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AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS
Somtow Sucharitkul has won a Pencraft Literary Award for his novel Imperatrix
Vincent O’Neil reports that his story Point of Contact appears in the latest issue of Parsec magazine Visit Parsec Magazine
Marc Zicree shares “the greatest alien invasion film of all time”
Fandom
Smofcon 41 proudly announces that its guest speaker will be Jim Wright
SMOF News reports that in the wake of claims made against Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, it was revealed that he was removed from participating in the 2022 Fiyahcon event for “an ethics complaint”. More recently File 770 reported that two of the claims made against “ODE” by Erin Cairns have been debunked. Use the link to sign up for SMOF News File 770 Report.
Awards
James Reasoner has been named a Grandmaster by the International Association of Tie-In Writers
The results of the 2024 Ignyte Awards have been announced.
Events
Space
A nice animation of the Perseverance rover’s travels since landing in 2021.
Science
Video of some of Saturn’s “Shepherd Moons”
Industry
Arc Manor has released their latest newsletter for subscribers: There are updates for upcoming e-book releases, a link for viewing their Kickstarter rewards and a note on exclusive rewards for email subscribers. Check your newsletter. The Kickstarter is here. You can sign up for the newsletter here.
Literature
Retro
Just For Fun
Interesting Robot Sculptures (thought not Lynne Fahnestalks)
Mini-Editorial
Yes, there are many, many people in our community still very upset and shocked by the outcome of the recent US elections. Like most, here at Amazing Stories we are still working through it and trying to figure out the implications for the future, ours, yours and the country’s.
For a bit of more SF-centered commentary, contemplate the fact that Heinlein, (along with Jack London – The Iron Heel, and Sinclair Lewis – It Can’t Happen Here) in Revolt in 2100 and later, in To Sail Beyond the Sunset, foretold and warned of what now seems almost inevitable. Here’s a quite prophetic quote by RAH (note that TSBTS was first published in 1987):
“Elections are won not by converting the opposition but by getting out your own vote, and Scudder’s organization did just that. According to histories I studied at Boondock, the election of 2012 turned out 63 percent of the registered voters (which in turn was less than half of those eligible to register); the True American party (Nehemiah Scudder) polled 27 percent of the popular vote… which won 81 percent of the Electoral College votes.”
“In 2016 there was no election.”
In the Future
Monday:
The Last Census by Bruce McLeod Ceasar – FREE STORY
Illuxcon–Annual SF Art Celebration Brightens the Rust Belt
Tuesday:
The Big Idea: Cat Rambo
Wednesday:
Just My Opinion: KINGDOM of the PLANET of the APES
Unexpected Questions with Daryl Gregory
Thursday:
What Happened to The INVADERS?
25th Century Five & Dime #9: My Experience at Speculative Fiction Across Media in Los Angeles!
Friday:
Matt’s Reviews: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Saturday:
The Big Idea: Chris Sugden
Featured Image
The cover of the first issue of TV21, from the Gerry Anderson Fan Page
