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Cats Sleep on SFF: LAcon V Program Book
Mark Roth-Whitworth says: Here is my Lord&Master, Tico*, napping on a Worldcon program book. * Full name, Don (in the Spanish usage) Tico Smiley, or, abbreviated, last name first, Smilodon… Photos of your felines (or whatever you’ve got!) resting on … Continue reading →
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Prix Utopiales 2026
The 2026 Prix Utopiales, Prix Utopiales Jeunesse, and Prix Utopiales BD were presented at Utopiales, the International Science Fiction Festival of Nantes on November 1. PRIX UTOPIALES 2026 The Prix Utopiales recognizes a novel, or a collection, published in French during ……
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Pixel Scroll 11/1/26 How Do You Know A Scroll’s Been In Your Fridge? Pixels In The Butter
(1) A LENS ON THE HUMANITIES. Christopher Lockett takes the death of Sir Patrick Stewart as the starting point for a defense of the humanities: “O Captain! My Captain!” at The Magical Humanist. … Studio execs salivate over the prospect … Continue reading →
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Steve Vertlieb Review: “The Addams Family” Musical
By Steve Vertlieb: Spent a ghoulish Halloween at The Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia enjoying the spooky company of The Addams Family, an utterly delightful musical production based upon Charles Addams’ creation and the classic television series starring John Astin ……
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2026 Pegasus Awards
The winners of the 2026 Pegasus Awards for excellence in filking were announced at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest (OVFF) on October 31. Enjoy the sound clips of all the 2025 nominees here (where there are also links to the lyrics and information about … Continue reading →
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Pixel Scroll 10/31/26 My Name Is Inigo Montoya. You Scrolled My Pixel. Prepare To File
(1) TOUCHING BASE ON HALLOWEEN. [Item by John King Tarpinian.] I had a lovely visit today. The pumpkin was left earlier today by Robert Kerr. I left the bottle of wine and the Clark bar. The significance of the wine was … Continue reading →
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Worlds of IF #180 Released
Justin T. O’Conor Sloane, Editor-in-Chief of the Starship Sloane Publishing Company, has announced that the fourth issue of Worlds of IF, the relaunched classic science fiction magazine, is available to order. The cover art is by Ninja Jo, with a back cover by … Continue reading…
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Archive of Our Own Could Be Down for Weeks Due to “Security Incident”
The Archive of Our Own fan fiction site has been taken down and is expected to remain offline from 2-4 weeks while its operator, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), investigates “evidence of a security incident”. In an “Update on … Continue reading →
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Pixel Scroll 10/30/26 To Light A Pixel Is To Cast A Scroll
(1) TED CHIANG Q&A. “A.I. Stories in the Age of AI Hype: a Conversation with Ted Chiang” at Charlie Jane Anders’ newsletter Happy Dancing. Here’s an excerpt: …[Charlie Jane Anders:] [The] the general public tends to associate any new fictional … Continue reading →
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Rob Hansen Chronicles the Rise and Fall of the First UK Amateur Press Association
OMPA: The Rise and Fall of the First UK APA by Rob Hansen is the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads. The Off-Trails Magazine Publishers Association was a British APA or Amateur Press Association founded in 1954, taking … Continue reading →
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Pixel Scroll 10/29/26 Whose Bar This Is I Think I Know; She’s On Another Planet Though
(1) CAN SCIENTISTS TELL IF A NOVEL IS WRITTEN BY AI? [Item by SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie.] In today’s Nature the question is asked as to whether scientists can tell whether a novel has been written by and AI? “Can … Continue reading →
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Sir Patrick Stewart (1940-2026)
Sir Patrick Stewart, who gained fame as Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard and X-Men’s Professor Xavier, died October 28 at his home in Los Angeles following “a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body … Continue reading →
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TAFF 2027 Race Seeks Candidates
The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund administrators are seeking European nominees for next year’s westbound race, which will send the elected European delegate to the Montréal Worldcon, September 2-6, 2027. Nominations will open November 1 and will remain open until 23:59 Pacific time ……
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Pixel Scroll 10/28/26 I Find Your Lack Of Pixels… Disturbing
(1) U.S. SENATORS SPEAK OUT AND META HITS PAUSE. [Item by Stephen Beale.] This is a pretty big development in the ongoing Meta commercial terms story. Last Friday, they said they would delay the new terms until November 20, and … Continue reading →
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Mike Glyer Apologizes for JDA Post
You’d think when a person feels he deserves the hammering he’s getting in social media that would make it easier for him to apologize. Then along comes a little voice that says, “If I take the punishment, I don’t have … Continue reading →