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Paula Guran Reviews Podcastle, PseudoPod, and Weird HorrorPodcastle 4/11/23 PseudoPod 4/14/23 Weird Horror Spring ’23 “The Girl Who Never Was” by Harold R. Thompson (Podcastle 782) is an...
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Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Kaleidotrope, and FiyahBeneath Ceaseless Skies 4/6/23 Kaleidotrope 4/23 Fiyah Spring ’23 Beneath Ceaseless Skies also keeps on the themes of family, crisis, and...
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New Books: 11 July 2023Aryan, Stephen: The Judas Blossom (Angry Robot UK 9781915202192, $18.99, 432pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 7/11/2023) Historical...
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2023 Le Guin Prize for Fiction ShortlistThe Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced the shortlist for the second annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, awarding a $25,000...
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Liz Bourke Reviews The Ghosts of Trappist by K.B. WagersThe Ghosts of Trappist , K.B. Wagers (Harper Voyager US 978-0-06311-516-3, $32.99, 560pp, hc) June 2023. The Ghosts of Trappist , the third...
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Online 2023 Hugo Voting OpenChengdu Worldcon has announced that online voting for “the 2023 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the...
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Weekly Bestsellers, 10 July 2023A new novel by Brandon Sanderson, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (Tor), second book in his...
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2023 Prometheus Awards WinnersThe Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has announced the winner for the Prometheus Award in the Best Novel category, honoring pro-freedom works...
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Ann Leckie: Gods, Words & ModelsANN LECKIE was born March 2, 1966 in Toledo OH and grew up in St. Louis MO. She attended Washington University, graduating with a...
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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Flight & Anchor by Nicole Kornher-StaceFlight & Anchor , Nicole Kornher-Stace (Tachyon 978-1-61696-392-7, $16.95, 192pp, tp) June 2023. Superbright kids on the run, sometimes...
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Around the Web: Samuel R. Delany; John Scalzi; Reviews by Higgins, Barnett, Tuttle, and Kunzru of books by Leckie, Djuna, Atalla, Siddiqi, and others; “The Lottery” 75 years on; Cosmic horror and science fiction» The New Yorker, profile by Julian Lucas: How Samuel R. Delany Reimagined Sci-Fi, Sex, and the City, subtitled “A visionary novelist and a...
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Caren Gussoff Sumption Reviews Apollo Weeps by Xian MaoApollo Weeps , Xian Mao (Aqueduct 978-1-61976-230-5, $12, 164pp, tp) January 2023. One of the greatest strengths of Aqueduct Press’s...
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Gabino Iglesias Reviews The Donut Legion by Joe R. LansdaleThe Donut Legion , Joe R. Lansdale (Mulholland 978-0-31654-068-1, $28.00, 304pp, hc) March 2023. Author Joe R. Lansdale is one of the most...
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Locusmag New Books Video Is Up! 7/4/23Give us a few minutes and we’ll catch you up on the top books we know about for the week of 7/4/23! LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! ...
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Paula Guran Reviews Uncanny, Tor.com and ApexUncanny 3-4/23, 5-6/23 Tor.com 3/29/23, 4/26/23 Apex #137 This month, instead of covering all the stories in an issue as I usually do, I’ll only...
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Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction NomineesThe Alberta Book Publishing Award nominees have been announced, including the Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction. The finalists are:...
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Bradbury Panel from LoAThe Library of America is hosting an online panel, “The Enduring Genius of Ray Bradbury“, on July 19, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. PDT....
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WisCon 46WisCon 46 was held May 26-29, 2023 at the Concourse Hotel in Madison WI, as well as online, with Rivers Solomon and Martha Wells as guests of...
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Okorafor and Shónẹ́yìn Launch Phoenix BooksOuida Books has announced Phoenix, a new science fiction and fantasy imprint launched by Nnedi Okorafor and Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn. Omotoke Solarin-Sodara...
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2022 Fingerprint Awards NomineesCapital Crime has released the nominees for the 2022 The Fingerprint Awards for crime and thriller literature. The Genre-Busting category includes...
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Ian Mond Reviews Chlorine by Jade SongChlorine , Jade Song (William Morrow 978-0-06325-760-3, $27.99, 256pp, hc) March 2023. From the moment we meet Ren Yu, the narrator and...
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2023 Utopia Awards NomineesNominees for the 2023 Utopia Awards, presented in association with the Climate Fiction Conference (CliFiCon23), to be held online October 7-8,...
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ChatGPT LawsuitSF writer Paul Tremblay and author Mona Awad are the named plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Open AI, alleging their ChatGPT, a Large...
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Alan Arkin (1934-2023)Alan Arkin, 89, died June 29, 2023. Though best known as an actor and director, Arkin also wrote SF, including stories “Whiskaboom”...
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2023 Ignotus FinalistsThe Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción y Terror (AEFCFT) has announced the finalists for the 2023 Ignotus Awards (the Spanish...
