(1) BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL. The Brooklyn Book Festival, running from September 26-October 4, has several virtual panels of interest to sff readers. Register at the links. Building Worlds in Speculative Storytelling (virtual) – October 3, 9:00 p.m. Eastern From creating … Continue reading
(1) RAY BRADBURY’S 101ST. John King Tarpinian commemorated Ray Bradbury’s birthday, as he does each year, with a visit to the writer’s burial place: Left Ray some Montag typing paper & a Faber pencil. Plus a half-bottle of Dandelion Wine … Continue reading
(1) EATING THE FANTASTIC CELEBRATES EPISODE 150. Scott Edelman encourages listeners to binge on the Balkans with Eisner Award-winning comics writer Tom King in episode 150 of his Eating the Fantastic podcast. Tom started out in comics by interning for … Continue reading
(1) VENTURING BEYOND. In “Let’s talk about wonderful Indian science-fiction and fantasy novels”, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar introduce Washington Post readers to an array of South Asian works. Amitav Ghosh made history in 1997 as the first Indian author to win … Continue reading
(1) COPYRIGHT ALTERNATIVE IN SMALL CLAIMS ENFORCEMENT ACT. Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) sounds unenthusiastic about the new CASE Act which will apply to copyright infringement claims of up to $30,000 and operate outside of the federal … Continue reading
(1) GO BACK AND TRI AGAIN. “HG Wells fans spot numerous errors on Royal Mint’s new £2 coin” — Adam Roberts and Stephen Baxter explained the gaffes to Guardian readers. Observant fans of HG Wells have questioned how a new coin from … Continue reading
(1) THE VALUE IN EXPERIMENTING. Nino Cipri offers some sff writing pointers. Thread starts here. (2) BABY FOOD. Beware spoilers – but not spoilage: ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: A Baby Yoda food diary”) in the LA Times. Babies have to … Continue reading
(1) TREK THE VOTE. Trek fans are called on to volunteer their time to help protect election integrity in this YouTube clip featuring many stars from all of the shows, including Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton, and Armin Shimmerman. (2) R.U.R. … Continue reading
(1) BRADBURY CENTENNIAL. Here are a few more of the many entries about Ray Bradbury today. John Scalzi: “On the Occasion of Ray Bradbury’s 100th Birthday: ‘Meeting the Wizard’” at Whatever. …The Martian Chronicles is not a child’s book, but it … Continue reading
By Cat Eldridge: In honor of Ellen Datlow sharing the cover for Best Horror of the Year, Volume Twelve, let’s note that the first volume in what would be the long-running award-winning Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror anthology series was published in August … Continue reading