WorldCon 2009
Congratulations to Montréal for winning the 2009 WorldCon bid [and I’m particularly thrilled as it’s only a few hours drive away for me :-)]. Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, Montréal, Québec, will be held Thursday 6 August –[...]
read moreRobert Jordan’s Passing
The death of Robert Jordan is making international headlines, so click on over to www.locusmag.com for the many links to obituaries that lament the loss of a key figure in the field of the fantastic.[...]
read moreHugo Awards Announcement
Locus Online has information pertaining to the recent Hugo Awards, including such winners as Vernor Vinge (our Guest of Honor for the upcoming ICFA-29), Tim Pratt, Robert Reed, and Julie Phillips. The link is here. For information on other awards,[...]
read moreAlice Borchardt (1939-2007); Joe L. Hensley (1926-2007)
SFWorld.com has information pertaining to the recent passings of both Alice Borchardt (1939-2007) and Joe L. Hensley. The link is here.[...]
read moreIAFA and Facebook
My involvement with Facebook is, to put it lightly, a bare minimum; however, Stacie Hanes has been so kind as to establish the IAFA on Facebook. So, for those facebookers (is that even a term? what is the term for[...]
read moreAwards Information Update
Locus Online reports Ben Bova’s Titan is the winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel published in 2006 and Robert Charles Wilson’s “The Cartesian Theathre” is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for[...]
read moreFred Saberhagen: 1930-2007
Locus Online has news regarding the death of sf and fantasy author Fred Saberhagan. For more information, please click here.[...]
read moreAwards Information Update (Mythopoeic, Ditmar, and Lambda)
Locus Online has posted the finalists for Mythopoeic Awards as well as the winners for both the Ditmar Awards and the Lambda Literary Awards. The link is here.[...]
read moreLocus Awards Winners
Locus Online has its list of Locus Awards Winners, including Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End (Best Science Fiction Novel), Ellen Kushner’s The Privilege of the Sword (Best Fantasy Novel), and a variety of other awards. The link is here.[...]
read moreJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists
As reported on Locus Online, the finalists for the 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award are: Ben Bova: Titan Nick DiChario: A Small and Remarkable Life David Louis Edelman: Infoquake M. John Harrison: Nova Swing Jack McDevitt: Odyssey James Morrow:[...]
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