(1) HE LIED. THANK GOODNESS! Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is writing an episode due to air in Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Fifteenth Doctor: “Steven Moffat returns to write episode for new season of Doctor Who”. ….Speaking … Continue reading
(1) EMBRACE THE MONOVERSE. [Item by Olav Rokne.] S.I. Rosenbaum (who was at the Hugo Awards in 2022 with their partner Abraham Reisman) writes in the New York Times about the seductive power of multiverses as a metaphor, and the … Continue reading
(1) AN ORDERLY ILLUSION. The Daily Californian’s Logan Roscoe, in “Bureaucratizing science fiction”, analyzes the use of architectural design in New Weird visuals. …When playing Control, the player fights interdimensional enemies, but in every background, they see an attempt at subjecting … Continue reading
(1) HOTROOTING. Eddie Kim tells why he looks forward to the production, and shares a Redwall-inspired recipe: “’Redwall’ Netflix TV Series: The Best Food Porn Ever Written” at Mel Magazine. (“GRRM wept,” says N., who sent the link.) The world … Continue reading
(1) NEXT TREK. CBS All Access dropped a trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a spinoff from Star Trek; Discovery that stars Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn. Fans spoke, Star Trek listened, and a new series aboard the U.S.S. … Continue reading
(1) STAR DATING. Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter we have not missed these entries: “William Shatner Gives Captain’s Log Updates as Kirk Amid Coronavirus Standstill”. It would appear William Shatner is not quite through with Capt. James T. Kirk after … Continue reading
(1) DON’T BLAB. Mary Robinette Kowal dispenses some wisdom in “Debut Author Lessons: So you’ve been nominated for an award…” Over the years, I’ve learned a few things and so here’s the stuff that I’ve told new Nebula, Hugo, and … Continue reading
(1) BUMMER, MAN. Camestros Felapton studies a claim about sff readers in “The downbeat end”. …So the dire warnings of what might happen if “cosy horror” got a foothold in the horror community was that horror would be assimilated by … Continue reading
(1) HERE COMES THE SUN (STAMPS). On June 16 the United States Postal Service will release a series of stamps highlighting images of the Sun captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Order them online here. …The 20-stamp set features ten images … Continue reading
Finalists in 25 competitive categories for the 2021 Audie Awards, including the Audiobook of the Year, were announced by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) on February 23. The Audie Awards® recognize excellence in audiobook and spoken word entertainment,. The finalists were … Continue reading