(1) NEW NINTH DOCTOR STORIES COMING FROM BIG FINISH. Christopher Eccleston has finally come around to playing the Doctor again announces BBC Studios. Big Finish Productions, in association with BBC Studios announces the long-awaited return of Christopher Eccleston as the … Continue reading
(1) FLORIDA FAN. How’s the reopening going in Florida? Take a wild guess. “Florida attempted a small pop culture event last weekend and it went exactly as you would expect. Because Florida”. Tom Croom went there — … On Sunday, … Continue reading
(1) CAT RAMBO. In “So Long, And Thanks for All the Fish”, Cat Rambo begins a seven-part series about her time on the SFWA board. As I’m composing them, I’m asking you for a favor. If there is some SFWA … Continue reading
(1) DOZOIS REMEMBERED AT NYRSF. Via David Langford comes news that New York Review of Science Fiction #349, a Special Gardner Dozois Memorial Issue, is available as a free download. Memories, anecdotes, appreciations, confessions, and clickbait, from: Michael Bishop • … Continue reading
(1) SAN DIEGO 2049. The School of Global Policy and Strategy is celebrating its 30th anniversary by partnering with the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination to produce San Diego 2049, “a series of programs through 2018-19 that will use the imagination and narrative tools of … Continue reading
(1) MOOMIN FAN. She remembers the Moomin scape her father made for her: “My family and other Moomins: Rhianna Pratchett on her father’s love for Tove Jansson” in The Guardian. I don’t remember the precise moment I was introduced to … Continue reading
(1) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’. Fleen continues its epic roundups about the Patreon controversy and lists the alternatives: The logic of the decision is, if not in my opinion sound, at least defensible, but Patreon didn’t trust its users enough to defend … Continue reading
(1) THE GREAT UNREAD. James Davis Nicoll fesses up – now you can, too: “Twenty Core Speculative Fiction Works It May Surprise You To Learn I Have Not Yet Read Every True SF Fan Should Have On Their Shelves”. Who … Continue reading
(1) NEAR FUTURE MARINES. The Marine Corps Security Environment Forecast: Futures 2030-2045 (MCSEF) provided “a high level snapshot of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory/Futures Directorate’s continual examination of the deep future.” Chuck Gannon and several other writers traveled to Quantico … Continue reading
Comic-Con International announced the winners of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2016 on July 22. Best Short Story “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Single Issue/One-Shot Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan … Continue reading