Russian sf writer Boris Strugatsky who, with his late brother Arkady, was a 1987 Worldcon GoH, died November 19 at the age of 79. He had recently experienced heart troubles and was in the hospital undergoing dialysis. [Thanks to Steven … Continue reading
(1) THE BROTHERS STRUGATSKY. “Striving to become: how a former officer changed Russian science fiction” at Pledge Times. ,,,,But it was Arkady Strugatsky who was the first to understand that if they really want to “break out, break through, ah,” … Continue reading
(1) GARCIAGATE GOFUNDME. Chris Garcia, Vanessa and the boys had to evacuate from their Northern California home because of the fires. So far their house has survived, but there’s no telling when they will be able to return. Til then, … Continue reading
(1) WE’LL BE GONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THEN. Cass Morris tells what it was like aboard Disney’s Halcyon Starcruiser in “Together As One”, first in a series of posts where she’ll capture full details of this Star Wars immersive … Continue reading
(1) IN TWEETS, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU EXPLAIN YOURSELF. Charlie Warzel’s article “It’s Not Cancel Culture — It’s A Platform Failure” at Galaxy Brain analyzes a problematic Twitter feature (illustrated by a topic that was mentioned in item #1 of … Continue reading
(1) I’M NOT YOUR HERO. A creator who goes by the handle mar has produced an impressive Murderbot tribute video. I’M NOT YOUR HERO – THE MURDERBOT DIARIES ANIMATIC after over 2 months, 22 sketchbook pages of brainstorming, thumbnails & … Continue reading
(1) STUCK INSIDE. BBC’s Doctor Who site has posted a new short story by Paul Cornell, “The Shadow Passes”. The setup is — … She’d been thinking that when Graham had found the sign. It had said, the letters wobbling … Continue reading
(1) CHECK YOURSELF. Cat Rambo’s social media advice. Thread starts here. (2) HUGO MIA. Foz Meadows’ 2019 Best Fan Writer Hugo has suffered a misadventure in delivery. (3) KEEPING HUGO. Amazing Stories’ Steve Davidson, in “On Renaming Awards”, tries to … Continue reading
Why I am Advocating for a Best Translated Novel Category By Chris M. Barkley: Author’s Note: Like Jo Van Ekeren, I am a member of a Hugo Awards Study Committee, which was formed last year at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Westercon LXXI, combined with Myths & Legends Con VI, will be 4-8 July 2018 at Denver, Colorado: the Denver Tech Center Hyatt Regency Hotel. We’ll discuss three Classics of Science Fiction, one discussion each. Come to as … Continue reading