Call For Papers for McMaster University’s ‘Science Fiction: The Interdisciplinary Genre’
Topic proposals, in no more than 300 words, are due by the end of March... Read more [...]
McMaster hosting academic sf conference honoring Robert J. Sawyer’s archive donation
Robert J. Sawyer is donating his papers and archives to Ontario's McMaster University. In honor of that donation, the university is hosting an academic conference entitled Science Fiction: The Interdisciplinary Genre in September... Read more [...]
Top Box Office Grossers – last week in 2012
No new movies open during the last/first week of the year, so there isn't much movement on the charts this week. Hobbits continue to rule... Read more [...]
Researchers identify water-rich meteorite linked to Mars crust
A newly discovered meteorite from Mars points to even more water in the red planet's past... Read more [...]
Waylines Magazine debuts with three stories and three films
The first issue of Waylines Magazine has fiction by Beth Cato, Grayson Bray Morris, and Jeremy Sim, and films by Francesco Calabrese, Christopher Kezelos, and Kevin Margo... Read more [...]
Albedo One announces eighth International Aeon Award Short Fiction Contest
The current iteration of Irish sf magazine Albedo One's short fiction writing contest is now open... Read more [...]
Puffin celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who with year-long eshort series
Puffin to celebrate 50th anniversary of Doctor Who by releasing a year-long eshort series written by some of the most exciting names in children's fiction, with each author bringing their own interpretation to Doctor Who... Read more [...]
Once again, it’s a spec-fic world at the US box offices
The top sixteen movies, in terms of box office take in 2012, were science fiction, fantasy, or horror… Read more [...]
Nightmare Magazine’s January 2013 Issue
The fourth issue of John Joseph Adams’ online horror ‘zine Nightmare includes fiction by John Langan, Lucius Shepard, Lisa Tuttle, and Matt Williamson... Read more [...]
Hugo Award Nomination Period is Open
LoneStarCon 3, this year's World Science Fiction Convention, announces the opening of the two month span in which nominations for this year's Hugo Awards will be accepted. Nominations are due by March 10th, and may come from members of last year's, this year's, and next year's WorldCons... Read more [...]
Destinies to focus on last year’s films, Marc Tyler Nobleman, and the space shuttle
Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will feature programs on the best and worst movies of 2012, Marc Tyler Nobleman (author of Bill the Boy Wonder), and a tribute to the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia... Read more [...]
Books Received: Second Half of December 2012
[[[Throne of the Crescent Moon]]] by Saladin Ahmed. (Book One of The Crescent Moon Kingdoms), DAW, $7.99, 368pp, pb, 9780756407780. Fantasy.
From Saladin Ahmed, finalist for the Nebula and Capbell Awards, comes one of the year's most acclaimed debuts: Throne of the Crescent Moon, a fantasy adventure with all the magic of The Arabian Nights.
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif Read more [...]
Broken Crown Games’s launch of ‘Science Behind the Sci-Fi’ panel
Broken Crown Games is putting toge Read more [...]
Peter David suffers stroke; being evaluated
Earliest reports on Peter David indicate a stroke causing physical damage, but no apparent mental problems... Read more [...]
Top Box Office Grossers – fourth week in December 2012
For the end of the year, a LOT of movies were released, swamping the top of the charts. But none could oust the plucky hobbit... Read more [...]