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(1) LEAVING THE HAMC. Cheryl Morgan’s 7-point “Public Statement re the Hugos” at Cheryl’s Mewsings explains why she recently resigned from WSFS’ Hugo Awards Marketing Committee. It says in part: 3. As a member of the Hugo Awards Marketing Committee it was my duty to ensure that the results of the Hugo Award voting process
(1) CREEPING. [Item by Anne Marble.] Author J.D. Barker has been called out for sending e-mails to young women book reviewers asking them to make and send risqué videos he could use in promoting his book. He also offered to pay for the videos once he'd "approved" them. There are reaction videos on TikTok and
(1) TAKING THE CURSE OFF ADVERBS. Philip Athans is here to liberate us: “Adverbs Are Fine!” declares Athans at the Fantasy Author’s Handbook. …Everyone tells you adverbs are bad, bad, terrible words! In On Writing Stephen King wrote that famous line: I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from
(1) UNFORSEEN INTERSECTION. Maya St. Clair draws a fascinating comparison between a current bestseller and Heinlein’s controversial classic in “Fourth Wing Review: Starship Troopers (for Girls!)” …Criticisms of Starship Troopers’ themes, while hyperbolic, were not entirely off-base. In Heinlein’s world, the ideal military life is violent, abusive, and deindividualizing; death is and should be omnipresent at every stage of training.
(1) WHAT HAPPENS IN TRISOLARIS -- STAYS IN VEGAS. “Netflix to Stage '3 Body Problem' Immersive Experience at CES 2024”. Variety tells what visitors at the Las Vegas event will encounter. Next month, Netflix will have a booth on the main CES show floor for the first time — where it will stage an “immersive experience” for the “3