Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have released the outcome of the latest officer elections, however, not the vote counts. The results as certified by the Elections Committee and the Executive Director are as follows. For the Director-at-Large … Continue reading
By Daniel Dern. Boskone 57, Feb 14-16, 2020. The temperature ranged from chilly (it is winter) to downright frosty (12? Saturday morning, maybe up to 20? by 9:45AM when we walked the overpass from our hotel to the con), but … Continue reading
(1) ABOUT “FANDOM”. Impressive piece on the meanings of “fandom” by Elise Matthesen: “A bit of musing on where fandom/fandoms communication has oft gone awry”. I’m only going to excerpt the preamble, and save the best parts for you to … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Laura Resnick broke into writing through the romance genre, switched to sci-fi short fiction, did an urban fantasy trilogy, and then a series of comedy-horror-detective novels. The first 7 in the series were recently produced as high … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION. Twenty-five years ago MagiCon was held in Orlando, Florida. A great con, and I thought it would be fun to reprint the report I ran in File 770. Here is the fourth of five daily installments. The Worldcon was … Continue reading
By Joshua Palmatier: Mike Glyer asked me to write a post about some of the behind-the-scenes action at my small press Zombies Need Brains. As some of you might know, ZNB holds an open call for a short window (usually … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Humor author Jody Nye has way too much fun. So do the authors she hangs out with. CARL SLAUGHTER: Why do you write primarily humor? JODY LYNN NYE: I enjoy it. I love a book that makes … Continue reading
After 20 years on the forefront of the size positive movement, Lee Martindale stepped back to concentrate on science fiction. After 16 years serving in a variety of leadership capacities with the SFWA, she is again stepping back to concentrate on … Continue reading
Last Plane to Heaven, the final collection of stories by the late Jay Lake, won the 2015 Endeavour Award announced November 20 at OryCon. Lake died in June 2014 following a fight with cancer. The Award comes with an honorarium … Continue reading
By John Hertz: While looking for something else I came across Vanamonde 469 (May 7, 2002) with these notes of the Millennium Philcon (59th World Science Fiction Convention, August 30 – September 3, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). You might like to see them. Some … Continue reading