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Fantasi är bara fusk. Det är saker som aldrig kommer att hända i
verkligheten. På TV kan vi se sådant vi kan tro på. --Reidar, 6 år
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Litet nyheter och en Kalenderkomplettering så här i sommardåset. (Inte vårt fel
att sf-världen är tokig i att dela ut så många priser...)
S F J F Ö R T Ä L J E R
* Besättningen på ISS kollade in dam-VM i fotboll! Se 35 sek in i
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkcDoo_J9hw - de såg Sverige USA. Och samtidigt ;
var det forbolls-VM för robotar. Se
https://www.tv4.se/nyhetsmorgon/klipp/sveriges-enda-fotbollslandslag-för-robotar-kan-visa-känslor-och-bli-utvisade-11987660
RoboCup 2-8Jul https://2019.robocup.org/ ;(Grattis förresten till de svcenskaa
fotbollsdamerna för fint erövrad bronsmedalj!) Se också
https://twitter.com/SFJournalen/status/1145967101238284288
* Sf-författaren Michael Resnik har legat på sjukhus efter en tydligen akut
tarmoperation. Han skriver: "Sorry to be absent for a month. 4 weeks ago I was
walking from one room to the next when I collapsed. Carol called the ambulance,
and 2 days later I woke up in the hospital minus my large intestine. Just got
home last night. I don't like growing old."
* Columbus 2020 NASFiC has won the bid to host the next North American Science
Fiction Convention (NASFiC), to be held August 20-23, 2020 at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus OH. There were no other registered
candidates. Confirmed guests of honor include author guests Brian Herbert and
Kevin J. Anderson, artist guest Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, editor guest Christopher
J. Garcia, science guest Marc Millis, fan guests Sue & Steve Francis, and 1632
Minicon guest Eric Flint. For more information, see their official website.
NASFiC happens whenever a Worldcon is held outside of North America (as in the
case of ConZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, July 29 - August
2, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand). For more information, see the NASFiC
website.
* Finncon (5-7 jul, Jyväskylä) är numera något mindre, ca 1000, sedan man
kopplat bort anime och annat kring tecknad fil, spel osv. Liten bild från
undertecknad, inkl ett par artiklar i lokalblaskor (som SFJ-reds språkkunskaper
inte knäcker...men du kanske kan läsa):
https://twitter.com/SFJournalen/status/1148206189357993984 Mer bilder: ;
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOlmRzQEzF0e6_qzxMa5iGJ1S9gXLVV9PpoqbJnFm94-qVFDIwqINojwSXzBy9fbA?key=TDhqbGpGeGhHbVdoVzJHaGJxMUJGTzVjaVVjUkNB
* Bokförlaget Pagina är under rekonstruktion i tingsrätten med skulder på 18
miljoner kronor. Det är den traditionella förlagsdelen med stora lager med
böcker som tyngt företaget. Pagina hade stora framgångar med målarböcker för
vuxna, något som resulterade i växande lager. Lagret värderas i handlingarna
till tingsrätten till 15,4 miljoner kronor.
* Kritiken är återigen stor mot Adlibris leveranstider från kunder som väntar
på böcker till semestern. Det var ett driftsstopp under midsommarveckan som
startade de nya problemen.
* Och nya storförlaget Ester Bonnier (sammanslagningen av Forum och Bonnier
Fakta) har fått en ny skönlitterär förläggare. Det blir Ebba Östberg som tar
klivet från Forums imprint Lovereads till den nya tjänsten.
* Rapport om kommande rollspels-"konventet" Närcon:
http://www.accentmagasin.se/kultur/kostymer-rollspel-och-tidsresor-pa-drogfritt-narcon/
* The Booker Prize has a new sponsor: charitable foundation Crankstart, created
by venture capitalist Sir Michael Mortitz and his wife Hariett Heyman. They
have agreed to sponsor the prestigious awards for five years, beginning in
2020. Crankstart takes over from the former sponsor, hedge fund Man Group,
which has contributed £25 million to the prize since its sponsorship began in
2002, including £1.6 million for the 2019 prize.
* Företaget Space X har skickat upp en satellit stor som en brödlimpa med ett
32 kvadratmeter stort segel som drivs av fotoner från solen. Ett expeeriment i
solsegling.
https://www.aftonbladet.se/tv/a/290579/satelliten-seglar-i-rymden--drivs-av-solenergi
* Den norska tidningen Dagbladet tar bort sitt fördjupande kulturmaterial,
Ideer, från papperstidningen.
- Vi nedprioriterar det som inte fungerar så bra digitalt, säger kulturredaktör
Sigrid Hvidsten till Klassekampen. (Tänk om DN:s kultursidor kunde skära ned!
