Ett nytt nr är ute av Dave Langfords muiltipelt Hugo-vinnande Ansible.
http://news.ansible.uk/a365.htm
De mesta nyheterna har SFJ talegrammat till listan, men låt oss saxar några
notiser. Ur svensk synvinkel är deta nog intressantas:
* TAFF 2018: TransAtlantic Fan Fund candidates for the westbound race to
Worldcon 76 in San José, California, are Johan Anglemark, Fia Karlsson and
Helena McCallum (Adela Terrell). Voting continues to 2 April. See taff.org.uk
for ballot and official newsletter. (Kommentar: Dags för svensk TAFF-vinnare?
Tidigare har dock Bo Stenfors, Per Insulander, Anders Holmström och Wolf von
Witting förlorat i Trans-Atlantiska Fan Fonden... Skall någon rösta så kör på
Fia. Johan Anglemark stödjer öppet fanfondsbedrägeri, och det är besynnerligt
att han mot den bakgrunden ger sig i kast med TAFF.)
* Christopher Tolkien resigned as a director of the Tolkien Estate
(incorporated 2011) on 31 August, though the news didn't become public until
November. This may explain the timing of the Lord of the Rings tv rights sale
to Amazon Video.
* Awards. Arthur C. Clarke Foundation: LIFE ACHIEVEMENT Stephen Hawking.
INNOVATOR John Hendricks. IMAGINATION IN SERVICE TO SOCIETY Kim Stanley
Robinson.
* 'Science fiction triggers "poorer reading", study finds' was the Guardian
headline for a story whose first paragraph said: 'reading science fiction
actually makes you read more "stupidly", according to new research.' (23
November). This echoes researcher Chris Gavaler's clickbait summary 'SCIENCE
FICTION MAKES YOU STUPID' (blog, 30 October) of his co-written study which
involved no sf. What was actually found – as the Guardian later admitted – was
that readers who dislike sf have difficulty with a non-genre text after it's
been sprinkled (in Bat Durston style) with futuristic terminology. A better
headline might have been 'Genre prejudice triggers "poorer reading" ...'
* Jim Barker has been approved for a liver transplant and is now on the waiting
list. He has set up a GoFundMe page at www.gofundme.com/jimbairn to help with
expenses for the three weeks he expects to be in hospital. All donations
gratefully received.
* Jeanne Gomoll is the 2017 recipient of the Rotsler Award for long-time
achievement in fanzine art, founded in 1988. [MG] Congratulations!
* Peter S. Beagle's lawsuit against his former business manager Connor (Freff)
Cochran grinds on, with the trial at last beginning on 5 January. A countersuit
by Cochran was dismissed with prejudice on 7 November 'because of prolonged
failure to comply with court orders to produce documents and answer
interrogatories'.
--Ahrvid
Ps. Och så Ansibles notis från mig (som dock tidigare meddelats SKRIVA):
*Annika Johansson, Swedish critic who published Fantasy's Forests [translated
title] and other books and essays on fantasy and horror, died on 31 October
aged 57. [AE]
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