Pixel Scroll 4/14/23 Pixels Travelling Through Time And Space In The Blue Scroll (1) BUILDING BETTER WORLDS. [Item by Olav Rokne.] In an essay for Bombay Lit Mag, Gautam Bhatia discusses the (sometimes-maligned) art of […]
2023 Filk Hall of Fame Inductees The Filk Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to filk over the years as performers, organizers, and facilitators. New inductees are announced annually during FilKONtario. Dave Hayman, founder and […]
Tolkien Society Awards 2023 The Tolkien Society Awards 2023 winners were announced April 1. BEST ARTWORK Other finalists BEST ARTICLE Other finalists BEST BOOK Other finalists BEST ONLINE CONTENT Other finalists OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD Pixel Scroll […]
Finalistas del premio Celsius de la Semana Negra de Gijón Anunciados los finalistas del premio Celsius de la Semana Negra de Gijón 2023 a la mejor novela de fantasía, ciencia-ficción y terror del año pasado […]
“From The Land Beyond Beyond” — An Intimate Personal Remembrance of Ray Harryhausen By Steve Vertlieb: Ray Harryhausen remains one of the most revered figures in fantasy/sci-fi motion picture history. Born June 29, 1920, Ray […]
Paul Levinson gets a radio read, WGA looks to be endorsing AI writing, a court rules that the internet archive IS violating copyright, Taral Wayne shares a comic and BCSFAZINE gets the space its been deserving for some time.
Polish Fans protest Worldcon GoH with petition.
John Jakes (31 March 1932 – 11 March 2023) was a prolific, best-selling author known for detailed and character-rich historical fiction, as well as science fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, pulp, mystery, and nonfiction. Realizing […]
Jack Williamson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julian May, Daleks, Zombie Viruses, volcanoes on Io, upcoming SF film remakes, Godzilla and Frank Wu plays pinball!
Oh: and a cautionary note about anti-Drag laws and conventions.
“65” Mini-Review By Jonathan Cowie: Several of our local SF group went to see the film 65 (trailer here from the writers/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. First up, if you checked beforehand the teaser synopsis on IMDB, then beware […]
Pixel Scroll 3/10/23 Those Who Scroll Away From Pixelas (1) AMAZON BAILS. Amazon notified subscribers they are leaving the digital and print magazine subscriptions business, apparently. Several Filers sent me a copy of their notice […]
Hugo noms, Nebula finalists, AI, magazine woes and fusion power, all this week in news
Groot Teams Up With Heroes from All Corners of the Marvel Universe in New Stormbreakers Variant Covers WE ARE GROOT! In April, Groot will not only play a surprising role in a new run of […]
Yes, there were FemmeFans in the 1970s. There’s ALWAYS been female fans.
Cats Sleep on SFF: Boskone Lis Carey shared this adorable photo: Cider working hard at Boskone. Now, she’s helping me verify people’s vaccination status. Earlier, she volunteered in Dragonslair Children’s Program, although autocorrect thought that […]
Delany, Edelman, Czerneda, Scalzi, Chinn, Ray Nelson, Dr. Who, Guinan, Gaffen, Heinlein, Sirois, Stine, Hasbro, Audible, Will Smith and Puppies this week in news!
Entrevista a José Luis del Río (Apache Libros) En este enlace se puede ver el vídeo de una entrevista que le ha hecho la Biblioteca Virtual Miguel Cervantes a José Luis del Río, editor de […]
Cats Sleep on SFF: The Last Unicorn Cider here. I hopes it’s okay I email you uninvited. A Book came for Mom, you call her Lis, but she needed a nap. So I supervised it […]
This Anthology is a collection of 50 speculative fiction stories chosen from 1969 to 2019 by Gail Jamieson, long-time editor of the SFFSA clubzine, PROBE, and Gary Kuyper, multiple winners of the Nova competition and […]
Pixel Scroll 2/11/23 Do Pixels Prefer Coke Or Pepsi? No, It’s Scroll Soda For Them (1) ONE ARTIST, INDIVISBLE. Charlie Jane Anders’ latest Happy Dancing newsletter is about “J.K. Rowling and ‘Separating the Art from […]
News and notes from some of your faves – Spinrad, DiFilippo, Scalzi, Adam-Troy, Swanwick, Shvartsman, Heinlein, Butler and fannish stuff too!
(Edited by John L. Coker III – First Published in First Fandom Annual 2016, Reprinted Here by Permission) Forrest J Ackerman “In October 1926, little nine-year-old me was standing in front of a newsstand, […]
Get your FANAC on with these upcoming and archival editions of the Fan History Project’s videos!
Star Wars, 2001, Orwell, Huxley, Scalzi, Langford, Madle, Shvartsman, Babylon 5, Brin – you know what to do.
When Should Fans Expect the 2023 Hugo Nominations to Open? Just ten days before the January 31 deadline for people to join and be eligible to nominate for the 2023 Hugo Awards, the Chengdu Worldcon […]
Afua Richardson, artist, helps celebrate Black History Month with a series of posts featuring her comic cover art
Explore New Corners of Wakanda in Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever #1 The next edition of Marvel’s Voices acclaimed anthology series, Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever, a special Black History Month one-shot, hits stands on February 15. […]
Trilobites, dogs shooting people (yes!), stop-motion anniversary, WSFS rules explained again, Ray Nelson passes, an asteroid passes really close to Earth, Chat GPT passes business school exam, Marines fake out AI detection system and, the Doomsday Clock is now set to 90 seconds to midnight. Have a GREAT day!
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. INFINITE ODYSSEY MAGAZINE – Issue #1, January 2023 Status: Self-proclaimed “First completely AI created Sci-Fi Magazine in the world.” Note: Probably an American product, but […]
2023 DGA Awards Film and TV Nominations The Directors Guild of America have announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2022. […]
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