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a cclose-up of a door, approximately 6 feet tall. The background is black with a central stylized spaceship in blue with red piping around the fins on either side. the thruster at the bottom of the ship is blazing orange and yellow flames and there are seven stars and a few planets that dot the background.

The Eaton collection at UC Riverside holds incredible treasures! I would argue the niftiest is a former LASFS Clubhouse door, decorated by the amazing artist Selina Phanara!

two long-legged, round fuzzy character line drawings, the big says "Someday Son, this fanzine will be yours." while a smaller figure looks on admiringly.

2026 will mark the 100th anniversary of one of Los Angeles' best-known fans: William Rotsler! A legendary LASFS member, Hugo-winning fan artist who created tens of thousands of illustrations in fanzines, writer, film director, and bon vivant.

Guests of Honor​
Writer – Bill Wolkoff
(Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
and Star Wars Rebels)
Artist – Selina Phanara
Music – Griff the Filker
Fan – Chris Marble
Science – G. David Nordley

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From ‘Ex Machina’ to ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: Where to Buy A24’s Screenplay Book Collection Online A24 has a series of screenplay books features movies, like 'Ex Machina,' 'Lady Bird,' 'Midsommar' and others: Here's how to find and buy books online.

Starting at $59.95 on Amazon, the A24 Screenplay Collection features 12 of the studio and distribution company’s most popular films.

From Space Science to Science Fiction | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland From her earliest years, Adeena Mignogna (B.S.

From her earliest years, Adeena Mignogna (B.S. ’97, physics; B.S. ’97, astronomy) always saw space in her future. It started with “Star Wars.”

Magnum Sci-Fi: 5 Splendid Science Fiction Detective Novels For these sci-fi detectives, solving whodunit is complicated, involving immortal murder victims, interplanetary travel, and robot PIs.

For these sci-fi detectives, solving whodunit is complicated, involving immortal murder victims, interplanetary travel, and robot PIs.

Split Fiction’s invented sci-fi-vs.-fantasy rivalry is driving me up a wall The game’s central character conflict makes no sense

"Split Fiction’s fun, but its central character conflict makes no sense."

These Books Are Most Recommended by Librarians Thousands of librarians and library staff voted on their favorite books for the 2025 Libby Book Awards. See their recommendations here.

Announcing the winners of the 2025 Libby Book Awards.

Excellent Sci-Fi Series to Listen to on Audio Want to take your speculative fiction on the go? I've got eight excellent sci-fi series to listen to on audio for you here.

"Want to take your speculative fiction on the go? I've got eight excellent sci-fi series to listen to on audio for you here."

Five Works of SF That Undermine Their Own Thesis - Reactor Stories that lead to different conclusions than the author intended...

Stories that lead to different conclusions than the author intended.

The Indie SciFi/Fantasy Bestseller List Here is the Indie SciFi/Fantasy Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 9, 2025.

The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here Are This Year's Nebula Awards Finalists Here are the finalists for this year's Nebula Awards, honoring the best in science fiction and fantasy.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) have announced their list of finalists for this year’s Nebula Awards.

New Scientist Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero Michel Nieva, the author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, Dengue Boy, on his story of a drowned, pandemic-struck future Earth – and his unusual protagonist

Michel Nieva, the author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, Dengue Boy, on his story of a drowned, pandemic-struck future Earth – and his unusual protagonist.

9 Fantasy Book Series That’d Make Fantastic TV Shows Hulu has scrapped its ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ adaptation, but these other multi-volume sagas are ready to jump from the bookshelf to the television set.

What fantasy books would you like to see adapted?

10 best fantasy audiobooks of all time Do you want to stay up until 4 AM on a Monday listening to a magical tale? You can do whatever you want with these 10 best fantasy audiobooks.

What are some of your favorite fantasy audiobooks?

Why the Kitchen Is the Most Important Room in a Sci-Fi Spaceship You can tell a lot about a science fiction story and its world by sharing a meal with it. Just ask the crew of the Nostromo in Alien....

You can tell a lot about a science fiction story and its world by sharing a meal with it. Just ask the crew of the Nostromo in Alien....

Six Spectacular Long Takes in SF/Horror Films and TV Shows - Reactor Let's geek out about our favorite continuous shots!

Let's geek out about our favorite continuous shots!

A Cosmic Discovery Spills From a Magical Book in This Short Fantasy Story Read 'Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library' by Cadwell Turnbull, author of The Lesson; No Gods, No Monsters; and We Are the Crisis.

Read 'Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library' by Cadwell Turnbull, author of The Lesson; No Gods, No Monsters; and We Are the Crisis.

Ted Chiang on Superintelligence and Its Discontents in J.D. Beresford’s Innovative Work of Early 20th-Century Science Fiction J.D. Beresford’s The Hampdenshire Wonder is generally considered to be the first fictional treatment of superhuman intelligence, or “superintelligence.” This is a familiar trope for readers of scie…

Have you read “The Hampdenshire Wonder”?

Loscon tabling at the Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Book show in Glendale, Sun Mar 23rd. $10 admission at the Glendale Civic Auditorium.

Book & collectible vendors, & authors. We share space with the LASFS book sale table!

Details including schedule of authors www.la-vintage-paperback-show.com

10 Must-Watch Sci-Fi Miniseries, Ranked Maniac, Watchmen, and Station Eleven are among the best sci-fi miniseries every fan of the genre must watch.

Agree? Disagree?

10 most mind-bending books of all time Lock in for a trippy experience with these mind-blowing books Proof that reading really can expand your mind

Is it you reading a book, or a book reading you?

16 new fantasy and science fiction books to read in March 2025 Ages come and pass, and a new month has dawned — bringing with it new books! It seems like it's always a busy time in the science fiction and fantasy section of

From epic fantasy to cozy and comedic sci-fi, new installments in long-running series and debut novels that start fresh adventures, March is jam-packed with new fantasy and science fiction books.

Five SF Novels About Being the Last People on Earth - Reactor Five futures ranging from the bucolic to the dystopian...

Five futures ranging from the bucolic to the dystopian..

Dust Storms, Dream Hotels, and Road Trips: March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books In fitting with International Women’s Day on March 8, dangerously powerful women are at the center of many of this month’s SFF and speculative books. Maithree Wijesekara’s epic fantasy debut featur…

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8 Great New Middle Grade Sci-Fi Stories for Your Library Shelves From aliens to robots, time travel to superpowers, these stories are packed with exciting sci-fi adventures.

From aliens to robots, time travel to superpowers, these stories are packed with exciting sci-fi adventures.

10 best fantasy books for kids Kids can learn so much about the world through reading. They can learn even more by reading fantasy! These are the 10 best fantasy books for kids.

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Make a Zine, Take Part in a 95-Year-Old Midwest Movement The independently published mini-magazines have time-hallowed roots in Illinois. Meet the zinesters keeping the art form alive and well.

The first recorded was Chicago’s sci-fi fanzine Comet, published by the Science Correspondence Club in 1930. Following that, artistic movements held zines up, namely punk and riot grrrl waves.

NASA’s new telescope will create the ‘most colourful’ map of the cosmos ever made The SPHEREx mission will image 1 billion galaxies, 100 million stars, and 10,000 asteroids – and help to answer some of the biggest scientific mysteries.

NASA will soon launch a new telescope which it says will create the “most colourful” map of the cosmos ever made.

Bad Art Permission Slip by Ursula Vernon, featuring a Super Official Seal of Officialness and a friendly creature with a pencil and an Art Is Hard T-shirt

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