The 2019 James White Award shortlist is out, six stories chosen from 355 submissions, 22 of which made the longlist: Better Lost Than Loved – Bryn Fazakerley Bug on Bug – Mica Scotti Kole Digital Nomad – Koji A Dae … Continue reading
(1) IN OPINIONS YET TO COME. Brooke Bolander is the latest sff author to pen a futuristic op-ed for the New York Times. As Tor.com puts it – Asking “Who Should Live in Flooded Old New York?” Bolander imagines a … Continue reading
By Cora Buhlert: As a reader and writer, I like stories that cross genre boundaries. Therefore, the anthology Terror at the Crossroads – Tales of Horror, Delusion, and the Unknown sounded like something right up my alley. Editors Emily Hockaday … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of works published for the first time in 2018. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, as well as other sources on the … 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
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
(1) NEXT SMOFCON. Santa Rosa will host Smofcon 36 in 2018. The con will be held November 30-December 2. Bruce Farr will chair, and Patty Wells will organize programming. Their hotel will be The Flamingo Conference Resort and Spa. (2) … Continue reading
(1) TED’S HOUSE SAVED. A copy of Ted White’s thank-you to supporters of his GoFundMe comes via Andrew Porter. My thanks and my gratitude to all of you who helped me meet my goal within one day. I’m flabbergasted. I’m still … Continue reading
The shortlist for the BSFA 2016 Awards was released February 19. The Awards will be presented at Innominate, the 68th Eastercon, in Birmingham over the April 14-17 weekend. BSFA members and attending members of Eastercon can vote on the winners … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association has opened the second round of BSFA Awards voting, which will reduce the longlist to a shortlist. Members have until midnight January 31 to choose their shortlist from the collated nominations. The ballot is here. The longlist … Continue reading