Astra Publishing House has acquired DAW Books. The deal was announced today in a press release run at Amazing Stories and elsewhere. DAW, although it has a distribution relationship with Penguin Group and is headquartered in Penguin USA’s offices in New York City, … Continue reading
The Endeavour Award for books published in 2022 was presented on November 10 at OryCon 43. The winner is: The award encourages the growth of literature in the field and recognizes works of excellence by Pacific Northwest authors. It is named for H.M. … Continue reading
The Endeavour Award has named the finalists and judges for books published in 2022. A panel of judges will select the winner, to be presented at OryCon 43, November 10-12, held in Portland, Oregon at the Holiday Inn Portland – Columbia Riverfront. The … Continue reading
The Endeavour Award for books published in 2021 was presented at Norwescon 45 on April 8. The award encourages the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of … Continue reading
The Endeavour Award has named the finalists and judges for books published in 2021. A panel of judges will select the winner, to be presented at Norwescon 45, April 6-9, held in SeaTac, Washington at the DoubleTree Hotel. The finalists … Continue reading
(1) COLUMBIA SHUTTLE TRAGEDY ANNIVERSARY. NPR is “Remembering the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy 20 years on”. …SIMON: Twenty years later, what have we learned about that day? What happened there in the sky? And what might have prevented it? DUGGINS: … Continue reading
(1) ASKING ABOUT BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES IN SF. Prof. Brendan Allison has a question, and File 770 has volunteered to try and crowdsource the answer: I am an academic researcher in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). I’m writing a book … Continue reading
Banned Books Week runs September 26-October 2. “This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers, particularly students, are losing access to critical information, and librarians and teachers are under attack for … Continue reading
Audiofile Magazine calls these the nine best sff audiobooks to appear in the first half of 2022. SIREN QUEEN by Nghi Vo| Read by Natalie Naudus [Macmillan Audio | 8.75 hrs.] Review Natalie Naudus’s skilled narration adds to the luminous … Continue reading
(1) PAY THE WRITER. Adam Whitehead in “Disney and Alan Dean Foster approaching settlement on royalties” at The Wertzone brings promising news: Foster does not go into details, but notes on his webpage. “The irritating imbroglio with Disney, which you may … Continue reading