(1) FORD PERFECT. Ryan D’Agostino has a tremendously entertaining profile of “Harrison Ford on ‘Indiana Jones,’ ‘Star Wars,’ Career” in Esquire. ….What you don’t know is what happens when they mess up Harrison Ford’s eggs. The plates come, two Farmer’s … Continue reading
(1) CLARKE AWARD GOES GREEN. Well, the reverse idea worked when Lucky Strike went to war… The Clarke Award has unveiled a logo redesign on Twitter via @clarkeaward. (2) PRATCHETT’S GENESIS. “Final Terry Pratchett stories to be published in September” reports … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of long-form works published for the first time in 2019. These credits have been accumulated over the course of the year from dust jackets, Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages … Continue reading
The full list of eligible titles submitted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2018 has been posted. This is not a longlist but a tally of all the books under consideration by the judges — 108 titles submitted by 46 … Continue reading
(1) HE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM. Marissa Lingen praises the ConFusion committee’s handling of her report about a highly contentious audience member who tried to commandeer more than one panel at the con — “It’s not your turn, sir.” Here are … Continue reading
British Science Fiction Association members have until January 31 to help choose the BSFA Awards shortlist for works published in 2017. In the first round of voting members nominated a longlist of 48 novels, 41 short stories, 20 items of nonfiction, and 28 … Continue reading
The Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction literature has announced its 2017 winner. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead (Fleet) The winner received a prize of £2017.00 and the award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend. The complete shortlist was: … Continue reading
(1) NEW DAY JOB. Congratulations to Uncanny Magazine’s Lynne M. Thomas who has been appointed to head the Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, one of the largest repositories for rare books and … Continue reading
(1) TALKIN’ ABOUT MY REGENERATION. The Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 trailer is online. (2) A PREVIOUS GENERATION. Meanwhile, at Comic-Con, Harrison Ford still doesn’t know whether he was a replicant: “Blade Runner 2049: Harrison Ford responds to Deckard replicant … Continue reading
(1) WHO NEWS. Jenna Coleman will be part of the Doctor Who Christmas Special reports The Sun: Showrunner Steven Moffatt will also depart the BBC show at the end of the year and new reports claim the “Time Lord will … Continue reading