The finalists for the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards were announced on Saturday, March 31, 2018 There were 204 valid nominating ballots (192 electronic and 12 paper) received from members of the 2017, 2018, and 2019 World Science Fiction Conventions. The … Continue reading
The finalists for the 1941 Retro Hugo Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 26. There were 481 valid nominating ballots (475 electronic and 6 paper) received and counted from the members of Sasquan, MidAmeriCon II, and Worldcon 75. BEST NOVEL … Continue reading
(1) These new bookshelf superheroes appear to save your favorite reads on Colossal: Created by Artori Design, these fun metal bookshelves give the impression a stealthy superhero is saving your books from certain doom. The sideways version uses a magnet … Continue reading
Papers and panels on Pulp Studies are sought for the Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association 2014 National Conference being held in Chicago, IL, April 16-19, 2014. Full details here. CALL FOR PAPERS Pulp magazines were a series of mostly English-language, … Continue reading
The balance of Jerry Weist’s collection plus other original magazine art went under the hammer at Heritage Auction’s “Illustration Art Signature Auction” on June 27-28 in Beverly Hills. Wally Wood’s original black-and-white art for “Mars Is Heaven,” an 8-page Bradbury … Continue reading
An ambitious showcase of contemporary fantastic art will run June 3-9 at the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley. Art at the Edge: Art of the Fantastic will feature works by James Gurney, Greg Hildebrandt, Paul Lehr, Jim Steranko … Continue reading
The Visual Effects Society released the nominations for the 2023 VES Awards on January 17. The awards recognize outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in features, animation, television, commercials and video games, and the VFX Supervisors, VFX Producers and hands-on Artists who … Continue reading
(1) SPRNG THAW. Book borrowers cheer as Publishers Weekly reports “Macmillan Abandons Library E-book Embargo”. In a surprise announcement today, Macmillan abandoned its controversial embargo on new release e-books in libraries, effective this week. “There are times in life when differences … Continue reading