Brian Aldiss, who marked the start of his career with a nomination for the Best New Writer Hugo (1959), gained a place in the SF Hall of Fame (2004), and received honors from the Queen (2005), died in his sleep … Continue reading
(1) WAX TREK. The Orange County Register’s Keith Sharon should get a Pulitzer Prize for the first line of his article “$80,000 later, why this trio gave up their ‘Star Trek’ wax figures, Enterprise replica”: Mr. Spock’s head cooled in … Continue reading
(1) IT AIN’T ME BABE. George R.R. Martin is not at the San Diego Comic-Con. Now, normally, I would not feel the need to post about where I’m not and what I am not doing… only I am getting reports … Continue reading
The Swedish Royal National Library announced April 11 that “Research on science fiction fanzines gets this year’s Klemming Scholarship”. Hampus Eckerman has provided a translation of the press release. Jerry Määttä, PhD in Comparative Literature, has been awarded this year’s Klemming … Continue reading
(1) SHE WAS ON WHAT KIND OF TRIP? The Mirror knows we can’t resist looking: “Woman ‘photobombed by alien’ during selfie on passenger jet on business trip”. A woman has posted a selfie taken on a plane in which she … Continue reading
The Whispers, ABC TV’s new series based on Ray Bradbury’s story “Zero Hour,” launches on June 1. Phil Nichols says in his analysis of the original tale on Bradbury Media — Bradbury’s story is about an alien invasion with a … Continue reading
In Loncon 3 Progress Report #3 [PDF file, 11 MB] we learn many things. Here is a sampling of the esoterica. (1) “Even Cthulhu can’t resist the call of DC17.” (Ad) (2) The Exhibit Hall needs seating and they’re looking … Continue reading
The finalists for the 1939 Retro Hugo Awards were announced by Loncon 3 representatives at the British Eastercon on April 19. There were 233 valid nominating ballots cast for Retro Hugo nominees (226 electronic and 7 paper.) BEST NOVEL (208 … Continue reading
By Andrew Porter: The death of Franklyn M. Dietz, Jr., — Frank to his many friends — was announced on Facebook on October 22. Dietz, who lived at the end of his life in Marietta, Georgia, participated in many of … Continue reading
Here are 11 developments of interest to fans. (1) Lucy used to tease Schroeder about Beethoven’s greatness by demanding, “Did he ever get on a bubblegum card?” Now George R. R. Martin’s followers can inflict the same feelings of inadequacy on fans of other … Continue reading