Dave Langfords brittiska sf-newszine Ansible hr sin vana troget kommit ut igen:
http://news.ansible.uk/a337.html
Några klipp från det (andra nyheter har stått på SKRIVA tidigare):
* George Lucas is one of those receiving 2015 lifetime honours from the John F.
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The ceremony, hosted by some chap called
Obama, will be in December.
* F.W. Murnau, director of the classic vampire film Nosferatu (1922), was in
the news again in July with reports that his skull was stolen from his grave in
Stahnsdorf cemetery near Berlin.
* Amy Schumer, US comedian, annoyed the galactic overlords of Star Wars by
appearing dressed as Princess Leia in a naughty GQ magazine photo feature: in
bed with ardent robots C-3PO and R2-D2, in a high-kicking chorus line with
Imperial Stormtroopers, and so on. 'Lucasfilm & Disney didn't approve,
participate in or condone the inappropriate use of our characters in this
manner,' thundered the official Star Wars Twitter feed.
* J.R.R. Tolkien is now commemorated on maps of Saturn's moon Titan, where by
IAU convention the mountains are named for those of Middle-earth and the hills
for its characters: hence Mountains of Moria (Moria Montes) and Gandalf Hills
(Gandalf Colles). Freta, straits or channels, get the names of characters in
Asimov's Foundation series. The IAU has yet to approve the New Horizons team's
name Cthulhu for a dark region on Pluto, where underworld connotations
predominate though 'Writers associated with Pluto' could give a chance to
Disney.
* Awards. Prometheus (libertarian): Daniel Suarez, Influx.
Rhysling (poetry): SHORT Marge Simon, 'Shutdown' (Qualia Nous ed. Michael
Bailey). LONG F.J. Bergmann, '100 Reasons to Have Sex with an Alien' (2014 SFPA
Poetry Contest).
SF Poetry Association Grand Master: Marge Simon, Steve Sneyd.
World Fantasy Life Achievement: Ramsey Campbell, Sheri S. Tepper.
Shirley Jackson (suspense/horror): NOVEL Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation. NOVELLA
Daryl Gregory, We Are All Completely Fine. SHORT Alison Littlewood, 'The Dogs
Home' (Spectral Book of Horror Stories). COLLECTION Helen Marshall, Gifts for
the One Who Comes After. ANTHOLOGY Ellen Datlow, ed., Fearful Symmetries.
Curt Siodmak Award (German): SF FILM Guardians of the Galaxy; SF TV Doctor Who.
* Court Circular. The iron jackboot of Disney came down hard on the British
'Joker's Masquerade' fancy-dress retailer, which had long used starwars.co.uk
and related domains for relevant themed costumes. Disney duly complained to
Nominet, which ruled in its favour 'Star Wars cannot sensibly refer to anyone
else other than the complainant' and described the registration as 'abusive'.
* A new Edinburgh-based sf magazine, Shoreline of Infinity, launched on 2 July
with its Summer 2015 issue (both print and digital). Read all about it at
www.shorelineofinfinity.com.
Tog rätt mycket, för ibland är Daves formuleringar ganska roliga och wittra.
Det är därför han vann alla fanzine-Hugos tills de, typ, ändrade reglerna (Lex
Ingemar Stenmark, fast han vann inte Hugos).
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