(1) EATING THE FANTASTIC. Famed comics writer Marv Wolfman joins Scott Edelman for gelato in Episode 54 of the Eating the Fantastic podcast. As I prepared to lunch with this episode’s guest, I was startled to realize I’d last interviewed … Continue reading
(1) RANTS AND RAVES. Three days ago S.T. Joshi ranted about an alleged Lovecraft hater in “The Multifarious Illiteracies of Brian Keene”. For the past two or three weeks I have been in misery. In short, I have been reading … Continue reading
(1) PROFESSOR JOSHI HEARD FROM AGAIN. Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi, who has repeatedly attacked World Fantasy Award board member Ellen Datlow since the board decided to replace the Lovecraft award statuette, recently climbed aboard his hobby horse to complain about … Continue reading
Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) will open a new exhibition, Scared to Death: The Thrill of Horror Film, on September 30. This original exhibit takes an in-depth look at more than a century of horror cinema, from blood-thirsty vampires … Continue reading
Almost anything will make a Filer burst into verse. I’ve been clipping the highlights from our own version of La La Land reality for over a year, and today I’m ready to play them for you. Matthew Johnson https://file770.com/?p=33927&cpage=3#comment-579600 – … Continue reading
(1) DINOS DOUBLE DOWN. Jurassic Park 2, planned for release in 2018, is starting to crank up its publicity machinery. Walking in giant footsteps. #JW2 pic.twitter.com/fOZrFXp9md — Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) March 8, 2017 (2) BLOGGERS STICK TOGETHER. Steve Vertlieb reminds … Continue reading
(1) COMICS PORTRAYALS. Peter David has changed his tune — “Final Thoughts on the Romani”. So now that the dust of the convention has settled, I’ve had a good deal of time to assess my behavior regarding the Romani and … Continue reading
(1) OLD PROSE, YOUNG EYEBALLS. This time James Davis Nicoll set the table at Young People Read Old SF with Lawrence O’Donnell’s “Vintage Season” – O’Donnell being a pseudonym used by both C.L. Moore and her husband, Henry Kuttner, though … Continue reading
David Langford’s Ansible Editions has published his nonfiction collection Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 as an ebook for the first time. The collection originally appeared in 2003. The ebook has all of that content, … Continue reading
The 2016 REH Foundation Awards Nominees have been announced. The awards honor achievement in Howard scholarship and in the promotion of Howard’s life and works. The winners will be announced at Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, TX on June … Continue reading