Month: August 2023

The annual T-Rex race in Washington State ended in a photo finish, but the winner was sorted out eventually.

The venerable and respected print Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction has spent the last few weeks in very choppy waters. First came reports of excessive delays—like, months/years—in sending contracts. Last week, a new controversy popped up when David A. Riley, a British writer, announced he’d sold a sword and sorcery story to the magazine. Riley was previously associated with Britain’s National Front organization, well known for its racist rhetoric and central role in various incidents of community violence.

Here’s the teaser for Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the series, from Disney.

Peach Momoko will be the first with a set of one-shot comics based on Star Wars, coming soon.

The Con-Com from the Chengdu WorldCon provides a few video-updates at their 60-day-out mark.

An original Doctor Who episode, long lost in live action, will be animated and available on Blu-Ray and DVD. (Thanks to File770.)

Over at Nerds of a Feather, Clara Cohen reviewed R.J.

This long column is my reaction to one panel at this year’s excellent in-person ReaderCon. It contains spoilers for the STEERSWOMAN series and several books that were published forty or fifty years ago.

ReaderCon was a chocolate layer-cake of delight, and I enjoyed myself immensely. As with any conference that has multiple panels, some delighted more than others, and one, “Cross-Genre Surprise,” discussing books that seem to be one genre (eg, fantasy or realist) but are revealed to be something else entirely, (science fiction, horror), was slightly less delightful than most.

Panel members included Ruthanna Emrys,