(1) HUGO VOTER PACKET. Joe Yao of the Chengdu Worldcon committee fielded a question online about the packet. First, he pointed out that one is coming, as noted in this brief reference in a July 10 story on the Chengdu … Continue reading
By Lee Weinstein: Step right up ladies and gentlemen, and for the price of one thin dime, see the living, breathing human cyclops, born just the way you see him, like Polyphemus of old! The eye of the cyclops; the … Continue reading
(1) MEMORIAL DAY CONTINUED. Rob Hansen forwarded the link to a Find-A-Grave page devoted to PFC Alden L Ackerman (1924-1945), Forry’s brother, who died in the Battle of the Bulge. He also sent this link to the Fancyclopedia page on … Continue reading
(1) FIGHTING BOOK BANS. “PEN America, Penguin Random House Sue Florida School District Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Book Bans” — Publishers Weekly has details. In response to a troubling wave of book bans, PEN America, Penguin Random House, a group of authors, and … Continue reading
(1) LOCUS CROWDFUNDING NEARS FINISH LINE. The Locus Magazine Indiegogo campaign wraps up tomorrow. Backers have pledged $73,015 of $75,000 as of this afternoon – they may make it! Sarah Gailey interviewed Locus’ publisher and editor-in-chief at Stone Soup: “Liza … 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
(1) CALL FOR ATTITUDE CHANGE. Robert Zubrin and two associates discuss the search for life on Mars in the New Atlantis. “How to Search for Life on Mars” – “First, stop refusing to look.” … The search for life ought … Continue reading
(1) WHAT’S SPACE OPERA, DOC? Grant Wythoff tries to learn how authors are defining it: “What Is Space Opera in the 2020s?” at LA Review of Books. In an afterword to Far from the Light of Heaven, [Tade] Thompson asks himself if … Continue reading
(1) TICKET TO RIDE. NASA invites you to add your name and have it included on a flash drive that will fly aboard Artemis I. “Send Your Name to Space”. Artemis I will be the first uncrewed flight test of … Continue reading
(1) A BIT OF HISTORY. The Finnish Postal Museum is looking for letters from Tove Jansson. “Have you received or are you in possession of a letter written by Tove Jansson?” Tove Jansson (1914–2001) was a prolific letter writer all … Continue reading