2022 Shirley Jackson Awards The 2022 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on July 15 at Readercon 32 in Quincy, Massachusetts. The juried award is given for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. […]

Steve Vertlieb’s Bernard Herrmann Favorites By Steve Vertlieb: Elmer Bernstein once commented that, in his considered opinion, Bernard Herrmann and Miklos Rozsa were the two greatest practitioners of symphonic motion picture composition in the long […]

Toy Review: Batman Utility Belt Where does he get those wonderful toys! – The Joker, Batman Review by Ian Delaney: Batman is famous for two possessions: the high-speed, highly armored Batmobile, and the utility belt. The utility […]

Lis Carey Reviews: FanTaminals Cocker Spaniel Scroll Wood Puzzle FanTaminals Cocker Spaniel Scroll Wood PuzzleMade by Judy PetersonRochester, NY Review by Lis Carey At Boskone for several years, I’ve been seeing Judy Peterson and her […]

Lis Carey Reviews: Ancillary Sword Breq, formerly the AI controlling the warship Justice of Toren, is now confined to one body, an officer of the Radch, commanding the ship Mercy of Kalr, and has been […]

Toy Review: Staff of Ra Headpiece A bronze piece, about this size, with a hole in it, off-center,with a crystal. – Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark Review by Iain Delaney: The Headpiece of the Staff of […]

Lis Carey Review: Ancillary Justice Breq is, when we meet her, the sole surviving segment of the the Radch troop ship Justice of Toren. What it takes a while for us to find out is […]

Jim Shull Rediscovered By Gary Farber: Holy mother of Ghu-Ghu, Foo-Foo, and Roscoe! I sent Jim Shull a Friend Request a few years ago after noticing him on Facebook and realizing that he must be […]

Cider Reviews Sockeye Salmon Dog Treats Introduction: Did you know that dogs can’t eat tuna? Well they can’t but they certainly can eat salmon. (No, I don’t know why one fish is good and one […]

Music By James Bernard: Themes for a Tapestry of Terror By Steve Vertlieb: While science fiction in cinema has always enjoyed enormous popularity around the world, dating back to George Melies 1902 experimental short A […]

Malice Domestic #35 Report By Teresa Peschel: Bill and I are Peschel Press. This was our third Malice Domestic. If you’re a fan of cozy mysteries and looking for your tribe, Malice is the place […]

JMS Confirms The Last Dangerous Visions Still on Schedule J. Michael Straczynski has generously answered a question about the status of The Last Dangerous Visions. A question about whether the book is still on track […]

Pixel Scroll 4/22/23 This Pixel Scroll Is Not The Product Of A Boltzmann Brain. OR IS IT? (1) MEMORIES. “Neil Gaiman at Bard College” in The Millbrook Independent. …Gaiman described how forgetting the name of […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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. […]

The Chengdu Worldcon’s “Hugo X Academy” A January 3 entry on the Chengdu Worldcon’s Chinese-language website describes plans to educate Chengdu Worldcon members about participating in the Hugo Awards voting process. The (computer-translated) headline reads: […]