- Toy review: M.I.B. Neuralyzer
By Iain Delaney: Men in Black (1997) is an action-comedy-sci-fi movie based on the Malibu Comics series of the same name. It starred Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as agents ’K’ and ’J’ as Men in Black working for an extra-governmental … Continue reading
- Detecting Warp Drives
By SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie: This piece comes a couple of months ahead of appearing in next season’s SF2 Concatenation. The pre-print of a rather dry, but fun – with a sprinkling of Star Trek references – “What no one has seen before: … Continue reading
- Zerbe Wins 2024 Phantastikpreis der Stadt Wetzlar
The winner of the 2024 Phantastikpreis der Stadt Wetzlar (Fantasy Prize of the City of Wetzlar) has been announced. The public awards ceremony will take place on September 13 as part of the 40th “Wetzlar Days of Fantasy”. The prize has been awarded since … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 7/27/24 The Roads Must Scroll
(1) MONTELEONE’S NEW SUBSTACK REPEATS OLD MESSAGE. Author Thomas F. Monteleone, who early in 2023 was ousted from the Horror Writers Association for violating its Code of Conduct, today launched a Substack newsletter with “Allow Me To Introduce Myself”, which … Continue reading
- 2024 Scribe Awards
The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers announced the winners of the Scribe Awards at San Diego Comic-Con on July 26. The IAMTW’s Scribe Awards honor excellence in the field of writing tie-in fiction for media franchises. These works include novels, short … Continue reading
- Outsiders — Try DC’s (More! New!) Planetary Adventures[1] Comic Book — (A Hopefully Spoiler-Free Overlong Info-Dump)
By Daniel Dern: Attention (Wildstorm) PLANETARY fans[2] — good (’nuff) news: DC Comics has been continuing the adventures of (some of) our favorite “archeologists of the impossible,” (now) in DC’s OUTSIDERS series/title.[3] (Wikipedia’s PLANETARY entry says “The DC series…revived the … Continue reading
- Glasgow 2024 Holding Consultative Vote on Independent Film Hugo Awards Proposal
Glasgow 2024 has announced an innovative consultative vote on a proposed change to the Hugo Award categories. The proposed change, initially passed by the 2023 WSFS Business Meeting in Chengdu, would create two new Hugo Award categories, the Best Independent Short … Continue reading
- 2024 Eisner Awards
Comic-Con International announced the winners of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2024 at a ceremony on July 26. Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are celebrating their 36th year of bringing attention to and highlighting the best publications … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 7/26/24 With All These Scrolls, There Must Be A Pixel Here
(1) FIRST CONTACT — WITH SF. New Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame inductee Nicola Griffith tells how at the age of nine she started to work out the meanings of “Identity and SF”. Scientific theory and fiction are … Continue reading
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