By Daniel Dern: I’m not immediately moved to order any for myself — I’ve already got enough interesting (non-magical) card decks (robots, 3D dinosaurs, Alice, etc), but surely some Filers will be bemused, perhaps even moved to acquire. These are … Continue reading
European Fan Fund Administrators Matylda Naczyńska and Marcin “Alqua” Kłak announced April 6 that Joro Penchev of Buglaria has been voted the fund’s 2024 winner. Penchev will attend the 2024 Eurocon in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from August 16-19. Eighty votes were received, however, 14 … Continue reading
(1) BURROUGHS ON THE BLOCK. Heritage Auctions will hold The World of Edgar Rice Burroughs Rare Books Signature® Auction on April 25: …featuring more than 120 lots — many of which have never been publicly offered, and some of which come from Burroughs’ … Continue reading
By Žarko Milićević: On Monday March 11, 2024, at Belgrade Youth Center, Serbia, the “Lazar Komarčić” Science Fiction and Fantasy Society held a lecture on the beginnings of genre publishing in Serbia/Yugoslavia. The lecturers were Miodrag Milovanović, author of Srpska … Continue reading
First Fandom members will begin voting this week on the First Fandom Awards for 2024. President John L. Coker III says arrangements are being made to present the awards during Opening Ceremonies at the 2024 Worldcon in Glasgow, Scotland, August … Continue reading
The finalists have been announced for Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 9. The competition sponsored by Mark Lawrence began with the submission of self-published fantasy works on June 1, 2023. The first 300 author-submitted works were accepted into the competition. The major qualifiers … Continue reading
Sondi Warner is an author with a flair for the paranormal. Her debut novel, Lead Me Astray, was selected as an Amazon Editor’s Pick Best Romance in March 2022 and published by W by Wattpad Books. Sondi is also an … Continue reading
By Anne Marble: Fanfiction is known for tropes like enemies-to-lovers. But some vendors have become the enemies of the fanfic community — by making a profit from fanfiction. These vendors are breaking one of rules of the fanfiction world: Don’t … Continue reading
(1) MCCARTY Q&A. Chris Barkley’s audio interview with Dave McCarty was published here overnight: “Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #81”. The audio recording is at Soundcloud. A transcript is here. (2) SPARE CHANGE? The New Zealand Mint has … Continue reading
Covers of the Ballantine Books paperback editions from the 1970s. By RL Thornton. Returning to Literary Fantasy. Throughout the history of speculative fiction (i.e. SF/F), the genre has always had a problematic relationship with the literary mainstream. Aspersions were initially … Continue reading