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The New York Times is publishing Op-Eds from the future. The latest was written by a S+L author. The comments are entertaining too.AN OP-ED FROM THE FUTURE
Please, Stop Printing Unicorns
Bioprinters are not toys, and parents shouldn’t give them to children.
By Fran Wilde
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/op...
Update: There are links to more Op-Eds from the future in the article, including some written by other familiar authors: Ted Chiang, Hannu Rajaniemi, and Steven James.
The Humble Book Bundle: Space Operas & Science Fiction by BaenSupported charity is the Challenger Center for Space Science Education
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/sp...
Pay $1 or more
Going Interstellar
Les Johnson and Jack McDevitt
A Star-Wheeled Sky
Brad R. Torgersen
Shooting the Rift
Alex Stewart
Darkship Revenge
Sarah A. Hoyt
Dark Victory
Brendan DuBois
The Best of Bova
Ben Bova
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Guardian of Night
Tony Daniel
Once a Hero
Elizabeth Moon
Agent of Change
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Challenges of the Deeps
Ryk E. Spoor
The Road to Hell
David Weber
Undercity
Catherine Asaro
Shadow of Saganami
David Weber
Year's Best Military
David Afsharirad
Lord of Janissaries
Jerry Pournelle and Roland J. Green
One Day on Mars
Travis S. Taylor
Fire with Fire
Charles E. Gannon
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Darkship Thieves
Sarah A. Hoyt
LT Leary, Commanding
David Drake
Fledgling
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Grand Central Arena
Ryk E. Spoor
In Fury Born
David Weber
Hell's Gate
David Weber and Linda Evans
A Call to Duty
David Weber amd Timothy Zahn
On Basilisk Station
David Weber
Live Free or Die
John Ringo
Rats, Bats & Vats
Eric Flint and Dave Freer
Arkad's World
James L. Cambias
A Liaden Universe Constellation
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
A Beautiful Friendship
David Weber
These authors of S&L picks were also nominated for best new writer:Joe Abercrombie
Lois McMaster Bujold
Gail Carriger
Guy Gavriel Kay
R.F. Kuang
Scott Lynch
George R. R. Martin
Brandon Sanderson
Rivers Solomon
Chuck Wendig
Tad Williams
So, who are the astounding best new writers we've read for S&L?2018 Rebecca Roanhorse
2016 Andy Weir
2011 Lev Grossman
2008 Mary Robinette Kowal
2007 Naomi Novik
2006 John Scalzi
2002 Jo Walton
2000 Cory Doctorow
1999 Nalo Hopkinson
1998 Mary Doria Russell
1992 Ted Chiang
1978 Orson Scott Card
1977 C. J. Cherryh
The Astounding Award for Best New Writer is the new name for The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writerhttps://theastoundinganalogcompanion....
Another Kindle deal, the first book in an appealing urban fantasy trilogy, Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older, is $2.99
On sale at Amazon for $2.99Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert by his son, Brian Herbert
Roanhorse created a playlist of music for Trail of Lightninghttp://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal...
FYI: Rebecca Roanhorse won a Hugo last year for best short story, "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience(TM)"The story is free to read online at
https://www.apex-magazine.com/welcome...
or you can listen to Levar Burton read it (look for the podcast dated Jul 24, 2018)
http://www.levarburtonpodcast.com/?_b...
For winning, Trike gets an upgrade...
File 770 has a compilation of comments on Ng and Campbell.http://file770.com/storm-over-campbel...
Even Campbell's biographer chimes in. I agree with Trike, Ms. Ng showed great courage speaking up as she did.
Thanks for the heads up! Roku, Fire TV and Chromecast apps available, in addition to Apple TV.
To celebrate the birthday of H.P. Lovecraft today, the HPL Historical Society is giving away free downloads of their full-length radio drama Herbert West: Reanimator. Just go to their store, order up the download, and "buy" it for a price of $0.00!https://store.hplhs.org/products/dark...
Download is about 150 Mb.
John (Nevets) wrote: "Mark, what I also found interesting about the "Fancast" category, was how little the number of nominating votes correlated to award votes. "The Coode Street Podcast" got by far the most nominations..."You're right. There are more than twice as many voters than nominators. Anything can happen when the votes are counted.
Total nominations Best Fanzine vs Best FancastYEAR ZINE CAST
2019 297 464
2018 393 497
2017 610 690
2016 1455 1267
2015 576 668
2014 478 396
2013 370 346
2012 329 328
Puppy activity inflated 2016 but it seems like total nominations flipped in favor of fancasts starting in 2015.
Another interesting note about the 2019 Hugo numbers is the difference in total nominations for Best Fanzine (297) and Best Fancast (464). I haven't looked at past years. I wonder if fanzines are waning and fancasts waxing?
Sword & Laser Hugo nominations (X votes of Y ballots cast)2019 41 of 464
2018 44 of 497 (Qualified as a finalist)
2017 48 of 690
2016 75 of 1267
2015 45 of 668
2014 29 of 396
2013 13 of 346
2012 - (Hugo for Best Fancast was first handed out)
Sword & Laser Hugo votes (X first round votes of Y ballots cast)
2018 149 of 909
The Supreme Sword has begun marshalling her forces...https://twitter.com/Veronica/status/1...
No word on what the Supreme Laser is up to.
The many Karls Urban ranked by io9https://io9.gizmodo.com/karls-urban-r...
Karl Urban as The Boys' Billy Butcher comes in a respectable #6
Priscilla wrote: "Macmillan Publishers email: “The multi-award-winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness is now the subject of PBS’s American Masters documentary series. ‘Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin’ explores the ..."http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmaste...
