SPECIAL NOTE: #DISNEYMUSTPAY.  Author Alan Dean Foster held a press conference hosted by SFWA to announce that Disney Corp had failed to pay the author royalties since acquiring the rights to numerous books through their purchases of Fox and other entities.  Disney has stonewalled Foster, the SFWA Grievance Committee and attorneys, claiming that while they acquired the rights, they “did not acquire the obligations”.

SFWA views Disney’s response to be a potential threat to copyright and authors everywhere and took the unprecedented step of taking this matter public in order to put pressure on the mega media corp to respond.

It is essential that authors and fans help spread the word in order to get some justice.  A Twitter hashtag #DisneyMustPay has been created and you can read the thread here. Here are links to the video of the press conference, a transcription of Foster’s presentation, a place to register your non-payment issues with Disney (if you are an author), and, below, a selection of images supporting the effort.

The more people bitch publicly about this legitimate problem, the more likely it will to be resolved.

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J. Michael Straczynski’s project to publish a version of Ellison’s Last Dangerous Visions continues apace, with mixed responses.  Some complain that it will be outdated, or that it is well past time for such things, others are eagerly looking forward to the contents as described by JMS (including the staff here at Amazing Stories), which can be found at the Patreon site.

New highly detailed Mars pics

WGA to award Craig Miller for advancing “the literature of animation in film and/or television through the years and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the animation writer”.

Matthew Hughes wins 2020 Endeavour Award

What can you do with 910,000 matchsticks?  Create a Millennium Falcon, of course

You can read Preferred Seating by Lee & Miller here

The Orville gets its first fan film (the captain’s name is “David M. Gerald”, lol)

Brazillian Wonder Woman gets the CW Treatment

Ten Decades, Ten Classic SF Cartoons

Photosynthesizing Animals – meet the Leaf Sheep

Holograms in Science Fiction

Book Cover Art

Re-enacting the Cold War

KM Robinson accused of having Socialist Leanings

Dark Worlds continues its look at Manly Wade Wellman in part III

Human Aging Reversed for First Time

Christopher Landon is shaking up the horror flick biz

Ever wonder who created the Viewmaster?  This guy.

It’s coming from inside the house!  FRB traced to Milky Way origin

Arecibo is No More

Hayford Pierce, SF author, RIP

John Williams awarded for introducing millions to classical music

Lose one giant telescope, gain another?

Waters to Present Pornhub Award

Herb Solow, instrumental in bringing Trek to TV, RIP

De-Clutter?  Not my Books, man!

They may be over-thinking this:  the entire universe is a neural network

Damien Walters is doing a weekly podcast on science fiction.  This episode he tackles the LDV revival

World’s Most Accurate Map Unveiled

New take on solar powered rockets

From Over the Transom

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