Blinks: James Tiptree Jr.; Hugo Results summaries; Reviews

August 25, 2015August 17, 2017 admin

» August 24th was James Tiptree, Jr.’s 100th anniversary: Conceptual Fiction; Letters to Tiptree by Brit Mandelo at Tor.com; Tachyon Publications

» Summaries of Hugo Awards results and attendant issues at Wired, Boing Boing, Wall Street Journal, and Slate.

» Reactions to the first Hugo Award to a Chinese writer: NYT: Science-Fiction Prize Is Awarded to Chinese Writer for First Time; WSJ: Cixin Liu Becomes First Asian to Win Hugo Award for Science Fiction

» Washington Post: Nancy Hightower reviews China Miéville, N.K. Jemisin, Aliette de Bodard

Films

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Wakanda Forever follows the events of the original Black Panther as well as some of the other Marvel titles, but importantly, it also follows the real-life event of Chadwick Boseman’s death – the actor who played Black Panther/T’Challa. The opening of the film is a tribute to Boseman, as well as the way he embodied the title character. Making effective use of silence, sound, imagery, and the raw emotions of

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Ben H. Winters: Alternate Dimensions

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Benjamin Allen H. Winters (he added the “H” after he got married; it’s the first letter of his wife’s maiden name) was born June 14, 1976 in Washington DC and grew up in Maryland. He attended Washington University in St. Louis MO. Winters played in a punk band and wrote and performed in theater before switching his focus to writing. He’s lived all over the country, and currently resides in

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