by Howard Zimmerman | Jul 13, 2012 | Comic Con
Brooklyn-born Phil Seuling was the first independent national distributor of comic books. If not for Phil’s early work in the field, there would be no Diamond Comic Distributors today. Back in the 1970s, Phil hosted comic cons at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan....
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 | Isaac Asimov, Publishing, Starlog
So it’s the late 1970s and I’ve just been hired by the science-fiction media magazine, Starlog. My first task is to review and edit an article by one of my literary gods, Isaac Asimov, on the possibility of faster-than-light travel. More to the point: is...
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,...
