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World of Tears …
Philip Jose’ Farmer died this morning in his home in Peoria, Illinois. He was 91.
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Hugo Nominations
My yearly reminder – Hugo nominations close on next Saturday February 28th at 11:59 PM Eastern time. http://www.anticipationsf.ca/English/Hugos All you potential Hugo nominators (people who attended last year’s Denvention 3, and/or have registered for this year’s Worldcon Anticipation) have just a couple days to get your nomination ballots in! If you’re submitting your nominations online,…
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:::giggle:::
Para Abnormal makes me happy.
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Ackerman’s Collection to be Auctioned
Heirs of the late uber-fan Forrest J. Ackerman are planning to auction off much of his collection, and expect to clear at least $500,000. Frankly, that figure sounds too low. He had over 300,000 pieces of film memorabilia, including classic props like Bela Lugosi’s cape and signet ring from Dracula; rarities such as an autographed…
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Seattle Withdraws 2011 Worldcon Bid
Frak. :-/ From www.seattlein2011.org/withdrawl ***** It is with grave regret and a deep disappointment that I must announce that the Seattle bid has to pull out of the race to host the Worldcon in 2011. This is due to an unforeseen event and our inability to reach a formal first option agreement with our preferred…
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It’s a Major Award.
So I was bipping around through my RSS feed last week and ran across a post by The Crotchety Old Fan, noting that he had been awarded the Prémio Dardos (Dart Prize). It’s an award given “for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing. These…
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Support Ada Lovelace Day
Ada Lovelace Day–named after the first programmer–is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. The event was originated by Suw Charman-Anderson, who runs a blog devoted to “bringing women in technology to the fore.” To support this event, all you have to do is pledge to publish a blog…
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Five Years of Mars Exploration
Spirit landed safely on January 3, 2004, and Opportunity followed on the 24th. None of the NASA researchers who cheered at their landing expected them to still be sending back data five years later. And they’ve still got plans for the rovers’ future. Link
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It’s Probably the Old Ones Snoring
Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have discovered a strange “roar” coming from distant space that’s six times more powerful than all other space radio sources combined. They have no idea what it is, and say that “something new and interesting going on in the universe.” This makes me unaccountably nervous. Link (via BoingBoing)
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Galileo…
Galileo, Galileo, Galilei – He did experiments with a force he couldn’t see. (Could not see, yeah.) He found that all things fall to earth at the very same speed. (Very same speed, yeah.) He didn’t know it yet, but that was due to gravity. —Schoolhouse Rock The Pope has marked the 400th anniversary of…