(1) DOING MINISTRY WORK. Crooked Timber is having an extended forum on Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry For The Future: Below are the posts that have been made so far as part of “The Ministry for the Future seminar”. Over … Continue reading
(1) SPACE OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY. The virtual Tucson Festival of Books will include a panel “Galactic Empires, Murderbots and More!” with Tochi Onyebuchi, John Scalzi, and Martha Wells on Saturday March 6 at 11:00 a.m. Mountain time. Registration info … Continue reading
Top Recommendations for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Part One By Chris M. Barkley: The end of January marked the beginning of the nomination period for the 2021 Hugo Awards, which will remain open until March 19th … Continue reading
(1) UNBOXING DAY. Juliette Wade’s copies have arrived! (2) IF IT WASN’T FOR THE HONOR OF THE THING. John Scalzi unpacks his “General Unstructured Thoughts On ‘Being Cancelled’” at Whatever. …2. ‘Canceling’ is certain people discovering that capitalism doesn’t love … Continue reading
A short Scroll today because I was out getting my first COVID-19 vaccination shot. (1) NASA AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH. NASA will premiere its “The Power of African American Leadership in NASA” video on Facebook tomorrow at Noon Eastern. Spanning … Continue reading
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the recipients of the 2020 HWA Diversity Grants. The grants were created because “The Horror Writers Association believes barriers—often unseen but very real—exist which limit the amount of horror fiction being published by diverse … Continue reading
(1) TARDIS TAKES OFF FOR SHORTENED SEASON. “‘Doctor Who’ Season 13 begins filming under strict COVID-19 safety measures” reports UPI. The producers of long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who announced filming has commenced on the 13th season of the show’s 2005 revival. … Continue reading
(1) FRENCH LOCKDOWN. Utopiales, the International Science Fiction Festival of Nantes (France), scheduled for this weekend, was cancelled following today’s announcement by the French president of a new nationwide lockdown. BBC explains: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second … Continue reading
(1) TITLE BOUT. Shelf Awareness publicized the release of the six-book shortlist for the 2020 Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year. “Founded by Trevor Bounford and the late Bruce Robertson in 1978 ‘as a way to stave … Continue reading
(1) COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND LEADERSHIP TURNOVER. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announced June 22 that they had accepted the resignation of Charles Brownstein as Executive Director, effective immediately. According to Publishers Weekly, Brownstein’s resignation comes after the … Continue reading