The 2018 Philip K. Dick Award was presented March 30 at Norwescon 41 in SeaTac, Washington. The winner is: Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) A Special Citation also was awarded to: Deji Bryce Olukotun, author of After the … Continue reading
The judges of the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, have announced the seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award: The Book of Etta by … Continue reading
The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States during the 2017 award year are: Robert Onopa Deborah J. Ross James Stoddard Amy Thomson Rick Wilber The Philip K. … Continue reading
By John Hertz: While looking for something else I came across Vanamonde 469 (May 7, 2002) with these notes of the Millennium Philcon (59th World Science Fiction Convention, August 30 – September 3, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). You might like to see them. Some … Continue reading
The list of award winners from last weekend’s 2015 Hogu Award and Black Hole Award Ranquet in Spokane has been provided by Matthew B. Tepper. (References to anything “from the floor” means the audience made it up.) The event was organized by Fred … Continue reading
There’s a strong forest fire ash scent in the air — when we flew in last night and encountered that suspicious burning paper smell passengers started looking around to see if something had gone wrong aboard the plane. This morning … Continue reading
Twenty-five years ago today Noreascon Three began in Boston, Massachusetts. I’ve been working on a post about its epic Science Fiction’s 50th Anniversary Family Reunion Sunday brunch which will appear September 3. The research reminded me what a superb convention it … Continue reading
An iconic example of Arthur “ATom” Thomson’s fan art on a “new decorative wall tile” is up for auction on eBay, with the proceeds going to the Down Under Fan Fund. The tile is 4-1/4 inches a side, 1/4 inch … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Westercon LXV “Conclusion” may have been named for the Mayan calendar, or things too fierce to mention, but anyhow it ran backwards. The Dead Dog party (until the last dog is – ) was on Wednesday night. … Continue reading
The desk and chair Charles Dickens used while writing Great Expectations sold for £433,250 at auction in early June. It is the original of the desk shown in Filde’s drawing known as “The Empty Chair” and upon it were written … Continue reading