Of Special Note
AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS
Al Sirois celebrated release day for his latest – Murder in Mennefer
Bob Eggleton shares a “remarque”
Erin Underwood is feeling a bit Star Warsy and so shared this performance
Fandom
A Flyer for the first Worldcon was up for auction
The New Yorker reminds us that our author’s predictions about the future are not always…accurate….
The Kansas City SF&F Literati group announces their Zoom meeting to discuss Mur Lafferty’s Station Eternity (Zoom link)
Awards
The 2024 Locus Awards have been announced
Space
Communications with Voyager 1 have been re-established. (I watched the launch…it was as exciting back in 1977 as it is to follow today!)
Boeing Starliner’s departure from the ISS delayed once again. (Nope nope nope nope nope nope NOT getting into that thing again!)
Science
Life imitates AI. This image won an AI Award. It’s NOT AI.
And, in another case of imposter syndrome, new research suggests that gravity can exists without mass, eliminating the need for Dark Matter to make the equations come out right Boy won’t that be fun for SF authors – Free Floating Gravity!
A newly discovered horned dinosaur makes a fashion statement
We may not be ready for a future where disaster piles upon disaster
Study proves that same-sex behavior among animals has been systematically underreported
Industry
Tattered Covers, a local bookstore chain (Denver) has been sold to Barnes & Noble for 1.83 million.
Literature
Gollancz picks up Nnedi Okorafor’s Death of the Author
Steve Vertlieb discusses Robert Bloch on the 30+ Minutes with HP Lovecraft podcast
Jonathan Lethem talks PK Dick, and Palestine
Film & TV
This Inverse article points out that THEM! invaded America’s shores before Godzilla (see if you can find an uncredited Leonard Nimoy while watching) (You can watch it here)
There’s a sequel to Space Balls in the works
Retro
Brad W. Foster shares a couple of movie posters he designed for a college showing of Dark Star
Social Commentary
Louisiana mandates display of the Ten Commandments in every schoolroom. In one word – Outrageous! In another – Disgusting!
Arizona is funding private religious schools with taxpayer dollars. Equally outrageous and disgusting!
Just For Fun
Apparently, a “credential replicator” has been invented….
Mini-Editorial
If things keep on progressing the way they have been, every bit of news reported here is going to end up under the Amazing People section!
In the Future
Monday
Free Story – The Crimson Ship
R. Graeme Cameron reviews On Spec magazine
Excerpt: The Babel Apocalypse: The Dark Court by Vyvyan Evans
Wednesday
Unexpected Questions with Sarah Beth Durst
Book View Cafe Readings: With Fate Conspire by Marie Brennan
Thursday
What Happened to the PLANET of the APES Cartoon?
Matt’s Reviews: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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