Older Home/Links: 2010This page is the final repository for 2010 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 2010
• More on the Semiprozine/Fanzine Hugos
• How H.G. Wells scorned Bromley
• Harlan Ellison vs. Hitler
• Geoffrey Hoyle, futurologist
• The Transformer that dares not speak its name
• Is Science Fiction Bad for Us?
• TAFF 2011 candidates revealed; TAFF 2011 ballot
• TAFF 2011 – last call ... leading to much action!
• Frazetta estate feud, again (16 Dec)
• Renovation (Worldcon 2011) PR3
• Infinity Plus relaunches as ebook imprint
• Incredibly obscure Roald Dahl MS (PW, 13 Dec)
• The future of the Clarke Award
• Naughty Grimm's Fairy Tales in China
• Bookwhirl.com: ten-foot pole warning
• Conjour cancelled (3 Dec)
• Shelley/Frankenstein MS exhibitionNovember 2010
• Hobbits and racial purity
• Greg & Astrid Bear vs Project Gutenberg
• John Steakley (1951-2010)
• Alan Moore as Santa Claus
• Maison d'Ailleurs takes off
• As others see us, part 5,271,009
• Roz Kaveney wants a jetpack
• R.I.P. Paul "Gamma" Gamble
• NBA: fairy tales not allowed
• 2010 Nova awards
• Olympus 2012: fuller website now up
• Realms of Fantasy: new owner, long spoon; editors unchanged
• "They move among us" (Observer, 7 Nov)
• Autistica charity auction: name a character in future work by Peter F Hamilton, David Mitchell, Darren Shan, others
• Harry Mulisch (1927-2010)
• Supreme Wisdom of SpockOctober 2010
• Takeshi Shudo (1948-2010)
• Margaret Atwood, in her copious spare time
• SF debated at Cheltenham Literary Festival
• Omni publisher Bob Guccione dies
• China Miéville impersonators
• Wiscon discourtesy; more; more; more
• JKR wins Hans Christian Andersen prize
• R.I.P. Realms of Fantasy; more; more
• Rudy Rucker on Benoit Mandelbrot
• The Doctor Who focus group
• Willy the Wizard persists (but is still unlikely to win)
• Norton Juster in person (PW)
• Donald H Tuck (1922-2010)
• Armadacon 22 (Plymouth) venue change
• Eastercon 2011: an apology
• Renovation Hugo base design competition
• Terry Pratchett's coat of arms (scroll down) (and yes, I know what the motto means)
• J.K. Rowling: Just when you thought it was safe ...
• Uncertain Futures: Americans and Science Fiction in the Early Cold War Era (online exhibit)September 2010
• Atwood/Le Guin debate
• US Banned Book Week
• Dept of Neurovampirology (Guardian)
• 2011 TAFF race; LJ site
• Harlan Ellison to say goodbye
• Eastercon 2011 hotel booking (LJ), as not posted on the official LJ linked from the Illustrious website
• Warning to tax-exempt US sf organizations
• British Fantasy Award results (Langford is gobsmacked. Thanks, voters!)
