Awards:
Mike Resnick won this year’s Galaxy Award, given in China, for favorite foreign author.
Conventions:
Jo Walton is using Kickstarter to fund an intimate convention in Montreal next year; Scintillation.
Books and Writing:
Publishers Weekly gives its picks for the week. The Mannequin Makers sounds strangely intriguing.
Fans of Brandon Sanderson’s THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE series might enjoy this detailed blog post,
November 15th, 2017. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 2 comments |
Scarlet in the Snow by Sophie Masson
Sophie Masson‘s unofficial fairy tale trilogy is linked only by the presence of feya (powerful fairies) and certain geographical locations, which hint that Scarlet in the Snow, Moonlight & Ashes, and The Crystal Heart all exist in the same world, though none of the stories or characters ever interact.
Each one is based on a traditional fairy tale, with Scarlet in the Snow providing some interesting twists on the story of Beauty and the Beast.
November 15th, 2017. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 4 | Sophie Masson | Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Stranger Things created by the Duffer Brothers
Like The Hunger Games and Star Wars before it, Stranger Things is that rare breed of entertainment which becomes a franchise almost instantly upon release. What’s more, it firmly established Netflix’s media strategy: The Binge. With the days of having to wait a week between episodes firmly over — and at a modest eight episodes long — some people managed to finish the first series in a day. So what winning formula managed to establish such a die-hard legion of fans?
November 15th, 2017. Ray McKenzie and Jana Nyman´s rating: 5 | Film / TV | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…
this sounds like a fun one
These weird westerns are always interesting and have been popping up more in recent times (it seemed like there was…
Looking forward to reading the review.