(1) VIRTUAL PHILCON. Philcon 2020 will be taking place online the weekend of Friday November 20 through Sunday, November 22, 2020. It’s free. Information about how people can participate and navigate in Philcon using Zoom and Discord can be found … Continue reading
(1) US IN FLUX. The latest story from the Center for Science and the Imagination’s Us in Flux project launched today: “The Wandering City,” a story about temporal anomalies, public spaces, and a new global consciousness by Usman T. Malik. On … Continue reading
(1) ARISIA’S LATEST REFORMS. Boston’s Arisia conrunning group is taking steps to create “A More Welcoming Arisia”. The post begins: Black Lives Matter. While we don’t have a time machine to prevent the injustices of the past, we certainly have … Continue reading
(1) HENKIN OUT AS CHAIR OF SAN ANTONIO EVENT. Anime News Network reports “San Japan Chair Resigns After Claiming PoC Guests Aren’t Profitable”. But Henkin reportedly owns the for-profit corporation that owns San Japan, and still controls the event. (The … Continue reading
By Jo Van Ekeren: I’ve spent the last couple of years exhuming statistics and ephemera about the Hugo Awards from various sources, including old Usenet posts on Google Groups, old fanzines, archived con websites, and various historical documents which have … Continue reading
By John Hertz: (reprinted from Vanamonde 1327; originally published 14 Nov 18) Fred Patten (1940-2018) was a gentle giant. In APA-L with him we saw this. His Lzine ¡Rábanos Radiactivos! (“Radioactive radishes!”, an expletive of Profesor Mental in the Mexican … Continue reading
By John Hertz: (reprinted from Vanamonde 1270) Marching to a different drummer can be particularly awkward on the road with a stream of dissenters all keeping step. Milt Stevens didn’t bother to complain (1942-2017). He was honored, selected, and unrecognized. … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Texan Teddy Harvia (“har-VEE-a”) has won the 2015 Rotsler Award, named for the late great Bill Rotsler (1926-1997), sponsored by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests, and announced at L.A.’s local convention Loscon. The winner receives … Continue reading
Twenty-five years ago today Noreascon Three began in Boston, Massachusetts. I’ve been working on a post about its epic Science Fiction’s 50th Anniversary Family Reunion Sunday brunch which will appear September 3. The research reminded me what a superb convention it … Continue reading
It’s official: a committee of French and UK fans are bidding to host the 2023 Worldcon in Paris. Interest in the idea of a Worldcon in France has been growing since 2009 and last year its proponents started sending up … Continue reading