The serialization of Dave Creek’s Chanda’s Legacy continues tomorrow!
Also – Legendary filmmaker Roger Corman has died
AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS
Lisa Yaszek was recently awarded SFRA’s Lifetime Contribution to Science Fiction Research Award! WELL DESERVED!
Laura Frankos Turtledove shares the cover from Harry’s latest City in Chains
Lynne Fahnestalk introduces another member of the Rivet of Robots sculptures
Erin Underwood reviews Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in this video
Sean CW Korsgaard was at the VA Comicon offering his latest anthology – Worlds Long Lost
Fandom
This year’s Met Gala’s theme was drawn from J.G. Ballard’s The Garden of Time, which was first published in a collection (Billenium – Berkley Medallion) and in the January, 1962 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Talk about SF’s penetration of mainstream culture!
Events
Space
China’s Change’e-6 lander is heading for the Lunar far side
“God’s Hand” nebula imaged (Put it together with Niven & Pournelle’s Mote, and you’ve got another piece!)
Science
Near Earth Asteroid’s origins on the Moon identified
Olive Oil in your diet may reduce your risk of dementia
Can we re-freeze the arctic? New Tech suggests we can
Bacteria produces fibers stronger than steel
Visit the NOAA website to track the solar storm
The collapse of the Earth’s magnetic field may have triggered the emergence of “weird” creatures
Industry
The “Librarianologist” shares a link list of good research resources
Literature
Liminal Spaces discusses the “trippy” in Norman Spinrad’s works
Dark Worlds Quarterly takes a look at Space Opera
James Davis Nicol on Five novels rediscovering ancient technologies
Just For Fun
Time Lapse video of cos-player donning a complex costume
Retro
Today, a gallery of film posters from Roger Corman produced SF & Horror films:
Social Commentary
Special Note: There are now, apparently, calls for assembling lists of Jewish authors (disingenuously identified with the “Zionist” label) in order to boycott them. Hugo Gernsback was a Jew. The Fan community is very identifiable as Jewish-adjacent in many of its practices and sensibilities (non-proselytizing, reverence for knowledge and learning), and, while prejudice has been expressed within its ranks over the years, SF is an institution that has strong Jewish involvement and roots.
Related: Hamas casualty figures have been greatly distorted, as revealed by data analysis
