Home/Links: 2019This page is the final repository for 2019 links from the ever-scrolling sidebar column at the right of the Ansible Links page. The editor has no intention of running regular checks on their continued validity.
December 2019
• Alasdair Gray (1934-2019); Guardian; Morning Star
• Brian Aldiss remembered in photos
• USDA and Wakanda
• TAFFish 1 with TAFF finances, candidate interviews, January deadline reminder
• Europa SF to shut down? Later: January relaunch announced
• Lois McMaster Bujold, SFWA Grand Master
• Christopher Priest: "A Hundred Books"
• Rotsler Award to Alison Scott
• DUFF 2020 nominations openNovember 2019
• The Return of John M. Ford
• Eastercon 2019 accounts
• ChiZine Publications in the news; the saga continues; ChiZine statement; still more; SFWA statement; summary at Writer Beware
• TAFF 2020 ballot released [PDF]
• World Fantasy Awards
• TAFF 2020 candidates announced
• BSFA Award nominations (members only)October 2019
• Clarke Award submissions open
• "From Tiptree to Otherwise"
• "Philip Pullman on Children’s Literature and the Critics Who Disdain It"
• 2020 GUFF nominations open
• Stupid "Sci-fi makes you stupid" study refuted by scientists behind original research
• GamesFest concerns (Event removed from the list on this page: website, Facebook and Twitter presences have all been deleted.)
• Elgin AwardsSeptember 2019
• Gahan Wilson medical fundraiser
• Dan Simmons, Climate Scientist, Speaks Out
• 2020 TAFF race announced; official PDF
• Clarke Award sf competition for young people
• SF² Concatenation Autumn 2019 Newscast
• The other Campbell Award to become ...?
• Nine Worlds Geekfest unlikely to be revived
• Alice Sheldon and the name of the Tiptree Award
• Martin Hoare's funeralAugust 2019
• Donations in memory of Martin Hoare
• Campbell Award to become Astounding Award
• Middle-earth Festival 2019 cancelled; next is September 2020
• Worldcon bids roundup
• Hugo statistics; administrator's commentary
• Hugo winners
• 2021 Worldcon: DisCon III,Washington DC
• Dublin 2019 newsletters
• Hugos: live coverage (18 August)
• Retro Hugo winners
• Retro Hugos: live coverage (15 August)
• Dublin 2019 Programme Schedule (now searchable)July 2019
• ESFS Awards shortlist
• Seiun Awards (selected)
• Rhysling Awards
• Martin Hoare, 1952-2019
• New York street to be named for Stan Lee
• The Bonzo Dog Banned – legal costs fundraiser
• World Fantasy Award shortlist and life achievement winners
• British Fantasy Award shortlist
• Dublin 2019 bombshell for parents of under-15s; belated official explanation; Facebook mutual support group for attending parents
• Arthur C. Clarke Award winner
• Dublin 2019 registration closes after 1 August; no sales at the door!
• Shirley Jackson Award winners
• Prometheus Award winners
• Chesley Award winners
• Game of Thrones tapestry
• Mad magazine moribund
June 2019
• Brian Eno's asteroid
• Locus Award winners
• Arthur C. Clarke Award tickets available
• Peter Beagle awarded damages (but may never receive the money)
• DC to close down Vertigo
• Amazing Stories events calendar
• Good Omens and the easily outraged
• Dublin 2019 day passes now available
• Ian Stewart remembers Jack Cohen
• Mythopoeic Awards finalists
• Small Press DayMay 2019
• Malcolm Edwards steps down
• GRRM: "An Ending"
• Nebula Winners
• John Carpenter Honoured at Cannes
• Frazetta Auction Record
• Horror Author Responds at Stupefying Length to Unseen Review
• Dublin 2019 Hugo ballot: personalized links for online voting and the voter packet are being emailed to members
• 2021 Worldcon site selection voting
• Bram Stoker Awards
• Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist
• Locus Awards finalists
• FAAn Awards
• Dublin 2019 membership prices rise 6 May
• Invisible Alien Miscegenation!April 2019
• Ed Naha medical expenses fundraiser
• Carl Brandon edited by Jeanne Gomoll
• SF² Concatenation Summer 2019 Newscast
• TAFF and GUFF winners announced; TAFF release with voting details
• Doc Weir Award history
• Arthur C. Clarke Award: complete submissions list
• Concentric 2020 is the next Eastercon
• Ytterbium at-con newsletters
• BSFA Awards
• Norma K. Hemming Award (Australia) finalists
• Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019
• Retro Fan Hugos material at Fanac.org
• Prometheus Award shortlist
• Brave New Words shortlist
• More on Writers of the Future
• BSFA April venue change
• As Others Use Us in an Example
• Hugo and Retro Hugo Finalists
• Vonda N. McIntyre 1948-2019; official obituary at File 770March 2019
• J.G. Ballard and Hyperprehistory
• Narnia fan fiction by Francis Spufford
• FAAn Awards voting deadline extended from15 March to 25 March
• TAFF News Redux #2: the candidates interviewed
• Lambda Award shortlists of genre interest
• Sturgeon Award shortlist
• Kitschies shortlist
• BSFA London meeting: date changed to 20 March
• More Nebula not-a-slate-at-all stuffFebruary 2019
• 20booksto50 indy-publishing slate for Nebula nominations is definitely not a slate; summary by Cora Buhlert
• Ytterbium (Eastercon) PR3
• Vonda N. McIntyre: bad news
• Bram Stoker Awards shortlist
• H.G. Wells Short Story Competition
• Stupid lawsuit against Worldcon 76: latest
• Locus Poll/Awards longlist
• Retro Hugo fanzine eligibility at Fanac.org
• Nebula Awards finalists
• Eurocon/TitanCon rates rise on 25 February
• BSFA Awards shortlist and voting form
• Lui Cixin and the day job
• Dublin 2019 price hike on 18 February
• Carol Emshwiller 1921-2019; SFE
• George Locke 1936-2019
• Illustrating Howl's Moving Castle
• YA fantasy debut cancelled after Twitter outrageJanuary 2019
• Prometheus Hall of Fame shortlist
• Dublin 2019 academic track Call for Papers
• Gahan Wilson retires
• SFWA to raise the word-rate bar
• SF² Concatenation Spring 2019 Newscast
• Collected Stories by David Redd
• New publisher for Space and Time
• Orwell Prize: new fiction category