(1) RETRO HUGO FAN CATEGORY RESOURCE. Joe Siclari and the FANAC Fan History Project are providing support to Dublin 2019 Retro Hugo voters: The nomination forms have gone out for Dublin 2019’s Retro Hugo awards for works published in 1943. … Continue reading
British Science Fiction Association members have until January 31 to help choose the BSFA Awards shortlists for works published in 2018. In the first round of voting members nominated a longlist of 45 novels, 44 short stories, 15 items of nonfiction, and 27 … Continue reading
(1) WHITTAKER SHALL RETURN.The Hollywood Reporter quashes rumors to the contrary: “Jodie Whittaker Confirms Return for ‘Doctor Who’ Season 12”. Shame on rumor-spreading clickbait sites that got fans all stirred up about this, like, uh — let’s go right to … Continue reading
(1) SLATOFF’S NEW COMMISSION. Christopher Slatoff, the sculptor who did the Ray Bradbury-themed Father Electrico statue, will see his war hero memorial unveiled in Pasadena on Memorial Day. (2) THIRD FIFTH FOR DOCTOR WHO? The BBC dropped a hint: “Doctor … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel of the year 2014 have been announced. The award will be presented at the Campbell Conference, to be held in Lawrence, KS from June 11-14. … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the finalists for the 2014 BSFA Awards. BSFA also furnished links to the nominees which are available free online. Best Artwork Richard Anderson for the cover of Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley, published by … Continue reading
Arc, a new digital publication from the makers of New Scientist, will premiere in February 2012. The press release promises it will explore the future through “cutting-edge science fiction and forward-looking essays by some of the world’s most celebrated authors … Continue reading
(1) R. F. KUANG’S BABEL WINS AWARD AT A CEREMONY AT THE CHENGDU SF MUSEUM. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] The Chinese edition of R. F. Kuang’s Babel, as translated by Chen Yang, won the “Best Translated Work” category of the … Continue reading
(1) MICHELE LUNDGREN RUNNING FOR MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE. Detroit resident Michele Lundgren, wife of Carl Lundgren, co-founder of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) and creator of hundreds of sff book covers, was charged last July as a Michigan fake … Continue reading
(1) DEAD PLASTIC. [Item by SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie.] What would you do if the world suddenly ran out of digital money? With some parts of Worldcon fandom (such as publications policy increasingly becoming digital myopically to the exclusion of … Continue reading