The 2024 nominees for The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame have been posted. (Click the links to read a statement about each candidate.) The Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Hall of Fame honors people who have over … Continue reading
(1) VIRTUAL SFF CONFERENCE. The theme of the Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (VICFA), to be held November 5-11, 2023, is “AI, Algorithms, Automata and Art” Organized by new Virtual Conference Coordinator and Afropantheologist Oghenechovwe Ekpeki. … Continue reading
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association invites everyone to view the livestream of this year’s Aurora Awards Ceremony on YouTube and Facebook. It takes place August 19 starting at 7:00 Eastern (5:00 p.m. Mountain, 4:00 p.m. Pacific). Here are the … Continue reading
(1) A HARD ROAD. Sue Burke, author of The Immunity Index, and whose Semiosis made the Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist and was a John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalist, summarizes the SF novel’s journey from manuscript to print, through … Continue reading
The European Science Fiction Association released the 2021 nominees for the ESFS Achievement Awards and the ESFS Hall of Fame Awards on June 29. The Hall of Fame award celebrates lifetime contributions. The winners of these awards will be selected at the next … Continue reading
Tor.com has revealed the cover and table of contents for editor Jonathan Strahan’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction Vol. 2 (Gallery / Saga Press) with stories from 2020. The 608-page collection will be released September 14, 2021. You can find the pre-order information for … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of more than 1,000 short form works published for the first time in 2020. Note that all of the works labeled “novella”, “novelette”, and “short story” are eligible in … Continue reading
(1) FREE READ FROM FUTURE TENSE. “The Suicide of Our Troubles” by Karl Schroeder, is part of Future Tense Fiction, a monthly series of short stories from Future Tense and Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination about how technology and science … Continue reading
(1) FREE WOLVES. The first episode of Raised By Wolves is free on YouTube – SYFY Wire has the story: Those interested in blasting off to a distant world filled with strife and android parents are in luck: HBO Max … Continue reading
The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the finalists for the Best Novel category of the 2020 Prometheus Awards. The 2020 Prometheus Awards will be presented at Columbus NASFiC 2000 (the North American Science Fiction Convention) to be held Augus 20-23 in … Continue reading