Nino Cipri of Chicago has received the 2014 Working Class Grant from the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF). The $750 award can be applied by the writer for any purpose that benefits their work. A 2014 graduate of the Clarion Science … Continue reading
aka One To Forsee For Puppies Reactions to Edmund R. Schubert’s withdrawal as a Hugo nominee dominate today’s roundup, illustrated here by quotes from Lou Antonelli, N. K. Jemisin, Deirdre Saoirse Moen, George R.R. Martin and Dara Korra’ti. Annie Bellet elaborated … Continue reading
Orange Mike Lowrey and James Nicoll have been selected as jurors for the 2015 Speculative Literature Foundation’s Working Class/Impoverished Writers Grant. This year’s SLF Working Class grant jury had six members, so expect additional names to be announced. SLF chooses … Continue reading
While admiring the stark simplicity of James Nicoll’s pie graph showing 98% of all Best Pro Artist Hugo winners are men, I recalled another statistical truth. Once voters find an artist they love, he tends to keep winning the category … Continue reading
James Nicoll has a gift for devising poll questions to drive participation in his blog More Words, Deeper Hole. When they’re as high-concept as this I want to kick myself for not thinking of the idea first. He got 142 … Continue reading
Alex Williams must be on the verge of clapping both hands over his ears, going by his lengthy complaint about American use of Britishisms in the New York Times: MITT ROMNEY is not the “bumbling toff” he’s made out to … Continue reading
Here are 6 developments of interest to fans. (1) Captain Picard characteristically tugs on his Starfleet uniform blouse after rising or sitting… or breathing — or practically anything, because, my gosh he does it a lot! Someone has edited a … Continue reading
File 770 landed on the fortunate side of another close count but must be using up its nine lives awfully fast. I’m afraid to check how many times in recent years the zine has reached the finals by a single vote. … Continue reading
Rose Fox at Genreville emphasizes gender head-counting in her list of highlights: Firsts: Michelle “Vixy” Dockrey points out that Seanan McGuire is the first woman to ever appear on the Hugo ballot four times in one year (twice under her … Continue reading
Noted European fan Martin Wisse has been sharing in his blog about the sad prospect of his wife Sandra’s approaching death. He reported on October 17 that Sandra had a final talk with her doctors and ended some of her medical … Continue reading