AlexisGilliland.com Officially Launches
Alexis Gilliland writes, “I am pleased to announce http://www.alexisgilliland.com is now up and running.”
Alexis Gilliland writes, “I am pleased to announce http://www.alexisgilliland.com is now up and running.”
Ten pages of new cartoons by Alexis Gilliland are up at Alexisgilliland.org. Credit an assist from his wife, Lee.
(0) Short Scroll today – no reason, just not as many things I wanted to include. (1) LE GUIN’S BEST BOOKS. The New York Times takes a look at why Ursula K. Le Guin matters: “Her powerful imagination turned hypothetical … Continue reading
(1) F&SF COVER PREVIEW. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction shared an advance look at the cover of its July/August 2021 issue by artist Alan M. Clark. (2) A PERSPECTIVE ON AFRICAN SF. Marta Mboka Tveit discusses how “The rise of … Continue reading
Baen Books publisher Toni Weisskopf turned the Baen’s Bar forum back on today, ending the hiatus that came in the aftermath of Jason Sanford’s February 15 article “Baen Books Forum Being Used to Advocate for Political Violence”, a public post on Patreon. … Continue reading
(1) THEY CAME FROM SPACE. Christie’s “Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites” auction will offer rare meteorites for bid between February 9-23. Wonderful photos at the link. The weight of every known meteorite is less than the world’s … Continue reading
(1) WINTER IS HERE. The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop will host the Winter Writers Series, monthly conversations via Zoom between Clarion alumni and instructors about the art of speculative fiction and their writing careers. The conversations are co-hosted by … Continue reading
(1) ADDING A HUGO CATEGORY. Speculative Fiction in Translation’s Rachel Cordasco renews her appeal that “major Anglophone SFF awards should include a separate translation category” in “SFT And The Awards”. …Really, all of this comes down to a naming problem. If the … Continue reading
(1) MAKE ROOM, MAKE ROOM! The 2020 Hugo voting report, which begins with a short list of works that got enough votes to be finalists but were disqualified or withdrawn by the author, showed that Ann Leckie declined her nomination … Continue reading
(1) CITIZEN ROBOTS. Politico covers the latest legal uproar about robots: Autonomous robots with humanlike, all-encompassing capabilities might still be decades away, but lawmakers, legal experts and manufacturers are already locked in a high-stakes debate about their legal status: whether it’s these … Continue reading