When the Blinders Are On, The Knives Come Out By Chris M. Barkley: Belief – Understanding = Ignorance We, collectively, live on a very large, complex, noisy, crowded and messy planet. And on this planet, at this particular time, communicating … Continue reading
The winners of this year’s Aurora Awards were announced at When Words Collide in Calgary, Alberta. There were over 200 people at the ceremony held on Saturday, August 13. The Aurora Awards are given to Canadian literary and fan works that members … Continue reading
(1) GENRE RECAPITULATES ONTOLOGY. Damien Walter divides the audience into “The 8 Tribes of Sci-Fi”. Calling sci-fi a genre in 2016 is about as accurate as calling the United States one nation. In principle it’s true, but in practice things … Continue reading
(1) WILL R., MICRO-CELEBRITY. When the new Independence Day: Resurgence trailer went online, Will R. immediately got busy looking for his own face. I got to be an extra in a couple of scenes, and I’ve been wondering if I’d … Continue reading
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the finalists for the 2016 Aurora Awards for best works and activities done by Canadians in 2015. Voting for this year’s awards will begin on June 15 and CSFFA members will … Continue reading
Harlan Ellison’s “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” has been chosen by members of the Libertarian Futurist Society as the 2015 Prometheus Hall of Fame winner. Originally published in Galaxy in December 1965, “Repent, Harlequin!” portrays one man’s surrealist rebellion against … Continue reading
The Libertarian Futurist Society will honor F. Paul Wilson with a Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement on May 9 at Marcon. Wilson has won four other Prometheus Awards during his career, including the first ever presented, in 1979, for Wheels Within … Continue reading
The Libertarian Futurist Society will present Vernor Vinge with a Special Prometheus Award for lifetime achievement in 2014. Vinge is only the second author ever recognized with a LFS lifetime achievement award, the other being Poul Anderson (2001). Vinge is … Continue reading
Ohio conrunner Mark Evans died April 2 of heart problems. He was 62. I remember meeting Mark in Columbus at the 1977 Marcon — which I reached from LA on a Greyhound bus. (You don’t forget things like that.) He … Continue reading
For the fifth consecutive year Worldcon members have cast a record-breaking number of Hugo nominating ballots. LoneStarCon 3 received 1,343 valid nominating ballots, exceeding the 1,101 received by Chicon 7 last year. Prior to that, Renovation received 1,006 in 2011, … Continue reading