- Cats Sleep on SFF: ShroudKate Towner introduces us to a well-informed voter: Here is Zephyr sleeping on Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky. He’s reading up for the Hugos. Photos of your felines (or whatever you’ve got!) resting on genre works are welcome. Send to mikeglyer … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 5/9/26 Mene Mene Pixel Ufilesin(1) HOW HE WAS CAST AS C-3PO – LITERALLY. [Item by John A Arkansawyer.] SFGate was on hand when Anthony Daniels celebrated May the Fourth in San Francisco: “Very painful time’: The C-3PO actor gets personal at SF screening”. Despite … Continue reading
- Marvel’s Stormbreakers Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of What If…? With New Variant CoversThis May,Marvel’s Stormbreakers shatter the multiverse in new What If…? variant covers! The latest monthly cover collection from Marvel’s elite artists celebrates 50 years of What If…? storytelling with imaginative new twists on your favorite heroes. From dramatic transformations to outrageous power … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 5/8/26 When The Scroll Comes A Filing, The Pixel Turn It Back, First From The Circle, Fifth From The Track(1) STURGEON’S LAW APPLIED TO KID LIT. The National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature has teed off a lot of adults by saying there’s a lot of crud out there: “Children’s Book Community Responds in Outrage to Mac Barnett Comments” … Continue reading
- Niven, MoreBy John Hertz: In further honor of Larry Niven’s 88th birthday — a doubly-lucky number, according to some — last month, I offer these thoughts. I suggest that Niven has an independent mind. When the different drummer he was marching … Continue reading
- Cats Sleep on SFF: KatabasisCaroline Mersey introduces us to a pair of felines at rest: This is Lucy (L) and Emmy (R) having a snooze – appropriately enough – on R F Kuang’s Katabasis. As a chaos goblin in feline form, Emmy would be … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 5/7/26 And Please File Properly Any Scrolls Left By Your Pixels(1) SHUFFLE & DEAL STORY PROMPTS. Joe Stech of Compelling Science Fiction has made the community a gift of his new “SUPER MEGA SFF STORY IDEATOR”, a story prompt generator. I’ve always enjoyed the vibrant colors and pixel aesthetic of … Continue reading
- 2026 Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film FestivalBy lance oszko: The Balticon Sunday Short Science Fiction Film Festival on May 24 features 18 International Genre Short Films from Canada, China, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, UK, and the USA, including the George R.R. Martin production of Howard Waldrop’s … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 5/6/26 The Nice Thing About Pixels Is You Never Have To Take Them To A Veterinarian. Why That Is So We Will Not Discuss(1) 2026 HUGO VOTING BEGINS. LAcon V announced today that online voting for the 2026 Hugo Awards has opened. Members also have the option of using a paper ballot. The deadline for voting is August 8, 2026 at noon PDT. (2) LACON … Continue reading
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