(1) UNRELATED TWINS. Darryl Mott tweeted a rundown about why two gaming companies that each go by the name TSR are making the wrong kind of news recently. Thread starts here. (2) COOL IDEA. IceCon 2021, the convention happening this … Continue reading
(1) A NOT-SO-LITTLE LIST. BookRiot concocted a way of assessing an interesting question: “How Do Readers Rate The New York Times Best-Selling Books?” …For their research, the organization pooled all titles on the NYT List from June 22, 2008 to March … Continue reading
(1) IGNYTE AWARDS. Voting for FIYAHCON’s inaugural Ignyte Awards has closed. 1,461 ballots were submitted, of which 1,431 were valid. The winners will be revealed Saturday, October 17 at 5 p.m. (GMT -4:00). (2) DELANY. “WHY I WRITE”. Samuel R. … Continue reading
(1) GAME OF THRONGS. Netflix has ordered a series covering all three books in Liu Cixin’s trilogy — The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End — reports Variety: “‘Three-Body Problem’ Series From David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Alexander Woo … Continue reading
Eight stories, two videos, some smack and a snack in today’s Scroll. (1) What does John King Tarpinian eat each year to commemorate the July 20th anniversary of the first Moon landing? And if anybody asks John “Where were you that … Continue reading