The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) presented the Clareson Award for outstanding service to the Tiptree Motherboard (Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ellen Klages, Jeanne Gomoll, Jeff Smith, and Pat Murphy).
The World Science Fiction Convention will return to Texas for the first time since 1997 after voting results announced Aug. 20 at Renovation, the 2011 Worldcon,
Member News for Kari Sperring, Jennifer Brozek, David D. Levine, Ferrett Steinmetz, Genevieve Valentine, Donald J. Bingle, and Eugie Foster.
The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955, are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. This year’s awards were presented at “Renovation,” which was held in Reno, Nevada.
I blogged Tuesday about PublishAmerica’s now-infamous J.K. Rowling promotion, which promised, for just $49, to bring PA authors’ books to Rowling’s attention during PA’s upcoming visit to Scotland.
PublishAmerica. As many of you are aware, this author mill is known for its efforts to persuade its authors to buy their own books, in part via a rotating series of “special offers.”
The energy for my money is all with publishers like Small Beer, Dalkey Archive Press, Aqueduct Press, Coffeehouse Press, and places like that. Strong, committed independents willing to take a chance on great, hard-to-classify material.
The truth is working on an anthology is like an obsession to me, and the more difficult the execution of the idea or focus, the more I become locked in on it to the exclusion of all else.
I never imagined that my love of reading and editing would bring me to this point. I just wanted to share the stories that excite me with as many people as possible.
Dragon*Con will be the site of a SFWA Regional Meeting on Saturday, September 3, 2011. It will take place in the Marietta Room of the Hyatt from 2:30pm – 3:30pm, and all SFWA members are encouraged to attend.
A mysterious platform appears off the South American coast overnight. Science journalist and popular TV host Sahalie Spark is sure it’s no oil rig. It’s the world’s first space elevator, and despite dangers she’s about to make the first ascent.
Debbie Urbanski is the author of the story collection Portalmania (S&S, May 2025) and the climate AI novel After World (S&S, 2023), which was a Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Engadget, Strange Horizons, & Booklist Best Book of the Year.