• Yet another Terry Pratchett interview (THE)
• E.C. Tubb (1919-2010); SF Encyclopedia entry; funeral details
• The Last of F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre (New York Times)
• China Miéville in the Christian Science Monitor
• Science fiction as baleful influenceAussiecon 4
Daily newsletters here
Chicago wins 2012 Worldcon
Site selection voting report
Hugo intro video
Hugo winners | BoingBoing
Hugo voting/nominations breakdown
GUFF group photoAugust 2010
• Eastercon 2011 wifi warning
• Racefail meets Warhammer; more
• Worldcon bid: New Zealand in 2020
• Paul Krugman on Trantor
• Hamlet in the original Klingon
• Ray Bradbury at 90
• World Fantasy Award shortlist; Guardian comment
• Rekeying project: SF Encyclopedia first edition headwords
• TAFF: the founding document
• Ray Bradbury is not safe for work (Guardian)
• James Shields's GUFF trip
• Norman Spinrad's Publishing Death Spiral
• Chesley Awards; Sidewise Awards
• The Ray Bradbury prunes commercial
• Krugman plugs Stross
• The collector as dying breed (Guardian, 1 Aug)July 2010
• Another Alan Moore interview
• European SF Awards nominations
• Hugo voting deadline 31 July
• Hachette NY bugged
• BBC Proms: Doctor Who in the Albert Hall
• Eaton Alive: Delany & Ellison
• Royal Horticultural Society show: alien in crater of lettuce
• James P. Hogan (1941-2010)
• Campbell Memorial and Sturgeon winners; Shirley Jackson Award
• "Star Wars – When the fans hit the Sith" (Independent 9 Jul)
• "Authors Criticize Night Shade Books" (PW 6 Jul); Night Shade responds; more; SFWA jumps in
• Mars craters named for George Pál & Percy GregJune 2010
• Scientists' choice of summer reading (Washington Post, 29 Jun)
• F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre dead in fire
• Secrets of sf film/tv drugs
• Adam Roberts has crossed the Jordan
• Locus Awards
• Ray Harryhausen at 90 (BBC)
• Neil Gaiman wins Carnegie Medal
• Lawyers vs "Canned Unicorn Meat"
• Campbell Memorial Award finalists
• J.K. Rowling, billionaire (Forbes)
• Terry Pratchett novel competition
• Louise Cooper fantasy writing competition
• Everett F. Bleiler (1920-2010)
• OBEs for James Herbert and Brian Clemens
• British Fantasy Awards shortlist
• Chesley Awards shortlist
• Ballard archive acquired by British Library; Independent
• Arthur Herzog (1927-2010)
• Boris Johnson wants a Harry Potter theme park
• Sidewise Awards shortlist
• The False J. Neil Schulman
• Pat Cadigan's fantasy life
• Mythopoeic Awards shortlist
• Lightspeed webzine launchedMay 2010
• Jeanne Robinson (1948-2010)
• The Asimov Mug
• Heinlein on fandom, 1945
• Eagle Awards
• 2010 Sturgeon finalists
• Another and even sillier copyright suit. Allegedly.
• Martin Gardner (1914-2010); Discover; SFE
• Norman Spinrad's operation; expects to be released on Monday 31 May or Tuesday 1 June
• Middlesex University MA: Creative Writing
• 2012 Worldcon site selection
• Nebula Awards
• Neil Gaiman, political football
• Another Robert Stanek fan site
• Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)
• "Fans of Tintin cry foul"; "Tintin in court"
• Is he a nutter?
• Restored Metropolis "no longer a science-fiction film" (NY Times; scroll down)
• Peter O'Donnell (1920-2010); Guardian
• More sf politics: Kleggs vs Cleggs (Guardian)
• Sharon Webb (1936-2010)
• "Let The Wrong One In"
• "The 30 Greatest Horses in The Arts" ( Telegraph) – genre picks include the Python CoconutsApril 2010
• China Miéville wins his third Clarke Award; event report
• Carnegie shortlist: several genre titles; Kate Greenaway shortlist
• More Doctor Who follies (a BBC repeat)
• Peter Watts – suspended sentence; some commentary; Peter Watts sums up
• Rereading Animal Farm
• A good word for SFWA
• Campaign for Real Daleks
• Locus Awards shortlist
• George Scithers (1929-2010); SFE
• "To Serve Man" in the news
• Shirley Jackson Award shortlist
• Aussiecon 4: rates rise on 1 May
