The Pre- Last Jedi Fall Movie & TV Roundup By Chris M. Barkley: Replicants are like any other machine. They’re either a benefit or a hazard. If they’re a benefit, it’s not my problem.” Rick Deckard, Blade Runner Blade Runner … Continue reading
(1) FIRES SHUTTER FAMOUS MONSTERS CON. The Famous Monsters Halloween Convention scheduled for October 25-27 in San Jose has been officially cancelled due to Northern California wildfires. Senior Manager Philip Kim wrote on the convention website: On Sunday evening, October 8th, … Continue reading
(1) DARMOK AND JALAD AT THE TIKI BAR. ThinkGeek invites you to get your “Star Trek The Next Generation Geeki Tikis”. Allow us to raise a toast to your taste in housewares with these Star Trek The Next Generation Geeki … Continue reading
Awards presented at the 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando, Florida on March 19 included: William L. Crawford Fantasy Award All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Other books making the Crawford … Continue reading
Nina Allan has announced a “shadow” jury will critique the Clarke Award this year, composed of Megan AM (“The AM stands for Anti-Matter”), Vajra Chandrasekera, David Hebblethwaite, Victoria Hoyle, Nick Hubble, Paul Kincaid, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and Jonathan McCalmont. Allan … Continue reading
(1) RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU’RE A GREAT WRITER. Photos from George R.R. Martin’s sit-down with Stephen King last night in Albuquerque, in “The King and I” at Not a Blog. (2) NON-ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD. Through September 1, the International … Continue reading
(1) ENGINE 451. The Chicago Tribune ran photos — “New Waukegan train mural honors author Ray Bradbury”. Pedersen said his work includes lots of trains, “but I had to have a design that was simple and would have an impact. … Continue reading
David Langford’s Ansible Editions has published his nonfiction collection Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 as an ebook for the first time. The collection originally appeared in 2003. The ebook has all of that content, … Continue reading
(1) PAID REVIEW WORTH IT? Jeb Kinnison evaluates Kirkus Reviews’ reception of sf. So I was leery of spending my publisher’s money to get a Kirkus review done. The review was glowing, but without the coveted star that tends to … Continue reading
(1) Here is Hampus Eckerman, “A happy Filer on way to see The Martian.” (2) But did he know that The Martian is a comedy? Nobody else knew it either until the people who run a set of Hollywood awards … Continue reading