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2024 Ignyte Awards: The Saint of Bright Doors & Kill Your Darlings Among Winners

November 11, 2024

Friday, 8 November saw the presentation of the fifth annual Ignyte Awards. Originally attached to the virtual convention FIYAHCON, these awards, which celebrate science fiction, fantasy, and horror by diverse creators, have continued to take place every year despite the convention being on ...

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BOOKS: A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: The Mid 1970s!

September 27, 2024

In my quest to read all of Diana Wynne Jones’s books in one year, this month I read Dogsbody, Cart and Cwidder, and The Power of Three! Of these, I think my favorite is The Power of Three, a standalone fantasy with a thought-provoking premise and some believably messed up family and friendship ...

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2024 Dragon Awards: John Scalzi and Rebecca Yarros Are Winners While AI Art Loses

September 2, 2024

The Dragon Awards are presented annually at the Dragon Con convention in Atlanta, and the ninth iteration of the awards ceremony was held on Sunday. Eleven works of science fiction, fantasy and horror, as decided by a public online poll, were awarded with trophies.

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2024 Hugo Award Winners Explore Spacefaring Futures and Technological Doubts

August 12, 2024

This year marks the turn of Glasgow to host the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), and Sunday saw the convention’s best-known event: the presentation of the Hugo Awards.

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BOOKS: A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: Introduction

July 12, 2024

Diana Wynne Jones was a prolific and celebrated author of British fantasy novels, writing about kids with magic powers in boarding schools before that was cool. Starting in mid-July, I am going to read all of her books. In one year. And write about them here!

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The 2024 Hugo Awards Heralds the Clearing of Corruption

April 1, 2024

The finalists for the 2024 Hugo Awards were announced on Friday, and as is typical for the Hugos, the ballot has a mixture of the familiar and the fresh. Established Hugo favourites such as John Scalzi (Starter Villain), Ann Leckie (Translation State), Martha Wells (Witch King), Nghi Vo ...

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2023 Ignyte Awards: N. E. Davenport, Nghi Vo and John Chu Among Winners

October 23, 2023

Although the virtual convention FIYAHCON has been on hiatus since 2021, one of its draws has carried on unabated: the annual Ignyte Awards. The 2023 iteration of these awards, which celebrate diverse science fiction and fantasy, took place on Saturday 21 October. The Ignytes have three novel ...

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Space Opera, Social Commentary and Twisted Fairy Tales Win at China’s First Hugo Awards

October 23, 2023

The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards were announced this Saturday. A whole year’s worth of science fiction and fantasy talent as voted for by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) were duly honoured with gleaming trophies in the shape of a panda with a rocket. The ...

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Timothy Zahn and Martha Wells Among Winners of 2023’s Rejigged Dragon Awards

September 4, 2023

The Atlanta convention Dragon Con handed out its eighth set of Dragon Awards on Sunday. Voted for by the public via an online poll, the awards have been a fixture of the annual convention since 2016 and celebrate science fiction and fantasy storytelling across a variety of media. The Best ...

Comics, Indie & Small Press, Reviews

REVIEW: You Died Anthology Explores a Gentle Afterlife

November 30, 2022

You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife from Iron Circus Comics collects two dozen original short comics about death. The anthology’s theme of death positivity is a welcome approach to the subject, and the tone of the comics is gentle and playful. Bestselling author Caitlin Doughty leads the ...

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2024 Ignyte Awards: The Saint of Bright Doors & Kill Your Darlings Among Winners

BOOKS: A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: The Mid 1970s!

2024 Dragon Awards: John Scalzi and Rebecca Yarros Are Winners While AI Art Loses

2024 Hugo Award Winners Explore Spacefaring Futures and Technological Doubts

BOOKS: A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: Introduction

The 2024 Hugo Awards Heralds the Clearing of Corruption

2023 Ignyte Awards: N. E. Davenport, Nghi Vo and John Chu Among Winners

Space Opera, Social Commentary and Twisted Fairy Tales Win at China’s First Hugo Awards

Timothy Zahn and Martha Wells Among Winners of 2023’s Rejigged Dragon Awards

REVIEW: You Died Anthology Explores a Gentle Afterlife

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