(1) A CENTURY OF TITLES FROM OUR CENTURY. The Guardian says it’s time for another clickworthy list! “The 100 best books of the 21st century” includes both fiction and nonfiction – I count about 16 sff works on it, with … Continue reading
(1) EBOOKS FOR HURRICANE RELIEF. Fireside Fiction has teamed up with other small presses, authors, and editors to offer e-books to raise money for hurricane relief through the Hurricane Relief Bookstore. Fireside Fiction Company has put together the Hurricane Relief Bookstore … Continue reading
(1) CELEBRATE THE RADCH. Ann Leckie’s new book Provenance comes out on September 26, and the Imperial Radch fandom on Tumblr is asking people to create thematic fanworks as part of the celebration. Each day, fans are encouraged to post … Continue reading
(1) HELP COMING FOR INDIE AUTHORS. Brian Keene, in the August 17 episode of his podcast The Horror Show, mentioned a new resource for librarians. Dann explains: Small press and indie authors face the double problems of getting bookstores to … Continue reading
June Foray, Hollywood’s best-known female voice talent, died July 27 at the age of 99. She was best known as the voice of Rocky in Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959-1964), a role she reprised as recently as 2014 in a DreamWorks … Continue reading
(1) ON ITS WAY TO BEING DEADJOURNAL? LiveJournal was purchased by a Russian company in 2007 but continued to operate on U.S.-based servers until this month. According to Metafilter — As of a few days ago, the IP addresses for … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: There will be no Pixel Scroll on Saturday because I will be away at an event all day. I have scheduled a few other tender morsels to keep the conversation rolling. (1) POLLY WANNA SYLLABLE? Ann Leckie, one … Continue reading
(1) WISCON GOH SPEECH. Justine Larbalestier posted “My WisCon 40 Guest of Honour Speech” in August. Teens have made YA the second most profitable fiction category in the USA—after romance. Twelve years ago I mostly had to explain what YA … Continue reading
(1) Today’s birthday boys: Born 1866: H.G. Wells Born 1912: Chuck Jones Born 1947: Stephen King Born 1950: Bill Murray And as a bonus, also on This Day in History: 1937: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit published (2) Grotesque parody news … Continue reading
This Saturday, December 27, animator-director Frank Gladstone and animation historian Jerry Beck will present the latest installment of the Alex Film Society’s “The Greatest Cartoons Ever!” at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. The duo will introduce classics from Disney, Warner … Continue reading