SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...strange and intense presence, the mother turns to her science teacher boyfriend to help take on the violent forces..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

LoneStarCon 3: Friday

Who knew the 'War of the Worlds' had its last stand in San Antonio?

"...first day at LoneStarCon 3, aka the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, being held through Monday, Sep. 1, at..."

Aug. 31, 2013 Books Post by Robert Faires

Bedside Manner: Before the Fall

Browsing the stacks

"...• Tor Books SF/fantasy trade paperbacks, small yet relatively thick, make a very..."

March 28, 2011 Books Post by Nick Barbaro

What I Want Right Now

Tom White's new drama about wish-fulfillment and a couple facing their final time together suffers from a lack of clarity

"...parameters or results. To borrow a principle from hardcore fantasy and science fiction: If you create a new world,..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Geeks Get Paid

What's cool about gaming? Apparently, everything.

"...while working on Ultima, he's begun to tweak the fantasy...."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Austin’s Sisters in Crime Prefer Their Ink Mixed With a Little Blood

Murders, they write

"...in agreement, "mixing it with other genres – with science fiction or fantasy." Cedeño's The Walls Can Talk, for..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...enemies were so completely absorbed by these malign fan fictions that they lost their sense of the inherent implausibility..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...to fangirl over voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams and sci-fi/fantasy author N. K. Jemisin is – I suspect –..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Free for All

There's something for every taste and age in the 50 titles for Free Comic Book Day 2015

"...comics companies' efforts to appeal to a broad audience: science fiction, horror, fantasy, humor, and TV and video game..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Comic Book Day 2013

The 11th giveaway of four-color fun runs the gamut from 'Archie' to 'The Walking Dead'

"...comics grow ever more diverse, with this year offering science fiction (Star Wars, 2000 AD, Judge Dredd, Atomic Robo),..."

May 3, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

The geeks shall inherit the earth? They'll certainly rule San Diego this weekend.

"...material that appeals to the current growing appetite for science fiction and fantasy. And when it comes to sci-fi..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...of fringe-dwelling filmmakers – "forgotten" chiefly because they're totally fictional – whose unrepentant bad taste and surprising genius are..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

The Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains modestly holds the story of the creator of 'Conan the Barbarian' like a thin-shelled egg

"...series, Howard is often credited with creating the modern fantasy fiction...."

July 14, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Truman Show, Robert Redford's intelligent reworking of romantic pulp fiction in The Horse Whisperer, and Steven Spielberg's non-Jurassic war..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Mindstorms Mania: Children are the future, and the future is robots

The next generation of robot-makers showed their stuff at Austin Children's Museum's robotics showcase

"...Used to be, robots were exclusively the stuff of fantasy, of science fiction. The actual robots of the latter..."

May 16, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...and charmingly homespun handicrafts. The themes of creativity and fantasy (let alone the interspersed movie-within-a-movie recreations of our protagonist's..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...AC: Were you into horror and dark fantasy authors as well?..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film

Film Reviews

"...apart from herself. Safe also has an element of science fiction to this coming holocaust and maybe even an..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 20-22

First, read this list aloud … in the voice … of Michael Caine, Mr. Wayne

"...return of Northern-Southern Gallery and a new show at Art.Science.Gallery. But, oh, you wanna stay all Westside that night..."

Oct. 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How Diverge Came Together

Director James Morrison on films and filmmakers that influenced him

"...Morrison's debut feature as writer/director gets its Texas premiere..."

Aug. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Artful Things to Do This Weekend

In case you’re, what, tired of bingeing on TV every night?

"...gathering of writers, editors, publishers, agents, and fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and similar sorts of fantastic literature...."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Missing the Red Queen's Rational Rule

On this loser-takes-all election season; plus, changes in our masthead

"...future. Translating campaign hyperbole into real-world economics is malevolent fiction. The Republicans are as likely to seriously cut spending..."

April 1, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...was one hell of a wild ride, like a fantasy thriller crossed with cultural critique, and it seemed to..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters @ 3AM

When your novel crawls along at about a paragraph per night and your apartment is tired of your company, then hooray for Hollywood and trans-fat popcorn: A summary of the movies seen by Ventura in 2006.

"...Elizabeth II. Which makes this movie a species of science fiction. Beautifully played, though, and subtly written...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two

Liberals' core beliefs are as vital as ever, but they've forgotten how to communicate

"...Samuel Delaney's early science fiction novel Babel-17 presents a beautiful narrative metaphor for..."

June 11, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postscripts

The details about what books have been selling in Austin in 1999.

"...that's kind of what they like is the more science-oriented or more literary science fiction instead of high fantasy."..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Literacy Austin's Bookfest

"...photograph by John Anderson Mystery, science fiction, humor, travel, sports, fiction, true crime, poetry, fantasy..."

June 18, 1999 Books Feature

Postscripts

Red Salmon Spawns Program

"...according to Fiona Cherbak of Borders, is more speculative fantasy than science fiction; it concerns the crises of a..."

June 27, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

Review: Shrewd Productions’ Small Steps

Intriguing maiden voyage for local playwright’s campy sci-fi romp

"...The April 1951 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction – no doubt once a bedtime..."

July 25, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Secret Origins: Austin’s Comic Creators

For Free Comic Book Day, we head into the studios and writing rooms of our local sequential art talents

"...any other art form: horror, romance, comedy, social dramas, science fiction, and, yes, good old-fashioned heroes saving the day...."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

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