(1) DIVERSITY STARTS EARLY. The 2019 World Fantasy Convention responded to Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s criticism (see yesterday’s Scroll, item #3.) She answered in a thread that begins here. https://twitter.com/silviamg/status/1063549170932301825 (2) IN DETAIL. NPR’s Glen Weldon gets specific: “‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes … Continue reading
(1) APPRECIATION. At Fantasy Café, Stephanie Burgis thanks the women who blazed the trail into the fantasy genre. I wanted to write a very important thank you note to the women who first showed me the way into this field… … Continue reading
(1) TALES OF LONG LONG AGO. Ethan Mills knows it’s “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Getting Ready for Star Wars!” In watching The Empire Strikes Back, I was reminded of this post from several months back: “The Dress: … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2014 Mythopoeic Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at Mythcon 45, August 8-11, in Norton, Massachusetts. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride (William Morrow) Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End … Continue reading
(1) HAUNTED. At Horrified: The British Horror Website, Sarah Jackson discusses the objects that become haunted in classic ghost stories written by women: “Haunted objects in women’s weird fiction”. Like hermit crabs, ghosts and demonic forces are extremely adaptable when … Continue reading
(1) SPACEWALKING, STEP-BY-STEP. Mary Robinette Kowal livetweets a spacewalk. Thread starts here. (2) TICKET TO RIDE. In the Washington Post, Christian Davenport looks at the people who have been waiting to go to space on SpaceShipTwo for a decade. He … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2019 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
Compiled by Kurt Busiek. This version of the File 770 readers’ short fiction recommendations lists the stories by author in alphabetical order. The list follows the jump.