Whatever mysterious souls produced the daily newzine for OryCon 36 last weekend helped everyone have a good time by running great out-of-context quotes in every issue. (But the staff didn’t run their own names!) See this example from The Oryconian #3, published … Continue reading
“The lighter side of horror” is the theme of this year’s OryCon. Most of us are well aware of horror’s dark side. By definition, horror IS dark. But as Buffy fans have always realized, horror has its humorous side as … Continue reading
(1) PLAY ALONG AT HOME. [Item by Dann.] One of those question/surveys was running around on X the other day. This one seemed a bit more interesting to me. Filers might find this an interesting game to play as well. … Continue reading
The Endeavour Award for books published in 2022 was presented on November 10 at OryCon 43. The winner is: The award encourages the growth of literature in the field and recognizes works of excellence by Pacific Northwest authors. It is named for H.M. … Continue reading
The Endeavour Award has named the finalists and judges for books published in 2022. A panel of judges will select the winner, to be presented at OryCon 43, November 10-12, held in Portland, Oregon at the Holiday Inn Portland – Columbia Riverfront. The … Continue reading
(1) RIGHTS ACQUIRED. A novel George R.R. Martin co-authored with Daniel Abraham and the late Gardner Dozois has been optioned for a movie. Variety has the details: “George R.R. Martin, Exile Content Pact on ‘Hunter’s Run’ Film Rights”. …The sci-fi … Continue reading
(1) AN ORDERLY ILLUSION. The Daily Californian’s Logan Roscoe, in “Bureaucratizing science fiction”, analyzes the use of architectural design in New Weird visuals. …When playing Control, the player fights interdimensional enemies, but in every background, they see an attempt at subjecting … Continue reading
Author and photographer James W. Fiscus, administrator of the Endeavour Awards, died unexpectedly at home on November 7. He was 76. Fiscus spent decades as a SFWA volunteer. He hosted SFWA’s hospitality events at Westercons in the early 1990s. Later … Continue reading
(1) OSFCI ANNOUNCEMENT. OryCon, the annual Portland, OR convention, is returning from a year away due to the pandemic. However, after this year’s event is held on November 12-14, the con will be going on another hiatus for an indefinite … Continue reading
(1) VENTURING BEYOND. In “Let’s talk about wonderful Indian science-fiction and fantasy novels”, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar introduce Washington Post readers to an array of South Asian works. Amitav Ghosh made history in 1997 as the first Indian author to win … Continue reading