Salt Lake City plays host to the 2014 Westercon from July 3-6 at the Marriott City Creek Hotel. And what a slate of sf and science personalities will be there — Guest List: Cory Doctorow, author, blogger, and technology activist … Continue reading
(0) The Scroll is light because I had a medical appointment and also took some time to write the BasedCon post. Will make it up to you tomorrow! (1) THE APPLAUSE METER. [Item by Mike Kennedy.] Apparently a five minute … Continue reading
(1) NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 58TH NEBULA AWARDS. Full, Associate, and Senior members of SFWA are eligible to submit a nomination ballot for the Nebula Awards. Nominations may be cast online or by post. Ballots must be received by February 28, 2023 at … Continue reading
By Lee Weinstein: One of the fond memories from my childhood is a movie serial I followed on a Saturday afternoon kiddie television show back in the late 1950’s. Although I wasn’t to see it again until 1980, it made … Continue reading
(1) UNRELATED TWINS. Darryl Mott tweeted a rundown about why two gaming companies that each go by the name TSR are making the wrong kind of news recently. Thread starts here. (2) COOL IDEA. IceCon 2021, the convention happening this … Continue reading
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the series nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards. Lovecraft Country (HBO) and What We Do In The Shadows (FX) led genre shows with five nominations each. The CCA’s film nominees will … Continue reading
Black Panther made history as the first superhero film to ever be nominated for Best Picture when the nominees for the 91st Oscars were announced today. Black Panther also picked up six other nominations including production design, original score, original … Continue reading
(1) F&SF COVER. Gordon Van Gelder revealed The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction’s Jan/Feb. 2019 cover by artist Jill Bauman. (2) ROLL ‘EM. Deadline blabbed that the Amazing Stories TV show has gone into production: “‘Amazing Stories’: Edward Burns … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of works published for the first time in 2018. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, as well as other sources on the … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Among our astounding developments – our amazing, stellar, thrilling, wonderful developments – is the Masquerade at science fiction conventions. Once a dress-up party as the name suggests, pioneered by Forry Ackerman and no less than Jack Speer, … Continue reading