- Pixel Scroll 3/23/24 Please Be Aware That The Closest Pixel Might Be Behind You
(0) The Saturday Scroll will be a short one. I am on my way to celebrate my sister-in-law’s birthday — which will feel a bit incongruous because I’m still shocked and saddened by this first piece of news: (1) DEB … Continue reading
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- Toy Review: Futurama Bender Robot Action Toy
Bite My Shiny Metal Ass – Bender Review by Iain Delaney: Futurama is an animated science fiction comedy that aired on the Fox network in the United States from 1999 to 2003. After cancelation by Fox, the series was picked up by … Continue reading
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- Pixel Scroll 3/22/24 White Rabbits Are Easy, Try Pulling A Pixel Out Of A Hat
(1) YE KEN NOW. [Via MT Void.] Read Michael Dirda’s article “The two best American fantasy writers you’ve probably never heard of” at the Washington Post. He’s talking about Avram Davidson and Manly Wade Wellman. … Happily, though, these too-little-known … Continue reading
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- Glasgow 2024 Announces Designers for the 2024 Hugo and Lodestar Award Trophies
Glasgow 2024 today announced that the 2024 Hugo Award Base will be designed by Iain J. Clark. The trophy for the 2024 Lodestar Award for Best YA Book will be designed by Sara Felix. These two phenomenal mixed media artists have … Continue reading
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- “The Man Who Would Be Kirk” — Celebrating William Shatner’s 93rd Birthday
By Steve Vertlieb: After interviewing William Shatner for the British magazine L’Incroyable Cinema during the torrid Summer of 1969 at “The Playhouse In The Park,” just outside of Philadelphia, while Star Trek was still in the final days of its … Continue reading
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- Pixel Scroll 3/21/24 Mr. Sandworm, Bring Me A Dream
(1) MASTER OF SF. Vernor Vinge died March 20. One of the many callbacks to this distinguished sf author’s genre contributions comes from the Hugo Book Club Blog: “A Tribute To Vernor Vinge”. …“Singularity is the point at which our … Continue reading
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- Authors Dropping from New Demons Anthology
After several authors withdrew their stories today from the New Demons anthology due to the involvement of co-editor Patrick R. McDonough, another co-editor, Joe R. Lansdale, said the anthology is “done”. A Kickstarter to fund the New Demons anthology was … Continue reading
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- 2023 Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
Am I Made of Stardust? Dr Maggie Answers the Big Questions for Young Scientists by Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock is the winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2023. The selection was announced in an online award ceremony on … Continue reading
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- Vernor Vinge (1944-2024)
Vernor Vinge, author of many influential hard science fiction works, died March 20 at the age of 79. Vinge sold his first science-fiction story in 1964, “Apartness”, which appeared in the June 1965 issue of New Worlds. In 1971, he … Continue reading
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