Fantastic Worlds

The journal of old and new science fiction, fantasy and horror stories, poems, essays and reviews.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

To A Fallen Hero

"To A Fallen Hero - (On the Severed Head of a Gorilla, Slain for 'Bush Meat')" by Jordan S. Bassior (c) 2006 Hello, ...

Like Father, Like Son

"Like Father, Like Son" by Jordan S. Bassior (c) 2006 Man desired to extend his reach, and made a spear, and with the spear h...

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Retro Review, Jack Williamson, "The Cosmic Express" (1930, 1931)

Synopsis In the year 2432 (1) , popular author and newlywed Eric Stokes-Harding is dissatisfied with the safe and artificial nature of li...

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Reprint - "The Cosmic Express," by Jack Williamson (1930, 1931)

(this text was obtained from Project Gutenberg at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26066/26066-h/26066-h.htm and is certified by them as havi...

Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Fear of Boundlessness: Explanation for the Mundane SF Movement

1. The Mundane SF Movement As some of you may know, Julian Todd and Geoff Ryman have created what they have called the "Mundane SF...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Historical Cycles and the Anachronism Argument as Applicable to Space Opera

Introduction I have often heard the complaint, addressed to space opera from more serious sorts of science fiction, that space opera is a...

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Jordan179: I was born in the Bronx and lived on the East Coast, mostly in New York, until the cruel forces of economics told me to go elsewhere. Now I'm starting over again in the San Francisco Bay area, where I have family. My goal in life is to become a professional science fiction writer. I write and edit Fantastic Worlds, a fantastic fiction blogzine. I am very happily married.

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