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LAcon V has agreed to distribute Hugo finalist pins to those 2023 Hugo finalists who have not received them. If you are due one, please visit the Hugo Finalist Check-in Desk next to registration. It will be staffed on Wednesday Continue reading
By James Bacon: Dublin 2029 were at Dublin Comic Con last weekend (August 8-9, 2026), initiating their free book outreach campaign for attendees. The books were in demand by many hundreds of fans, with over a dozen boxes of books Continue reading
(1) IT’S ALL GREEK TO YOU. [Item by Steven French.] Despite being constructed for very different purposes, ‘artificial’ languages such as Elvish, Esperanto and Klingon activate the same brain areas as natural languages, unlike programming languages: “Elvish, Klingon and Pig Continue reading
The 46th Prometheus Awards ceremony, open to the public, will take place via Zoom at 1 p.m. Sunday August 16 (Eastern time). The hourlong awards show, honoring outstanding science fiction and fantasy that explores libertarian and anti-authoritarian themes, will include Continue reading
Nickpheas brings us something this series hasn’t seen for awhile – an actual sleeping cat! Here is Maverick, sleeping on Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. He s coming up on his first birthday. Photos of your felines (or whatever you’ve got!) Continue reading
(1) THE VOTES FOR COUNT BINFACE HAVE BEEN COUNTED. Count Binface gets almost 10,000 votes in Clacton by-election – BBC says he came in second. Count Binface has enjoyed his best-ever election performance after receiving almost 10,000 votes and finishing Continue reading
(1) HARTWELL’S BOOKS NOW INVENTORY. The Sun Community News celebrates: a “New bookstore opens in Westport” (New York). Dragon Press — a two-in-one business that serves as both a bookstore and a family art and design studio — officially reopened Continue reading
Long-time British science fiction fan, Dr. Emma J. King, is currently raising funds for cancer research by carrying out a month of sponsored pull-ups. Many fans will know of her presentation on matters related to space science at Novacons, Eastercons Continue reading
(1) BUTLER BOOK IS BACK. The Huntington in Pasadena, CA will host “Reading Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Lost’ Novel” on September 2 from 6-8 p.m. Attendees will be able to get Butler’s Survivor, which has been long out of print. Ticket Continue reading
When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, published by Arcadia, is the winner of the 40th Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year. The selection was revealed today at an award ceremony held in London. Swift receives Continue reading