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AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS

Nnedi Okorafor announces release date for She Who Knows

Doug Ellis reminds everyone that the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show takes place NEXT weekend

Publisher’s Note: JMS’s Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits is now shipping.  It is a fabulous book. 

David Brin shares this experiment:  Tardigrade proteins inserted into human cells

Alex Shvartsman announces policy change for Open Call FB Page: “We will decline any submission calls that specifically solicit AI-generated or AI-aided “fiction”

An update on Canadian Fannishness, from Richard Graeme Cameron, via Steve Fahnestalk

AMAZING NEWS

Fandom

“Person Refused Membership by UK Eastercon and Escorted Out by Security” on File 770.  Read the comments.

Damien Walter on The War for the Hugos

TAFF Voting Ends Soon

Moshe Feder shares a pic of Paul Levinson’s book launch for  It’s Real Life, an alternate history tale of The Beatles, at the famous Players Club

Definitely Fannish!  Library accepts cat pics for overdue fines

Science

NVIDIA announces world’s most powerful chip designed for AI

Space

New Martian volcano discovered

Industry

Dream Foundry announces Youtube channel in their newsletter

Fangoria announces pre-order for their latest issue

Weird Tales announces pre-order for issue no. 368

Literature

Science Fiction Literature is Vanishing

David D. Levine offers some stats regarding SF’s disappearance

Margaret Atwood says Stephen King’s Carrie is Still Relevant

GRRM Also talks about Carrie

Film & TV

Why did Dune 2 “change Alia”?

Retro

Ellison’s legacy is getting a makeover by JMS 

If you’ve ever wondered what editing a MS back in the day looked like, here are a couple of pages from a Jack Vance WIP

Social Commentary

Downs Syndrome ad is smashing expectations

Just For Fun

Wonderful Animation:  Alien(s) in 60 Seconds

Wonder Woman speaks truth to super heroes

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