(1) A NOT-SO-LITTLE LIST. BookRiot concocted a way of assessing an interesting question: “How Do Readers Rate The New York Times Best-Selling Books?” …For their research, the organization pooled all titles on the NYT List from June 22, 2008 to March … Continue reading
(1) OKORAFOR ON BBC. BBC World Service’s program In the Studio features “Nnedi Okorafor: Creating sci-fi worlds”. The award-winning science fiction author Nnedi Okorafor always has a project—or three—on the go. From her home outside Chicago she creates stories driven … Continue reading
(1) THE ANSWER, MY FRIEND. George R.R. Martin empathizes with the Kiwis at Not A Blog: No Fooling. …The biggest news in that regard is that this year’s worldcon, CoNZealand, has also decided to go virtual. I know what a … Continue reading
(1) MEAN STREETS. I Write Like says it analyzes a sample of your writing and determines the author you most write like. I pasted in a paragraph from my “Fourth of Sierra Madre” article and was very happy to be … Continue reading
(1) NEXT BOND. Metro reports “Lashana Lynch will be ‘introduced to Bond 25 audiences as the new 007’”. Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch’s role in Bond 25 will reportedly have audiences dropping their popcorn in shock. Lashana’s role has been … Continue reading
Compiled by Carl Slaughter: Rise and Fall of the Kelvin timeline Paramount, CBS, and Star Trek rights More items follow the jump.
(1) HORROR HUMBLE BUNDLE. “The Tales of Horror Humble Bundle” is now up with horror anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow (Darkness, Nightmares, Lovecraft’s Monsters), also: The Ultimate Werewolf, The Ultimate Undead, and The Ultimate Dracula, plus books by Lisa Goldstein, … Continue reading
(1) FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK. A teaser trailer has been released for the Leonard Nimoy documentary. (2) KEENE LEAVING HWA. Brian Keene cites over a dozen major organizational failures by Horror Writers of America in “Why and When I … Continue reading
The winners of the 2014 Ignotus Awards were announced December 7 at Hispacon – MIRcon, the Spanish National Fantasy and Science Fiction Convention, in Barcelona. All nominees are listed below — the winner is in RED. NOVEL “Esta noche arderá … Continue reading
Not too long ago we were celebrating Bill Higgins’ success photobombing Google Maps. Now John King Tarpinian has discovered he unintentionally accomplished a similar feat. When Google Maps drove by Mystery & Imagination Bookstore in Glendale, John’s little white Volvo … Continue reading