• Brian Stableford is selling his library
• John Schoenherr (1935-2010); SFE
• Eisner Award nominations
• BAA: British Animation Awards
• SFWA Solstice winners
• Bad news about Jeanne Robinson
• James Shields wins GUFF
• Logo-alike: UK Space Agency and Doctor Who
• John Hertz wins DUFF
• Philip K. Dick awardOdyssey: Eastercon
Torque Control report
Eastercon 2011 (rates rise 1 May)
Eastercon 2012
BSFA Awards
2010 Hugo nominations
Daily newsletters online
London in 2014 bid launched; video
Programme discussion• Year of the Plank: remembering Douglas Adams
• Traditional foolery from Locus (1 Apr)
• William Mayne (1928-2010); SFE
• Lionel Fanthorpe, ExorcistMarch 2010
• Clarke Award shortlist
• SFRA Awards
• Battlefield Earth – the apology
• One reason to switch publishers
• Shortlists: Compton Crook, Prometheus
• Steven Moffatt profile (Guardian, 22 Mar)
• TAFF trip photos; and a group of 15 TAFF winners
• Trouble at China's Science Fiction World
• Graham Charnock on Corflu
• FAAn Awards results; statistics [PDF]
• Peter Watts trial – bad news; his own summary; more
• Bruce Sterling pirated! (Wired)
• Tiptree winners
• Names in f'antasy (Guardian)
• "A Whiff of Colonialism": PW on Norman Spinrad
• Corey Haim (1971-2010) –Independent; Guardian
• Razzies: Transformers 2 and more
• Aussiecon (Worldcon 2010) hotel booking
• Eastercon 2010 draft programme
• Michael Foot (1913-2010)February 2010
• Hollywood vs the laws of physics (Guardian)
• Invisible Cheryl; Mike Glyer plugs Ansible; Cheryl again
• PW on the Nebula and Stoker ballots
• A Letter of Note from Mr Ellison
• David Severn (1918-2010)
• Mervyn Jones (1922-2010)
• FPI blog celebrates 5th birthday
• CUFF ballot online
• "SFX forgets women in horror"; commentary from Christopher Fowler; Guardian; SFX response
• Pathetically unconvincing J.K. Rowling "plagiarism" case in the news again
• George R.R. Martin in UK news (with another Tory pledge)
• 2009 Bram Stoker awards: final ballot (Locus)
• 2009 Nebulas: final ballot
• Jim Harmon (1933-2010)
• Locus poll and comments
• A 2012 Eastercon bid; and another
• Doctor Who vs the Thatcherons (Telegraph 14 Feb); Mail (15 Feb); Adam Roberts is soundbitten by the BBC
• Connie Willis and the Joy of Research
• LOTR prequel film (Telegraph 10 Feb)
• David Cameron sf posters
• William Tenn/Phil Klass (1920-2010); SFE entry; NY Times
• DUFF 2010 site and ballot
• Amazon links to Macmillan books return
• Amazon vs Macmillan: authors are worried, three days after Amazon "capitulated" (3 Feb); "Amazon Capitulated My Ass"; will HarperCollins be next?; SFWA drops Amazon links
• Locus Recommended Reading List for 2009January 2010
• Twilight films boost fantasy novel sales (Telegraph, 31 Jan)
• M. John Harrison slams the "new" Wyndham novel (Guardian 30 Jan)
• Amazon vs Macmillan; commentary at Making Light (and more), Whatever, BoingBoing, Charlie Stross, Scott Westerfeld; A271/links
• SF Magazines Too Wide-Ranging And Eclectic ...?
• Terry Pratchett's Dimbleby lecture, 1 Feb; preview story
• Boris Johnson on Avatar (Telegraph)
• 2010 BSFA Award shortlist
• "Ursula Le Guin leads revolt against Google digital book settlement" (Guardian); petition
• 2010 Aeon Award opens
• More cover whitewash at Bloomsbury US; apology and withdrawal
• Harry Potter Fandom Telethon online, in aid of Haiti (23 Jan)
• Neil Gaiman profile (New Yorker)
• RUSA Reading List awards
• Gormenghast sequel (Telegraph 14 Jan)
• Kage Baker: bad news, support needed; worse news
• As the BBC Sees Us
• More from Le Guin on the Google settlement
• "Sci-fi and fantasy Londonium" gallery (Telegraph)
• Hitchens on Ballard (Atlantic)
• Dick estate vs Google, claiming rights to word "Nexus"; Independent
• Doctor Who ginger agenda shock horror (Telegraph 7 Jan)
• "Beware of Science Fiction"
• Alien tastes revealed (Telegraph)
• Aussiecon 4 Hugo nominations open
• Happy New Year!