SFWA joined several other organizations in correspondence to the U.S. Copyright Office, sending this letter expressing the concerns they have with the potential uses of AI.
The British Library was the victim of a cyberattack. (This article may be behind a paywall.)
For Jim Butcher fans Tor.com offers an excerpt of his latest, The Olympian Affair.
In the Old and Lost Things department, it’s possible a long-missing model of the Enterprise from Star Trak has been located. It was listed on eBay, but the listing was removed when sharp-eyed techs recognized the long-missing artifact.
The CW has cancelled Superman and Lois.
“[Publishing] is ancient and omnipresent. To me, it is a force of nature or a living thing.” Lyrical and a bit grandiose, but in this Publishers Weekly article the writer waxes poetic about why publishing isn’t dying, and isn’t even sick.
Doctor Who is letting go of a decades-old “no hanky-panky” rule.
File 770 offers a reviews of the British Library’s current exhibit on Fantasy; Realm of the Imagination, plus some interesting facts about the library itself.
Nerds of a Feather reviews Killers of the Flower Moon, which seems like a stretch. This reviewer loved it unabashedly, so there’s that.
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
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…