(1) TWIGGING TO IT. The Glasgow in 2024 Worldcon bid is running a community craft project at Reclamation, the 2022 Eastercon. “The Fantastic Tree of Life”. Full plan with ideas about various types of crafts and how to get them … Continue reading
(1) AN ORDERLY ILLUSION. The Daily Californian’s Logan Roscoe, in “Bureaucratizing science fiction”, analyzes the use of architectural design in New Weird visuals. …When playing Control, the player fights interdimensional enemies, but in every background, they see an attempt at subjecting … Continue reading
(1) PKD, RIP. Philip K. Dick died 40 years ago today and the media has taken note of the anniversary. BBC Culture’s Adam Scovill discusses “Philip K Dick: the writer who witnessed the future”. I am in passport control. I … Continue reading
(1) WHEN ‘THINGS TO COME’ WAS NEW. The videos featuring the musical score of Things to Come linked in the Pixel Scroll for February 13 prompted John L. Coker III to pass along this transcript of a conversation that he … Continue reading
(1) GET READY FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. Cora Buhlert rolls out “Love Through Space and Time 2022 – A Round-up of Indie Valentine’s Day Speculative Fiction”. …These Valentine’s Day stories cover the broad spectrum of speculative fiction. We have urban fantasy, … Continue reading
(1) THE UNANTICIPATED METAVERSE. “Neal Stephenson talks about his climate thriller — and why the metaverse didn’t match his vision” – GeekWire has a Q&A. … Who’ll lead the effort to address climate change? “In my book, it’s a billionaire, because … Continue reading
(1) THE 8 BILLION BODY PROBLEM. Liu Cixin told the WSJ he’s not as optimistic as he once was. “’Three-Body Problem’ Author No Longer Sure Humankind Would Unite Against Hostile Aliens” reports The Byte. In his 2008 novel “The Three-Body … Continue reading
(1) A COLORADO FAN MARRIAGE. “A Wedding 18 Years in the Making for Colorado Governor”. The Governor of Colorado and his spouse first met at a bookstore in 2003, and a month later went to MileHiCon. They finally wed earlier this … Continue reading
Erle Korshak, one of the last two surviving attendees of the first Worldcon in 1939, died August 25. With Korshak’s death, Bob Madle is the sole surviving attendee of the first Worldcon. Korshak’s first encounter with science fiction was in … Continue reading
(1) NEW SOLUTION FOR X. Louisiana convention CONtraflow X has been cancelled for 2021 due to the pandemic, and been rescheduled to 2022. Some unfortunate news to pass on- CONtraflow Faithful, Friends, and Fen- with the recent Delta-Variant COVID-19 surge … Continue reading