(1) PRATCHETT REDISCOVERIES. None set on the Discworld, but they are genre: “Rediscovered Terry Pratchett stories to be published” – the Guardian has details. A collection of newly rediscovered short stories by Terry Pratchett, originally written under a pseudonym, are to … Continue reading
(1) 2023 SMOFCON NEWS. MCFI president Rick Kovalcik has announced new discount rates for Smofcon40, being held December 1-3, 2023 at the Marriott Downtown, Providence, RI, USA. There is now a $40 (attending) rate for First Smofcon Attendees, Young Adult … Continue reading
(1) WEIMER IS BACK. The sff community rallied around and helped get Paul Weimer’s Twitter account restored after trolls got it shut down. He tells the full background on his Patreon: “The Trolls and the Twitter Ban (PUBLIC)”. Now Paul … Continue reading
(1) BAD DOG. “No Doctor Who spoilers will adorn future Pixel Scrolls,” promised Mike Glyer, after spending the day being chastised by File 770 commenters. (2) BAD IDEA THAT’S DESTINED TO HAPPEN? Alex Kurtzman says it’s crackers to slip a … Continue reading
The 18th annual Endeavour Award was won by Edge of Dark, a novel by Kirkland, WA, writer Brenda Cooper. The award was presented at OryCon on November 18, along with an honorarium of $1,000.00. It is Cooper’s second Endeavour Award, the … Continue reading
Five novels written by writers from the Pacific Northwest are finalists for the 18th annual Endeavour Award. Edge of Dark by Brenda Cooper of Kirkland, WA (Pyr Books) Irona 700 by Dave Duncan of Victoria, BC (Open Road Integrated Media) … Continue reading
Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook edited by Cat Rambo and Fran Wilde is available for preorder now. From Alien Scones to At the Fruitcake of Madness, DOOM Cookies, Falling Cloud Cake, and Miss Murder’s Black Forest Trifle, there are 157 … Continue reading
The winner of the 2015 Philip K. Dick Award was announced at Norwescon 38 – The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (Sybaritic Press). The award is given to “the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first … Continue reading
In the first week of January even the most ambitious awards administrators are just starting to collect nominations – except for the judges of the Philip K. Dick Award, who have already announced their finalists. The award is given for the best … Continue reading
The new San Marino in 2019 bid asks “Why settle for a convention in a city when you could have an entire country?” If they win, they’d like to run a 3,000-person Worldcon beginning August 7, 2019. Even if they … Continue reading