Camille Alexa Review: Folkmanis Sea Serpent Puppet Review by Camille Alexa: Folkmanis has gained an excellent reputation in recent decades for its overwhelming array of puppets. The plushies range from eerily lifelike to utterly fantastical. Right […]

Cats Sleep on SFF: Becoming Terran Mark Roth-Whitworth introduces us to his cat of many names: This is my Lord & Master, after a hard morning, relaxing with a good book (my new one). Everyone […]

Robert Tilendis Review: Bissinger’s Carmelized Blood Orange Chocolate Candy Review by Robert Tilendis: Founded in France in the 17th century, Bissinger’s chocolates were favored by the luminaries of 18th and 19th century Europe, such as […]

2024 CWA Dagger Awards Longlists The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) of the United Kingdom announced the longlists for the 2024 Dagger Awards on April 20. The Daggers were first given in 1955, however, for the first five years […]

Pixel Scroll 4/13/24 A Penchant For Multisyllabic Words (1) MURDERBOT THEMES. Martha Wells has posted the text of the “Jack Williamson Lecture 2024” she delivered on April 12 in Portales, NM. Here are the opening […]

Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #85 A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: A FEW THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE 2024 HUGO AWARD FINALISTS By Chris M. Barkley: I, like many of you reading this, were absolutely […]

Speculative Sounds: Sonic Discoveries from “John The Balladeer” By RL Thornton: One of the great rediscoveries of this year has been the stories of World Fantasy Award-winner Manly Wade Wellman. In particular, his magical stories […]

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 […]

So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #84: A Column of Unsolicited Opinions Unburdening Myself of Unfinished Business By Chris M. Barkley:  ITEM ONE: As we emerge from the cold and cloudless days of January and February, […]

World Builders: Women Shaping SF and Fantasy: Guest Post by Sondi Warner Sondi Warner is an author with a flair for the paranormal. Her debut novel, Lead Me Astray, was selected as an Amazon Editor’s […]

Self-Published Science Fiction Competition 3 Semifinalists The third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition’s 18 semifinalists have been announced. They have been selected by the nine remaining judging teams. (The original Team EPIC was dissolved in […]

Warner Holme Review: Heather Webber’s At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber (Forge, 2023) Review by Warner Holme: Heather Webber’s At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities is the latest […]

Cheryl Morgan, Dave McCarty Resign from WSFS’ Hugo Award Marketing Committee WSFS’ Hugo Awards Marketing Committee (“HAMC”) members Cheryl Morgan and chair Dave McCarty have resigned. New chair Linda Deneroff says, “We are currently in […]

NESFA Presents Skylark, Gaughan Awards at Boskone 61 The New England Science Fiction Association honored the winners of two annual awards at Boskone 61 on February 10. SKYLARK AWARD NESFA presented the Skylark Awards for […]

Cat Eldridge Review: Marvel Femme Fatales Spider-Gwen Statue Review by Cat Eldridge: I’ve needed to write to this up for quite some time and since the second animated Spider-Verse film is recently out, it’s good time […]

Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #80 Chengdu 2023: A Bittersweet Symphony of a Worldcon I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down Been down Ever been down Ever been down […]

The Heinlein Society Scholarship Application Deadline 4/1/24 The Heinlein Society has opened its thirteenth annual scholarship essay contest for the 2024 – 2025 academic year. Four $4,000 scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate students of accredited 4-year colleges […]

David J. Skal (1952-2024) [Film scholar and longtime member of The Classic Horror Film Board died in an auto accident on January 1. David Colton wrote a tribute on Facebook which he has kindly given […]

Sakinah Hofler Accepts the 2023 Analog Award for Emerging Black Voices Sakinah Hofler, winner of the 2023 Analog Award For Emerging Black Voices, made an impressive acceptance speech to audience of the online 8th Annual City […]

Journey Planet: Watchmen Now Online “Who Watches the Watchmen?” Well, WE do, and we have been watching for almost forty years! The latest issue of the multiple-award-winning fanzine Journey Planet takes a look at the […]

Uncanny Magazine Issue 56 Launches January 2 The 56th issue of the Uncanny Magazine, winner of seven Hugos and a British Fantasy Award, will be available on January 2 at uncannymagazine.com.  Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and […]

Người Mặt Trời Exhibition by Viet Max and Film by Timothy Linh Búi Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam  Introduction: Stunning art inspired by a brilliant film, our Irish fan momentarily in Vietnam looks at […]

Lis Carey Review: Chaos on CatNet Chaos on CatNet (CatNet #2) by Naomi Kritzer (author), Casey Turner (narrator), Corey Gagne (narrator) (Audible, 2021) By Lis Carey: Steph and her mother are no longer on the […]

2023 Hugo Finalist Voting Statistics Posted The 2023 Hugo Awards were presented October 21 during a ceremony at the Chengdu Worldcon. Today the committee released the voting statistics for the finalists, which show how the […]

Meeting Piltdown By Lee Weinstein: When I was a child, my father gave me a set of the illustrated New World Family Encyclopedia, published in 1954. One illustration that burned itself into my brain was […]

Remembering Fans Who Were Activists in Real World Politics and the Counter Culture Stirred to action by a particularly stupid and dismissive media generalization about science fiction fans, Rob Hansen has prepared this collection of […]

National Toy Hall of Fame Inductees for 2023 The National Toy Hall of Fame revealed four inductees for 2023 on November 9 — baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids, Fisher Price Corn-Popper, and NERF. The Fisher-Price Corn Popper is […]

Pixel Scroll 11/4/23 Pixels Of The Night, From Pixelated Pixelvania (1) APPRECIATING A FINE ANTIQUE. James Davis Nicoll has a new assignment for the Young People Read Old SF panel. This month’s Young People Read […]

2023 Pegasus Awards The 2023 Pegasus Awards for excellence in filking were announced on October 28 at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest (OVFF). BEST FILK SONG BEST CLASSIC FILK SONG BEST PERFORMER BEST WRITER/COMPOSER BEST ADAPTED SONG [Tie] […]

Help! Timmy Fell In The Gravity Well! By Daniel Dern: Eric Mowbray Knight’s best known character is probably Lassie (the canine), from his 1940 novel, Lassie Come-Home, which went on to begat the TV series […]