“There is a lot of fear of science and I think science fiction is a marvelous prophylactic against future shock. If you read enough science fiction, nothing is ever going to catch you by surprise. “ Frederik Pohl, Seacon, 1979.
“Oh really?” Steve Davidson, 2017
SOCIAL
A Guide to SF&F by POCs, for POCs and The African Speculative Fiction Society
The Presidential Finger Flick Worth $72,000.00
Cards Against Humanity Working Against Trump’s Wall
SAC Commander Says He Would Not Obey An Illegal Presidential Order
As Fans, We Spend a Lot of Time in Hotels….
This Thanksgiving, if you have a helicopter and some turkeys, don’t. Just don’t.
ENTERTAINMENT
Martian Author’s Favorite SF Novels
Worldcon 1979: Brighton on the BBC
Hamill Surprises Fans at Disney
ST:D Features First Star Trek Gay Male Kiss (The Orville Features Television’s First Human-Gelatinous-Thing Intercourse and no one mentions it)
4 More Last Jedi TV Spots and more
December 1962 Amazing Stories Reviewed
Incredibles 2 Trailer is a Scream
INDUSTRY
Genre Talk with Carole Cummings and Lyn Gala
StarShipSofa – Now with NO Ads and Shvartsman on the Sofa & Kickstarter
Superman’s Non-Mustache Isn’t Cutting It
Martha Well’s WFC GoH Speech (via Pretty Terrible)
Odyssey Announces Online Writing Courses
Ragnarok Publishing Still ragnarocking
Michael Resnick Wins Chinese Galaxy Award
Tolkein Resigns from Estate Management
Rotten Tomatoes’ Review System May Be a Rotten Tomatoe
Wintercon may be needing presenters
Toymaker Sneaks Unauthorized MAGA Statement Onto Transformers Toy
SCIENCE
Asgardia, World’s First Space Nation, Launches First Satellite, (via Jean Walker)
Two Robot AI’s Debate the Future of Humanity
280 Million Year Old Antartican Forest Discovered
NASA’s New Science Podcast Series
Increased Online Activity Can Lead to Teen Depression and Suicide (might just be watching the world through the internet that leads to this effect)
Leonid Meteor Shower Through December 3rd
