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SF Caledonia Launched
Shoreline of Infinity has announced a spin-off publication, SF Caledonia, edited by founding publisher and editor Noel Chidwick. SF Caledonia will showcase “the often overlooked contributions by Scottish writers to the popular worlds of science fiction, speculative fiction and fantasy.” The new publica tion will initially re-publish public domain stories, and is also open to “all Scottish writers wishing to submit already published work.” Chidwick says,
From the start, we ...Read More
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Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Lightspeed, GigaNotoSaurus, Diabolical Plots, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Lightspeed 2/24 GigaNotoSaurus 2/24 Diabolical Plots 2/24 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/8/24, 2/22/24
Phoebe Barton returns to the pages of Lightspeed in their February issue with “But from Thine Eyes My Knowledge I Derive”, which should scratch anyone’s science-fiction procedural mystery itch. In it, Va is the head science officer on a ship sent to examine what could be a miniature black hole. When the discovery turns out to ...Read More
Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison
Greatest Hits, Harlan Ellison (Union Square 978-1-4549-5337-1, $19.99, 466pp, tp) March 2024.
Harlan Ellison’s short fiction is undoubtedly far better known than Wyndham’s, but for readers too young to have followed his prolific and rather spectacular career, which peaked from the mid-1960s to mid-1980s, he might be best known for a handful of stories which have been endlessly anthologized, mostly “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” and “I Have No ...Read More
A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: Analog
Analog 1-2/24
The January/February issue of Analog kicks off with “Kagari” by Ron Collins, which follows the young heir to a kingdom of birdlike beings. He is in love with a commoner, and not overly enamored of the strict rules governing his society, but he is given a human named Kagari as a pet who helps him see he might work within the system to effect change. “ ...Read More
Gabino Iglesias Reviews Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino (Farrar, Straus, Giroux 978-0-37410-928-8, $28.00, 336pp, hc) January 2024. Cover by Abby Kagan.
Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is one of the most unique novels I’ve read in a while. A wonderful mix of science fiction and literary fiction, this story is full of humor but also packs a treasure trove of witty observations about the human condition and a sharp dissection of life in small-town America through ...Read More
Liz Bourke Reviews A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
A Magical Girl Retires, Park Seolyeon (HarperVia 978-0-06337-326-6, $21.99, 176pp, hc) April 2024. Cover art by Kim Sanho.
A Magical Girl Retires is award-winning Korean writer Park Seolyeon’s first novel to be translated into English. It’s a weird, delightful little book, simultaneously grim and breezy, and the translation (by Anton Hur) communicates a fluid, straightforward and self-deprecatingly humorous first-person narration. This breezy grit is further illuminated by Kim Sanho’s ...Read More
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2024 Sturgeon Symposium Updates
The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced a date change for the third annual Sturgeon Symposium, now to be held October 24-25, 2024 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence KS. (The previously announced dates were October 17-18.)
The theme of this year’s symposium is “Stars in Our Pockets: Celebrating Samuel R. Delany.” The Symposium will feature Noël Sturgeon’s presentation of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award ...Read More
Travis Heerman (1969-2024)
Author Travis Heerman, 54, died April 26, 2024 in Colorado. He suffered severe head trauma in a motorcycle accident in December 2023, and finally succumbed to his injuries.
Heerman was born October 22, 1969. He was a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, with more than 30 stories published in magazines and anthologies. He was the author of the Ronin Trilogy: Heart of the Ronin (2009), Sword of the Ronin ...Read More
John Trimble (1936-2024)
Fan John Trimble, 87, died April 19, 2024. He was the husband of Bjo Trimble and very active in Los Angeles fandom.
Trimble was born November 17, 1936, and married Bjo in 1960. They had three daughters, Kathryn Arwen, Lora, and Jenn. He was a member and officer of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society and many other fan organizations, and was a founder of the Trans Oceanic Fan Fund. ...Read More
2024 Women’s Prize Shortlist
The six-title shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and includes V.V. Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night (Random House).
“The Women’s Prize Trust’s mission is to change the world through books by women, opening up pathways into reading and writing for the storytellers and booklovers of tomorrow.”
The winner will be announced on June 13, 2024, and will receive £30,000 and a bronze “Bessie” trophy. The 2024 judges
2024 National Book 5 Under 35
Brother Alive by Zain Khalid (Grove Atlantic) and We Are a Haunting by Tyriek White (Astra House) are among the honorees of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35, “a selection of five fiction writers under the age of 35 whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape.”
Each winner will receive $1,000 and will be honored at a ceremony. Selectors for this year were ...Read More