(1) AFTER QUARTER CENTURY, GOMOLL STEPS DOWN. The Otherwise Award announced yesterday: “Jeanne Gomoll Retires from Motherboard”. Jeanne Gomoll, whose art, design, and organizing energy has propelled and sustained the Award for the last 25 years, is retiring from the … Continue reading
DAY ONE By Chris M. Barkley: After a brutal and taxing trans-Atlantic transit on Monday, my partner Juli and I were able to obtain our membership badges fairly easily Tuesday morning. Yesterday was mainly spent getting used to our surroundings … Continue reading
Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon has released the full draft programme [PDF file] on its website. The programme has more than 700 events over five days from August 15-19, at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) and nearby Point Square. … Continue reading
(1) THOUGHTS ON A PROPOSED HUGO CATEGORY. Neil Clarke explains why he opposes “Hugo Proposal for Best Translated Novel”: …The biggest problem I have with this proposal is the message it sends not only to domestic readers, but foreign authors, … Continue reading
(1) F&SF COVER. Gordon Van Gelder, publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, shares a preview of their July/Aug. 2019 cover. The cover art is by Mondolithic Studios. (2) RANKING SPACE OPERA. The readers of Discover Sci-Fi voted … Continue reading
The 28th issue Uncanny Magazine will be available on May 7. Hugo Award-winning Publishers/Editors-in-Chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 28th issue of their 2016, 2017, and 2018 Hugo Award-winning online science fiction and fantasy magazine. As … Continue reading
The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council has selected Gabriela Damián Miravete as the winner of the 2018 Tiptree Award for her short story “They Will Dream In the Garden,” translated by Adrian Demopulos and published online by Latin American … Continue reading
The 2018 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Novel was announced November 24 at Chessiecon in Timonium, MD. The award’s Best Short Fiction and Best Other Work categories have been rolled over to the 2019 awards cycle. The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards … Continue reading
The World Fantasy Awards were presented November 4 at the World Fantasy Convention in Baltimore, Maryland. LIFE ACHIEVEMENT For 2018, the Life Achievement Awards were given to: Charles de Lint Elizabeth Wollheim NOVEL Tie The Changeling by Victor LaValle (Spiegel … Continue reading
(1) STFNAL MUSIC. Out of Mind, the new album by the band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, includes two songs inspired by Philip K. Dick and one by Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice. Here are the notes for “When I Was … Continue reading