Steve Davis died March 19 of cancer at the age of 72. Writes Gregory Benford: “He’s the husband of Grania Davis, herself the widow of Avram Davidson. Steve was an active fan and physician. I went up to Oakland last week … Continue reading
(1) ICG LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. Congratulations to John and Christine O’Halloran, who were presented with this year’s International Costumers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award at Costume-Con 39 on April 22. (2) AUDIOPYROMATRONICS. Maleficent Dragon caught fire during last night’s performance of … Continue reading
(1) MORE MURDERBOT IN OUR FUTURE. Martha Wells has a new six-book deal with Tordotcom reports Publishers Weekly – three of them in the Murderbot series. Tordotcom’s Lee Harris took world English rights to six books by Martha Wells. The six-figure acquisition, which … Continue reading
(1) TALK AMONG YOURSELVES. N.K. Jemisin has some great news. This is as much of it as she can share. (2) BEST OF THE FIRST HALF. Grimdark Magazine presents its list of “Best Sff Books Of 2020 So Far: Picked … Continue reading
Compiled by Steven H Silver: Here is the In Memoriam list shown during the Worldcon 75 Hugo Ceremony. Since the livestream didn’t work, most people haven’t seen it yet. The list covers the August 1, 2016-July 31, 2017 period. Scott … Continue reading
(1) YA AWARD NAME. Annalee Flower Horne makes a preemptive strike. All I want out of the Worldcon YA award is for them not to name it after Heinlein. Or any dude, actually, but especially not him. — Annalee (@LeeFlower) … Continue reading
(1) CLARKE AWARD SHORTLIST COMING APRIL 27. Call it your palate cleanser after the Hugo nominations come out on April 26. Arthur C. Clarke Award Director Tom Hunter says: That’s right, this Wednesday 113 books becomes a shortlist of 6, … Continue reading
(1) OPENING DAY. The PKDFest is three days long — I posted about the Friday and Saturday sessions at Cal State Fullerton. The party starts Thursday, April 28 on another campus — at UC Irvine. Philip K. Dick in the OC: Virtually Real, … Continue reading
The Philip K. Dick Conference 2016 runs from April 29-30 on the California State University, Fullerton campus, where Dick’s papers are deposited in the CSUF Library’s Special Collections. The conference theme is “Philip K. Dick, Here and Now”, exploring his influence on sf … Continue reading
The New York Review of Books will host a tribute to satirist and editor Robert Sheckley on April 7. There will be a reading of a classic Sheckley story and a panel about his life and work. Featured participants are … Continue reading