The 2023 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award honoree is Josephine Saxton. The selection was announced this weekend at Readercon 32. The 2023 jury consisted of Ann VanderMeer, Steven H Silver, Richard Horton, and Grant Thiessen, who gave these reasons for their choice: The Cordwainer … Continue reading
The 2021 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award honoree is D.G. Compton. The selection was announced this weekend at Readercon 31. Compton’s 1970 novel The Steel Crocodile was nominated for the Nebula Award, and his 1974 novel The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe was filmed as Death Watch by Bertrand Tavernier in 1979. … 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
The 2020 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award is presented today to: Rick Raphael(1917-1994) The jury particularly cites: Raphael’s 1966 fixup novel Code Three, composed of three shorter works the first two of which were published in Analog and were each separately nominated for the Hugo Award. … Continue reading
Carol Emshwiller (1921-2019) is the winner of the 2019 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award announced at Readercon on July 12 – coincidentally, Smith’s birthday. The juried award goes each year to a science fiction or fantasy writer whose work displays unusual … Continue reading
Frank M. Robinson is the winner of the 2018 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award announced at Readercon on July 13. The juried award goes each year to a science fiction or fantasy writer whose work displays unusual originality, embodies the spirit … Continue reading
Seabury Quinn is the winner of the 2017 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, announced at Readercon on July 14. The juried award goes each year to a science fiction or fantasy writer whose work displays unusual originality, embodies the spirit of … Continue reading
The late Judith Merril has been recognized with the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award. The announcement was made at Readercon this weekend. Robert J. Sawyer, one of the judges, confirmed the news in a comment on Facebook. We did indeed select … Continue reading
(1) BRAND NEW AUDIO FEATURE. Daniel Dern sent a music video playlist to accompany his Pixel Scroll title today. “Lullabye of Broadway” (from 42nd Street) “Birdland” Optional play(list) (2) NEW VOICE CHIMES IN. There’s a slight changing of the guard … Continue reading
(1) REALLY LISTENING. Charlie Jane Anders considers “What the Universal Translator Tells Us About Exploring Other Cultures” in her latest Happy Dancing newsletter. … But at the same time, the notion of instantaneous, flawless translation feels very aspirational. In order … Continue reading