I was wrong to think SFWA wouldn’t hire a fanzine editor to run the Bulletin. John Klima, whose Electric Velocipede won the 2009 Best Fanzine Hugo, has been picked to helm SFWA’s revived quarterly. (Hey, Electric Velocipede even had actual … Continue reading
(1) RAMBO REPORT. “SFWA is Many Things, But Not a Gelatinous Cube” insists Cat Rambo, the organization’s President, in a 3,800 word update published halfway through her two-year term in office. I was looking at Twitter the other day and … Continue reading
Congratulations to Neil Clarke on his hiring by Science Fiction Writers of America as permanent editor of The Bulletin. He has been acting as interim editor since John Klima’s departure last summer. SFWA President Cat Rambo said, “I was overwhelmed … Continue reading
The Spring 2015 issue of the SFWA Bulletin published by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is now available in a Kindle edition from Amazon for $2.99. The features in the current issue are: Editorial – John Klima … Continue reading
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, multiple Hugo nominees as editors of the semiprozine Apex Magazine, are funding the first year of Uncanny, their new professional online SF/F magazine, with a Kickstarter appeal. Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction … Continue reading
The 2014 World Fantasy Award shortlist has been released. The judges for this year’s WFC Awards are Andy Duncan, Kij Johnson, Oliver Johnson, John Klima, and Liz Williams. The winners will be announced November 9. Novel Richard Bowes, Dust Devil … Continue reading
The judges for the 2014 World Fantasy Awards will be Andy Duncan, Kij Johnson, Oliver Johnson, John Klima, and Liz Williams. Eligible works are books published in 2013; from magazines with a 2013 cover date; and only living authors and editors are … Continue reading
John Klima’s Electric Velocipede, which won the 2009 Best Fanzine Hugo and then declared itself a semiprozine, will cease publication with the current issue, number 27. Klima explained in his editorial “A Remembrance of the Future” that he has been … Continue reading
Apex Publications will launch Glitter & Mayhem, an anthology dedicated to Roller Derby, nightclubs, glam aliens, (literal) party monsters, drugs, sex, glitter, and debauchery, at a skating party during LoneStarCon 3. The 120,000 word, 346-page anthology originated as an idea on … Continue reading
The first installment of the papers of Chicago-born SF author Fred Saberhagen has arrived at the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. Saberhagen, who passed away in 2007, lived for last thirty years in New … Continue reading