(1) WAYS IN WHICH PRATCHETT IS STILL WITH US. Sam Jordison discusses “Pratchett power: from lost stories to new adaptations, how the late Discworld author lives on” in the Guardian. “Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the … Continue reading
(1) COMICS: THE INSIDE STORY. Scott Edelman invites listeners to come to Chicago for lunch with Carol Tilley in episode 182 of the Eating the Fantastic podcast. This episode’s guest is Carol Tilley, a professor in the School of Information Sciences … Continue reading
(1) EATING THE FANTASTIC. Scott Edelman invites listeners to share Sachertorte with Steve Toase in Episode 131 of the Eating the Fantastic podcast. My guest this time around for a conversation which couldn’t happen earlier this year but which we’re … Continue reading
(1) SF ENCYCLOPEDIA MILESTONES. John Clute regaled Facebook followers with the latest box score: SFE hubris moment again; we’re free online so hope we can intrude this way . We’ve just hit 75,000 titles listed with full context in Encyclopedia … Continue reading
(1) CARRYING ON. Pat Cadigan continues her series of Dispatches from Cancerland” with “Two Years Of Borrowed Time & I’m Still Not Dead”: I’d love to write a lot of inspirational entries about still being alive but Buffy the Vampire … Continue reading
(1) MORE MEXICANX. John Picacio announced more picks to receive Worldcon 76 memberships from the Mexicanx Initiative. Proudly announcing #TheMexicanxInitiative's next wave of Sponsored Membership Recipients to @worldcon2018! cc: @lizzhuerta @albertochimal @raxxie_ @adamgallardo @BabsWebbArt @pepe_rojo @GarciaCaton @canibaldelaire cc: @MaryRobinette @scalzi … Continue reading
(1) THE PHENOMENA BEHIND LEGENDS. Kim Huett has added two new posts to Doctor Strangemind. The first is about the Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio transmission: “The Great Radio Hoax”. As appealing as I find the idea of Wells’ … Continue reading
(1) MINIONS GETTING PAID. The Seattle law firm Rekhi & Wolk, P.S. sends word they have settled the class action they were litigating against Emerald City Comicon (See Scroll for 5/18/16, item #13). Former volunteer Jerry Brooks alleged Emerald City … Continue reading
(1) BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS TAKING NOMINATIONS. Voting for the British Fantasy Awards is open through May 31. You can vote for the BFAs if you are any of the following:– A member of the British Fantasy Society– An attendee at FantasyCon … Continue reading
(1) BROADCAST MUSIC. Rolling Stone assures us these are the 100 “Best TV Theme Songs of All Time”. WE APOLOGIZE IN advance for all the TV theme songs we are about to lodge back into your heads. Or maybe we should … Continue reading