Det är sidor som skriver tunt om kultur utan iustället fått för sig att de
skall vara någon soprts politiska ledarsidor.9
* The Booker Prize has a new sponsor: charitable foundation Crankstart, created
by venture capitalist Sir Michael Mortitz and his wife Hariett Heyman. They
have agreed to sponsor the prestigious awards for five years, beginning in
2020. Crankstart takes over from the former sponsor, hedge fund Man Group,
which has contributed £25 million to the prize since its sponsorship began in
2002, including £1.6 million for the 2019 prize.
* Tyska kvinnor har tröttnat på det höga tampongpriset. För att pressa ner
skatten på produkten förpackar de sina mensskydd i böcker. (Red: !?!? )
* AB körde debattartikeln "Striden om den fertila kvinnan - Karin Svensson om
ett klassiskt grepp inom feministisk science fiction" 22 jun med anledning av
Alabamas abortfientliga lagändringar.
https://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/g7JxGB/striden-om-den-fertila-kvinnan
* "Vad kan queer science fiction-porrfilm lära oss om framtiden" undrade
Sydsvenskan 20 maj.
https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2019-05-20/vad-en-queer-science-fiction-porrfilm-kan-lara-oss-om
(Reds svar: Inte särskilt mycket.)
* Peter S. Beagle won a technical victory in his lawsuit against his former
manager Connor Cochran when on 21 June a US state judge ruled that while some
claims had not been proven (elder abuse by causing mental suffering, conversion
of assets), others had (financial elder abuse, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty,
defamation), and awarded $332,500 damages plus 'reasonable' legal fees. But
owing to Cochran's filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2018, both
collection of damages and further litigation about co-owned companies remain on
hold pending action by the US Bankruptcy Court.
* Neil Gaiman was thrilled - and so would Terry Pratchett have been - that
20,000 Americans organized by the 'Return to Order' Christian campaign signed a
petition demanding that the Good Omens tv series be cancelled. Among the
outraged complaints are that this is 'another step to make satanism appear
normal, light and acceptable', that it 'mocks God's wisdom', and worst of all
that God is voiced by a woman. By way of punchline, the petition was addressed
to Netflix rather than the makers BBC/Amazon Prime. Neil tweeted: '... This is
so beautiful ... Promise me you won't tell them?' (Guardian, 20 June) But
somehow they found out, and redirected their wrath.
* 'So someone just tried to submit The Three-Body Problem (the novel by Cixin
Liu, translated by Ken Liu) to Clarkesworld as their own work. Stunned.'
* Irene Gallo, multiple award-winning art director at Tor Books, is now vice
president and publisher of Tor.com.
* Philip Pullman was asked, 'If you could walk out of the back of a wardrobe
into a fictional world, which would it be?' Answer: 'There are so many ... But
if I wanted to live in a world that was full of strangeness and delight, of
fear as well as reassurance, of both transience and permanence, I'd hope to
find myself among Tove Jansson's Moomins.' (Interview by James McConnachie, The
Author, Summer 2019)
* "Rockfylld rymdmusikal invaderar <väsddtsverige" var rubriken när
Sverigemagasinet nr 6 /en turistreklamblaska) skrev om Göteborgsoperans "Return
och the Forbuidden Planet" som i år är på turne i Sverige, med start i Skövde.
* PRISER:
Brian Eno received the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication in
June; and asteroid 81948 has been given his full name, Brian Peter George St
John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, but mercifully will be called Eno for short
Betty Trask (under-35s) winners of genre interest: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
by Imogen Hermes Gower; The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh.
John W. Campbell Memorial: Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller.
Kate Greenaway Medal: The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, illustrated by
Jackie Morris.
Lambda (LGBTQ) sf/fantasy/horror category: The Breath of the Sun by Isaac R.
Fellman. [F770]
Sturgeon (short story): 'When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis' by Annalee
Newitz.
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (Ecco) is this year's John W. Campbell Memorial
Award winner for the best science fiction novel published in 2018, and "When
Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis" by Annalee Newitz (Slate.com 12/18) is the
winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of
2018. The awards were presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet,
held June 28-30, 2019 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence KS.
Locus Awards winners:
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
WINNER: The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
FANTASY NOVEL
WINNER: Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)
HORROR NOVEL
WINNER: The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay (Morrow; Titan UK)
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
WINNER: Dread Nation, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
FIRST NOVEL
WINNER: Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
NOVELLA
WINNER: Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
NOVELETTE
WINNER: The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)
SHORT STORY
WINNER: "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington",
Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)
ANTHOLOGY
WINNER: The Book of Magic, Gardner Dozois, ed. (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
COLLECTION
WINNER: How Long 'til Black Future Month?, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
MAGAZINE
WINNER: Tor.com
PUBLISHER
WINNER: Tor
EDITOR
WINNER: Gardner Dozois
ARTIST
WINNER: Charles Vess
NON-FICTION
WINNER: Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, Ursula K. Le Guin & David
Naimon (Tin House)
ART BOOK
WINNER: Charles Vess, The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition,
Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga)
SPECIAL AWARD 2019: COMMUNITY OUTREACH & DEVELOPMENT
WINNER: Mary Anne Mohanraj
The Locus Awards, except for the Special Award, are chosen by a survey of
readers in an open online poll.
The Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has announced the winner of the 2019
Prometheus Award for Best Novel, honoring works published in 2018 that "examine
the meaning of freedom."
Best Novel Award
WINNER: Causes of Separation, Travis Corcoran (Morlock)
They also announced the winner of the Hall of Fame Award, "given in recognition
of a classic work of science fiction or fantasy with libertarian themes."
Hall of Fame
WINNER: "Harrison Bergeron", Kurt Vonnegut (F&SF 10/61)
The awards will be presented in a ceremony during Dublin 2019 - An Irish
Worldcon to be held August 15-19, 2019 at the Convention Centre Dublin in
Dublin, Ireland.
The 2019 Chesley Awards winners have been announced:
Best Cover Illustration: Hardcover
WINNER: Jon Foster for I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land, Connie Willis
(Subterranean)
Best Cover Illustration: Paperback or Ebook
WINNER: Amanda Makepeace for Diabolical Plots: Year Three, David Steffen, ed.
(Diabolical Plots)
Best Magazine Illustration
WINNER: Arthur Haas for Clarkesworld 5/18
Best Interior Illustration
WINNER: Vanessa Lemen for The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin (Easton)
Best Color Work: Unpublished
WINNER: Melissa Gay, "Harvest" (oil)
Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished
WINNER: Chris Wade, "Failure To Launch: Grounded" (graphite pencil)
Best Three-Dimensional Art
WINNER: Patrick Masson, "Reflection" (Fimo and Magic Sculpt)
Best Gaming-Related Illustration
WINNER: Mitchell Malloy, "Frantic Search" (Wizards of the Coast)
Best Product Illustration
WINNER: Charles Urbach, "The Pirate Queen", Gary Con promotional art
Best Art Director
WINNER: Neil Clarke
Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award
WINNER: Diane Dillon
The awards are given by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists
(ASFA) and were announced at NASFiC 2019, held July 4-7, 2019 in Layton UT.
Winners of the Heinlein Society's annual undergraduate scholarships for the
2019-2020 academic year were announced July 7, 2019. This year's winners are
Charles Boyle, Rosemary Lach, and Faith Rovenolt. The scholarship awards $2,000
to each recipient. Lach received the Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship,
which is dedicated to female candidates majoring in engineering, math, or
science. Rovenolt received the Dr. Jerry Pournelle Memorial Scholarship, and
Boyle received the Dr. Yoji Kondo Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship contest
is open to residents of any country who are enrolled as full-time students at
an accredited four-year university and majoring in math, engineering, the
physical sciences, or science fiction as literature. Applicants must submit a
500-1,000 word essay on one of the provided topics.
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (Ecco) is this year's John W. Campbell
Memorial Award winner for the best science fiction novel published in 2018, and
"When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis" by Annalee Newitz (Slate.com 12/18)
is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short
fiction of 2018.
* RIP:
Milan Asadurov (1949-2019), Bulgarian sf author, publisher (the 'Galaxy'
imprint) and translator (notably of the Russian Strugatsky brothers), died on 8
June aged 69.
Adrish Bardhan (1932-2019), Bengali author, editor, translator and publisher
who launched Bengali sf ('kalpavigyan') in 1963 with the magazine Ashchorjo -
edited as by Akash Sen - died on 21 May aged 86.
Late report: Paul Barrett (1940-2019), UK rock-and-roll agent, Festival of
Fantastic Films regular and occasional actor in such horror films as Bloody New
Year (1987), died on 20 January aged 78.
Edward P. Berglund, US Lovecraftian author, scholar and editor - magazines From
Beyond the Dark Gateway (1972-1977) and Nightscapes (1997-2001); anthologies
include The Disciples of Cthulhu (1976) - reportedly died in June.
Peter Allan Fields, US screenwriter and producer with many genre credits from
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965-1966) to Star Trek: The Next Generation and - as
both writer and producer - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999), died on 19
June.
Yoshio Kobayashi (1951-2019), Japanese fan, editor and (as Takashi Ogawa)
translator of much English-language sf for publication in Japan, died on 13
June.
Al Johnston, UK fan and convention-goer - a familiar figure at Novacons - died
on 8 June.
