Digital Book World announced the winners of the 2018 DBW Awards during a ceremony at the #DBW18 conference in Nashville on Oct. 2. The award’s 51 categories include the best sf and horror books — Best Book (Science Fiction) Artificial … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Martha Wells offers insight into the main character of her new Murderbot Diaries series. Carl Slaughter: Why the switch from elaborately world built alien fantasy to space opera? Martha Wells: I don’t really consider it a switch. I … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: All Systems Red, the first novel in the new Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells, comes out from Tor on May 2, 2017. The sequel, Artificial Condition, is set for 2018. A murderous android discovers itself in All … Continue reading
(1) NAOMI KRITZER Q&A. Hear from Naomi Kritzer in this 2024 Minnesota Book Awards roundup: “Meet the Finalists: GENRE FICTION”. Minnesota Book Award finalist Andrew DeYoung (2023) moderated a discussion between all four 2024 finalists in contention for the Minnesota … Continue reading
(1) MURDERBOT THEMES. Martha Wells has posted the text of the “Jack Williamson Lecture 2024” she delivered on April 12 in Portales, NM. Here are the opening paragraphs: I’ve always been drawn to non-human characters, both as a reader and … Continue reading
A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: A FEW THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE 2024 HUGO AWARD FINALISTS By Chris M. Barkley: I, like many of you reading this, were absolutely riveted around 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Detested Time, as far as I’m concerned) on … Continue reading
The Glasgow 2024 Worldcon committee today announced the finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards. 1720 valid nominating ballots were received and counted from the members of the 2023 and 2024 World Science Fiction Conventions for the 2024 Hugo Awards. Voting … Continue reading
The 2024 BIPOC Caucus award winners were announced during the 45th International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, held March 13-16 in Orlando, FL. 2024 FEATURED CREATURE (CORPORATE PERSONS) UPLIFTER (Steven Barnes received the award last year) EXEMPLARY ALLY … Continue reading
(1) HE LIED. THANK GOODNESS! Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is writing an episode due to air in Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Fifteenth Doctor: “Steven Moffat returns to write episode for new season of Doctor Who”. ….Speaking … Continue reading
(1) LIBBY BOOK AWARDS. Congratulations to Martha Wells and Rebecca Yarros, two of the 17 winners of the inaugural Libby Book Awards, chosen by a panel of 1700 librarians worldwide. (2) BOOK BANS SURGED IN 2023. “American Library Association reports … Continue reading