(1) BE SEEING YOU. The trailer for the next season of Doctor Who was released at San Diego Comic-Con International today. As a YouTube commenter concluded, “The end was literally BBC saying to us: Any questions? No? See you soon.” Radio Times … Continue reading
DisCon III notified members today that the Hugo Voter Packet is available to download at the members’s area. This download of materials from Hugo Award finalists is supplied free of charge as a courtesy by creators, publishers, and studios. The … Continue reading
The 2021 Ignyte Awards shortlist was announced by the FIYAHCON 2021 committee on April 22. The awards “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats … Continue reading
By JJ: DisCon III has announced the 2021 Hugo Award Finalists. Since the Hugo Voter’s packet will take awhile to arrive, if you’d like to get a head start on your reading, you can use this handy guide to find … Continue reading
DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention, today announced the finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards, Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book. DisCon III received 1249 valid nominating ballots (1246 electronic … Continue reading
(1) WOOKIEEPEDIA CONTROVERSY RESOLVED. The Wookieepedia editors’ vote on an “Amendment to naming policy for real-world transgender individuals” discussed in yesterday’s Scroll (Item #2) has been rendered moot by management’s decision that the status quo – using deadnames from production credits – … Continue reading
(1) ARKHAM ITEMS FOR SALE. John W. Knott, Jr. Bookseller is asking $415,000 for “AN ARKHAM HOUSE ARCHIVE: An important archive of material from the from the files of August Derleth, publisher and editor”. …The Arkham House Archive contains over … Continue reading
By Daniel Dern: Boskone 58 is coming soon — Friday, February 12 through Sunday, February 14, 2021. The Boskone 58 event site is located here on Grenadine. As I write this, there are about 190 program items/events and around 150 … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of more than 1,000 short form works published for the first time in 2020. Note that all of the works labeled “novella”, “novelette”, and “short story” are eligible in … Continue reading
(1) WHOSE TABLE DO YOU WANT TO SIT AT? [Item by Mike Kennedy.] Writing for SYFY Wire, Brian Silliman runs down a dozen genre families (loosely defined) you might like to visit at Thanksgiving. The surviving members of LotR’s Fellowship … Continue reading