Category: Events & Co.
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Pledging support – We are all in this together, people
I normally don’t make any comment on this blog about political news, not because I don’t care, but because I do that in other venues.…
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Congratulations to all Winners of 2016 Parsec Awards
For the ones not familiar with them, the Parsec Awards are an annual set of awards created to recognise excellence in speculative fiction podcast…
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Hugo Night and other winners
Worldcon 74 is nicely folding up, and it’s time for a recap. First of all, the location for 2018 – decided in MidAmCon II:…
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Stranded in LA – California Science Center
Worldcons recently seem ill-fated to me; this is the second year in a row that I can’t make it. This time, I even flew…
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Hugo Award 2016 – Voting
Like last year, 2016 Hugo Award nomination has been affected by SP/RP slating issues, resulting in the nomination of works and authors (Chuck Tingle…
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Summer 2016 – Events in Scotland
Like every summer, in July I prepare my shopping list of events I’d like / plan to attend (I’ll keep it to Scotland for…
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Eastercon 2016 – Good job, Mancunicon!
Second day of Manunicon, i.e., the edition 2016 of the UK annual SF convention traditionally held in the Easter Weekend (hence the name Eastercon).…
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Events – March 2016
Interesting things to look forward to in March 2016 near home (that to me is Edinburgh, UK) – exactly what’s needed to cheer you…
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Hugo Nominations 2016
There’s still about one month or so left to nominate people/zines for the Hugo Awards (and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New…
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2 years and counting…
Yes, this week makes two years of blogging for The Earthian Hivemind – two years I’ve enjoyed a lot and had the opportunity to…
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November (SF) events… read & write
Way too many things in November for people like me that love speculative fiction… but two are the ones I’m going to join. The first…
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Hugo 2015 Awards – now it’s done
After all the controversies and the issues of this year’s Hugo Award, it’s sort of a miracle that things went not so bad, after…
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Edinburgh International Book Festival – highlights
For personal reasons (read: baby daughter) I had to cancel my attendance at Sasquan (SF Worldcon 2015) … thus I am determined now to…
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Hugo Award 2015 – How to (not) cast a vote
This year voting for the Hugos has been painful, for a series of reasons – not least because of the so-called Puppygate that has…
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Cherished Blogfest – July, 24-26 2015
What is a blogfest, exactly? It’s an occasion to making online friends and discover others with similar interests. There are many initiatives in the blogosphere,…
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Here we are, Pluto. Earth is watching!
I can’t almost believe Pluto Day has arrived. While I’m writing this New Horizons, after a trip of nine years, is at T-3, 94,670…
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Summer 2015 – Events not to be missed
Summer 2015 promises to be exciting, with a lot of things going on… While I can’t *sigh* possibly attend everything, there are some of them…
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Gernsback SF Short Story Writing Contest 2015
If you’re following this blog you already know I contribute articles to Amazing Stories. Today I’d like to talk about the SF short story…
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The once and future Hubble – 25 years in space, and counting
It’s impossible not to celebrate these days the incredible achievements of Hubble’s Space Telescope – which has just turned 25. A joint ESA/NASA project, launched…
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Flaming the Eastercon (and the web) – The 2015 Hugo Controversy
If you had the impression by following the twitter feed of Dysprosium/ Eastercon 2015 (i.e. the Eastercon SF convention in the UK where, among…
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SF from unusual perspectives: International Relations
That SF has often inspired astrophysicists and theoretical scientists is not something that should come as a surprise. After all, space elevators, while first…
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Snapshots from LonCon 3
For the ones of you who have not made it to this amazing event, here a gallery of photos. Enjoy!
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Loncon3 – the Convention and the Hugo Awards
A WorldCon – i.e., the annual SF Word Convention – is an amazing event, culminating in the Hugo Awards night but also featuring a…
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2014 Hugo Awards – almost there
Friday 1 August was the last useful day to vote for the 2014 Hugo Awards and now, finally done with them, I must admit I…