The Sad Puppies always predicted, for their own vindictive reasons, that the time would come when the internet fell on me. I never disagreed. I knew they were right. Today was that day. (1) SAVING BOOKSTORES. In his latest e-newsletter … Continue reading
(1) $$$ FOR JANEWAY MONUMENT. ScienceFiction.com spotlights a fundraiser — “Fans Are Collecting Money To Dedicate A Monument To Captain Janeway”. Fans of ‘Star Trek: Voyager‘ are hoping to raise money to erect a monument in honor of lead character … Continue reading
(1) GOOD NEWS FOR A CLARION WEST STUDENT. George R.R. Martin is funding another scholarship at a writing workshop, as he explains in “Worldbuilding in Seattle”. Every great story requires interesting characters, an engrossing plot, evocative prose, an important theme… … Continue reading
(1) ANN LECKIE’S NEXT BOOK. At Motherboard you can “Read a Mindbending Excerpt from Ann Leckie’s New Novel ‘Provenance’”. A transaction with a mysterious entity leads to trouble in the award-winning sci-fi author’s upcoming novel. … Now Leckie is returning … Continue reading
(1) EUROFANDOM. Fandom Rover launched today, a new blog focused on Polish sf conventions. Hello, I’m Marcin, but my fandom nickname is Alqua. I created this blog to write about conventions and fandom in different countries. I live in Poland, … Continue reading
A leading artist in British sf magazines of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Gerard Quinn died November 30 at the age of 88. Quinn was a self-taught artist who lived most of his life in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He … Continue reading
The 1939 Retro Hugo Award winners were announced at a ceremony held at Loncon 3 on August 14. Members cast 1,307 valid ballots. A PDF is available here with the full voting statistics. Best Novel: The Sword in the Stone by T. H. … Continue reading
Here are 12 developments of interest to fans: (1) That eye-popping photo comes from A Candid Interview w/A Man Claiming to be George R. R. Martin at GRRuMblers: Scorpiknox: What happened to you while you were down at Aussie Con? You look like … Continue reading