By JJ: With the Hugo Award nomination deadline only a month away, I thought it would be helpful for Filers to have a discussion about the potential nominees for Best Series. What follows is a précis of the series … Continue reading
(1) THE NEXT DAY. That’s got to smart. No sooner did Arisia announce its move to the Boston Park than the strike that forced the change came to an end. Boston’s CBS affiliate reports “Marriott Hotel Workers In Boston Reach … Continue reading
(1) THE CRIMES OF VISACARD. BBC takes note as “JK Rowling sues former employee for £24,000”. Harry Potter author JK Rowling has launched a £24,000 legal claim against a former employee for allegedly using her money to go on shopping … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of works published for the first time in 2018. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, as well as other sources on the … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2019 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
(1) EATING THE FANTASTIC. Scott Edelman serves up a Sunday brunch with JY Yang in Episode 73 of his Eating the Fantastic podcast. JY Yang is the author of the Tensorate series of novellas from Tor.Com Publishing, which so far … Continue reading
The full list of eligible titles submitted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2018 has been posted. This is not a longlist but a tally of all the books under consideration by the judges — 108 titles submitted by 46 … Continue reading
(1) YOUNG PEOPLE READ NOT SO OLD SFF. As part of a planned change-of-pace, James Davis Nicoll unleashed the Young People Read Old SFF panel on some very new sf indeed — “Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer. We’ve cycled … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2018 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
(1) ZENO’S MARTIAN THEOREM. You can’t get to Mars before you…“The first trip to Mars will come with the longest layover ever” Nobody likes layovers, but the first astronauts heading to Mars will get to experience one of the longest … Continue reading