Origins Game Fair Drops Larry Correia as Guest
Larry Correia won’t be one of the guests when the Origins Game Fair takes place June 13-17 in Columbus, OH. Shortly after publicizing that Correia had been added to the lineup, John Ward, the event’s Executive Director, received so many
2018 Asimov’s Readers’ Awards
The Asimov’s 32nd Annual Readers’ Awards Poll winners have been posted. BEST NOVEL / NOVELLA I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land – Connie Willis (November/December 2017) BEST NOVELETTE Books of the Risen Sea – Suzanne Palmer (September/October 2017)
2018 Year’s Best Weird Fiction ToC
Robert Shearman and Michael Kelly have revealed the table of Contents for Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume 5, coming in October. “Live Through This” by Nadia Bulkin. “Flotsam” by Daniel Carpenter “The Narrow Escape of Zipper-Girl” by Adam-Troy Castro “The
2017 Nebula Awards
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) presented the 52nd Annual Nebula Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book at a ceremony
Pixel Scroll 5/19/18 For Once A Goof In A Pixel I’ve Provided Wasn’t Introduced By Me
#NEBULAS2018. Cat Rambo is ready for the banquet: Behold the mermaid queen! #Nebulas2018 pic.twitter.com/ZkGBO4LCDH — ??????? ???? ????? ??? (@Catrambo) May 19, 2018 (2) #NEBULAS2018. Tell me this doesn’t send a shiver down a writer’s spine: “Every time you
2017 AnLab Readers’ Awards
Analog magazine has announced the winners of the 2017 AnLab Readers’ Awards. There are links to PDF files that will allow you to read some of the winners. BEST NOVELLA Nexus – Michael F. Flynn (March/April 2017) BEST NOVELETTE For
Cats Sleep on SFF: The Collapsing Empire
Anna Feruglio Dal Dan sets the scene: Jam arguably standing on an honest-to-god piece of science fiction, but in particular preventing her SJW credential from reading Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire. Photos of other felines resting on genre works are welcome.
Animated Star Trek Roundup #2
Compiled by Carl Slaughter: Picard and Riker, armed with advanced starships, facing off in battle, with the life of the president on the line, and Section 31 behind it all. What a way to start an episode! Star Trek: Absolution
Pixel Scroll 5/18/18 And Then The Pixels Began
#2018NEBULAS. More from Grandmaster Peter S. Beagle’s reception. Peter S. Beagle, @SFWA’s newest Grandmaster, receiving a robot unicorn at the #Nebulas2018 Conference. pic.twitter.com/u4P9vwcpws — Jason Sanford (@jasonsanford) May 18, 2018 There’s an amazing galactic unicorn cake at the #Nebulas2018.
Benevolent Airships
The discussion continues here…. By Meredith: During the recent Origins discussion, Meredith made a joke about: Note how none of us started a Benevolent Airships campaign despite the direst provocation of Hugo Voters failing to choose Goblin Emperor. At which
Shimmer Program Picks Vazquez, Perković to Visit Chinese Fandom
The winners of The Shimmer Program’s first Two-way Exchange Fund have been announced, Pablo M.A Vazquez and Mihaela Marija Perković. They will travel to China to meet Chinese fandom in the next 12 months The winning applicants were selected by
SFF on Best Translated Book Award 2018 Shortlist
Just one of the four sff titles on the 2018 Best Translated Book Award longlist has survived to make the award shortlist announced on May 15. The lone work of genre interest among the 10 finalists is: The Invented Part
Pixel Scroll 5/17/18 The Furry With the Kzin On Top
#NEBULAS2018. Tonight SFWA held a reception for its latest Grandmaster Peter S. Beagle. Peter Beagle tells us a story. ? pic.twitter.com/kOsMO9r89D — SFWA, Inc. (@sfwa) May 18, 2018 (2) THE SWAG IS OUT THERE. Cat Rambo reveals cool SFWA
Book Review: Typhoon Time by Ron S. Friedman
