(1) SLF ILLUSTRATION OF THE YEAR. Michelle Feng is the winner of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s search for their 2022 Illustration of the Year. Hoping to translate theory into policy and practice, Michelle’s experience revolves around working directly with traditionally … Continue reading
(1) BANDFORMER ROBOT. Daði Freyr’s (Daði & Gagnamagnið) song “10 Years” finished fourth in the 2021 Eurovision contest. The official video is entertainingly science fictional. (2) POWELL BOOKS. Emily Inkpen was able to have “A Conversation with Gareth L. Powell”, … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association has released the BSFA Awards 2020 shortlist. The BSFA Awards have been presented annually since 1970. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the … Continue reading
British Science Fiction Association members will have from January 18 until February 5 to help choose the BSFA Awards shortlists for works published in 2020. The voting form is available to BSFA members here. In the first round, members nominated a longlist of 46 novels, 43 works … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of long form (novel-length) works published for the first time in 2020. Note that all of these works, unless they are labeled “nonfiction”, are eligible in the Best Novel … Continue reading
(1) OVERVIEW OF SF IN CHINA. A lot of good information in Regina Kanyu Wang’s “Chinese Science Fiction Goes Global”, available in English at Korean Literature Now. …Back in 1991, 1997, and 2007, Science Fiction World, the largest SF magazine and publisher … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2021 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of short form works published for the first time in 2019. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, eligibility posts, and other sources … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of long-form works published for the first time in 2019. These credits have been accumulated over the course of the year from dust jackets, Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages … Continue reading
[Editor’s note: be sure to read the comments on this post for more novellas and more Filer reviews.] By JJ: TL;DR: Here’s what I thought of the 2019 Novellas. What did you think? I’m a huge reader of novels, but … Continue reading