John Scalzi, novelist and internet personality, is the 2023 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The award is given by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human … Continue reading
(1) RUTGER HAUER DIES. Variety pays tribute: “Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star, Dies at 75”. Rutger Hauer, the versatile Dutch leading man of the ’70s who went on star in the 1982 “Blade Runner” as Roy Batty, died July 19 … Continue reading
The Arthur C, Clarke Center for Human Imagination will host an “Evening with Cixin Liu and John Scalzi” at UC San Diego on November 12. They will discuss their work and the power of speculative worldbuilding, and sign books following … Continue reading
John Scalzi is running for President of SFWA. His announcement on Whatever lists changes he wants to lead the writers’ organization to make. They sound good to me, although I’ve never been part of the conversation to know whether they’re popular suggestions or … Continue reading
DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), has announced John Harris will be their Artist Guest of Honor. The convention will be held August 25-29, 2021 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC, USA. “It is … Continue reading
Late in January, Worldcon 76 Artist Guest of Honor John Picacio announced he would be giving memberships in the con to two #Mexicanx professional sf/f artists or writers and two Mexicanx sf/f fans. I’m doing this because our world needs … Continue reading
Dragon Con, has informed Alison Littlewood and John Scalzi they now have the option to withdraw from the Dragon Awards, after initially informing them that they would not be allowed to. However, Scalzi surprisingly has decided to leave his book … Continue reading
John Scalzi has withdrawn The Collapsing Empire as a Dragon Awards nominee. He explained why in a post at Whatever: The reason is simple: Some other finalists are trying to use the book and me as a prop, to advance … Continue reading
John Scalzi has released his reading of Alexandra Erin’s parody — “John Scalzi Is Not A Very Popular Author And I Myself Am Quite Popular,” the Audiobook, Read by Me, John Scalzi” Fans have donated over $10,000 to Con-or-Bust since … Continue reading
John Scalzi has signed a $3.4 million deal with Tor Books that covers his next 13 books the New York Times reports. Some of the books will extend the popular “Old Man’s War” series, building on an existing audience, and … Continue reading