Excerpt: Lent by Jo Walton Young Girolamo’s life is a series of miracles. It’s a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It’s a miracle that he’s friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It’s a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of L… Something for fans of both sf AND the Italian Renaissance. Imagine that! Can’t wait to read this. https://www.torforgeblog.com/2019/03/18/excerpt-lent-by-jo-walton/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27na-torbooksnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-nl%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27torbooksnewsletter%27%5D&e=%5B%27602b723b262983cd7090ed2b1df149a19067cff6d655f91b42ea0cb0272882fa%27%5D
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The Hugo Awards Announce 2019 Finalists Including ‘The Good Place’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Sorry To Bother You’, ‘Avengers’, ‘Black Panther’ And More
The Hugo Awards Announce 2019 Finalists Including ‘The Good Place’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Sorry To Bother You’, ‘Avengers’, ‘Black Panther’ And More The finalists for the 2019 Hugo Awards have been announced. These awards, named after ‘Amazing Stories’ editor Hugo Gernsback, honor the best on science fiction and fantasy each year and cover everything from literature and graphic novels to television and film. The awards were first handed out … https://sciencefiction.com/2019/04/07/the-hugo-awards-announce-2019-finalists-including-the-good-place-doctor-who-sorry-to-bother-you-avengers-black-panther-and-more/
The Deep Social Justice Roots of The Twilight Zone
The Deep Social Justice Roots of The Twilight Zone The update of The Twilight Zone had me at “What dimension are you even in?” The more I think about it, the more excited I am, because I think the time is perfect for The Twilight Zone to come back.… Great piece.
Irish Science Fiction – Myth, History, Future (Words To That Effect Ep3)
Irish Science Fiction – Myth, History, Future (Words To That Effect Ep3) What is Irish science fiction? Is it different from the science fiction of any other country? Why do the aliens always land in New York and never Dublin? https://wttepodcast.com/2017/07/20/words-to-that-effect-ep3-irish-science-fiction/
Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction
Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction presents the first book-length English-language translation of science and speculative fiction from South Korea, bringing together 13 classic and contemporary stories from the 1960s through the 2010s. From the reimagining o… I was happy to write a blurb for READYMADE BODHISATTVA, the first translated anthology of science fiction stories from South Korea. Now on sale.
Strange Worlds! Strange Times!: An Indian Science Fiction anthology for adults (young, old and in-between)
Strange Worlds! Strange Times!: An Indian Science Fiction anthology for adults (young, old and in-between) Zombies in Chennai. A mysterious tetrahedron in Delhi. The Taj Mahal as an automaton in Agra. And more. https://factordaily.com/strange-worlds-strange-times-an-indian-science-fiction-anthology-for-adults/
Amazon Is Adapting Octavia E. Bulter’s ‘Wild Seed’ Into A TV Series | ScienceFiction.com
Amazon Is Adapting Octavia E. Bulter’s ‘Wild Seed’ Into A TV Series | ScienceFiction.com Amazon Prime Video is partnering with JuVee Productions to develop a series based on Octavia E. Bulter’s sci-fi book ‘Wild Seed’, from her ‘Patternist’ series. https://sciencefiction.com/2019/03/28/amazon-is-adapting-octavia-e-bulters-wild-seed-into-a-tv-series/
Dr Alien, PhD: the horror classic that academia loves
Dr Alien, PhD: the horror classic that academia loves In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the sci-film inspires an industry of papers, talks and research https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/24/alien-horror-classic-that-academia-loves
Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way
Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way Sci-fi serves as a kind of fodder for rumination, to stimulate the mind, and to kick us out of the everyday, habitual, ways of thinking that we all fall into. https://scroll.in/article/916584/dont-listen-to-the-critics-science-fiction-explores-what-it-means-to-be-human-in-the-truest-way
Gollancz has published its first anthology of South Asian Science Fiction
Gollancz has published its first anthology of South Asian Science Fiction South Asia is a hotbed of brilliant science fiction writing, as well as writings in all the related genres capture by the Bengali word “kalpabigyan (encompassing literature that is “sci… Very cool!