(1) MARKET FOR DIVERSITY? ICv2’s interview with Marvel’s VP of Sales David Gabriel spawned a controversial discussion about retailer or customer resistance to female characters (As you can see from the following excerpt, Gabriel has subsequently tried to walk back … Continue reading
These days the second woman ever to win a Hugo Award, Pat Lupoff, works in Berkeley’s Dark Carnival bookstore. She and the bookstore’s owner were interviewed by KALW radio on August 13. JACK REMS: My name is Jack Rems. I’m … Continue reading
The 2020 Ig Nobel Awards were handed virtually by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research on September 17. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, … Continue reading
(1) SPACEWALKING, STEP-BY-STEP. Mary Robinette Kowal livetweets a spacewalk. Thread starts here. (2) TICKET TO RIDE. In the Washington Post, Christian Davenport looks at the people who have been waiting to go to space on SpaceShipTwo for a decade. He … Continue reading
David Langford’s collection Different Kinds of Darkness, now available in ebook form, gathers his “straight” sf, fantasy and horror short fiction. Taking its name from the title of Langford’s 2001 Hugo-winning short story, the book contains all the material from … Continue reading
(1) BURROUGHS ON THE BLOCK. Heritage Auctions will hold The World of Edgar Rice Burroughs Rare Books Signature® Auction on April 25: …featuring more than 120 lots — many of which have never been publicly offered, and some of which come from Burroughs’ … Continue reading
(1) SEE SAMATAR’S EPIC LECTURE. Sofia Samatar will deliver the 2024 Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture on Monday, March 18, at 4:00 p.m Central. The lecture is virtual and you can register here. She will be speaking on the relationship … Continue reading
The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild has released the 2023 shortlists for the Aurealis Awards. The winners will be celebrated at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in May – more information to follow soon. BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY … Continue reading
The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its eleventh annual season. The festival will be held from Thursday, April 4 through Sunday, April 7, across Manhattan and Queens. Passes are available here. “Philip K. Dick’s themes explore our … Continue reading
The 2024 Academy Award winners were announced tonight and films of genre interest won many of the 23 Oscars presented. Oppenheimer was crowned Best Picture and took home six other awards, including Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. and Best … Continue reading