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Marissa Lingen
Marissa Kristine Lingen (born July 26, 1978) is an American science fiction and fantasy author who writes short stories. Life Lingen was born in Libertyville, Illinois, to a family of Norwegian and Swedish descent. She studied physics and mathematics at Gustavus Adolphus College and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She now lives in Minnesota. Lingen has published more than 150 pieces of short fiction. In 1999, her story "In the Gardens and the Graves" won the Isaac Asimov Award, now known as the Dell Magazines Award, for short fiction. Her fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, as well as in ''Nature'', ''Tor'', ''Ideomancer'', ''Analog'' and ''Clarkesworld''. Her story "The Ministry of Changes" has been translated into Italian and her stories have been reprinted in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013 Edition'', ''Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015'', ''Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2014'', '' The Year's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertyville, Illinois
Libertyville is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a northern suburb of Chicago. It is located west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River. The 2020 census population was 20,579. It is part of Libertyville Township, Lake County, Illinois, Libertyville Township, which includes the village, neighboring Green Oaks, Illinois, Green Oaks, and portions of Vernon Hills, Illinois, Vernon Hills, Mundelein, Illinois, Mundelein, unincorporated Waukegan, Illinois, Waukegan and Lake Forest, Illinois, Lake Forest, and part of Knollwood, Illinois, Knollwood CDP. Libertyville neighbors these communities as well as Gurnee, Illinois, Gurnee to the north and Grayslake, Illinois, Grayslake to the northwest. Libertyville is about 40 miles north of the Chicago Loop and is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA). Geography Libertyville is located at . According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of , of which (or 96.28%) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abyss & Apex Magazine
''Abyss & Apex Magazine'' (''A&A'') is a long-running, semi-pro online speculative fiction magazine. The title of the zine comes from a quote by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), "And if you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." The stories and poetry therefore follow the pattern of "how would humans react?" if a new technology or a type of magic or supernatural power affected them. ''Abyss & Apex'' publishes somewhat dark fiction, but not horror. Instead, ''Abyss & Apex'' publishes about fifty percent each fantasy and science fiction. The magazine was issued bimonthly until #13 and thereafter quarterly. Subgenres Per Wendy S. Delmater, "''A&A'' likes to show all the different things speculative fiction can be (except horror)." From their submissions page: "We look for the unique: stories that stand out in a genre that pushes the envelope of unusual. We take special delight in detailed world-building: we like slipstream, YA, hypertext fiction, dark fantasy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireside Magazine
Fireside may refer to: * The area near a domestic fireplace or a fire ring * Fireside (LDS Church), an evening meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) * Fireside (apple), an apple cultivar * Fireside (band), Swedish rock band Places * Fireside, British Columbia, a community in Canada * Fireside, Ohio, a community in the United States See also * Fireside poets, group of 19th-century U.S. poets from New England * Fireside Books, publishing imprint of Simon & Schuster * The Fireside Bowl, concert venue in Chicago, Illinois * Fireside chats, evening radio talks given by U.S. President F. D. Roosevelt * ''Fireside Favourites'' (1980), album by Fad Gadget * The Fireside Girls, a group of female protagonists in the TV cartoon ''Phineas and Ferb'' * ''Fireside Theatre'' (1949–1958), U.S. TV anthology drama series on NBC * By the Fireside, pseudonym for UK musical artist Daniel Lea * Marvel Fireside Books ''Marvel Fireside Books'' were a series of full-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas had approached Spivak in the mid-1940s about creating a fantasy companion to Spivak's existing mystery title, ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine''. The first issue was titled ''The Magazine of Fantasy'', but the decision was quickly made to include science fiction as well as fantasy, and the title was changed correspondingly with the second issue. ''F&SF'' was quite different in presentation from the existing science fiction magazines of the day, most of which were in pulp format: it had no interior illustrations, no letter column, and text in a single column format, which in the opinion of science fiction historian Mike Ashley "set ''F&SF'' apart, giving it the air and authority of a superior magazine". ''F&SF'' qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and publishes new material (fiction, articles, reviews, poetry, and/or art) 51 weeks of the year, with an emphasis on "new, underrepresented, and global voices." The magazine was founded by writer and editor Mary Anne Mohanraj. It has a staff of approximately sixty volunteers, and is unusual among professional speculative fiction magazines in being funded entirely by donations, holding annual fund drives. Editors-in-chief * Mary Anne Mohanraj, 2000–2003 * Susan Marie Groppi, 2004–2010 * Niall Harrison, 2010–2017 * Jane Crowley and Kate Dollarhyde, 2017–2019 * Vanessa Rose Phin, 2019–2021 * Gautam Bhatia, 2021–present Awards Susan Marie Groppi won the World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional in 2010 for her work as Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asimov's Science Fiction
''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publication frequency is bimonthly (six issues per year). Circulation in 2012 was 22,593, as reported in the annual ''Locus Magazine survey. History ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' began life as the digest-sized ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' (or ''IASFM'' for short) in 1977. Joel Davis of Davis Publications approached Asimov to lend his name to a new science fiction magazine, after the fashion of ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' or ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine''. Asimov refused to act as editor, but served instead as editorial director, writing editorials and replying to reader mail until his death in 1992. At Asimov's request George Scithers, the first editor, negotiated an acquisitions contract with the Science Fiction Writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Spec
