(1) NOT LOOKING GOOD. “Friends who attended anime convention with man who contracted omicron have tested positive for coronavirus, health official says” reports the Washington Post. The Minnesota man who contracted the omicron variant of the coronavirus met up with about 35 friends at … Continue reading
Finalists for this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel have been selected. Christopher McKitterick, director of the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction and newly named Campbell Award chair announced the list on … Continue reading
Baen Books will issue new ebooks by Gardner Dozois and John Kessel on November 15. They will be available individually or can be purchased in a bundle for a significant discount. Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee Gardner Dozois’ ebooks … Continue reading
By Gary Farber: Terry Bisson, writer extraordinaire, died January 10, 2024. It’s now January 18th, and his preliminary obituary is already off the Locus front page, though we’re told that a full obituary will appear in the February print issue. … Continue reading
The Big Book of Cyberpunk arrives September 26. Editor Jared Shurin tells File 770, “As with any attempt at a definitive collection, I suspect (and hope) it will provoke conversation!” At over a thousand pages it is the largest anthology of … Continue reading
(1) NASA “HUMAN COMPUTER” NOW ON THE MAP. “Moon Mountain Name Honors NASA Mathematician Melba Mouton” the space agency announced this week. Scientists recently named a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s … Continue reading
(1) BUGLER, SOUND REBOOTS AND SADDLES! “J. Michael Straczynski Rallies Fans to Save the Babylon 5 Reboot” – Tor.com boosts the signal. JMS asks fans to light up social media on behalf of Babylon 5. The Babylon 5 reboot at The CW … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2022 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been selected. “If the Martians Have Magic,” P. Djeli Clark, Uncanny Magazine, Sept 2021 “Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma,” R.S.A. Garcia, Clarkesworld, Jan … Continue reading
Editor Rich Horton has released the list of stories in Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2021 edition (stories from 2020). The 2021 anthology has been delayed by such pandemic-related issues as the difficulty in getting a slot at the … Continue reading
(1) BLACK STARS. SYFY.com offers a preview of a Black Stars story plus comments by series editor Nisi Shawl: “Amazon Original Stories Black Stars: Read an excerpt by Chimamanda Ngzoi Adichie”. …Titled Black Stars, the collection showcases some of the biggest names … Continue reading