The British Fantasy Society has announced the finalists for the British Fantasy Awards 2017. Four nominees in each category were decided by the votes of BFS members, attendees of FantasyCon 2016, and attendees of FantasyCon 2017. Up to two further … Continue reading
Henry S. Whitehead, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ramsey Campbell, Mike Resnick, and Tricia Sullivan are nominees in the International sf novel category of the 2017 Premio Italia. Fantascienza.com has the complete list of finalists for the Italian national sf award. Premio … Continue reading
(1) MOORCOCK REMEMBERS CLARKE, In New Statesman Michael Moorcock writes a wide-ranging memoir of Arthur C. Clarke which the publication rather myopically captions “’Close to tears, he left at the intermission’: how Stanley Kubrick upset Arthur C Clarke” – although, … Continue reading
Chrissie Harper and Steve Green have released the first episode of Ghostwords TV, a fortnightly vidcast devoted to horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, comics and telefantasy. The opening installment offers a lengthy chat with author Ramsey Campbell, including a discussion … Continue reading
The 2015 World Fantasy Award winners were announced November 8 in Saratoga, NY. World Fantasy Life Achievement award recipients Ramsey Campbell and Sheri S. Tepper also were honored. Novel David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks (Random House/Sceptre UK) Novella Daryl Gregory, … Continue reading
The winners of the 2015 British Fantasy Awards were announced October 25 at FantasyCon. Best anthology Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant (Lightspeed Magazine) Best artist Karla Ortiz Best collection Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole (The … Continue reading
The nominees for the 2015 British Fantasy Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony at FantasyCon on October 25. Best anthology The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2, ed. Jan Edwards and Jenny … Continue reading
Six stories, two advertisements disguised as news, and a charming science video make up today’s Scroll. (1) What happens when you delegate your online transactions to a program that becomes annoyed by your laziness? Rudy Rucker provides an imaginative answer … Continue reading
Six news items and a video: (1) Brandon Kempner has updated his SF/F awards meta-list on Chaos Horizons. Three Hugo-nominated novels have been among the most successful works during the current awards season – and two have not. You can … Continue reading
The 2015 World Fantasy Award shortlist has been released. The ballot was picked by a two-step process. The two items in each category receiving the most nominations from members of the World Fantasy Convention were placed on the final ballot. The remainder … Continue reading