Nigel Quinlan's Blog, page 9

the-evil-clergyman:Wood Nymphs Deep in the Forest, from Undine...

the-evil-clergyman:

Wood Nymphs Deep in the Forest, from Undine by Franklin Booth (1901)

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catherine-montvoisin:

ultrafacts:

I especially love these two excerpts from her wiki page

I tell kids about Tilly ALL THE TIME when I’m doing tsunami presentations for my job. She lived in a landlocked part of England! She probably thought she would never ever ever use what she learned in her geography class about tsunamis and then just a few weeks later she used it to save over one hundred lives! It’s an incredible story about how anything can happen anytime, and we need to be prepared to act.

What I think is most important about her story is that, even as a kid, Tilly knew she was right and she stuck to that knowledge. She practically threw a fit until her parents listened to her, because at first they kept brushing her off. And that is SO IMPORTANT for our kids to know! Adults can be wrong. You need to trust your instincts. YOU can be right and YOU can act in times of danger and emergency. YOU have the power to save yourself and others.

The War of the Worlds - art by Edward Gorey (1960)

atomic-chronoscaph:

The War of the Worlds - art by Edward Gorey (1960)

Guess who got disqualified from the Hugo Awards for unclear, most possibly political reasons!!

neil-gaiman:

xiranjayzhao:

theinstagrahame:

vbartilucci:

xiranjayzhao:

Guess who got disqualified from the Hugo Awards for unclear, most possibly political reasons!!

Award admin Dave McCarty’s response to people asking why:

But this email is apparently just bouncing everything back so here’s the full list of the admin team:

We’ve now got commentary (and some savage out-calling) from another of the affected parties.

I don’t know if I’d say the Hugos in general have lost any of their prestige, but clearly this year will carry an asterisk in perpetuity.

Posting this more because I think it’s funny then because I think it addresses the issue in any significant way. But like,

ALT

Yeah I’ll bet you apologize…

Why is this guy acting like him apologizing is a monumental EVENT 😭😭 And “old habits”?? So he’s a habitual ableist asshole and he knows that??

And today’s bit of the story is:

https://locusmag.com/2024/01/mccarty-standlee-and-others-censured/

Worldcon Intellectual Property (W.I.P.), the California non-profit that holds the service marks of the World Science Fiction Society including “Hugo Award,” issued this statement in a press release on January 31, 2024:

W.I.P. takes very seriously the recent complaints about the 2023 Hugo Award process and complaints about comments made by persons holding official positions in W.I.P. In connection with these concerns, W.I.P. announces the actions listed below. There may be other actions taken or to be taken that are not in this announcement.

Dave McCarty has resigned as a Director of W.I.P.Kevin Standlee has resigned as Chair of the W.I.P. Board of Directors (BoD).W.I.P. has censured or reprimanded the following persons, listed in alphabetic order, for the reason given:Dave McCarty – censured for his public comments that have led to harm of the goodwill and value of our marks and for actions of the Hugo Administration Committee of the Chengdu Worldcon that he presided over.Chen Shi – censured for actions of the Hugo Administration Committee of the Chengdu Worldcon that he presided over.Kevin Standlee – reprimanded for public comments that mistakenly led people to believe that we are not servicing our marks.Ben Yalow – censured for actions of the Hugo Administration Committee of the Chengdu Worldcon that he presided over.Donald Eastlake has been elected Chair of the W.I.P. BoD.

Please note that each year’s World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) is run by a separate organization which administers the Hugo Awards for that year. The Chengdu 2023 Worldcon has asked that any specific questions about the administration of the 2023 Hugo Awards be sent to hugoteam@chengduworldcon.com.

(For media inquiries on topics related to W.I.P. other than the specifics of the 2023 Hugo Awards, you may contact info@thehugoawards.org.)

This statement follows widespread outcry regarding seeming irregularities in the Hugo Awards nomination data, including several entries ruled ineligible by the Hugo Awards administrators, among them R.F. Kuang’s Babel, fan writer nominee Paul Weimer, Astounding nominee Xiran Jay Zhao, and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, for reasons that are not explained on either the site or the document.

RIP Melanie.

neil-gaiman:

RIP Melanie.

If you don’t know who she was, here’s a song of hers.

“Wish I could find a good book to live in…”

sometiktoksarevalid:

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ungoliantschilde:some Black and White artwork from Akira, by...

ungoliantschilde:

some Black and White artwork from Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo.

the-evil-clergyman:In the Court of Love, from The Songs and...

the-evil-clergyman:

In the Court of Love, from The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare by Charles Robinson (1915)

Some say the world will end in fire

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet:

Some say the world will end in fire

Some say in ice

From whatI’ve seen of Gävlebocken

The birds will get us first.

the-evil-clergyman:“And who my wound can heal, and who the...

the-evil-clergyman:

“And who my wound can heal, and who the pain can feel?”, from Goethe’s Faust by Harry Clarke (1927)