(1) FUTURE SF’S ONLINE “ANTHOZINE”. UFO Publishing and Future Affairs Administration has launched a new project they term an “anthozine”. These stories will appear in The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI hybrid anthology/zine project. They … Continue reading
(1) BALTICON GUEST NEWS. Balticon 56 announced that Odera Igbokwe has had to withdraw as Artist Guest of Honor due to personal reasons. They followed up by naming two special guests: Kevin Roche, a costumer, conrunner, and quantum scientist and … Continue reading
(1) NO MIDWESTCON THIS YEAR. [Item by Joel Zakem.] A message from Bill Cavin on behalf of the Cincinnati Fantasy Group (CFG): Most fans who attend Midwestcon probably won’t be surprised to hear we will not be having the con … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2019 Aurealis Awards were announced March 25 by the Continuum Foundation (ConFound). The award recognizes the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION Scorch Dragons by Amie Kaufman (HarperCollins Publishers) Race … Continue reading
(1) UK EASTERCON CANCELLED. Concentric, the 2020 Eastercon, was cancelled today. The con was to have been held April 10-13 in Birmingham, UK. Thread starts here. (2) SERLING’S BASEBALL DRAMA TO AIR. “Rod Serling’s lost baseball show to make return” … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of short form works published for the first time in 2019. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, eligibility posts, and other sources … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of works published for the first time in 2018. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, as well as other sources on the … Continue reading
The Australian Horror Writers Association announced the finalists for the 2016 Australian Shadows Awards on March 19. The Shadows celebrate the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australian or New Zealander. Best Short Fiction (Up to 7,500 … Continue reading
By Chris M. Barkley: Stuff I’m Nominating for the 2017 Hugo Awards, Part Two Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form Arrival (Paramount Pictures/Sony Pictures, 116 minutes) Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Screenplay by Eric Heisserer, based on the novella “The Story … Continue reading
I’m winding up President’s Day Weekend by assigning a Scroll entry to each of our First Executives. (1) GEORGE WASHINGTON. He’s the foundation, the one we’ve all heard of. Just like that breakthrough Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin, who … Continue reading