SF History in Australia has answered a question I’ve long wondered about — How do you play “Swancon: The Collectible Card Game”? Back in 2005 I noticed this item listed in an Australian convention program: 8pm Swancon the CCG Game … Continue reading
The 2024 Get-Up-and-over Fan Fund is open for voting to select whether Kat Clay or Ian Nichols will represent Oceania at the Glasgow 2024 Worldcon. Voting will close on April 22, 2024 at 23:59 British Summer Time (00:59 Central … Continue reading
(1) FUNERAL FOR CACHED WEBPAGES. Ars Technica says “Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead”. That will make reporting controversial social media – where people sometimes take down posts that have attracted attention — rather … Continue reading
(1) ALT-FACTS. The Hugo Book Club Blog contends “Alternate facts make bad alternate history”. … Even one of the better Alternate History works written by a very conservative author, Another Girl, Another Planet by Lou Antonelli, only really works when it avoids … Continue reading
(1) MONSTROUS EMOTION. Sonny Bunch, in a Washington Post opinion piece, says “‘WandaVision’ punted on its most interesting idea about grief”. BEWARE SPOILERS. In the eighth episode of “WandaVision,” the Disney Plus series featuring Marvel Cinematic Universe witch Wanda Maximoff … Continue reading
(1) LET THERE BE LIGHT. Besides the Le Guin stamp coming out this year, the United States Post office has announced they will release a series of stamps highlighting images of the Sun captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. …The … Continue reading
The results of the 2020 Ditmar Awards were released on September 18, livetweeted Elizabeth Fitzgerald. The Ditmar Award is Australia’s oldest and best-known science fiction, fantasy and horror award, presented annually at the Australian NatCon since 1969. This year’s NatCon, Swancon 2020 in Perth, was cancelled due … Continue reading
The preliminary ballot for the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 20202 has been made available for comment and correction before becoming final. The nominees are award-eligible works and persons first nominated by fans and members of the Australian NatCon which have been … Continue reading
(1) COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND LEADERSHIP TURNOVER. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announced June 22 that they had accepted the resignation of Charles Brownstein as Executive Director, effective immediately. According to Publishers Weekly, Brownstein’s resignation comes after the … Continue reading
Book fairs and sff conventions, like all public events, were already making decisions whether to proceed in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, but today’s World Health Organization announcement will step up the level of concern even higher. From the … Continue reading