(1) WHITTAKER SHALL RETURN.The Hollywood Reporter quashes rumors to the contrary: “Jodie Whittaker Confirms Return for ‘Doctor Who’ Season 12”. Shame on rumor-spreading clickbait sites that got fans all stirred up about this, like, uh — let’s go right to … Continue reading
(1) RABBIT CAST MULTIPLYING. More celebrities join the Watership Down warren: “Daniel Kaluuya, Rosamund Pike Join Animated Netflix/BBC Miniseries ‘Watership Down’”. The latest adaptation of Richard Adams’ classic allegorical bunny adventure novel will be a CGI series, with John Boyega, … Continue reading
(1) ARGUMENT AGAINST COLORBLINDNESS. Chesya Burke now has set to “public” her analysis of the lack of diversity in anthologies generally, and in the horror genre particularly. Some of the arguments I’ve seen mentioned excusing the exclusion of diverse writers: … Continue reading
[Committee press release.] Worldcon 75 is pleased to release its preliminary schedule. The five-day event in Helsinki includes over 840 individual items and 800 hours of content. Some programme items will be held outside of the convention center, at the … Continue reading
Terry Pratchett passed away March 12 at home surrounded by his family reports his publisher. He was the author of 70 books, among them 40 in the Discworld series of comic fantasies that began with The Colour of Magic in … Continue reading
The Astronomer Royal and other leading scientists are confirmed to appear at Loncon 3, the 2014 Worldcon. Loncon 3’s extensive science program will feature topics about subatomic particles, the theory and practice of geoengineering, ancient Greek technology, and the engineering practicalities … Continue reading
Chris Beckett’s novel Dark Eden has won the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award. The winner was announced May 1 at a Royal Society event in London, and introduced by a panel on near-future science chaired by editor-in-chief of SFX Magazine, … Continue reading
Here are 15 developments of interest to fans: (1) Is the new Hugo Award logo gaining acceptance? Baen recently put out The Vorkosigan Companion by Lillian Stewart Carl and John Helfers (eds.) in mass market paperback format and Lois McMaster … Continue reading
Anticipation lists the names of program participants in a new press release that follows the jump. A prestigious addition is 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics Professor Paul Krugman of the Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University and centenary professor … Continue reading
The 2009 Hugo nominees have been announced by the Anticipation committee. In all, 799 nominating ballots were cast; the number of ballots in each category marked with at least one nominee is indicated in parentheses. Best Novel (639 Ballots Cast) … Continue reading