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May 30, 2024
a href= https://hindmanauctions.com/digital-bid-room target= _blank Freeman’s | Hindman /a presents a month of books, manuscripts, and histor
April 23, 2024
Without Star Trek fan John Trimble, it's possible the way modern science fiction and genre fans interact with their favorite projects would look very different.
January 12, 2024
Vampirella #1 published by Warren Publishing in 1969, has just sold at Heritage Auctions for $78,000 for a 9.8 CGC graded copy.
November 25, 2023
The film critic is presenting a new edition of his classic book, ‘The Monster Show,’ where he analyzes the cultural history of terror. He explains that each era creates its own monsters
November 25, 2023
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November 5, 2023
(1) APPRECIATING A FINE ANTIQUE. James Davis Nicoll has a new assignment for the Young People Read Old SF panel. This month’s Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists features Bruce Sterling’s 1988 “Our Neural Chernobyl”. Sterling was, of course, a grand figure in science fiction at the time, being nominated and winning too many awards to list
October 28, 2023
(1) CHENGDU WORLDCON ROUNDUP. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] New articles on the Chengdu Worldcon website, but only in Chinese There have been several news articles published on the official website since the convention ended on the 22nd, but only in Chinese. Below are extracts from a few of them, via Google Translate with minor manual
October 23, 2023
Writer Peter S. Beagle was voted the 2023 Forrest J Ackerman Award for Lifetime Achievement by the members of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society at their October 12 meeting. The Forrest J Ackerman or Forry Award has been given by the LASFS annually since 1966 for lifetime achievement in the SF field. Usually, it is presented
October 11, 2023
Appreciation by Bill Mills: Author and longtime L.A. area fan Jack Jardine (aka Larry Maddock) passed away April 14, 2009 after a long illness. In addition to ongoing cardiac problems, Jardine suffered a serious stroke in 2005 from which he never fully recovered. He was 78 years of age at the time of his death and
October 5, 2023
Announcing the latest First Fandom Annual: First Fandom Conversations - Edited by John L. Coker III and Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D. Here are the contents of this latest issue: Forrest J Ackerman: “An Evening with Boris Karloff and Friends” “Franken Forry’s Fotos” “Dr Ackula’s Photo Gallery” “Once Around the Bloch – a Tribute” Robert Bloch: “Verse Fandom” (A