It's time for another somewhat truncated weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with WorldCon 77, the 2019 Hugo Awards and much more.
Speculative fiction in general:
- James Trilling discusses Tolkien's modernism.
- James Davis Nicholl shares his appreciation for the works of Sarah Tolmie.
- Camestros Felapton revisits the controversial 2014 Hugo and Nebula finalist "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love..." by Rachel Swirsky.
- Speculative fiction writer Barry Hughart died aged 85.
Film and TV:
- Stephanie Hegarty reports about Japanese fans who marry anime characters.
- Animator Richard Williams who worked on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? among others has died aged 86.
Awards:
- The winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Alfie Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Splatterpunk Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 Neffy Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the 2018 Sidewise Awards have been announced.
- The finalists for the WSFA Small Press Awards have been announced.
- The winners of the 2019 First Fandom Awards have been announced.
- Mike Glyer offers a round-up about a controversy involving the Campbell Award and whether the name still is appropriate.
Writing, publishing and promotion:
- Cynthia Marinakos shares seven ways to regain your passion for writing.
- Paul Jessup talks about rebound novels.
- Lauren Sapala discusses the two biggest problems INFJ writers face.
- Madeline Stevens explains how she worked as a nanny to support her writing.
Interviews:
Reviews:
- Liz Bourke reviews Broken Shadow by Jaine Fenn.
- Katharine Coldiron reviews Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly.
- Adri Joy reviews The Heart of the Circle by Keren Landsman, translated by Daniella Zamir.
- Rob Bedford reviews The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter.
- Gary K. Wolfe reviews The Iron Dragon's Mother by Michael Swanwick.
- Ian Mond reviews The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager.
- Gary K. Wolfe and Adrienne Martini review Fall, or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson.
- Ian Mond reviews Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga.
- The G. interviews Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan.
Classics reviews:
- Paul Fraser revisits the 1953 anthology Star Science Fiction Stories, edited by Frederick Pohl.
- Gideon Marcus revisits the September 1964 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- John Boston revisits the September 1964 issue of Amazing Stories.
- Victoria Silverwolf revisits the 1964 science fiction novel The Whole Man a.k.a. Telepathist by John Brunner and Erica Frank revisits the 1964 science fiction novel the Universe Against Her by James H. Schmitz.
- Joe Sherry revisits the 1988 fantasy novel Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn.
Crowdfunding:
- Winter's Tale, an illustrated children's book by Nike Sulway with illustrations by Shauna O'Meara, is looking for funding.
- Abismo: II Festival de Literatura Fantástica in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, is looking for funding.
Reports about WorldCon 77:
- Chris M. Barkley shares his experiences at WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Chris M. Barkley shares more WorldCon experiences.
- Daniel Dern reports about the opening press conference of WorldCon 77.
- Daniel Dern shares several photos of WorldCon 77 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Daniel Dern shares some more photos of WorldCon 77.
- Rich Lynch shares his experiences as well as several photos of WorldCon 77.
- Rich Lynch shares several photos of WorldCon 77.
- Eric Wong shares some photos of the File 770 meet-up at WorldCon 77.
- Corinna Stark offers a live blog of the WorldCon Business Meeting.
Other con and event reports:
- James Perkins Mastromarino reports that BronyCon in Baltimore, Maryland, is giving up after nine years.
- Mike Glyer offers an overview of future WorldCon bids.
Science and technology:
Free online fiction:
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