- 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award ShortlistThe shortlist for the 2025 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy revealed June 27 by the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation. The 12 titles are: The winner(s) will be announced at ConGregate 11 on Friday, July 11, 2025 in Winston-Salem, NC as … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 6/28/25 The Ineluctable Modality Of The Pixels(1) 2027 WORLDCON SITE SELECTION. Site Selection voting for the 2027 Worldcon is now open. Voting closes August 15. Montréal in 2027 is the only bid on the ballot. “2027 Worldcon Site Selection Voting Opens”. (2) CONCURRENT SEATTLE NEWS. Mia Tsai’s … Continue reading
- 2027 Worldcon Site Selection Voting OpensThe Seattle Worldcon committee opened Site Selection voting for the 2027 Worldcon today. Montréal in 2027 is the only bid on the ballot. Voting closes August 15. Vote electronically, by mail, or in person at the convention. To vote you … Continue reading
- Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #100, A Column of Unsolicited OpinionsTestify, Live From Chicago: Civil Trial #20251103225 By Chris M. Barkley. (Author’s Note: In this, one of the rare instances where I am the focus of the story, I am going to only report what I saw, heard or did, … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 6/27/25 Han Scrollo Filed His Pixel First(1) EXEMPLARY WORLDBUILDING. Martha Wells recommends ten “Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books That Will Transport You to Other Worlds” in the New York Times. Link bypasses the paywall. World building is my favorite part of science fiction and fantasy. Whether I’m … Continue reading
- 2025 Manning Award NomineesSan Diego Comic-Con International has announced the 2025 nominees for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award. The Manning Award is presented to a comics artist who, early in his or her career, shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 6/26/25 The Scroll Has Been Left Open Too Long And The Pixel Has Gone Flat(1) MAKING AMENDS. James Davis Nicoll leads us to “Five SFF Stories About Making Amends” at Reactor. We’ve all been there. We’ve said an unnecessarily unkind word, spurned a plea for help, inadvertently transformed the entire human race into shambling … Continue reading
- Victor Hugo: Writer, Artist, and Ocean ManBy Arendse Lund: In 1885, over two million people lined the cobblestone streets of Paris for Victor Hugo’s funeral procession. The man was a beloved author, poet, and politician; what most of the mourners didn’t know was that he was … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 6/25/25 I’ve Got An AI And Its Name Is HAL, Fifteen Clicks On The Marsport Canal(1) CLARKE AWARD. “Sierra Greer Wins 2025 Arthur C. Clarke Award” for her novel Annie Bot. Sierra Greer receives a trophy in the form of a commemorative engraved bookend and prize money to the value of £2025.00; a tradition that … Continue reading
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