(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
(1) OVERVIEW OF THE NEW LOTR SERIES. Amazon just unloaded Parler but now they’re bringing back Sauron? What are they thinking? io9 has the story: “Amazon Reveals Lord of the Rings TV Show Details—Sauron Returns”. …Confirmed via a synopsis provided … Continue reading
Were a lot of people interested in reading the list of 2020 Stabby Award nominees picked by readers of Reddit’s r/Fantasy forum? Why yes, they were. Especially people who are nominated. It only took 18 hours for the list to … Continue reading
“2020 Hugo Awards” got more traffic than any other post this year, although not because people wanted to know who won the Hugos. George R.R. Martin left a comment on that post alternately explaining, defending, and apologizing for his choices … Continue reading
(1) FREE READ FROM FUTURE TENSE. “The Suicide of Our Troubles” by Karl Schroeder, is part of Future Tense Fiction, a monthly series of short stories from Future Tense and Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination about how technology and science … Continue reading
(1) GET READY TO LAUNCH. At Nerd and Tie, “Interview: Eliana González Ugarte and Coral Alejandra Moore of Constelación Magazine” conducted by Andrea Johnson, NOAF: I am so excited for Constelación Magazine! When and how, and why did you decide … Continue reading
The 2020 Dragon Award winners – looked like actually popular books! How did Sad Puppies and others who thought they should be winning respond? The roundup of what they had to say was September’s most-read post. The Pixel Scroll for … Continue reading
(1) BRADBURY CENTENNIAL. Here are a few more of the many entries about Ray Bradbury today. John Scalzi: “On the Occasion of Ray Bradbury’s 100th Birthday: ‘Meeting the Wizard’” at Whatever. …The Martian Chronicles is not a child’s book, but it … Continue reading
A link to Paul Fraser’s critique of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame volume 1, 1970, edited by Robert Silverberg, set off such lively discussion in comments that the June 21 Scroll became the month’s most-read post. In the Scroll-free … Continue reading
(1) VIRTUALOSITY. Edmund Schluessel tells what it was like attending the first WiFi SciFi, which took place this afternoon UK time. “Con report: WiFi SciFi”. …Around 75 people including 16 panelists, mostly drawn from the UK, attended two panels, two … Continue reading