This month fanhistorians were turned on their ears when a previously unknown shortlist of 1956 Hugo nominees came to light — unknown, despite the fact that it had been hiding in plain sight for over sixty years. As the official … Continue reading
(1) NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG. Nerd & Tie heard a media con in Newfoundland was having problems — so did everyone else, because its guest, Rene Auberjonois was slamming out tweets like these: Here @AvalonExpo Something fishy going … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Many of us have lots of them. Here are three of mine. In April 2017 will be Lunacon LIX, the New York convention hosted by local club the Lunarians. For years I was such a regular attender … Continue reading
Andrew Porter shared these photos of Dave Kyle taken at various Worldcons over the decades. All but the first were taken by Porter himself. Andrew Porter wrote about Dave Kyle’s passing: Yesterday, I saw Dave at Bill and Mary Burns’s … Continue reading
David A. Kyle, who chaired the 1956 Worldcon (NyCon II) and was fan Guest of Honor at the 1983 Worldcon (ConStellation), died September 18 at 4:30 p.m. EDT “of complication from an endoscopy” reports his daughter Kerry. Just yesterday Kyle had … Continue reading
Peggy Rae Sapienza, one of fandom’s most admired conrunners and fan guest of honor at Chicon 7, the 2012 Worldcon, passed away March 22 from complications following heart valve replacement surgery. She was 70. Her highest profile achievements were chairing … Continue reading
When Ray Bradbury’s 2004 Retro Hugo brought $28,734 in an estate auction last month that made me wonder — What individual Hugo Award is worth the most money? There wasn’t much reason to wonder before. In all the other transactions … Continue reading
The legendary Dave Kyle is 95 today. History has been kind to him for the same reason as Churchill – because he has written it (mostly for Mimosa.) One cannot fail to be impressed by the realization that a … Continue reading
LoneStarCon 3 will present an eyecatching array of sf&f art and history exhibits — A special exhibit on Texas writer Robert E. Howard, literary pioneer in both sword and sorcery and the weird western Original artwork from TSR’s “Dungeons and Dragons” role-playing game … Continue reading
It might have been the greatest April Fool’s joke in the history of science fiction had the 1956 Hugo Awards been given on this date. They weren’t, but there’s no more appropriate day for the story of Dave Kyle’s Hugos. … Continue reading