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Report on the Celsius Festival's programming; Minatura's 2019 Fantastic Microcuent contest rules, AEFCFT's nomination for ESFS awards; and interview with José Antonio Suárez about Alter Ego and more!

I read the news today, oh boy, about a lucky man who made a speech. Plus - wow - all kinds of stuff: Delany on Stonewall, scientists trying to open a portal to another realm, trademarks for authors, Datlow, Gerrold, Doug Smith, Convergence and doing accessibility right and so much more - you better get another cup of coffee and get comfy! This is going to be a RIDE!

Wow. Ooodles of fan news this week too! Hugo Award category proposals (2! no less), Locus, Chesley, Sturgeon, Campbell, Eisner and Prometheus awards, Clarion West and more!

Mars and Barsoom were popular this week, as was our announcement about The Gernsback Machine podcast. Not to mention - have you seen how many foreign language posts are often amongst our most read? That's pretty cool!

Amazing Stories launches a Podcast and, it's an Amazing Podcast

New and current Latin American genre from magazines to film and just about everything in between

The rules for the Minotauro and Domingo Santos Awards, a new release by José Antonio Suárez, a new novel by Ruy Vega, guidelines for Association of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Terror's new anthology Visions 2019, and more

New event added to the calendar for 2020

Lots of fanews this ish! Forrest J. Ackerman, Fan Histories, Jules Feiffer, Wiscon program books; also, robots, robots and more robots, Stranger Things, Walter Cronkite and more

Author Peter S. Beagle wins his lawsuit; Kelvin award winners, "it's an Oreos Moon (cookie)", Uncanny releases its latest, Ted Sturgeon and John Campbell Memorial Awards, more

Out of the eight thousand, eight hundred and forty two (8,842) articles we've published on our site since 2012, these are the posts that were read the most this past week.

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The winners of the Kelvin5050 awards are announced, Brandon Sanderson will give a talk and the latest issue of Ulthor magazine is released.

Trump teases "forever president"; inside TX migrant center for kids; Robert J Sawyer, Jo Walton, Kimberly Unger, Jack Clemons, Gahan Wilson, Allen Steele, Irene Gallo, giant squids (NOT in space), Star Trek wins debate with Star Wars and oh, So. Much. More

Awards, Pixel Scrolls, Awards, Pixel Scrolls...Awards - Amazing Stories nominated for Best Magazine Neffy!, and Australian Fairy Tales, the Big Heart Award, Wendig & DeCandido, Clarion Workshop, more

Armstrong on the Moon, Christopher Lee, EmDrive experiments, Latin SF, modern myth, the Illustrated Dune...

Author and genre news from Peru, Chile, Mexico and Argentina

The 15th Minotauro Awards are announced!

An interview with Mariano Villarreal, editor of "América Fantástica". América Fantastica offers a panoramic view of the most outstanding contemporary fantasy and science fiction in Latin America

Announcing the finalists for the SF Horror Ripley awards and video from the TerBi conference

A new Chinese SF Club forms

More coverage of American Fantastica and some new releases announced.

Announcing the IXth TerBi Award Winners!

Ellison short, space pirates, burning Earth, Northwest Smith, Steve Stiles, publishing consequences of opening your mouth in public, and more!

Israeli Worldcon Bid Being Explored, AnLab and Asimov's Reader Choice, Premio this, that and the other, Nebulas, the TOP SF Awards, Balticon, and more

We do this every week. Our most read posts. You know what to do.

Summer 2019 cover!!! and MORE! revealed today!

The "Spanish Hugo" - The Premio Ignotus - award finalists are announced. One of our contributors - Laura Ponce - is a finalist.

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