I am just unspeakably sad that we have lost Jane Yolen. She was a great writer. And she was a great person too.
Ha fallecido Jane Yolen 😔
*Opens trench coat* Short stories, get chore short stories heeya!
British Fantasy Award winning story, Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike in it, innit!
Direct from the publisher: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Or Amazon / Kindle ebook if that's easier: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GYJJRSPV
I just heard that my pal Jane Yolen died yesterday. I met Jane over 10 years ago through @shoreinf.bsky.social , welcoming her to the stage in Edinburgh and editing her sci-fi poetry pamphlet ("The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems"), as well as many other poems in SoI.
If you're a BSFA member and would like to hear me talk about my story 'Sleepless', which will appear in issue 6 of Fission, then please join the 3PM Zoom session of the one-day BSFA event on Sunday 14 June. (If you're a BSFA member, you'll find the full-line-up and Zoom link in the May newsletter.)
Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social in action! 19th June.
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/writ...
Spidermug Spidermug
Does whatever a spider does.
Travelling with Infinity*
To escape reality**.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!
* New issue of Shoreline of Infinity arrived this week. If you're not already subscribed, it's a great mag, check it out.
Jo Walton
Hi Folks, new video 🎬! I take a look at Iain M Banks' thoughts on political structures in The Culture, and how living in space might influence that. Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #theculture #iainmbanks
youtu.be/lTzoxBp1z_Q
