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Tomorrow, the Ingenuity Helicopter Rover will attempt the first flight to ever be conducted on another planet. The flight itself will be attempted at 3:30 AM EDT. NASA’s Livestream will begin at 6:15.
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Award winning author Nnedi Okorafor interviewed on NPR’s 1A
Discon 3 is honored to announce the finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards, Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book. The list can be found on our website at https://discon3.org/whats-on/hugo-awards-wsfs/hugo-awards/ and at the bottom of this email. There were 1249 valid nominating ballots (1246 electronic and 3 paper) […]
John Varley crowdfunding campaign for award winning SF Author
Hugo Finalists announcement scheduled for tomorrow
There are alternatives to a DC Worldcon, but they may not be desirable alternatives.
A major licensing agreement using the Amazing Stories name has been terminated owing to non-payment.
Today’s announcement will be delayed until later this week.
Discon III announces new hotel and December date
Nuclear spaceships, Fireballs, self-replicating artificial cells, short horror reads for the throne, VCon, Sunpot, old movies and Martian helicopters!
FAAN awards, Agatha nominees, Booker long list, Aurealis, Laswitz, Tolkein Society, Royal Society and SFWA statement on Asian diaspora communities (more as well)
Barsoom, Theia, Lost in Space, Jack Williamson, the Big Bang Theory and more this week in our roundup of most popular posts
Godzilla VS Kong: A hot mess not worth a nickel.
Shatner goes digital; VanderMeer book tour; Ron Miller art; new RAH photo; Beagle wins lawsuit; Georgia goes Jim Crow and new releases from your favorite publishers
The Last unicorn is free!; Shatner celebrates 90 years; Hugo ballot numbers released; PKD Award judges; Huggins wins Baen award, more
Barsoom, Amazing Stories TV show, Captain Future, Lovecraft and more feature in our most popular posts this week
Comments on the new Georgia Voter Restrictions
The adventure continues with the third book in the adventures of Captain Future
NASA will be conducting a second test of the four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines intended for use in the SLS program today. Video coverage of the static test (the second in a qualifying series) has already begun and can be seen on NASA TV
2021 Hugo nominations close this coming Friday
SFWA has revealed the 2021 finalists for the Nebula Awards
SFSFC Inc., files for summary judgment
Octavia Butler to be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame
C. J. Cherryh wins 2021 Heinlein Prize
Amazing Stories’ publisher interviewed today
Wesiskopf removed as GoH “there was a fundamental difference between the values Worldcon strives to uphold and the values allowed to be espoused on the forums-in-question.”
The Perseverance rover, NASA’s latest