Tamsyn Muir is the winner of the 2020 Crawford Award for her novel Gideon the Ninth (Tor.com). The award is presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for a first book of fantasy. This year, … Continue reading
(1) THE GAME OF THE NAME. John D. Berry renders his verdict about their usefulness and design in “A tale of three nametags”. In the course of less than a month this summer, I attended three major events, each of … Continue reading
The winner of the 2019 Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction, which recognizes emerging speculative fiction writers of Pakistani origin or residence, was announced September 25. Winner Kehkashan Khalid for her story The Puppetmaster Finalists The two other finalists were: Umair Khan … Continue reading
(1) SCA DEATH. A longtime member accidentally killed himself while riding at a Society for Creative Anachronism event in Kentucky. SFGate has the story —“Man is impaled, dies in ‘freak accident’ during medieval horseback stunt”. It happened Saturday during the … Continue reading
The winners of the 2018 Lord Ruthven Assembly awards, presented for the best fiction on vampires and the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature, were announced at this year’s International Conference on … Continue reading
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts named the winners of four awards that will be presented at the conference’s banquet during the 39th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando, Florida, March 14-18. IAFA … Continue reading
The winners of the 2017 Lord Ruthven Awards, presented for the best fiction on vampires and the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature, were announced at this year’s International Conference on the … Continue reading
Awards presented at the 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando, Florida on March 19 included: William L. Crawford Fantasy Award All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Other books making the Crawford … Continue reading
(1) CON CRUNCH. Crunchyroll has announced it will launch a new anime convention called Crunchyroll Expo (CRX). The con will be held August 25-27 in Santa Clara, California at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Assuming CRX is repeated in 2018 … Continue reading
By Robin Anne Reid: NOTE: Spoilers for a number of Tepper’s novels occur throughout the essay. WARNING: For references to rape and abuse of young women as an element of Tepper’s novels. The Fan I found my first Tepper novel … Continue reading