(1) OUT OF KABUL. Allyson Reneau, who first met the girls through her work on the board of directors for Explore Mars, helped extract the “Afghan Girls Robotic Team, a group of girls ages 16-18 who have overcome hardship in order … Continue reading
The 2021 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award honoree is D.G. Compton. The selection was announced this weekend at Readercon 31. Compton’s 1970 novel The Steel Crocodile was nominated for the Nebula Award, and his 1974 novel The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe was filmed as Death Watch by Bertrand Tavernier in 1979. … Continue reading
First Fandom members have until May 15 to vote on the candidates for the organization’s annual awards. The names of the winners will be announced at DisCon III, this year’s Worldcon, in Washington, D.C. Here are the fans up for … Continue reading
(1) YOU CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, YOU CONTROL THE VERTICAL. Adam Whitehead has commentary on the newly announced 2021 Best Video Game Hugo in “Hugo Awards add a video game category for 2021” at The Wertzone. Includes a list of eligible … Continue reading
(1) MARVEL’S VOICES EXPANDS. This November, Marvel celebrates Indigenous history with a landmark special, Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1, written and drawn by some of the industry’s most renowned Indigenous talent along with talents making their Marvel Comics debut. … Continue reading
[Editor’s Note: This list is no longer available at the original site, however, JJ was able to retrieve a copy and with Steven H Silver’s permission we are hosting it here.] A tribute to the genre fans and creators we … Continue reading
(1) THE POSTMAN RINGS FIRST. David Brin can be good at thinking things up – and he’s put his creative powers to work to support the US Postal Service: “Going Postal? And the ‘TOC’ you want… the book no one … Continue reading
Katherine MacLean died September 1 her son, Christopher Mason, reported on Facebook. She was 94. While she worked as a laboratory technician in 1947 MacLean began writing science fiction. Her first published story, “Defense Mechanism,” appeared in Astounding in 1949 … Continue reading
(1) REAL LIFE RULES. Aliette de Bodard has come forward with her own rules for writing. Thread starts here. 5. It is not selfish to want to write6. Try not to postpone the writing to the end of the evening … Continue reading
Samuel R. Delany called on SFWA today to honor Katherine MacLean as a Grand Master: Let’s make Kathryn McLean [sic] a Grand Master of Science Fiction. She is in her 90’s and the award can only go to a living … Continue reading