eleeper, 3 months ago to scifi

MT VOID #2318: Film reviews of #BankOfDave #AlexanderTheMakingOfAGod #OrionAndTheDark; book review of #SomeDesperateGlory #EmilyTesh; letters of comment on #HugoAwards #ChengduWorldcon #Oppenheimer #Barbie #PoorThings #ClassicalPodcasts; book comments on #KillerInTheRain #RaymondChandler #PhilipMarlowe on http://leepers.us/mtvoid/VOID0308.htm from @eleeper and #MarkRLeeper Tagged @scifi

eleeper, 3 months ago to Podcasts

MT VOID #2316: Schedule of discussion groups; comments by #MarkRLeeper on #TCM #Precode for March; comments on #HugoAwards #ChengduWorldcon #TerryBisson #Wonka #RoaldDahl; book comments on #podcasts as audio books on http://leepers.us/mtvoid/VOID0223.htm from @eleeper and #MarkRLeeper Tagged @scifi

ErsatzCulture, 4 months ago to random

#Worldcon #ChengduWorldcon

With the news that has subsequently broken, I fear this item that I submitted to Mike Glyer at File 770 will get overlooked.

Please remember that there are many, many more victims of this mess, and who don't have large followings on English-language social media to hear their anguish.

https://file770.com/pixel-scroll-1-30-24-oceans-elven/comment-page-1/

EDIT: Any chance of some boosts on this plz? It bothers me my posts about censored posts & big biz dodginess get lots of engagement, but not the human side

ErsatzCulture, 4 months ago to random

#HugoAward #HugoAwards #ChengduWorldcon #Worldcon

Nothing that people in fandom don't already know about, but an instance of more mainstream coverage:

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kuang-zhao-and-gaiman-ruled-ineligible-for-hugo-awards-2023

EDIT:

Hmm, this appears to be no longer available: the link goes to a login page, and it no longer appears on their homepage.

(I don't think this is related to their weird "you can only view one article per month" restriction)

EDIT#2:

Google cached copy:

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:M8SorLPOdPoJ:https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kuang-zhao-and-gaiman-ruled-ineligible-for-hugo-awards-2023&hl=en&gl=uk

ErsatzCulture, 4 months ago to random

#HugoAward #HugoAwards #Worldcon #ChengduWorldcon #NeilGaiman #Sandman

From 2015, I don't think I've seen it mentioned in the past day or so?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/21/neil-gaiman-authors-chinese-president-jailed-writers

EDIT:

Aha, I see he'd already posted about it elsewhere.

https://bsky.app/profile/neilhimself.neilgaiman.com/post/3kjma5znqq226

taiyo, 7 months ago to random

Best Novel

Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)

Nominees
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi (Tor Books)
• Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (Tor Books)
• Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)
• The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)

presenter: Robert J Sawyer
#worldcon #chengduworldcon