By Carl Slaughter: After a hiatus of several years, Elizabeth Moon is back with Vatta’s Peace, a new subseries of Vatta’s War. The first Vatta’s Peace novel, Cold Welcome, came out in April from Del Rey. Check out the new … Continue reading
WisCon’s parent organization SF3 announces it “has withdrawn the invitation to Elizabeth Moon to attend WisCon 35 as guest of honor.” The opinions Moon expressed in her September 11 LiveJournal post about building a mosque near Ground Zero aroused widespread controversy (for … Continue reading
(1) WOMEN AUTHORS REDISCOVERED. One of the books Danielle Trussoni reviews for the New York Times in “Grisly Slabs of Gothic Horror” is the Lisa Morton / Leslie Klinger collection Weird Women: In the introduction to WEIRD WOMEN: Classic Supernatural Fiction … Continue reading
(1) CURRENT FUTURES. Mary Beth Griggs tells fans where they can “Dive into a new sci-fi anthology set in the world’s oceans” at The Verge. Genetic editing, holograms, and underwater cities each make appearances in the 18 stories and 18 … Continue reading
(1) BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARDS. The winners of the 2019 Best Translated Book Awards were announced May 29. I believe neither is genre. (However, Sofia Samatar, past winner of a World Fantasy Award, is among the judges.) Slave Old Man, … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: In March, debut author Elizabeth Bonesteel came out with The Cold Between, first in her Central Corps series. It’s part military, part space opera, part thriller, part mystery, part romance. Harper Voyager compared it to Elizabeth Moon, … Continue reading
Elizabeth Moon was interviewed by NewsOK, the Oklahoman online, on October 23 about WisCon’s decision to drop her as one of its guests of honor. Here are the first four paragraphs: A best-selling Texas science fiction author has been un-invited … Continue reading
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) announced today that Splinter in the Sky (Saga Press) by Kemi Ashing-Giwa has won the 2024 Compton Crook Award for best debut SF/Fantasy/horror novel, a prize worth $1,000. Kemi Ashing-Giwa is the 42nd winner of the award. … Continue reading
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) today named the finalists for the 2024 Compton Crook Award for best first novel in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. One of these five authors will win $1,000 for Best First Novel: … Continue reading
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) announced that The Ballad of Perilious Graves (Redhook Books/Orbit) by Alex Jennings has won the 2023 Compton Crook Award for best debut SF/Fantasy/horror novel, a prize worth $1,000. Alex Jennings is the 41st winner of the award. … Continue reading