(1) KGB IN TIMES TO COME. Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Nancy Kress and Kim Stanley Robinson in a YouTube livestream event on Wednesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. EDT. Link to … Continue reading
(1) SECOND OPINION. The President of Turkey is not a forgiving audience for social satire. So we learn from “Turkish Court to Determine if Gollum-Erdogan Comparison is Insult” at Voice of America. The fate of a Turkish doctor is in … Continue reading
The Starship Century anthology, Symposium edition, is currently available in paperback for $28 — click here. (The ebook edition is coming in August.) Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon is a 340-page partnership between authors from both science and fiction … Continue reading
The Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination will launch this month with a series of free events on the UC San Diego campus. May 1 through 31, 2013 “Remembering Sir Arthur C. Clarke” Remembering and celebrating the diverse genius … Continue reading
The prospects for returning to the Moon are discouraging and the cost of visiting Mars is out of sight. What should a space fan do? Dream bigger! Several top scientists and hard sf writers who have devoted their careers to … Continue reading
Admit it, you’ll be more help to Vonda McIntyre casting Dreamsnake once you’ve read her book. And on April 26 that will become even easier, when BookViewCafe releases the novel in electronic form. See the full press release after the jump.
(1) NEW VONDA MCINTYRE COLLECTION. Clarion West has announced that Little Sisters and Other Stories, a collection of short fiction by Clarion West founder and life-long supporter, Vonda N. McIntyre, will be released April 23, 2024 and is available for … Continue reading
(1) THOUSANDS SIGN AUTHORS GUILD LETTER CALLING ON AI INDUSTRY TO PROTECT WRITERS. Over 9000 authors, including genre-recognizable names like Margaret Atwood, Michael Chabon, Carmen Machado, Joe Hill, Edward M. Lerner, Brendan DuBois, Terri Windling, Matthew Kressel, Sean Wallace, and … Continue reading
(1) OKORAFOR’S WORK OF A LIFETIME. Announced today: (2) AFRICAN/BLACK HUGO FINALISTS. Writing Africa’s post “Hugo Awards 2023 finalists announced” names seven writers of African descent (African or Black) in the running for the awards. List at the link. (3) … Continue reading
(1) MARK HAMILL ZOOMS WITH UKRANIAN DEFENDERS. Mark Hamill answered Ukranians’ questions about the Star Wars saga. (2) A NICHE IN THE ECOLOGY. WIRED tells “How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World”. “DO YOU REMEMBER what kind of beer it was?” Andy … Continue reading