Brian Aldiss: pioneer of British sci-fi
Brian Aldiss: pioneer of British sci-fi By Jake Kerridge 7 AUGUST 2015 • 1:56PM Brian Aldiss, one of the pioneers of British science fiction, has written or edited more than 100 books. He has met Dylan Thomas, John Masefield and[...]
read moreNew Book: The Angel of Losses
The Angel of Losses The Tiger’s Wife meets A History of Love in this inventive, lushly imagined debut novel that explores the intersections of family secrets, Jewish myths, the legacy of war and history, and the bonds between sisters. A Barnes & Noble[...]
read moreNature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature (Sept. 2014)
About the Book About the Book This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy—works that engage the numinous—and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Drawing from the ideas of Rudolf Otto in The Idea of the Holy, mythopoeic fantasy is a means of[...]
read moreWinners of the 2014 Ditmar Awards
At Continuum X, 6-9 June 2014, the following were the winners and runners-up of the annual Australian SF Awards (Ditmars). Winners in each category are in bold. Best Novel Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing) Fragments of a[...]
read moreWinners of the Sixth Annual R.D. Mullen Research Fellowships
I would like to announce the winners of the sixth annual R.D. Mullen Research Fellowships, which are funded by the journal Science Fiction Studies in the name of our late founding editor to support archival research in the Eaton Collection at[...]
read moreLocus Student Special
Hello Everyone! Locus has a student special available; twelve digital issues for the price of six. Everyone, please check it out at http://tinyurl.com/locusstudent and let your friends know. Educators incentive: sign up five students and get the discount yourself! We[...]
read moreScience Fiction Collection adds Filk as Deeper than Swords Exhibit Closes
Marketing and Communications | January 08, 2014 Fans of Game of Thrones have until February 7, 2013, to visit the George R. R. Martin Deeper than Swords exhibit at Cushing Memorial Library and Archives before it closes. The exhibit showcases objects, editions and manuscripts from the[...]
read moreDoris Lessing
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing, 94, died at her home in London on November 17. Lessing was Guest of Honor for ICFA’s tenth annual conference in 1989, only a year after the conference relocated to Fort Lauderdale, and proved quickly[...]
read moreJournal Launch
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to pass on the announcement of the launch of the first issue of the new journal Alambique: revista académica de ciencia ficción y fantasía /Jornal acadêmico de ficção científica e fantasia [Alambique: Academic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy].[...]
read moreNew York Review of Science Fiction #300
Special Anniversary Issue: On Wolfe’s Genius; Maps and Blank Spaces; Ghosts, Living and Otherwise; Cynthia Asquith’s Ghosts; Ursula K. Le Guin’s short fiction, in depth; Bruce McAllister’s magic; Deep sea puppets; Scalzi’s metafictions; and a passel of screed! From the[...]
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