Pages & Proofs

William Gibson spoke at the New York public library last week and The Awl took the trouble of writing up much of what the author said. It’s interesting stuff from a writer who holds a very special position in the literary world. I was probably 12 or 13 years old, and I went virtually every [...]

This oddly named science fiction book has quite a legacy. Ralph 124C 41+ was written by Hugo Gernsback and published in 12 parts in Modern Electrics Magazine, starting in April 1911. It was published as a book in 1925 (see above) with black and white illustrations drawn by the famous science fiction illustrator Frank R. [...]

This would be a great present for science fiction fans. A two-volume box set called American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s, published by The Library of America. The 1950s was the golden age for American science fiction and this collection contains works by Robert Heinlein, Richard Matheson, James Blish and Alfred Bester. [...]

Spotted at Book Patrol. For further reading, we have a little HG Wells, some Isaac Asimov, a touch of JG Ballard, a dollop of post-apocalyptic fiction and a tribute to Ray Bradbury,

NASA has announced that the Mars Curiosity landing site is to be called Bradbury Landing in honour of science fiction legend Ray Bradbury. Of course, The Martian Chronicles are one of Bradbury’s most famous works. Curiosity’s Twitter account said: “In tribute, I dedicate my landing spot on Mars to you, Ray Bradbury. Greetings from Bradbury [...]

Here is a lovely example of an Ace Double from 1970. On one side we have Flower of Doradil by John Rackham and then flip it over, and we have A Promising Planet by Jeremy Strike. Read our feature to learn more about vintage copies of Ace Books.