Locus reports the death of author Wim Stolk, who wrote as W.J. Maryson. There are few details. From Locus: Dutch fantasy author and artist “W.J. Maryson” (born Wim Stolk) died on March 9, 2011. His novel De Heer van de Diepten received the 2004 Elf Fantasy Award for best fantasy novel; he also won the Paul... Continue Reading →
World SF Blog, January-February 2011
The World SF Blog, run by Lavie Tidhar and Charles Tan, was set up in 2009 to carry news and features on science fiction from the world over. For the last few months, the blog has also been publishing fiction (mostly reprints); this is a look at the stories posted in the first two months of... Continue Reading →
History of Italian IF
Val Grimm; Editor's Note: As part of our coverage of this year's Second Annual Interactive Fiction Mini-Convention, we are publishing two articles from Interactive Fiction Theory Reader, a newly released collection of essays including work by Nick Montfort, Andrew Plotkin, Emily Short, and many more. In my view, just as science fiction has continued to... Continue Reading →
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Tuesday Fiction: Irredenta by Lou Antonelli
Irredenta by Lou Antonelli “Nobody knows how much I was hurt.” Lawhon had too much time to think during the long walk from the city. Old memories throbbed like battle scars. He rubbed his neck. The uniform he wore had begun to crumble during the 20 years it had lain in a prison drawer. ... Continue Reading →
Strange Horizons, January 3-31 2011
The new year and a new format for this publication converged. I was unable to find a unifying thread binding together three pieces of new fiction and a reprint of a story from 1955, along with an introduction by fiction editor Jeff Hartman. "Source Decay" by Charlie Jane Anders, published 3 January 2011, is a story whose... Continue Reading →
Aotearoa by Matt Wigdahl
The winners of the XYZZY awards, the Interactive Fiction community's answer to the Grammys and Oscars, have been announced. A plethora of science fiction and fantasy titles are among the award recipients, chief among them Matt Wigdahl's "Aotearoa", a speculative fiction piece which also won the Interactive Fiction Competition last year.
Monday Original Content: In Other Wor(l)ds: Workshops in Collective Writing of Feminist-Queer Science Fiction by Tea Hvala
As a feminist activist, passionate reader of utopian fiction and hesitant writer, I often wondered why nobody in Slovenia seemed to be interested in literary games, for example in collective explorations of unthinkable ideas and unheard-of styles. My question and a possible answer might have something to do with the fact that I am relatively... Continue Reading →
Japanese Sci Fi Art!
A selection of "Visions of space and the future in Japan, 1972-1985". Awesome. Painting by Yoshihisa Sadamatsu
Apex News; Guy Hasson’s SECRET THOUGHTS E-book Released
Jason Sizemore, publisher of Apex Books Company, has recently posted some important news: On occasion, the Apex coffers get dangerously low. Now is one of those occasions. The business isn’t going under. No, nothing so dire as that. In fact, the problem I’m having is that it is growing beyond my means to keep up... Continue Reading →
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