Tangent Online Presents:
An Interview with Alfred Bester
(1913-1987)
Interviewer:
Dave Truesdale
Location:
MidAmeriCon, 34th World Science Fiction Convention
Kansas City, MO, September 2-6, 1976
Muehlebach Hotel
Author Archives: Dave Truesdale
The Green Hornet — When Money Talks
It’s Christmas, and the Green Hornet must uncover who is behind the exploitation of the poorest families in the slum district of the city. Britt Reid, secretly the Green Hornet, is publisher of the Daily Sentinel. Each year during the Christmas season the paper rallies to aid some of those down on their luck. But …
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Read More...Asimov’s — January 2012
Asimov’s, January 2012
“Bruce Springsteen” by Paul McAuley
“Recyclable Material” by Katherine Marzinsky
“Maiden Voyage” by Jack McDevitt
“The War is Over and Everyone Wins” by Zachary Jernigan
“The Burst” by C.W. Johnson
“Friendlessness” by Eric Del Carlo
“In the House of Aryaman, A Lonely Signal Burns” by Elizabeth Bear
Fantasy & Science Fiction — Jan./Feb. 2012
Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2012
“Small Towns” by Felicity Shoulders
“The Comfort of Strangers” by Alexander Jablokov
“The Secret of the City of Gold” by Ron Goulart
“Maxwell’s Demon” by Ken Liu
“Scrap Dragon” byNaomi Kritzer
“Umbrella Men” by John G. McDaid
“In the Trenches” by Michael Alexander
“Alien Land” by K. D. Wentworth
“Canto MCML” by Lewis Shiner
“Mindbender” by Albert E. Cowdrey
“The Color Least Used by Nature” by Ted Kosmatka
Favorite Story — Lost Horizon
Favorite Story ran from 1946-1949, the concept behind the show being that celebrities from various disciplines (film, radio, tv, music, the various arts, etc.) would choose their “favorite story” to be dramatized. English writer James Hilton’s (1900-1954) 1933 novel Lost Horizon was chosen by silent film star, international celebrity, and co-founder of United Artists (along …
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Read More...Apex Magazine #31, December 2011
Apex Magazine #31, December 2011
“The 24 Hour Brother” by Christopher Barzac
“Faithful City” by Michael Pevzner
Strange Horizons, December 5, 2011
Strange Horizons, December 5, 2011
“Penelope Napolitano and the Butterflies” by Aliya Whiteley
Read More...Beneath Ceaseless Skies #83, December 1, 2011
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #83, December 1, 2011
“The Gardens of Landler Abbey” by Megan Arkenberg
“Princess Courage” by Nadia Bulkin
Redstone Science Fiction #19, December 2011
Redstone Science Fiction #19, December 2011
“Hacker” by Siobhan Shier
“Time, Like Blood, on My Hands” by Eric Del Carlo
The Mystery of the Z-Rays — Nick Carter, Master Detective
It’s always a surprise to find genre-related material in the most unlikely places on Old Time Radio. “The Professor’s Secret” (or “The Mystery of the Z-Rays”) aired on Nick Carter, Master Detective on April 1, 1944. Nick Carter ran a respectable twelve years, from 1943-1955, but the famous detective’s history begins much earlier. During the …
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