By Carl Slaughter: Leah Cypess’ debut fantasy novel, Mistwood, was greeted with rave reviews by library journals and peer authors. She followed this with three more novels, all from Greenwillow/HarperCollins. Her July short story, “Filtered,” was her sixth science fiction … Continue reading
(1) STAR TREK CATCHES UP WITH THE PRESENT. The BBC story “Star Trek character Hikaru Sulu revealed as gay” says the Star Trek Beyond development is a salute to actor George Takei. One of Star Trek’s best known characters, Hikaru … Continue reading
MidAmeriCon II reports over 4,000 nominating ballots were received for the 2016 Hugo Awards, nearly doubling the previous record of 2,122 ballots set last year by Sasquan, the 73rd Worldcon held in Spokane, WA. This is the eighth consecutive year … Continue reading
(1) INTERNET HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Chuck Wendig tees off on a Huffington Post UK editor who preens about not paying their 13,000 contributors. Because it isn’t “authentic.” To pay writers. You toxic tickledicks. You venomous content-garglers. You thieves, you brigands, you … Continue reading
MidAmeriCon II, the 2016 Worldcon, is now accepting online Hugo nomination ballots. Also at the link are downloadable Hugo and Retro Hugo ballot forms which can be printed and used for mail-in voting. The deadline to submit nominations is March … Continue reading
Editor’s Introduction: the fans behind the Best Saga Hugo category have collated all the discussion and feedback they received on the original draft and have rewritten the proposal. Jared Dashoff asked me to post the latest revision so File 770 … Continue reading
Three’s a charm? Kansas City fans won the right to hold the 2016 Worldcon in a vote at LonCon 3 – the city’s third appearance on the site selection ballot in the past 11 years. The vote was Kansas City … Continue reading
The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King , Newbery and Printz awards – on January 28 at its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Genre … Continue reading
Finalists for the 2012 Mythopoeic Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed during Mythcon XLIII, to be held from August 3-6, in Berkeley, California. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Lisa Goldstein, The Uncertain Places (Tachyon) Erin Morgenstern, The … Continue reading
The first installment of the papers of Chicago-born SF author Fred Saberhagen has arrived at the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. Saberhagen, who passed away in 2007, lived for last thirty years in New … Continue reading