(1) WHERE HAVE YOU GONE JOE DIMAGGIO? PrimaMedia.ru says on October 9 “Science fiction writer Sergey Lukyanenko will open the visiting session of LiTR-2023 in Harbin”. Harbin is a city in China. The author will proceed there from another literary … Continue reading
(1) GOLDEN VOICES. AudioFile Magazine’s 2023 Golden Voice Award winners are Nicholas Boulton, Marin Ireland and Kevin R. Free. All three have done some genre books. Narrator Kevin R. Free has done the most: Tell us about a memorable character … Continue reading
Crime fiction award season is gearing up and the finalists for the 2022 Barry Awards and 2021 Agatha Awards have been announced. 2022 BARRY AWARDS BEST MYSTERY/CRIME NOVEL The Dark Hours, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) Razorblade Tears, S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books) … Continue reading
(1) I’D LIKE TO MEET HIS TAILOR. James Davis Nicoll is “Asking the Tough Questions About Superheroes and Public Nudity” at Tor.com. Don’t tell me this hasn’t troubled you, too! …If [the superhero is] prone to turning into living flame? … Continue reading
(1) THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Rachel S. Cordasco is dedicating June to “Nordic SF in Translation” on her SF in Translation site and on FB and Twitter: “SFT From The Nordic Countries” . She’s looking for on-topic contributions, too. … Continue reading
(1) ANCIENT VIDEO GAMES PLAYABLE AGAIN. Cnet makes a nostalgic discovery as “Internet Archive releases 2,500 MS-DOS games so you can relive the ’90s”. If you loved playing retro MS-DOS games from the ’90s like 3D Bomber, Zool and Alien Rampage, … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2020 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
Some of the awards we’ve been tracking have reached the stage of picking the winners, while others are just now unfurling longlists and shortlists. 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction The winner of the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for … 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
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has released the Preliminary Ballot for the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards®. This is not the list of finalists, nor are they called nominees: it is the list which HWA members will choose from when they vote … Continue reading