(1) FRAZETTA ON THE BLOCK. Bids are being taken for another 13 days on Frank Frazettas’s Egyptian Queen painting (1969). The price is already up to $2.2M, and Heritage Auctions thinks it could ultimately go for $5M. For a man … Continue reading
(1) STOLEN HEARTS. Another romance writer has been accused of plagiarism: the #CopyPasteCris row involves accusations that Cristiane Serruya lifted large sections of her romance novels from works by Courtney Milan and other writers, then blamed the mess on a … Continue reading
By John Hertz: I’ve learned, as you have, that Adrienne Martine-Barnes (1942-2015) left our stage, a woman I loved. Platonically. She was a philosopher and had been a queen. Her powers were substantial. She had a Hispanic heart — she … Continue reading
Worldcon Wayback Machine Introduction: Thirty years ago this weekend ConFrancisco, the 1993 World Science Fiction Convention, was held in San Francisco, California. I thought it would fun to compile a day-by-day recreation drawing on the report I ran in File 770, … Continue reading
The Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 2023 nominations are filled with genre films as always. Everything Everywhere All At Once leads with three Golden Reel nominations, including outstanding achievement in sound editing – feature dialogue / ADR and outstanding achievement … Continue reading
(1) CON CANCELLED. MediaWest*Con 40 will not be held – the pioneering sf/media con in Lansing, MI declares it’s the “End of an Era”. The con had been scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend in May. …Sadly, despite our best efforts … Continue reading
(1) DIANE DUANE’S GOOD NEWS. An appeal signal-boosted here yielded enough book sales to save the Duane/Morwood home. As she wrote in a comment — Hi folks! Diane Duane here. I noted this morning that visitors have been arriving at … Continue reading
Popular Darkover author Adrienne Martine-Barnes died July 20 in Portland, OR. Born in Los Angeles, she joined LASFS in 1961 at the age of 19. She attended the University of Redlands for a year and UCLA for another. She married … Continue reading