Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)
You all may think I’m a little crazy to add the death of Steve Jobs to our blog as an industry news. But you have to understand… this is to me a real life science fiction hero. Many of us[...]
read moreHugo Award winners and the Campbell Award have been announced!
Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the 2011 Hugo Award winners and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. We’re so excited to see so many familiar faces including the ICFA 2011 Guest of Honor,[...]
read moreCongratulations 2011 Chesley Awards Winners
Winners of the 2011 Chesley Awards, given by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA), were announced at Renovation, the 69th Worldcon, August 18, 2011. Thanks, Locus, for the announcement! 🙂 Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book: Jason[...]
read moreHugo Awards will be announced tonight!
Are you ready for the Hugo Awards announcement? If you can’t wait, watch it streaming live! Good luck to those friends of the conference that are up for awards![...]
read moreLaunch of Zanzalá: Estudos de Ficção CientĂfica
We are delighted to announce the launch of Zanzalá, a Brazilian on-line academic journal dedicated to science-fiction studies. Zanzalá can be accessed at http://www.ufjf.br/lefcav/revista-zanzala/. Zanzalá: Estudos de Ficção CientĂfica (ISSN 2236-8191) is the first peer-reviewed Brazilian academic journal dedicated to[...]
read moreCongratulations Mythopoeic Award Winners
The winners of this year’s Mythopoeic Award winners were announced at Mythcon 42 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 17, 2011. Award winners are said to best exemplify “the spirit of the Inklings”. Winners: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature:[...]
read moreThe Binding Strength of Irish Studies
Congratulations to Donald Morse and his wife for their new book, The Binding Strength of Irish Studies. It’s a real work of love and we’re delighted about this accomplishment! The Binding Strength of Irish Studies: Festschrift in Honour of Csilla[...]
read more2011 Locus Award Finalists have been announced!
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2011 Locus Awards. Winners will be announced during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 24-26, 2011. Good luck everyone![...]
read moreIn Memoriam: Joanna Russ (1937-2011)
We are so sad to hear of Joanna Russ’s passing after a series of strokes. Thank you Locus for this obituary. Joanna Russ was a prolific fiction and non-fiction writer and is best known for her novel, The Female Man,[...]
read more2011 Hugo and Campbell Award nominees announced
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/2011-hugo-and-campbell-awards-nominees/ Nominees for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Reno, Nevada, August 17-21, 2011. The Hugo Awards[...]
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