Three from Me
By John Hertz: It’s not that I have nothing to do (sing rickety-tickety-tin). But I thought you might like these. Our Gracious Host once said I had the heart of a poet – yes, I know the Bob Bloch joke. * * * The … Continue reading
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Pixel Scroll 8/15/20 To Clickfinity And Beyond!
(1) RECONVENE REPORT. [Item by Cat Eldridge.] ReCONvene, the one-day virtual con of NESFA, was this afternoon, so I paid my ten dollars and attended via Zoom. It was worth devoting much of the afternoon to it for just one … Continue reading
Spikecon Spoonfuls
By John Hertz: Spikecon combined Westercon LXXII (regional) and the 13th NASFiC (North America S-F Con, since 1976 held when the Worldcon is off-continent – this year’s Worldcon was in Dublin, Republic of Ireland), plus a 1632 Minicon (fans of Eric Flynt’s 1632 series) and Manticon 2019 (fans … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 8/15/19 Some Kind of Zebra Camel Hybrid
(1) JEMISIN PROMOTES INDIES. “N.K. Jemisin Named 2019 Indies First Spokesperson” – Shelf Awareness has the story. Science fiction and fantasy author N.K. Jemisin will be the spokesperson this year for Indies First, the campaign supporting independent bookstores that takes place on … Continue reading
Spikecon Art Show Awards
By John Hertz: Spikecon was held on July 4-7, 2019, at Layton, Utah, combining Westercon LXXII (yearly; regional), the 13th NASFiC (North America Science Fiction Convention, held when the Worldcon is not in North America), Manticon 2019 (yearly; fans of … Continue reading
Wandering Through the Public Domain #15
A regular exploration of public domain genre works available through Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Librivox. By Colleen McMahon: E. Everett Evans (1893-1958) is one of those names I had never heard of before getting involved with Librivox. Based in … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 4/8/19 File The Scroll Ashore, Pixellujah
(1) MOST READ NOMINEES. Nicholas Whyte blogs the numbers of people who report owning copies of the Hugo nominees in various categories to see if it helps predict who will win: “Hugo finalists – Goodreads/LibraryThing statistics”. Once again I’m running … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 1/20/19 Pix-El: The Man of Scroll
(1) TOLKIEN RESEARCH SURVEY. Robin Anne Reid of the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce is continuing to collect surveys for the project mentioned in the January 11 Scroll (item 2) – “I have 42 but more … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 11/16/18 A Pixel May Not Scroll A Human Being, Or Through Inaction, Allow A Human To Be Scrolled
(1) DIVERSITY STARTS EARLY. The 2019 World Fantasy Convention responded to Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s criticism (see yesterday’s Scroll, item #3.) She answered in a thread that begins here. https://twitter.com/silviamg/status/1063549170932301825 (2) IN DETAIL. NPR’s Glen Weldon gets specific: “‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes … Continue reading
Pixel Scroll 11/14/18 Ask Not For Whom The Files Scroll
Power was off here for 8 hours while they replaced a utility pole – fortunately the rest of you kept sending stuff! (1) GRRM DEALS WILD CARDS TO TV. Tor.com says “George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards Universe Finds a Home … Continue reading