Amazing News: 3/17/24

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Publisher’s Note:  Today, we’re offering our readers news assembled into subject categories.  Let us know what you think!

AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS

Artist and author Al Sirois inadvertently shares with us that he does, in fact, shower.  He also reads some passages from Murder in Mennefer on this video.

Sandra Bond  found this street sign.  Close enough, even though its for a different “White”

Nnedi Okorafor is a force to be reckoned with

Camestros Felapton states that he still trusts the Hugo Awards

Regina Kanyu Wang has submitted her PhD dissertation.  We expect she will soon be receiving her Doctorate and Amazing Stories congratulate her in advance

A review of Mike Ashley‘s latest will soon be available for reading at BSFA’s website.  In the meantime, here are some graphical presentations of “The Decline and Fall of the Big Three Empire”

Richard Graeme Cameron announces that three poems published in Polar Starlight magazine have been nominated for SFPA’s Rhysling Award

David Agranoff shares this film starring Shatner and several SF authors – The Intruder – viewable on Youtube

Coverage of the release of Samuel R. Delany‘s personal journals

AMAZING NEWS

Fandom

Glasgow 2024 Worldcon newsletter announces Fan Funds program.  Register to learn more

Science

This bit is sure to boost astrologer’s claims:  Mars affects Earth’s deep oceans

Unrelated:  100+ new deep sea species  identified

“They’re quite like us”. Stone Age piercings uncovered

Space

Starship will spin to produce artificial gravity

More “Golden Messages” being sent to space aboard Europa Clipper mission

Literature

Dune’s “Messiah” has his roots in Judaism, not Islam

Film & TV

GRRM announces two short films based on Howard Waldrop stories will be presented on the film circuit

Reviews of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem are starting to come in.  This one found it  “flat”

Colbert to produce Chronicles of Amber series

An ERB pastiche film 50 years in the making is now available for viewing

Retro

Major Matt Mason fans might enjoy this older article

Social Commentary

Brilliant short video on the consequences of “alternative truths”

Kerfuffles

Rowling insists that the Nazis did not burn trans-related books.  (They did)

Book Bans Continue to rise in number

Is the US on the Brink of Civil War? Opinionist says “yes”

Just For Fun

Dr. Manhattan ponders movies and time travel

Upcoming Events

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Submission deadline for Independent Book Publisher’s Awards is March 23rd

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