The winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Books 2016 have been announced. Winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 Fiction: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Historical Fiction: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Nonfiction: Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter … Continue reading
(1) WHEN MARS HAD BEACHES. The Daily Galaxy covers the announcement — “NASA: ‘Ancient Mars Had a Vast Ocean Covering Half Its Northern Hemisphere’”. A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists … Continue reading
Mystery, not sf, of course – but you might like to know anyway who won the 2014 Edgar Awards presented by the Mystery Writers of America on May 1. BEST NOVEL Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster … Continue reading
The Glasgow 2024 Worldcon committee today announced the finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards. 1720 valid nominating ballots were received and counted from the members of the 2023 and 2024 World Science Fiction Conventions for the 2024 Hugo Awards. Voting … Continue reading
(1) MCCARTY Q&A. Chris Barkley’s audio interview with Dave McCarty was published here overnight: “Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #81”. The audio recording is at Soundcloud. A transcript is here. (2) SPARE CHANGE? The New Zealand Mint has … Continue reading
(1) ACTORS AND STUDIOS REACH AGREEMENT. “SAG Strike Ends: Actors & Studios Reach Deal On New Three-Year Contract” reports Deadline. After 118 days of the actors guild being out on strike, SAG-AFTRA and the studios on Wednesday reached a tentative deal on … Continue reading
The Chengdu Worldcon committee today posted the finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards. Astounding Award for Best New Writer * – finalist in their 2nd year of eligibility Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Best Fan Artist Best Fan … Continue reading
The 50th issue of Uncanny Magazine, winner of six Hugos and a British Fantasy Award, will be available on January 3 at uncannymagazine.com. Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 50th issue of their six-time Hugo Award-winning … Continue reading
(1) LIST OF 100. The Guardian analyzes the latest edition of the British Film Institute’s “The Greatest Films of All Time”, a recurring poll, in “The top 100 films… and what they say about our changing society”. At #6, 2001: … Continue reading
The shortlists for the 2022 British Fantasy Awards have been released, along with the names of the jurors who will decide the winners, which will be announced at FantasyCon in September. BEST NEWCOMER (THE SYDNEY J. BOUNDS AWARD) Jurors: Anna Agaronyan, Clara Cohen, … Continue reading