Nickianne Moody, UK academic who was a trustee of the SF Foundation and
contributed to books of genre criticism including The Parliament of Dreams
(1998) and Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature (2000), died on 9 June.
Andrew Sinclair (1935-2019), UK author of The Project (1960) - which ends on
the brink of nuclear holocaust - and the fantastical Albion trilogy opening
with Gog (1967), died on 30 May aged 84.
Peter Whitehead (1937-2019), UK film-maker and author whose film Fire in the
Water (1977) and novel The Risen (1977) both have fantasy elements, died on 10
June aged 82.
Max Wright (1943-2019), US actor best known for the sf sitcom ALF (1986-2004),
died on 26 June aged 75. Other credits include Misfits of Science (1985-1986).
* NYA BÖCKER:
Jan Mårtenssons senaste Homan-deckare Dödligt hot, handlar om ett kärnvapenhit
mot Stockholm, som hans antikdetektiv tydligen elegant klarar upp (utdrag stod
i Sverigemagasinet nr 6/2019).
BLodet av ett lamm men utan fel och lyte av Linda Carben, ev en sorts
medeltidsfantasy (?).
Om änglar, gudar och hjältar, av Janny van der Molen, fack om mytologi.
Vår fornnordiska gudasaga i sammandrag av Kata Dlström, fack om mytologi
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Prästen frågar om man vill gifta sig med den som står bredvid eller
om man hellre vill ha någon annan. Oftats är det ingen annan där,
och då svarar man ja. --Emil, 7 år
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Litet sommartunn...gäller fram till sista juli (men håll utkik efter fler
Kalenderkompletteringar!)
K A L E N D E R K O M P L E T T E R I N G
9 jul SM i KLASK (vad är det), SF-BOkha ndeln, GÖTEBORG
10-14 U23-VM i friidrott, Gävlehov, GÄVLE
11 jul Stranger Things-dag med Adam Christopher, SF-Bokhandeln, Sthlm, kl 11-18
12 jul Teater Österlen fyller 20 och sätter up Shrek (prem 12/7), ÖSTERLEN
13-14 jul 360 Summer Summit, konferens/seminarium/workshop, Svarta Silon, ÖLAND
13-22 jul Återvändarveckan, JUNSELE (Nattloppis 22 jul)
13-14 jul Världens längtsta loppis (47 km), E14 mellan STÖDE & BORGSJÖ
13 jul Classic & veteranfordonsdagar med retro och Motor, RAMSELE
14 jul Sommarskräck: Hellraiser, Capitol, Sthlm, kl 20.45
15 jul Pressvisning robots, Tekniska Museet, Sthlm, kl 9-11 (frukost 8.30), anm
senast 8 jul calle.ros-pehrson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
17 jul Filmpremiär:Lejonkungen
17 jul Arkitektur i Årsta, ABF, Sthlm
17 jul Utställn Robots (gjord av Londons Science Museum) öppnar, Tekniska
Museet, Sthlm
18-28 jul Werner Herzog-festival, Hypnos Theatre, MALMÖ
19 jul Premiär Oprheus i underjorden, VADSTENA Slott (spelas till 7 aug)
19-22 jul ÅSELE marknad
19-20 jul HÄRNÖSANDS stadsfest
20 jul Nipyran, SOLLEFTEÅ
20 jul 50 årsjubileet för månlandningen (21 jul svenskt datum)
20 jul Utställn öppnar: Mellan dröm och verklighet, Galleri Fiskhuset, NYKÖPING
20 jul Förhandsvisn: Apollo 11-dokumentär, Capitol, Sthlm, kl 18.30
21 jul Årslödagen, Skeppshamn, TIMRÅ
25 jul Här rivs för att få ljus och luft, ABF, Sthlm
25-27 jul Norbergfestivalen, NORBERG
26-27 jul SUNDSVALLS torgfest
27 Juli Närcon startar, utkläderi och rollspel, Bakom C-huset på LINKÖPINGS Univ
-27 jul Maria Borelius sommarpratar
27 jul Premiär trollflöjten, Opera på Skäret, KOPPARBERG (även 16 och 17 jul9
27 jul Nypremiär Trollflöjten, Kgl Operan, Sthlm
30 jul Bokrelease: Fallet av Lars Wilderäng, G:a Stans bokhandel, Sthlm, kl 16
31 jul Mithlonds bokgille, GÖTEBORG (var?)
...och glöm inte Fantastiknovelltävlingen, med deadline 1 sep!
http://ahrvid.bravejournal.com/
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De vuxna kan äta hur mycket godis de vill, vara uppe så länge de vill
och sminka sig så mycket de vill. Det hemska är att de inte vill det.
--Louise, 7 år
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