The Young Adult (Hugo) Award: A Minority Report By Chris M. Barkley: Author’s Note: Of all the columns I have written so far, the following was the hardest and took the longest period to write. From my own, subjective viewpoint, … Continue reading
(1) PAID REVIEW WORTH IT? Jeb Kinnison evaluates Kirkus Reviews’ reception of sf. So I was leery of spending my publisher’s money to get a Kirkus review done. The review was glowing, but without the coveted star that tends to … Continue reading
Rich Lynch announces that after a mere 27 years the 5th (yes, Filers, fifth!) issue of Mimosa (August 1988) is now online in easy-on-the-eyes HTML. The issue contains articles and essays by Robert Lichtman, Carolyn Doyle, Greg Hills, Dal Coger, Sharon Farber, Alan … Continue reading
By Chris M. Barkley HATE: it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet. –Maya Angelou In the waning hours of July 31, my partner Juli Marr and I submitted our ballots … Continue reading
Margaret Ford Keifer, longtime member of the Cincinnati Fantasy Group, passed away July 28. She was 94, and had attended all 66 Midwestcons held since the con was founded in 1950. She was predeceased by her first husband, Don Ford … Continue reading
Always ready to help, never a better friend, opinionated, long on experience and wise about fannish weaknesses (even his own), a fascinating storyteller, organizer and party host, Art Widner passed away April 17 at the age of 97. Widner wrote … Continue reading
Louisville fan Michael Sinclair died March 14 after a long decline. His wife of 26 years, Christa Cook-Sinclair and son, Alex, were with him at the end. Sinclair was an avid science fiction reader who got his first taste of fandom … Continue reading
Links from higher trafficked sites pointing with alarm to news about a motion to repeal the fan Hugos and the aborted plan to show Song of the South at LSC3 drove those posts to the top of the list – rocketing … Continue reading
andy offutt, perennially popular convention toastmaster, prolific sf/fantasy author and two-term President of SFWA (1976-1978), died April 30 at the age of 78. offutt, who typed his byline in lower-case, wrote dozens of published novels, many under pseudonyms (most … Continue reading
By Curt Phillips: Dave Locke passed away over the weekend. His son Brian stopped by Dave’s house earlier today after returning from an out of town trip and found him earlier today. Dave had suffered from serious heart troubles for … Continue reading