By JJ: It’s that time of year again! Even though the number of books published this year – and thus the number of eligible series – is down due to the pandemic, there are still plenty of great series for … Continue reading
The 2021 Dragon Awards Ballot was distributed August 11. Registered voters should expect to receive notice by email. To be eligible for the 2021 Dragon Awards the book, comic, game, movie, must have been released between July 1, 2020, and the close … Continue reading
(1) MORE’S HAPPENING THAN WHAT’S ON THE PAGE. Aigner Loren Wilson is “Exploring Nnedi Okorafor’s Africanfuturist Universe” at Tor.com. …Though not all of the stories take place in Africa, they all speak to the same African future that Okorafor is … Continue reading
(1) BOOMING BOX OFFICE. The Hollywood Reporter marks the coming Fourth of July with a chronicle about the making of a blockbuster that was released 25 years ago on this holiday weekend: “’You Can’t Actually Blow Up the White House’: … Continue reading
Mystery Writers of America today announced the winners of the 75th annual EdgarAllan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2020. BEST NOVEL Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara … Continue reading
Mystery Writers of America today announced the nominees for the 2021 EdgarAllan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2020. The 75th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on April 29, 2021. … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of long form (novel-length) works published for the first time in 2020. Note that all of these works, unless they are labeled “nonfiction”, are eligible in the Best Novel … Continue reading
By Cat Eldridge: I spent four days at the virtual World Fantasy Convention having a really enjoyable time. From my viewpoint, it worked damn near perfect, being homebound because of the multiple knee surgeries, so having lots of time to … Continue reading
(1) OPEN DISCUSSION OF OPEN LETTER. Several authors have responded to the challenges raised in the letter posted here: “Writers Circulate Letter of Concern About Saudi Worldcon Bid”. Robert J. Sawyer wrote extensive comments about the Open Letter in this public … Continue reading
The 20 books picked by Amazon editors as “Best Books of 2020 so far” include works by sff authors Max Brooks, Suzanne Collins, N.K. Jemisin, and John Scalzi. They also picked these 20 sff category books as Amazon’s Best science … Continue reading