Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

News about science fiction on the Internet.

• Transcriptase launches as an archive for ex-Helix writer’s stories.
• Web Fiction Guide is a new online resource to keep track of online fiction: e-zines and blooks (blogged novels).
• Fan History’s science fiction section needs your help. Fan History is a fan run project dedicated to documenting the history of fandom. Laura Hale, site admin, is asking for more people in the science fiction community to help develop it.
• Will…

News for science fiction fans who like video games of all sorts.

• Stargate Worlds was demo’d by GameSpy at Comic-Con International. It’s due to be released Q4 2008.
• In The Making (and Remaking) of Bionic Commando 1up reports various tidbits on the latest incarnation of the classic 1987 arcade game.
• Engage! Cryptic to obtained the license for Star Trek and has begun work on an Massive Multiplayer Online game. More details will be revealed at the…

When looking at science fiction in the first half of the 20th century you have to consider the pulp magazines. Many popular works of science fiction were serialized in magazines before they were published as novels.

The existence of magazines that specialized in science fiction allowed fans of the genre to connect and fandom to emerge for the…

One of the great things about the internet is how easy it is to get in touch with people who have similar interests to you. Obviously if you’ve found this site you’re familiar with looking for news/information on the internet. But what about disussion?

I’m not talking about forums, although they can be great fun for a casual chat too. I’m thinking more along the lines of book clubs where people…

Image via WikipediaHow do you encapsulate a genre in ten books? Well you can’t really. So let me admit from the outset that this list of ten books is quite arbitrary and the number has more to do with the fact that I don’t want to spend the next two weeks writing this post. But for all that, the books I’m about to list are well worth reading and fine…