(1) BUILDING BETTER WORLDS. [Item by Olav Rokne.] In an essay for Bombay Lit Mag, Gautam Bhatia discusses the (sometimes-maligned) art of worldbuilding. It’s a thoughtful and nuanced piece that delves into the value of the worlds that SFF authors … Continue reading
(1) BROADCAST MUSIC. Rolling Stone assures us these are the 100 “Best TV Theme Songs of All Time”. WE APOLOGIZE IN advance for all the TV theme songs we are about to lodge back into your heads. Or maybe we should … Continue reading
Amazon has released their complete list of the Best Books of 2022. The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy include two works that also are in the overall top 20, Stephen King’s Fairy Tale and Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of … Continue reading
(1) HARPERCOLLINS UNION EMPLOYEES STRIKE. “HarperCollins Workers Strike for Better Pay and Benefits” – the New York Times has the story. Unionized employees at HarperCollins went on strike Thursday, saying they planned to stop working until they reached an agreement … Continue reading
The 2022 Dragon Awards winners were announced on September 4. (Thanks to Ray Radlein for livetweeting the results.) 1. Best Science Fiction Novel Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey 2. Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) Book of Night by Holly Black 3. Best … Continue reading
The 2022 Dragon Award Ballot came out this week, and it was interesting to see that collectively the nominees are keeping up the trend toward becoming more organic year by year – books that are widely talked about, and may even be … Continue reading
The 2022 Dragon Awards Ballot was published on August 11. Registered voters should expect to receive notice by email. To be eligible for the 2022 Dragon Awards the book, comic, game, movie, must have been released between July 1, 2021, and … Continue reading
(1) EYE ON THE PRIZE. Iron Truth author Sofie Tholin, winner of the first Self-Published Science Fiction Competition, has received her trophy from Hugh Howey. (2) FELICITATIONS! SJW’s assemble! It’s “International Cat Day”. (As opposed to National Cat Day, which … Continue reading
(1) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY DRAWS NEAR. May 7 is Free Comic Book Day, a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books to anyone who comes in. Check … Continue reading
(1) PLANETARY SOCIETY GRANTS. The first-ever winners of The Planetary Society’s Science and Technology Empowered by the Public (STEP) Grants were announced today. These are planetary science and/or technology grants that fit within one or more of The Planetary Society’s core … Continue reading