The winner of the 2019 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Fiction and Fantasy was announced at ConGregate on July 12. Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio (DAW) Given by the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation, the award recognizes outstanding … Continue reading
(1) MICHELLE YEOH TREK SPINOFF. The Hollywood Reporter brings us additional details on one of the several Star Trek spinoffs (the existence of which leaked as far back as November) in the works (“‘Star Trek’: Michelle Yeoh-Led ‘Discovery’ Spinoff Details Revealed”). Riding the high of … Continue reading
(1) DOZOIS REMEMBERED AT NYRSF. Via David Langford comes news that New York Review of Science Fiction #349, a Special Gardner Dozois Memorial Issue, is available as a free download. Memories, anecdotes, appreciations, confessions, and clickbait, from: Michael Bishop • … Continue reading
The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council has selected the winner of the 2017 Tiptree Award — Virginia Bergin for her novel Who Runs the World? (Macmillan, UK, 2017). (Bergin’s novel is scheduled to be published in the US in … Continue reading
Gardner Dozois has revealed his choices for The Very Best of the Best: 30 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction due out in December 2018 or January 2019. Table of Contents Preface The Potter of Bones, by Eleanor Arnason … Continue reading
(1) NEW DOCTOR WHO LOGO. Merchandise with the Thirteenth Doctor’s new logo is on sale starting today. New Doctor, new season, new logo. #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/vKMCt19kZ7 — BBC America (@BBCAMERICA) February 20, 2018 (2) MEDICAL MARVEL. Pat Cadigan reports some good … Continue reading
By Daniel Dern: First, a disclaimer: This isn’t quite the anecdotal story I intended to write… because it wasn’t until after finishing what would otherwise have been a clean draft that got the relevant folder from its file cabinet drawer, … Continue reading
(1) WORLDCON 76 HOTEL RESERVATIONS. Worldcon 76 emailed the passkey to members today and opened reservations today at 1 p.m. Pacific time. Wow. Worldcon 76 members reserved over 4000 room nights since we distributed the reservations link this afternoon. Wow. … Continue reading
By Mark L. Blackman: On the lovely autumn evening of Wednesday, October 18 (and as the Yankees were winning in the Bronx), the monthly Fantastic Fiction Readings Series hosted authors James Patrick Kelly and Jennifer Marie Brissett at its longtime … Continue reading
(1) SUPERSJW? The forthcoming issue of Action Comics is in the news — “Superman Protects Undocumented Workers From Armed White Supremacist in Latest Comic”. The Hollywood Reporter has the story. The moment in the book released Wednesday comes a week … Continue reading