(1) TWO EVENTS SHUFFLED IN RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC. KU’s Gunn Center has announced these changes: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will likely move our Science Fiction Summer program to online offerings for 2020. We are also moving this year’s Gunn Center Conference … Continue reading
(1) THE APPETIZER COMES LAST. “Hunger Games prequel will reveal villain’s origins” – BBC has the story, A new Hunger Games novel is to be published in May, focusing on the back story of the villainous President Snow. …The new … Continue reading
(1) PROZINE REJOINS THE LIVING Compelling Science Fiction has been saved from the scrapheap of history. Editor Joe Stech explains how it happened: We’re back in business and will be open to submissions once again on Monday, January 13th! After … Continue reading
(1) ONE CRITIC’S CHOICE. Adam Roberts anoints the “Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2019” in the Guardian. My pick for the book of the year, Tim Maughan’s Infinite Detail (MCD x FSG Originals), is a before-and-after tale of … Continue reading
(1) CELEBRATING “BLOB FEST” THIS WEEKEND. [Item by Steve Vertlieb.] This weekend, fans from all over the world will converge upon The Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania to commemorate the arrival upon our planet of a gelatinous intruder whose ravenous … Continue reading
(1) NIXRAY VISION. YouTuber Dominic Noble’s Lost in Adaptation series compares written works with their movie and TV adaptations. How important do you think it is for media visualizations to match up closely to your favorite written sff stories? The … Continue reading
(1) TARDIS MAKEOVER. Doctor Who Today has this leaked photo of a new TARDIS design. (2) ANOTHER BIG $ALE. The Hipsters of the Coast report that the “Art for Chandra, Torch of Defiance SDCC Promo Sells for $35,000”. Chandra, Torch … Continue reading
The Ursula K. Le Guin Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book By Chris M. Barkley: On the evening of March 6, 2018, I wrote the following, a boldly ambiguous press release for File770.com about re-naming the Young Adult Book … Continue reading
(1) SAFE AT HOME. Adweek tells about an Incredibles 2 movie product tie-in: “Why The Incredibles Needed an ADT Home Security System”. Even superheroes need a good home security system, says a fun new ad from ADT and Disney, themed … Continue reading
By Chris M. Barkley “When the mind is free, magic happens.” — Young Adult author C.G. Rousing “Harry Potter” blew the roof off of children’s literature. But that doesn’t mean the work is done — for YA authors, it just means more … Continue reading