- Which Is Better For Your Health – Video Games Or Exercise?
By Jonathan Cowie: This is not a trivial question for SF fans as common perception (be it correct or not) has it that a not insignificant proportion of SF fans play video games and similarly take little exercise. OK, let’s … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 10/19/24 Pixeling On The Other Side, Where Only Scrolls Hide
(1) BEAR APPARENT. “Ur Sid arrives at Cushing Memorial Library & Archives”. Sharon Lee tells fans a photographer was standing by. (OK, it was actually Curator Jeremy Brett.) …Since the Bumpy Passage fell out of use many years ago, I created a … Continue reading
- Whether His Middle Name Was “Gryphon”
By John Hertz (reprinted from Vanamonde 1612). John Trimble (1936-2024) was one of our greats. He did much for many. His interests were wide. He co-chaired Westercon XVIII, was Fan Guest of Honor at W19 and W66, and chaired W23. He … Continue reading
- 2024 Harvey Awards
The winners of the 2024 Harvey Awards were revealed October 18 at the 36th annual awards ceremony during a virtual screening at New York Comic Con. The award honors the life and work of comics creator Harvey Kurtzman, (1924-1993), cartoonist, writer, … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 10/18/24 G-L-O-R-I-A Road
(0) TODAY’S TITLE INSPIRATION. Daniel says he found retroactive inspiration in the fact that the group Them which performed “G-L-O-R-I-A” included Van Morrison. (1) WEIRD NATURE. “The author has no problem embracing the inscrutable and uncanny; it’s what fuels his … Continue reading
- AudioFile Magazine’s New Favorite SF and Fantasy Audiobooks
Audiofile Magazine named these some of their favorite sff audiobooks to come out this fall. NAVOLA Marc Vietor narrates a dark fantasy epic about a family of merchant bankers and the prince who is poised to take over the kingdom. … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 10/17/24 Nothing To Read And Nowhere To Go, I Wanna Be Pixelated
(1) YOUR MIDDLE-EARTH CANDIDATES. At McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Sam Woods admits “I’m an Undecided Hobbit, Torn Between a Dark Lord Who Promises an Age of Chaos and an Elf Queen Whom I Just Wish I Knew More About”. I’m a … Continue reading
- LGBTQ in Comics: Journey Planet #85
Joining the Journey Planet team this issue is David Ferguson who has co-edited an issue specifically focused on an LGBTQ topic: LGBTQ comics. David said, “Journey Planet is a fanzine that has always been an ally of the LGBTQ community, … Continue reading
- Lady Mondegreen, Ann Warren, and Sylvia Wright
By Lee Weinstein: Misheard song lyrics can be very entertaining. A very common example is people hearing “there’s a bathroom on the right” for “there’s a bad moon on the rise,” in Creedence Clearwater’s “Bad Moon Rising.” Another is “the … Continue reading
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