Larry Farsace, voted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame in 2012, died of cancer on January 9 at the age of 91. First Fandom’s newzine Scientifiction reported his passing in the Spring issue. Farsace, who anglicized his name from … Continue reading
Here are 14 developments of interest to fans: (1) Back issues of Time magazine now are searchable online. Fans immediately homed in on the July 10, 1939 issue of Time with its report of the first World Science Fiction Convention. … Continue reading
Aussiecon 4 has set the record as the largest Worldcon Down Under. The convention’s onsite newsletter Voice of the Echidna reports, “At the close of Saturday, there were 1649 pre-registered members on site, as well as 63 walk-ins so far. … Continue reading
(1) DEAD PLASTIC. [Item by SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie.] What would you do if the world suddenly ran out of digital money? With some parts of Worldcon fandom (such as publications policy increasingly becoming digital myopically to the exclusion of … Continue reading
(1) INDIE SPIRIT. The 2024 Independent Spirit Awards nominations are out. Full list at Variety: “Indie Spirit Film and TV Nominations 2024 Revealed”. …The annual honors recognize the best of television, as well as film…. Only new TV shows that … Continue reading
(1) CHICON 8 COVID UPDATE. The Chicon 8 committee has notified attending members that another 19 people present at the 2022 Worldcon last weekend have tested positive for Covid. (The first email listed 8 cases.) Where known, it includes information … Continue reading
(1) WSFS BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA UPDATE. Chicon 8 has released an expanded Business Meeting agenda — 2022-WSFS-Agenda as of 20220807. One of the many items added since the first draft came out in July is a motion to create a … Continue reading
(1) AURORA AWARDS VOTING DEADLINE. Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association members have only a few minutes left to vote for 2022 Aurora Awards. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT, on Saturday, July 23. The awards ceremony will be held … Continue reading
CRIMEFEST AWARDS The 2022 CrimeFest Awards shortlists were revealed March 15 SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for crime novels by previously unpublished authors bring vital fresh blood to … Continue reading
(1) B5. Variety reports J. Michael Straczynski is working on bringing back his keynote show: “’Babylon 5′ Reboot in Development at The CW From Original Creator”. … Original series creator J. Michael Straczynski is onboard to write the project. He will also … Continue reading