(1) ADVERSARIAL POLICIES BEAT SUPERHUMAN GO AIS. [Item by Tom Becker.] Machines have been considered to be almost unbeatable at Go, since 2016 when AlphaGo defeated the world Go champion Lee Sedol by four games to one. Now, Kellin Pelrine, … Continue reading
(1) COLUMBIA COLLEGE REACTS TO ALLEGATIONS AGAINST WELLER. Columbia College Chicago has announced that faculty member and Bradbury biographer Sam Weller, accused by a former colleague of sexual assault, will ‘step away’ from teaching during Columbia investigation. A Columbia faculty … Continue reading
(1) ANTI-TROLL SPRAY. Mary Robinette Kowal, President, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, issued a “SFWA Statement from the President on Goodreads” at the SFWA Blog. …As some of you may be aware, over the course of several weeks, … Continue reading
By Rich Lynch: It was 80 years ago that an extraordinary event took place. It happened on January 3, 1937, in the English city of Leeds. It was there that a group of science fiction fans gathered for what has … Continue reading
The following non-Hugo awards also were presented during today’s Retro Hugo ceremony. Special Committee Award: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, in recognition of the first published appearance of Superman. The Forrest J Ackerman Big Heart Award: Vincent Docherty. First Fandom Hall of … Continue reading
The 1939 Retro Hugo Award winners were announced at a ceremony held at Loncon 3 on August 14. Members cast 1,307 valid ballots. A PDF is available here with the full voting statistics. Best Novel: The Sword in the Stone by T. H. … Continue reading
The finalists for the 1939 Retro Hugo Awards were announced by Loncon 3 representatives at the British Eastercon on April 19. There were 233 valid nominating ballots cast for Retro Hugo nominees (226 electronic and 7 paper.) BEST NOVEL (208 … Continue reading