(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
AudioFile Magazine has honored Julia Whelan, Ramón de Ocampo, JD Jackson, Arthur Morey, and Emily Woo Zeller, with its highest accolade, the Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award. Since 1992, AudioFile has bestowed the Golden Voice prize on only 24 voice … Continue reading
(1) DRAWING A LINE IN THE SILICON. Tor author S.L. Huang, in “Genre Labels: What Makes A Book More Thriller Than Sci-Fi?” on CrimeReads, says “I’ve been a science fiction and fantasy nerd for as long as I can remember,” … Continue reading
(1) COSTUMING COMMUNITY MEMORIAL 2020 The International Costumers Guild posted their annual In Memoriam video. This video memorializes those who were lost within the costuming community since Costume-Con 37, 2019. (2) SIGN OF THE TIMES. Emergency Awesome’s “The Batman 2021 … Continue reading
(1) DUBLIN 2019 DEADLINE. Linda Deneroff, Dublin 2019 WSFS Business Meeting Secretary, broadcast the message that the deadline for submission of new business to this year’s business meeting is fast approaching: July 17. Pass the word to anyone else you … Continue reading
PKD would have loved it — NBM Graphic Novels released Philip K. Dick, A Comics Biography on January 1. Philip K. DICK: A Comics Biography Laurent Queyssi, writer, Mauro Marchesi, art One of the greatest writers in SF history, Philip K. … Continue reading
(1) NOT THE DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. A nice placeholder, though. Io9 sets the frame: “Doctor Who Saves Christmas (Again) in This Adorable Holiday Short”: Doctor Who’s Twitter account has shared a cute animated holiday short telling the story of how … Continue reading
(1) KINGFISHER. James Davis Nicoll turned the Young People Read Old SFF panel loose on “Toad Words” by T. Kingfisher. Young People Read Old SFF has circled back to a modern work for the final time in the phase of … Continue reading
(1) CITIZEN ROBOTS. Politico covers the latest legal uproar about robots: Autonomous robots with humanlike, all-encompassing capabilities might still be decades away, but lawmakers, legal experts and manufacturers are already locked in a high-stakes debate about their legal status: whether it’s these … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: David Gerrold is swimming in novels and has been cranking out more than a few short stories for Asimov’s, Analog, FSF, and other magazines. On a personal note, his adopted son, the inspiration for the Martian Child … Continue reading