(1) DRAGON AWARDS FINALISTS NOTIFIED. This year the Dragon Awards administrators are asking for acceptances. Finalist K.C. Seville confirmed on Facebook, “They’re still notifying and letting people accept or decline.” Last year they started out refusing to let authors withdraw, … Continue reading
(1) MANAGEMENT CHANGES AT TOR. Today Tor.com announced “Fritz Foy Named President and Publisher of Tor and Forge Books”. Tom Doherty, who will become Chairman, wrote: Fritz Foy, Senior Vice President of Strategic Technology at Macmillan and Publisher of Tor.com, … Continue reading
An airliner unexpectedly comes in for a landing 20 years in the passengers’ future. What is life like in the year 2037? What technologies and innovations are driving the changes that have happened? Leading sf authors have written point-of-view stories … Continue reading
(1) HARTWELL LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. Kathryn Cramer posted the speech she prepared for Gordon Van Gelder to deliver accepting David G. Hartwell’s posthumous World Fantasy Life Achievement Award. First of all, to the board, we are sorry David missed the … Continue reading
(1) BIOPSY REPORT. Some good Kathryn Cramer health news. She posted to her Facebook page, after her Monday brain surgery. “Tumor biopsied: it is benign.” (2) MARYLAND WINNER. Andy Duncan is a recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council 2016 … Continue reading
The New York Review of Science Fiction #330 is a Special Memorial Issue devoted to the magazine’s co-founder, the late David G. Hartwell. Produced in conjunction with the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, it presents “a collection … Continue reading
(1) THANKS FACEBOOK. Pat Cadigan joined the legions who have committed this social media gaffe — “Happy Birthday, Sorry You’re Dead”. Well, it happened again…I wished someone a Happy Birthday on Facebook and then discovered they had passed away last … Continue reading
(1) RULES OF FASHION. Mary Robinette Kowal knows the inside story about “David Hartwell’s sartorial splendor 1941-2016”. David was a fashion junkie. I know– I know exactly what you’re thinking. That a man who would wear paisley and pinstripes is not … Continue reading
The Association of Professional Futurists has named the winners of its Most Significant Futures Works Awards. The award is given for the “purpose of identifying and rewarding the work of professional futurists and others whose work illuminates aspects of the future.” Category … Continue reading
Most sf writers have never been on trading cards either, but they get a lot more worked up about their shot at winning a Hugo Award. Today in a discussion on Lou Antonelli’s Facebook page Ej Shumak pointed out that … Continue reading