(1) SEUSS STRIKES OUT. The Seuss estate just lost its lawsuit against another parody, a play called “Who’s Holiday!” which sounds a lot darker than The Places You’ll Boldly Go. Kevin Underhill of Lowering the Bar has the story: “Second Circuit: … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2018 Arthur C. Clarke Award were announced May 2 in London. The 6 shortlisted titles were selected from a list of 108 individual eligible submissions: Sea of Rust – C. Robert Cargill (Gollancz) Dreams Before the … Continue reading
(1) TOLKIEN’S GONDOLIN. Tor.com carries the official word: “J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Gondolin to Be Published as a Standalone for the First Time”. It will be published August 30. HarperCollins UK announced today that it would publish The Fall of … Continue reading
The BSFA 2017 Awards were presented at Follycon, the 69th Eastercon, in Harrogate on March 31. Best Novel Nina Allan – The Rift (Titan Books) Best Shorter Fiction Anne Charnock – The Enclave (NewCon Press) Best Non-Fiction Paul Kincaid – … Continue reading
The full list of eligible titles submitted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2018 has been posted. This is not a longlist but a tally of all the books under consideration by the judges — 108 titles submitted by 46 … Continue reading
(1) ADDING AN OSCAR. Animation World Network asks, “Do Digital Characters Deserve Academy Awards?” Producing photorealistic digital humans, animals and other types of creatures has been a one of the holy grails for computer scientists and digital artists since the … Continue reading
The shortlist for the BSFA 2017 Awards was released February 15. The Awards will be presented at Follycon, the 69th Eastercon, in Harrogate, being held from March 30-April 2. BSFA members can vote online here. Those attending Eastercon can vote at the BSFA stand until noon on the day of the awards ceremony, Saturday, March 31 – … Continue reading
British Science Fiction Association members have until January 31 to help choose the BSFA Awards shortlist for works published in 2017. In the first round of voting members nominated a longlist of 48 novels, 41 short stories, 20 items of nonfiction, and 28 … Continue reading
[Editor’s note: be sure to read the comments on this post for more novellas and more Filer reviews.] By JJ: I’m a huge reader of novels, but not that big on short fiction. But the last couple of years, I’ve … Continue reading
(1) WAX TREK. The Orange County Register’s Keith Sharon should get a Pulitzer Prize for the first line of his article “$80,000 later, why this trio gave up their ‘Star Trek’ wax figures, Enterprise replica”: Mr. Spock’s head cooled in … Continue reading