The winner of this year’s James White Award is “Rock, Paper, Incisors” by David Cleden. The winner was announced during the BSFA Awards ceremony on March 26. The James White Award Short Story Competition was established in 2000 and offers … Continue reading
Peter de Jong recently found a set of 27 photos taken at a 1981 party for LunaCon GoH James White, the Irish sf writer, and has posted them here. The party, organized by Moshe Feder, was held at de Jong’s … Continue reading
(1) YE KEN NOW. [Via MT Void.] Read Michael Dirda’s article “The two best American fantasy writers you’ve probably never heard of” at the Washington Post. He’s talking about Avram Davidson and Manly Wade Wellman. … Happily, though, these too-little-known … Continue reading
(1) CHENGDU WORLDCON ON HUGO DELAY. The Chengdu Worldcon yesterday confirmed on Twitter what Hugo co-Administrator Dave McCarty said a week ago on his Facebook page concerning when to expect the ballot: (2) SWIPER STOP SWIPING. Music conglomerates are asking … Continue reading
By James Bacon: It was big news, proper news when Ta-Nehisi Coates took on Captain America, this was the successful Black Panther writer, and well known thinker, journalist and author taking on one of the most iconic Marvel characters, hugely … Continue reading
V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask – at The Cartoon Musuem, 18 May – 31 October 2021 By James Bacon: The Cartoon Museum re-opens with an exhibition examining the cultural impact of V for Vendetta, from seminal graphic novel to … Continue reading
Proteus Vex Volume 1 ‘Another Dawn’ Mike Carroll, Henry Flint, Simon Bowland. By James Bacon: Today, Thursday, March 18 in the UK, Proteus Vex Volume 2 ‘The Shadow Councilor’ has just come to a close in Prog 2223 of 2000AD, yet this … Continue reading
Noughts and Crosses BBC and NBC ‘In a world divided by colour, love is never black and white’ By James Bacon: Based on the YA novel Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman, this is a brilliantly conceived alternative history set in a … Continue reading
The Seeds by Ann Nocenti and David Aja from Berger Books Review By James Bacon: This comic started at the end of Summer in 2019, with the second issue being somewhat delayed, and then the third and fourth issues being … Continue reading
By John Hertz: (reprinted from No Direction Home 22) I’ve just had three remarkable meetings, all on paper. I Arriving at a friend’s home and finding him not yet ready to receive me, I picked up a copy of Cities … Continue reading