(1) GRIND IT OUT. Cat Rambo’s latest Cat Chat is an interview with David Steffen of the Submission Grinder. If you’re not familiar with the Submission Grinder, it’s a web utility that many genre writers spend a lot of time … Continue reading
CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, announced the finalists for the 1945 Retrospective Hugo Awards today. As previously reported, CoNZealand received Retro Hugo Awards nominations from 120 members. Best Novel The Golden Fleece, by Robert Graves (Cassell) Land of … Continue reading
(1) FOR MY FATHER…AND FOR ALL OUR FATHERS. It’s a good day to reread Steve Vertlieb’s Father’s Day tribute to his dad — “My Father/Myself” (from 2017). Here is a very special Father’s Day tribute that I wrote for my … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2019 Hugo Awards, John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the 1944 Retrospective Hugo Awards were announced April 2 in a live … Continue reading
(1) ARTIFICIAL ARTELLIGENCE. Camestros Felapton has invented the “Space Opera Book Cover Maker”. Ladles and Gentlebens, here it is: The Space Opera Book Cover Maker Thing! http://camfelapton.ihostfull.com/ First a word of warning. The images take a while to load and might … Continue reading
(1) James H. Burns recalls the effects of 9/11 on Broadway in “Delphinus, in the Northern Sky” (posted in 2012). It’s eleven years later, and we’re still here. Still able to perform, or write, or otherwise create, or, also wonderful, … Continue reading
(1) HOW THE BALLOT SHOULD HAVE LOOKED. Rich Horton has posted his latest Hugo nomination ideas, for the 1952 Hugo year (that is, stories from 1951). He makes a “Special recommendation to ‘Beyond Bedlam’, a story I knew of but … Continue reading