Cepheid Variable, the Texas A&M University student group that hosts AggieCon, says university has requested that the convention take a year off. No explanation was given for the request. The group, which says AggieCon is the oldest, largest student-run fan … Continue reading
(1) HOLMES & WATSON. At Brandon O’Brien’s Afternoon Tea the author takes up the Elementary series: “Lapsang Souchong: Two People Who ‘Love’ Each Other”. I’ve been thinking about this topic idly in my skull for quite some time, and since … Continue reading
(1) INSIDE THE HATCH. ‘”If the aliens lay eggs, how does that affect architecture?’: sci-fi writers on how they build their worlds”. Nest-designing tips from Alastair Reynolds, Nnedi Okorafor, Ann Leckie, Becky Chambers, Kim Stanley Robinson and M. John Harrison. Nnedi Okorafor Binti (2015), … Continue reading
Here are 8 developments of interest to fans: (1) Last week I saw Independence Day again, where Mary McDonnell is cast as a doomed First Lady, one of the early casualties of an alien attack. She also played President Roslin … Continue reading
George W. Proctor, a cherished figure in Texas‘ science fiction community, died August 3. An active fanzine editor in the early 1970s, the best known of his several titles was Citadel. Proctor wrote sf professionally, and also edited the Science … Continue reading