A mini-report of progress being made by the MidAmeriCon II committee. The online Hugo nominations will open soon. Sound the trumpets and bang the gongs ! This just in from the Hugo Admins – "We believe the Hugo nominations will be … Continue reading
MidAmeriCon II, the 2016 Worldcon, is posting its Progress Reports and other publications as free reads online. Currently available: The Possum Trot Le Zombie-Picayune, also known as Progress Report Zed, announcing the GoH’s and cost of membership (4 pages) The … Continue reading
MidAmeriCon II will continue the successful strategy of running a contest to find a great design for the 2016 Hugo base. Design proposals must be submitted by January 18, 2016. All submissions need to include: Drawings, sketches, and, preferably, a … Continue reading
(1) ANGRY ROBOT BRINGS ON ECLIPSE OF STORYWISE. [Item by Anne Marble.] Angry Robot Books announced a one-week open submissions period that begins April 22, and several posts down in their thread they also said they would be using a … Continue reading
(1) HUGO NOMINATIONS CLOSE IN ONE WEEK. Nicholas Whyte, Glasgow 2024 Hugo Administrator and WSFS Division Head reminds members that they have until March 9 to submit nominations for this year’s Hugo Awards. Full information at “Hugo Awards – Nomination … Continue reading
(1) END OF AN ERA. Kristine Kathryn Rusch signed off her influential weekly business blog on November 22. “Business Musings: All Good Things”. …I wasn’t that desparate in 2009 and I’m certainly not that desperate now. As I noted in … Continue reading
(1) CHENGDU WORLDCON ROUNDUP. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] Hai Ya TV interviews CGTN posted a 3½-minute subtitled interview on YouTube with the Best Novelette winner. On Weibo, CCTV followed up their earlier videolink interview with a 20-minute face-to-face interview with him. This one is also untranslated … Continue reading
(0) SCROLL LITE. I’m not feeling well today, so let’s make this a do-it-yourself Scroll. Add links in the comments to things we should be covering. (1) TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS. [Compiled by Cat Eldridge.] [Thanks to Andrew Porter, John King Tarpinian, … Continue reading
(1) WILL KOSA LEAD TO DELETION OF ONLINE QUEER CONTENT? Charlie Jane Anders’ latest Happy Dancing newsletter warns “The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse”. …For now at least, you can still talk freely about being trans or … Continue reading
(1) THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON PERN. As soon as Threads started up, Catherynne M. Valente realized she needed to remind everyone she knows that “Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend”. …I’m not even very surprised at how many suspiciously-positive posts … Continue reading