The 2018 Prix Imaginales laureates have been announced. The awards will be given at Imaginales, the Festival of the Imaginary Worlds in Épinal, France, which will take place from May 24 to May 27, 2018. The Prix Imaginales recognize the … Continue reading
(1) TECH IMPROVED, ETHICS STAYED THE SAME. The Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne Jr., in “Yes, we should be outraged about Facebook” analyzes The 480, a 1964 near-future sf novel by Eugene Burdick (co-author of Fail-Safe) in which “people who work … Continue reading
(1) ABIGAIL NUSSBAUM. Last year’s Best Fan Writer Hugo winner announced that she won’t accept a nomination this year. Third, this is something that I was pretty sure I wanted to do last August, but I gave myself some time … Continue reading
(1) YOUNG PEOPLE. James Davis Nicoll asked the crew at Young People Read Old SFF their response to Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild”. Two of the four readers said it was their first experience with the author. (The others didn’t say one … Continue reading
The nominees for the 2017 Seiun Award were announced April 11 by the 56th Japan Science Fiction Convention. The members of “Donburacon” will vote on the winners, which will be announced in July. The award has nine categories. Here are the categories … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: A roundup of science news. DARPA: Truly mad scientists funded by truly mad bureaucrats. All in the name of, you guessed it, national security. Newsweek profiles The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon … Continue reading
The winners of the 2016 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire have been announced. (For English translations of the titles read the coverage at Europa SF.) The award recipients were chosen by a jury consisting of writers, critics, journalists, and translators: Joëlle … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2016 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire have been announced. (For English translations of the titles read the coverage at Europa SF.) The nominees were selected by a jury consisting of writers, critics, journalists, and translators: Joëlle Wintrebert, … Continue reading