Markham House News Today

(1) 2024 HUGO VOTING STALLED. The Glasgow 2024 Worldcon paused Hugo nomination voting on January 28, announcing in social media, “We are aware of an issue with nominations. We have taken that system offline as a precaution.” Their January 30 update said, “We committed to update you on the temporary pause of Hugo Award nominations.

[Thanks to Baen Books for this tribute.] David Drake, the science fiction and fantasy writer often referred to as “the Dean of Military Science Fiction,” died December 10, 2023, in his home close to Pittsboro, North Carolina. He was 78. The author or coauthor of over 80 books, he is best known for helping to

The designer remembers his godmother, a shy and stylish heroine of the women’s movement whose clothes were instrumental in transforming postwar Britain

Fear not, the king of chills serves as a friendly guide to his personal library.

Bangor, Maine - It was not possible to arrive alone in this city after dark on a quiet night in summer, knowing that I was there to meet Stephen King, and not feel a little creeped out. Or a lot. But ...

A Georgian five-bedroom family home is on the market for £900,000 with Richard Watkinson and Partners, Newark.

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New Zealand fan Thomas George Cockcroft died April 12 at the age of 85, reports Ned Brooks. He was noted for his Index To The Weird Fiction Magazines (1964) which covered Weird Tales; Strange Stories; Strange Tales; The Thrill Book; Oriental Stories; The Magic Carpet Magazine; Strange Tales (British); and Golden Fleece. Cockroft had a

(1) MAGAZINE WITHDRAWS COVER AFTER LEARNING IT WAS PART AI-GENERATED. [Item by Edmund Schluessel.] Factor Four Magazine has published the following statement and apology about Issue 18: Yesterday it was brought to my attention that the cover of Issue 18 may have been AI generated artwork. I launched an immediate investigation and discovered that it

Peter Flower writes: When Mary Quant (obituary, April 14) opened Bazaar on the ground floor of Markham House in the Kings Road, above her lived a well-kn