Review by Susan Forest: Typhoon Time is Ron S. Friedman’s debut novel, following hard on Escape Velocity, a collection of ten short stories, all of which were finalists for Writers of the Future. Typhoon Time is a fast-paced, big-cast science
Pitch Meeting Roundup
Compiled by Carl Slaughter: Incredibles pitch meeting More videos follow the jump. Infinity War pitch meeting Ant Man pitch meeting Deadpool pitch meeting Black Panther pitch meeting Doctor Strange pitch meeting Guardians of the Galaxy 2 pitch meeting Stranger Things
Cats Sleep on SFF: Order of the Phoenix
Mark Hepworth introduces two cats who seem unexpectedly relaxed around a giant owl… This is Luna (left) and Lily (right) who were named by the big Harry Potter fan in my house. They are dozing with Order of the Phoenix
Pixel Scroll 5/16/18 Ringworlds For Sale or Rent, Moons To Let Fifty Cents
PLANE SPEAKING. CollegeHumor shows what happens when a ticket agent has to deal with the argument that “My Dinosaur Is a Service Animal” (features Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard). (2) EARLY RETURNS ON 451. Phil Nichols of BradburyMedia
2018 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards in Speculative Fiction.
The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College has named the winners of the inaugural Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards in Speculative Fiction. The awards go to three works of fiction that “demonstrate that the future can be imagined
Pixel Scroll 5/15/18 Pixel sCrola. It’s The Refreshing Cola With The Scrolling Taste You Love!
ENCHANTED PORCH. Comics writer Gail Simone found something unexpected with the rest of the deliveries on her porch. Hilarious thread – starts here. So I reach down, and it’s not a package. It’s a sword. A massive broadsword, in
Pixel Scroll 5/14/18 They Took Some Pixels, And Plenty Of Scrolls, Wrapped Up In A Five Pound Note
SUDDENLY THERE CAME A TAPPING. Seattle Times headline: “Ripples in space-time or 3-pound bird? Ravens at Hanford foul test of Einstein’s theory”. Ravens are interfering with measurements at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) which helped find the first confirmed
2018 Tähtifantasia Award Shortlist
The Helsinki Science Fiction Society has announced the nominees for the 2018 Tähtifantasia Award, given for the best translated fantasy book published in Finnish during the previous year. Eka Kurniawan: Kauneus on kirous [Beauty Is A Wound] (Gummerus, Translated to
Cats Sleep on SFF: Bryony and Roses
Jules Bertaut improves the mind of a visiting cat: This is Slider, sleeping next to and washing on Oor Wombat’s Bryony and Roses. She isn’t my cat, she belongs to a family friend (my lease is no pets, alas). She’s
DC Roundup
Compiled by Carl Slaughter: Batman and Robin: Triumph, the crazy sequel that got cancelled More videos follow the jump. How Justice League Should Have Ended 10 important things you missed in Justice League Bat Rap Wonder Woman lies that fooled
Pixel Scroll 5/13/18 I Kicked The Cord And Broke The Board And Set My Pixels Free
PARTING GIFT. CinemaBlend makes sure we didn’t miss it: “The Big Bang Theory Finale Deleted Scene Reveals Stephen Hawking’s Wedding Present”. One wedding-related scene fans did not get to see was the wedding gift that was bestowed upon the
How To Get Your Pixel Scroll Title Published
…Plus A Comprehensive Bibliography of Steve Davidson’s Pixel Scroll Titles By Steve Davidson: I think that we will all agree that one of the things that makes File 770 so much fun (and so popular) is the interactive nature of
Mighty Marvel Roundup, Part 2
Compiled by Carl Slaughter: Marvel cram course: Every Marvel movie up to Infinity War More videos follow the jump. Marvel Bunch Infinity War cast Family Feud Dr. Spock from Star Wars Pitch meeting for Antman Pitch meeting for
