Hugo and Retro Hugo nominations close tonight, so if you have been procrastinating your vote, time is running out. If you need a reminder list of some fantastic short stories eligible for the Retro Hugos, check out this list.
March has another Scide Splitters (in case you are wondering how that works, I am on a four week schedule at Amazing Stories). This time I look at Ben Bova’s The Starcrossed. The story is loosely based on Bova’s real experience as technical advisor for The Starlost, a 1973 television show that demonstrated nearly all the pitfalls that can sink a promising SF television series.
Willis’ Uncharted Territory, as well as an examination of why romantic comedies always seem to be funnier at the beginning of the story.
David A. Kilman 