''On Spec'' is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative fiction" umbrella. History and profile Based in Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchor ..., ''On Spec'' was founded in 1989 by a small group of Edmonton writers who joined together to form The Copper Pig Writers Society. At the time, there was no paying market for English speculative fiction in Canada (though paying markets in French did exist). ''On Spec'' is Canada's longest-running, and according to author Robert J. Sawyer, most successful, English-language magazine in the field. Much more like a traditional small literary magazine than the mass-market-styled Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarShipSofa
''StarShipSofa'' is a science fiction audio magazine and podcast from the United Kingdom hosted by Tony C. Smith. It publishes audio short fiction, commentary, essays, and anthologies of transcribed material. StarShipSofa was the first ever podcast to be both nominated for and to win a Hugo Award for Best Fanzine. It was also nominated for Best Fan Podcast in the 2007 Parsec Awards. StarShipSofa is free directly from the web site and is available for subscription and automatic download through iTunes. History The audio magazine is hosted weekly by Tony C. Smith in the UK. It was first broadcast in July 2006 by Smith and Ciaran O'Carrol with an episode focusing on Alfred Bester. The next 70 episodes ran weekly and featured commentary on such subjects as Harlan Ellison, Samuel R. Delany, Charles Stross, and other well-known science fiction authors. StarShipSofa also covered subjects such as films and specific themes such as religion in science fiction. In 2010 many of these ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightspeed (magazine)
''Lightspeed'' is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine edited and published by John Joseph Adams. The first issue was published in June 2010 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since. The magazine currently publishes four original stories and four reprints in every issue, in addition to interviews with the authors and other nonfiction. All of the content published in each issue is available for purchase as an ebook and for free on the magazine's website. ''Lightspeed'' also makes selected stories available as a free podcast, produced by Audie Award–winning editor Stefan Rudnicki. History ''Lightspeed'' was founded and run as a science fiction magazine by publisher Sean Wallace of Prime Books with John Joseph Adams as editor. Wallace also published ''Lightspeed''s sister publication '' Fantasy Magazine''; Adams came on as editor of ''Fantasy Magazine'' with the March 2011 issue. During this period the magazine was headquartered in Gaithersburg, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Science Fiction
''Daily Science Fiction'' is an email and online magazine devoted to publishing science fiction stories that was founded in 2010. Per the title, it is a daily publication, publishing each weekday, edited by Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso. On Aug 11,2022, founders Michele and Jonathan announced the newsletter will be on hiatus either temporarily or somewhat longer beginning middle of December. The Jan 09, 2023 newsletter is the last sent out before the hiatus started. Staff *Michele-Lee Barasso, Founder, Publisher, Editor in Chief *Jonathan Laden, Founder, Publisher, Editor in Chief *Elektra Hammond, Editor *Rachel McDonald, Editor *Sarah Overall, Editor *Brian White, Editor Notable authors Notable authors published in the magazine include: * William Arthur * Bruce Boston * Paul Di Filippo * Karina Fabian * JG Faherty * Eugie Foster * Nina Kiriki Hoffman * Eric Horwitz * Stephen Jolly * James Patrick Kelly * Mary Robinette Kowal * Jay Lake * David D. Levine * Shelly L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape Pod
An escape pod, escape capsule, life capsule, or lifepod is a capsule or craft, usually only big enough for one person, used to escape from a vessel in an emergency. An escape ship is a larger, more complete craft also used for the same purpose. Escape pods are ubiquitous in science fiction but are only used in a few real vehicles. Real life * Because they were intended to fly too high and fast for safe use of conventional ejection seats, the Bell X-2, B-58 Hustler, XB-70 Valkyrie, F-111 and B‑1A Lancer all used enclosed escape crew capsules of some kind. * The single submarine of the Soviet "Mike"-class, K-278 Komsomolets had an escape capsule, which was jettisoned upon its sinking in 1989. Other Soviet submarines like the Oscar-class are only rumored to have escape capsules. During the sinking of the ''Kursk'', the crew was unable to reach it. Also the Typhoon-class is rumored to have escape pods located near or in the sail. Evidence for this can be found in a German doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'' (''BCS'') is a fantasy adventure online magazine published in the United States by Firkin Press. History ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'' first issue was released on October 9, 2008 featuring stories by Chris Willrich and David D. Levine. It was the runner-up for the 2008 Million Writers Award for the Best New Online Magazine, losing to '' Cha: An Asian Literary Journal''. In 2010 ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'' became a SFWA qualifying venue for short fiction and on February 10 they released e-book anthology, entitled ''The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year One'', which contained 14 stories which had been previously published in the magazine. Selected stories are also published as audio fiction podcasts. Many of the stories featured in ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'' have received praise and honourable mentions from reviewers such as Rich Horton and Lois Tilton. Issue 24 featured " Father's Kill" by Christopher Green which won the 2009 Aur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
