[Introduction: Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s best-known scientific figures, passed away on March 14. Gregory Benford knew him, and wrote two memoirs of their meetings which he has given permission to post here on File 770. “A Cambridge Evening” … Continue reading
(1) WASHINGTONIAN WOMBAT. The Washington Post’s Mary Quattlebaum profiles Ursula Vernon, whose comic five-volume Hamster Princess series retells “fairy tales with a strong female hero,” in “Ursula Vernon elevates a rodent to royalty”. The latest, Whiskerella, retells Cinderella but with … Continue reading
By James Bacon: I took the opportunity to visit the Grandville Art Exhibition at Orbital Comics, near to Leicester Square Tube Station, with fans Ian Stockdale and Andrea Carney. As Andrea commented a ‘very cool place’ and indeed, the shop … Continue reading
The nominees for the Dragon Awards were released August 3, and some authors who campaigned energetically for it succeeded in their quest to get on the ballot. Color-coded below are the nominations from three of the strongest marketing and promotion … Continue reading
By Chris M. Barkley and Vince Docherty Some VERY Modest Proposals for The Hugo Awards “Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same … Continue reading
Westercon 70, happening in Tempe, AZ from July 1-4, has announced their final five Guests of Honor. Science GoH Henry Vanderbilt Henry founded Space Access Society in 1992 and ran the quietly influential annual Space Access Conferences in most of … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Hannu Rajaniemi’s debut novel The Quantum Thief opened to rave reviews from critics and mixed reviews on Amazon. The sequels were The Fractal Prince and The Causal Angel. In May 2017, Rajaniemi offered his first collection, Invisible … Continue reading
(1) MORE CORE. This time James Davis Nicoll lists “Twenty Core Military Speculative Fiction Books Every True SF Fan Should Have On Their Shelves”. Is there any overlap between your list and James’s? (2) ENVELOPE PLEASE. Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy … Continue reading
(1) FIRST TO WHAT? Matthew Kirschenbaum’s latest discovery about the early days of writers using word processors is shared in “A Screen of Her Own: Gay Courter’s The Midwife and the Literary History of Word Processing” at the Harvard University … Continue reading
(1) David G. Hartwell posted his photo with the comment, “Signs of the cultural times: NYC subway cars entirely decorated in PKD.” (2) “Red, Reich and Blue: Building the World of ‘The Man in the High Castle’”, a New York Times … Continue reading