- 2025 Locus Awards Winners
The 2025 Locus Awards were announced June 21 in a ceremony during Locus Awards Weekend in Oakland, CA. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL FANTASY NOVEL HORROR NOVEL YOUNG ADULT NOVEL FIRST NOVEL NOVELLA NOVELETTE SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY COLLECTION MAGAZINE PUBLISHER EDITOR ARTIST … Continue reading
- Crime Fiction Awards News for the Summer Solstice
Updates about the Macavity Awards, Bloody Scotland Debut Prize, the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Reader Awards, and awards from The Danish Crime Academy. MACAVITY AWARDS The finalists for the 2025 Macavity Awards were announced on June 17. The Macavity Awards are … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 6/21/25 Superpixels Scroll All Summer Long
(1) TARDIS VOYAGES WE NEVER GOT TO SEE. Nicholas Whyte pulls out all the receipts about “How Christopher Priest wrote for Doctor Who, and what happened next” at From The Heart of Europe. Another classic donnybrook between an established sff … Continue reading
- Rob Hansen’s ‘Approaching Xero’ Traces the Roots of Comics Fandom
Approaching Xero: The SF Prehistory of Comics Fandom by Rob Hansen is the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads. Most of this book is devoted to an exploration of the impact of comics on science fiction fandom. SF … Continue reading
- 2025 Eugie Award Finalists
The shortlist for the 2025 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction was revealed on June 19. The Eugie Award “honors stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain.” We will be looking for stories that are beautiful, thoughtful, and passionate, … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 6/20/25 The Scrollchastic Man
(0) An abbreviated Scroll tonight because the landlord’s tree trimmers had the driveway blocked all day and I just got back into my place – then, in an hour, I have to leave for a meeting. Anything we should have … Continue reading
- 2025 Carnegie Medalists for Children’s Writing and Illustration
The 2025 winners of The Carnegies, the UK’s longest running book awards for children and young people, were announced in a livestreamed ceremony on June 19. The Carnegies celebrate outstanding achievement in children’s writing and illustration and are unique in being judged by librarians. (None … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 6/19/25 The Scroll Of My Enemy Has Been Pixelated, And I Am Glad
(1) DO READERS NEED PROTECTING FROM THESE? ScreenRant has a little list: “If You’re Just Getting Into Sci-Fi Books, These Are 10 You Should Absolutely Avoid”. Dhalgren and Anathem, okay. Starship Troopers and Ringworld, huh. Slaughterhouse-Five, too. …The wild world … Continue reading
- Seattle Worldcon 2025 Gives Update on Program Participant Vetting
Seattle Worldcon 2025 chair Kathy Bond’s June 18 message reports the steps taken in the past month to recover from the committee’s controversial use of ChatGPT to vet program participants. The complete statement appears at the end of this post. … Continue reading
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