(1) FOUND IN SPACE. [Item by Daniel Dern.] Lifehacker’s Brendan Hesse has figure out “How to Explore the Solar System in Google Maps via Hyperspace”. I’ve briefly tried this, and it works. I wonder if [we] can add tags etc. … Continue reading
(1) THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG, CAME FIRST IT DID. Popular Mechanics takes “An Alarmingly Deep Dive Into the Science of Baby Yoda”. Tagline: “We talked to eight actual scientists to find the answers. This is a cry for help.” … Continue reading
By John Hertz: We’ll take up two Classics of Science Fiction at Loscon XLVI, one discussion each. Come to either or both. You’ll be welcome to join in. Our working definition is “A classic is a work that survives its own time. After the … Continue reading
(1) MADE TO PRAISE. In another New York Times “op-ed from the future,” Stephen James argues “Artificials Should Be Allowed to Worship”. Last Sunday, an Artificial named Ian tried to attend a religious service at Living Savior Community Church in … Continue reading
(1) EUROVISION. In “Eurovision 2019 Is Here: Science Fiction Fans, Rejoice!”, Tor.com’s James Davis Nicoll supplies plenty of examples to show that “Although Eurovision itself may not be exactly SF, some of the pieces are definitely science fiction-adjacent. The visuals … Continue reading
(1) AWFUL COMIC BOOK MOVIES. Comicbook.com calls these “The 36 Worst Comic Book Movies of All Time”. How many of these stinkers have you sniffed? …But when you look back at comic book movie history, the genre has had more … Continue reading
By JJ, with content provided by Nicholas Whyte, Kat Jones, Carla H., Joe Siclari, Edie Stern, FANAC.org, Bill Burns, eFanzines.com, and The Internet Archive Since the 1943 Retro Hugo Voter’s packet has not yet arrived, if you’d like to get … Continue reading
The finalists for the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards were announced on Saturday, March 31, 2018 There were 204 valid nominating ballots (192 electronic and 12 paper) received from members of the 2017, 2018, and 2019 World Science Fiction Conventions. The … Continue reading
(1) SOCIETY PAGE. Cat Valente and Heath Miller shared their news on Twitter. Jump onto the thread about the romantic proposal here — You guys… @veryheathmiller and I are going to a museum today…you know what that means! — Catherynne … Continue reading
(1) IF YOU WANT IT DONE RIGHT. James Davis Nicoll decided, “Just because an organization never got around to the logical step of commissioning an anthology does not mean I won’t review it anyway.” So in “All I Have To … Continue reading