DECLASSIFIED! Seven Secret and Untold Stories From the Worldcon Press Office By Chris M. Barkley: For many, many years, I have wanted to write a manual specifically to pass along my knowledge, feeling and opinions about working in and operating … Continue reading
(1) DIGITAL DIAGNOSIS. N. K. Jemisin tries to work out what the symptoms of social media indicate. Thread starts here. (2) OF THE GALAXY? “U.S. Space Force unveils name of space professionals” – and that name is: Guardians. Today, after … Continue reading
By John Hertz: (mostly reprinted from No Direction Home 43) Saturday 11:30 a.m. at Loscon XLVI, a panel discussion “The Asimov Centenary”. We were starting early, or maybe right; without birth records, he celebrated 3 Jan 1920 but it could have been in 1919. Moderator, … Continue reading
(1) JEMISIN PROMOTES INDIES. “N.K. Jemisin Named 2019 Indies First Spokesperson” – Shelf Awareness has the story. Science fiction and fantasy author N.K. Jemisin will be the spokesperson this year for Indies First, the campaign supporting independent bookstores that takes place on … Continue reading
By John Hertz: We’re doing Retrospective Hugos this year. I say “this year” because we don’t always do them. The current Hugo Awards will be done as always, the 2019 Hugos for what appeared in 2018. Dublin2019, the 77th World … Continue reading
Voters can now register their choice for the 2017 Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund delegate from among candidates Sarah Gulde, Alissa McKersie and John Purcell. The winner will travel from North America to Europe to attend next year’s Worldcon in Helsinki, Finland. The … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Being one of the Rotsler Award judges, it was my happy task to call Teddy Harvia (“Hey, Teddy!” – no, wait, that’s a water-softener joke) and tell him he won. Actually I asked him first whether he’d … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Texan Teddy Harvia (“har-VEE-a”) has won the 2015 Rotsler Award, named for the late great Bill Rotsler (1926-1997), sponsored by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests, and announced at L.A.’s local convention Loscon. The winner receives … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Juanita Coulson won the election of a 2014 Down Under Fan Fund delegate. DUFF will send her to Continuum X, the 53rd Australia national convention, Melbourne, 6-9 June (and, as is apparently needful to say, bring her … Continue reading
The lone star rises A third time shining on us As we reach for space. By John Hertz: Around 4,300 attended LoneStarCon III (or “3” if you were writing this), the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, 29 Aug – 2 … Continue reading