by Howard Zimmerman | Sep 4, 2013 | Publishing, Science Fiction, Tribute
The future died two days ago, with the passing of science-fiction giant and legend Frederick Pohl. Pohl was the last of the original Futurians, the direct link back to Hugo Gernsback and the beginnings of American science fiction. He was part of the first sci-fi fan...
by Howard Zimmerman | Aug 21, 2013 | Isaac Asimov, Publishing, Science Fiction, Tribute
As I was saying. . . . My first assignment as an assistant editor at Starlog Magazine was to edit an essay by the great Isaac Asimov on the possibility of actual faster-than-light travel. I read through its 5 or 6 typewritten pages, made some notes, and went...
by Howard Zimmerman | Sep 13, 2012 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction
We just can’t get enough of Mars! NASA saw its largest, most sophisticated robotic explorer yet, the Curiosity Rover, successfully land in a highly complex maneuver in mid-August. The damned thing is so large and so heavy that they needed to remotely lower it...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 11, 2012 | Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Tribute
As a kid in the 1950s, I knew that there were three shining stars in the science-fiction firmament: Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. Isaac Asimov was a second-generation “Doc” Smith. Whatever sci-fi tropes and vistas Doc did not invent, Asimov did. Isaac was also, quite...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 6, 2012 | Howard Zimmerman, Science Fiction, Starlog
As a child of the Fifties, I was nurtured by a society that was rushing to embrace the future. I watched the old Buster Crabbe Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon serials on TV—we had the first one on our block. And there was Captain Video, Tom...
by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 6, 2012 | Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Tribute, Visionary Men
I just heard the sad news of Ray Bradbury’s passing. He was a one-of-a-kind soul, bountifully gifted, unflaggingly positive, a loving and caring man, beloved by all who met him. Ray was only 91 . . . he thought he would live forever. And he will, in hearts and minds,...
