Editor’s note: Although I have been at this computer all day it’s included writing other posts, so a lot of good links will need to be carried over til tomorrow! (1) AGAIN PLEASE. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of works published for the first time in 2018. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, as well as other sources on the … Continue reading
(1) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’. Fleen continues its epic roundups about the Patreon controversy and lists the alternatives: The logic of the decision is, if not in my opinion sound, at least defensible, but Patreon didn’t trust its users enough to defend … Continue reading
The shortlist for the BSFA 2016 Awards was released February 19. The Awards will be presented at Innominate, the 68th Eastercon, in Birmingham over the April 14-17 weekend. BSFA members and attending members of Eastercon can vote on the winners … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association has opened the second round of BSFA Awards voting, which will reduce the longlist to a shortlist. Members have until midnight January 31 to choose their shortlist from the collated nominations. The ballot is here. The longlist … Continue reading
(1) LOST SIGNAL. John DeNardo shocked fans and writers alike by revealing today that SF Signal is shutting down. When we started SF Signal in 2003, it was because we loved speculative fiction. Having a blog allowed us to share that … Continue reading
David Langford’s Ansible Editions has published his nonfiction collection Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 as an ebook for the first time. The collection originally appeared in 2003. The ebook has all of that content, … Continue reading
(1) THE TENTACLE RECONCILIATION. This just in — “Cthulhu Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize”. OSLO, NORWAY — Dread Lord, and presidential candidate, Cthulhu has more to savor this week on the campaign trail than the vulture-picked carcasses of the … Continue reading
During 2016 the Polish city of Wroc?aw is going to be a designated cultural center of Europe, filled with festivals, concerts, conferences and other artistic and cultural events. One of those events will be the science fiction convention Polcon (April … Continue reading
David Langford’s collection Different Kinds of Darkness, now available in ebook form, gathers his “straight” sf, fantasy and horror short fiction. Taking its name from the title of Langford’s 2001 Hugo-winning short story, the book contains all the material from … Continue reading