CoversYour Most Memorable SF/F Album Covers

When we saw on SF Signal that they were asking for your favorite SF/Fantasy book covers we knew we had to chime in with our picks. But then we realized that some of our favorite SF/F artists also did album covers and we realized we had to go there too. Today we present our picks [Read it all...]

Missions Unknown’s Memo to Thanksgiving

(l to r): Sanford Allen is grateful MOON didn't suck; John Picacio gives thanks for a Chesley Award win for his FF2 cover art; and Paul Vaughn is preparing for the first Thanksgiving on Mars.

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it, from all of us here at Missions Unknown! Hope your day is [Read it all...]

World Fantasy Con 2009 / Words & PicsWorld Fantasy Con 2009 / Words & Pics

Centipede Press unveils the massive Stephen King artbook KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING at the 2009 World Fantasy Convention. Pictured here: Me (left pg.) and Bob Eggleton's (right pg.) original Stephen King-inspired images featured exclusively in the book.

The 2009 World Fantasy Convention happened this past weekend in San Jose, CA. It [Read it all...]

Fifty-Two Stitches ties up rave review

The FIFTY-TWO STITCHES anthology is almost out, and it’s aleady drawn a positive review from HORROR DRIVE-IN. That’s good news, of course, because the book features my story “The Regular.”

This is my second story for a STRANGE PUBLICATIONS anthology, and I’m sure they’ve once again done a fine job. Strange is turning out [Read it all...]

Armadillocon '09: Faces In The CrowdArmadillocon ’09: Faces In The Crowd

MISSIONS UNKNOWN’s own John Picacio and Sanford Allen ventured to Armadillocon 31 in Austin, TX this past weekend and brought back the following iPhone snapshots. Here’s a little bit of flavor from the longest-running literary sf/fantasy convention in Texas.

(l to r): MICHAEL MOORCOCK makes a surprise appearance to present the Jack Trevor Prize [Read it all...]