- Pixel Scroll 4/13/24 A Penchant For Multisyllabic Words
(1) MURDERBOT THEMES. Martha Wells has posted the text of the “Jack Williamson Lecture 2024” she delivered on April 12 in Portales, NM. Here are the opening paragraphs: I’ve always been drawn to non-human characters, both as a reader and … Continue reading
- Denise Dutton Review: Ghirardelli Intense Dark – Hazlenut Heaven
Review by Denise Kitashima Dutton: I’m always game for dark chocolate. Plus, I’m a sucker for hazelnuts (aka filbert, a name I absolutely love) in any form. So hello, combination of the two! Ghirardelli blends their premium chocolate with nicely … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 4/12/24 One Pixel, One Scroll, One File
(1) ONCE ON HIS SHELVES. San Diego State University is home to the Edward Gorey Personal Library, which they acquired in 2009. The Edward Gorey Personal Library is a special collection at San Diego State University library that comprises 26,000 … Continue reading
- Glasgow 2024 Hugo Awards Subcommittee Explained
Members of the current Worldcon committee are only eligible for the Hugo Award if authority over it has been delegated to a subcommittee[1]. Glasgow 2024’s subcommittee members are Nicholas Whyte (2024 Hugo Administrator and WSFS Division Head), Cassidy, Kathryn Duval … Continue reading
- Horror Writers Association 2024 Specialty Awards Winners
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) today announced the recipients of its Specialty Awards. These will be presented on June 1 during the Bram Stoker Awards® ceremony at StokerCon®2024 in San Diego, CA. SPECIALTY PRESS AWARD The recipient of the Specialty … Continue reading
- Cat Eldridge Review: Rainbow Mars
[Warning: lots of spoilers here. I mean lots.] Review by Cat Eldridge: Ah, to visit John Carter and the inhabitants of Barsoom, Edger Rice Burroughs’ richly-imagined Mars. The characters in Robert Heinlein’s The Number of The Beast did so in their … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 4/11/24 One Scroll, Furnished In Early Pixelry
(1) IT PAYS TO BE A GENIUS OF COURSE. The Steampunk Explorer updates fans about the Girl Genius Kickstarter: Call it mad science or just good storytelling, but Phil and Kaja Foglio are blazing through Kickstarter with their latest Girl Genius … Continue reading
- Mokkil Wins SLF’s 2024 AC Bose Grant
Vineetha Mokkil is the winner of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s 2024 A.C. Bose Grant. Mokkil’s winning piece is called “No One Has To Know and Other Stories.” She is the author of the short story collection, A Happy Place and … Continue reading
- Second Annual Brave New Weird Winners
It’s an award, says Brave New Weird anthology editor Alex Woodroe, avoiding any “Is it a breath mint? No, it’s a candy mint!” arguments. Tenebrous Press announced the winners of the second annual Brave New Weird Award on April 9, chosen from over a … Continue reading
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