AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS
A Frank Wu story in Analog makes the Anlab Winners
Somtow Sucharitkul runs afoul of Facebook’s over zealous rights monitor, claiming he is infringing on his own compositions. (We suggested that he immediately license himself.)
Matthew Kressel is over the moon, learning that he has sold a story to TOR.
Milton Davis shows off the Polaris Award he was presented at ConCarolinas 2024 event
David Agranoff reviews Dream Makers Vol 1. – profiles of the men and women who write science fiction
John O’Neil announces that friend Ted Chiang has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Short Story Prize
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki has been elected to SFWA’s board as a Director-at-Large (which implies Director-at-Ginormous, Director-at-Gargantuan….)
Bob Eggleton shares one of his latest, slated for the cover of The Prehistoric Times
Kevin Standlee announces that Westercon 77 will be hosted at Baycon 2025
Awards
Locus announces the 2024 Mythopoeic Award Finalists
Space
An astonishing video view from the ISS of the “Devil’s Comet”
A massive solar storm hits Mars
Science
A search for possible Dyson spheres reveals several possible candidates
Industry
Publishing isn’t the only industry that has issues with typos: Chief’s Super Bowl rings have a typo
Musk not happy with Apple’s AI announcement, declares that all Apple devices will be banned at his companies – and that’s how the Corporate AI Wars began, the wars that led to the utter devastation of the planet, the reason why those few of us who managed to survive must now live in underground silos, condemned to eating bran with every meal …
Literature
An imaginary conversation with Brian Aldiss
Film & TV
The Wild Robot premieres on September 27th
JMS shares an image of his very first script – written for He Man and the Masters of the Universe
The latest episode of The Science in Science Fiction takes a look at the hunt for dark matter
Retro
A video visit to Ellison Wonderland
More Ellison: a photo taken during a “pipe” break
Social Commentary
OK Supreme Court Dismisses case brought by the last survivors of the Tulsa Massacre.
Just For Fun
…when Fido gets ahold of your light saber
???Harvard Scientists hypothesize that there may be an advanced technological civilization hiding somewhere on Earth??? Amazing Stories scientists say “Horsepuckey!”
Events
The authors of the forthcoming Space Piracy invite you to the first conference on Space Piracy Arrrrrr you going to go?
Mini-Editorial
In the Future
Monday
Free Fiction A Short-Lived History of the Stockpiling of Time, in Post-Mono-Heliocentric Space-Times by K.V.K. Kvas
Excerpt: Murder In Mennefer by Al Sirois
Wednesday
Unexpected Questions with Bill McCurry
Thursday
Whatever Happened to STARLOG Magazine?
Friday
Matt’s Reviews: The Roots Of The Self by Robert Ornstein
