By Carl Slaughter: The first two books in Emma Newman’s Industrial Magic series have come out from Tor this year. BROTHER’S RUIN by Emma Newman Released March 14, 2017 The year is 1850 and Great Britain is flourishing, thanks to … Continue reading
By JJ: A couple of centuries ago, the World was split to protect humans from the much-more-powerful Fae. Now the Fae reside in their land of magic, Exilium. They are separated from the mundane world by the Nether, a mirror-image version of Mundanus where society is frozen … Continue reading
(1) VICFA TAKING PROPOSALS. The Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (November 5-11) is now accepting proposal submissions. Organized by new Virtual Conference Coordinator and Afropantheologist Oghenechovwe Ekpeki and featuring genre-defining Guests of Honor Martha Wells, Steven … Continue reading
The Best Series Hugo category was added to the WSFS Constitution in 2017 with a sunset clause requiring a future re-ratification vote to remain part of the Worldcon Constitution. That vote happens next week at the DisCon III Business Meeting. … Continue reading
(1) SWEET AND SOUR NOTES. Kameron Hurley shares her answer to a professional challenge: “When Should You Compromise? How to Evaluate Editorial Feedback” at Locus Online. …There is also a huge variance in the quality of editorial and stakeholder feedback. … Continue reading
(1) READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP. On the last day of CoNZealand, Jenny Hammond posted to Discord a verse about attending the first virtual Worldcon. Five days of insanityOh the humanityI click on a roomIt refuses to ZoomI say words of … Continue reading
Goobergunch is passing the time with a book while he awaits his next social distancing opportunity. I’ve been taking advantage of the library’s ebook lending program to do some Hugo reading during shelter-in-place. Here’s me reading After Atlas by Emma … Continue reading
Kendall volunteered to kick off a series inspired by the latest worldwide fashion statement. I’m too shy to take my own photo and I don’t promise I’m reading all of these right now, but here is a photo for the … Continue reading
By JJ: CoNZealand has announced the 2020 Hugo Award Finalists. Since the Hugo Voter’s packet will take awhile to arrive, if you’d like to get a head start on your reading, you can use this handy guide to find material … Continue reading
CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, announced the finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards today. As previously reported, CoNZealand received Hugo Awards nominations from 1,584 members. The webcast announcing the finalists is available for viewing on the CoNZealand YouTube … Continue reading