By Carl Slaughter: Adam Rakunas’ 2015 debut novel, Windswept from Angry Robot, won the Philip K. Dick Award. In June, he released a sequel, Like a Boss. WINDSWEPT Labor organizer Padma Mehta is on the edge of space and the … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Chuck Wendig’s Zeroes came out in May in paperback. An Anonymous-style rabble rouser, an Arab spring hactivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online troll are each offered a choice: go to prison or help … Continue reading
The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the Best Novel and Hall of Fame winners of the 36th annual Prometheus Awards. PROMETHEUS BEST NOVEL Seveneves by Neal Stephenson PROMETHEUS HAL OF FAME Courtship Rite by Donald M. Kingsbury A Special Award … Continue reading
Transcendental (2013) and Transgalactic (2016), by James Gunn By JJ: One of my favorite types of stories is the galaxy-spanning, epic space opera with strong character development — and a good mystery pretty much seals the deal for me. So … Continue reading
The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the Best Novel finalists for the 36th annual Prometheus Awards. Golden Son, by Pierce Brown (Del Rey) Apex, by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow) The Just City, by Jo … Continue reading
.@Ramez Naam wins the 2016 Philip K. Dick Award! pic.twitter.com/6sWDDKJeSM — C.C. Finlay (@ccfinlay) March 26, 2016 The 2016 Philip K. Dick Award winner is Apex by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books). And a special citation was given to Archangel … Continue reading
The nominees for the 2016 Philip K. Dick Award have been announced: Edge of Dark by Brenda Cooper (Pyr) After the Saucers Landed by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books) (R)evolution by PJ Manney (47North) Apex by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot … Continue reading
aka Is All of Time and Space Truly Curred? Pawing through the roundup we find Juan Tabo, S. Harris, Glenn Hauman, David Mack, John Scalzi, Charles Stross, Nick Mamatas, Jeffro Johnson, Barry Deutsch, Mcjulie McGalliard, Russell Blackford, Lis Carey, Rhiannon … Continue reading
The committee of “Comecon,” the 54th Japan Science Fiction Convention, announced the 2015 Seiun Awards shortlist on April 18. Seiuns are given in nine categories: Japanese Long Story, Japanese Short Story, Translated Long Story, Translated Short Story, Media, Comic, Art, Nonfiction, and a … Continue reading
The winners of the Prix Bob Morane for 2015 have been announced. The selections were made by a jury of French professionals — writers, journalists, critics, collection curators. The current members of the award jury are Stéphanie Alcésilas, Marc Bailly, … Continue reading