- Pixel Scroll 12/30/22 Please State The Nature Of Your Pixel Emergency
(1) EATING THE FANTASTIC. Scott Edelman invites listeners to take a seat at the table in Little Italy with Al Milgrom in Episode 188 of his Eating the Fantastic podcast. Al Milgrom was the artist for my ’70s run on Captain … Continue reading
- Chengdu Worldcon Presentation at Smofcon 38
It’s been over a year since the Chengdu Worldcon won the 2023 site selection contest and voters have never heard from the committee. In contrast, Glasgow 2024 emailed members less than three weeks after winning at Chicon 8. WHERE IS … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 12/29/22 What Are Pixels? Ask The Scrollman As He Knows
(1) IS ENOUGH MONEY POURING IN? [Item by SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie.] “Avatar: The Way Of Water passes $1bn at the global box office” the BBC reports. Arguably something the studio needed as Avatar: The Way of Water is apparently … Continue reading
- SFPA Issues New Rhysling Award Guidelines
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has implemented new guidelines for the organization’s best-known prize, the Rhysling Award. The most significant changes are the addition of a jury to the process, and a rule to discourage entrants from … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 12/28/22 Goodnight, Barsoom
(1) YOU’RE INVITED TO THE PARTY. File 770’s 45th anniversary celebration begins soon after the turn of the year. The 45th birthday of the fanzine is on January 6, and the 15th anniversary of the blog is on January 15. … Continue reading
- Review: Red Scholar’s Wake, by Aliette de Bodard
Xich Si is a tech scavenger, working out of a not very prosperous port of the An O empire. She just wants to support herself and her daughter in relative safety and comfort. On one ofher scavenging expeditions, she is … Continue reading
- Uncanny Magazine Issue 50 Launches 1/3
The 50th issue of Uncanny Magazine, winner of six Hugos and a British Fantasy Award, will be available on January 3 at uncannymagazine.com. Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 50th issue of their six-time Hugo Award-winning … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 12/27/22 Ebenezer Scroll! Tonight You Will Be Visited By Five Pixels (Three, My Lord!)
(1) BE THE SOCIAL MEDIA YOU LIKE. Cat Rambo counsels SFWA Blog readers about “Social Media Strategy for Writers” – and you can listen in. You have been told, like so many writers before you, that you must have a … Continue reading
- Akua Lezli Hope and Mary Soon Lee Named SFPA Grand Masters
Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) members have honored Akua Lezli Hope and Mary Soon Lee as their 2022 Grand Masters. Two Grand Masters were selected due to a tie vote by the membership. Akua Lezli Hope Akua Lezli Hope, … Continue reading
