I am a Nebula Award finalist, and the Nebula conference is this week. My book, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, is nominated for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for younger fiction (young adult in this case). So what's the book about? I've got you covered: https://jendiagammon.com/2024/03/18/about-the-inn-at-the-amethyst-lantern/
Karen Joy Fowler: Cory told me that you, and I quote, "knocked it out of the park" last week.
Me: (flustered) Uh … I … well, I, uh, wrote a story I thought he might like. As I did with Bob … I mean, I don't TAILOR my stories to each instructor but–
KJF: –but you thought @KellyLink and I would enjoy a story about eating children?
Me: Uh …
Anyway, the story that @pluralistic liked is in ParSec #10 today:
Popeye est depuis quelques temps dans le domaine publique et je trouve qu'il ferait un excellent perso de science fiction. Le voici ici, mousse du Daïjin Maru expérimentant les effets secondaires des radiations auxquelles il a été exposé.
Popeye is in the public domain now and I think that he could be a good Scifi character. Like here, as a sailor of the Daïjin Maru, experimentating the effects of the radiations he was exposed to.
Reading Diane Lacey's open letter about the (self-)censorship scandal of the Hugo Awards, the impetus of collusion/slating from Chinese publishers stood out. zionius actually dug further and presented evidence that the guilty party appeared to be Science Fiction World, which was involved in the Worldcon. So I thought I'd type up...
Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, Action Jackson and dozens of other films and TV shows, died Tuesda…
Get Warhammer 40,000 Tacticus and support Spacedock!https://play.tacticusgame.com/spacedockSpacedock delves into the many variations of escape pod and lifebo...
Anime anthologies may not be as popular as the regular anime films or serialized shows, but they’ve been in existence for a very long time, entertaining fans through numerous short stories that feature different characters, genres, and worlds, often connected by an overarching theme. The following anime anthology series on...
If you're interested in academic discourse regarding interstellar travel, you should check out the I4S quarterly newsletter. It's free, and the digest is really worth checking out.
Their summary of the upcoming paper “Development of a Model Framework for Examining Language and Cultural Issues in Human Starfaring Civilizations” was really thought-provoking.
If this was a #scifi novel, you know what would happen next... we'd establish contact with an alien civilisation, who would either share some extraordinary #technology with us, or enslave us.
However, the real explanation for the landfall of this high-energy particle source may turn out to be more mundane?
Passengers (2016): The Avalon, art by production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas
“I thought, what would happen if we took the donut and connected it to a series of elongated, pod-like shapes, so that it almost looked like one of those electricity-generating wind turbines?" (Wired) #scifi#movie#spaceship#conceptart#passengers#avalon
Former editor at Science Fiction World, Chi Hui, reveals bullying, misogyny, stealing of wages and credits, and more at the magazine (fedia.io)
Reading Diane Lacey's open letter about the (self-)censorship scandal of the Hugo Awards, the impetus of collusion/slating from Chinese publishers stood out. zionius actually dug further and presented evidence that the guilty party appeared to be Science Fiction World, which was involved in the Worldcon. So I thought I'd type up...
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Best Case Scenario by Susan Oke - SHORT STORY - Amazing Stories (amazingstories.com)
This site posts some good short sci-fi stories from time to time
First Look at 'Dark Matter' - Apple TV's New Novel Adaptation Series (screenrant.com)
AppleTV+ is adapting Blake Crouch's book "Dark Matter" into a 9-episode TV show, and the first look promises a faithful adaptation.
Another week, another article arguing that Decker in Blade Runner, and that knowing this completely ruins the movie ... (www.giantfreakinrobot.com)
This acclaimed director has brought us some of the best films of the last half century, but he ruined of his best....
Carl Weathers Dies: ‘Rocky’ & ‘Predator’ Star Who Appeared In ‘Happy Gilmore’, ‘The Mandalorian’ & More Was 76 (deadline.com)
Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, Action Jackson and dozens of other films and TV shows, died Tuesda…
Escape Pods and Lifeboats in Science Fiction (youtu.be)
Get Warhammer 40,000 Tacticus and support Spacedock!https://play.tacticusgame.com/spacedockSpacedock delves into the many variations of escape pod and lifebo...
10 Best Anime Anthology Series, Ranked (movieweb.com)
Anime anthologies may not be as popular as the regular anime films or serialized shows, but they’ve been in existence for a very long time, entertaining fans through numerous short stories that feature different characters, genres, and worlds, often connected by an overarching theme. The following anime anthology series on...
The Expanse's James S.A. Corey Announces a New Sci-Fi Trilogy (gizmodo.com)