A Book of Snowflakes
The National Diet Library in Tokyo has scanned a copy of Sekka Zusetsu, an 1832 book of snow crystals observed and recorded by Doi Toshitsura. See them here!
“The Black Fantastic: The New Wave of Afrofuturist Fiction”
On Wednesday, February 19th at 6pm ET, you can attend an online event–The Black Fantastic! “Award-winning SF authors Tananarive Due, Victor LaValle, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah join andré carrington, editor of The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, for a conversation about genre, influence, and the fascinating and phantasmagoric […]
BBC Archive 1986: “Cronenberg, Moore, and Campbell on Horror in the 1980s”
BBC Archive has a clip from Saturday Review. “Charles Shaar Murray interviews the prolific horror writer Ramsey Campbell, Alan Moore – the writer of graphic novels Swamp Thing and Watchmen, and director David Cronenberg, whose latest film The Fly deals in grotesque body horror, about the resurgence in […]
“A 20th Anniversary Cover Snark Retrospective”
Smart Bitches Trashy Books celebrates 20 years–including 20 years of Cover Snark! “Cover Snark has been one of our most popular enduring features and funnily enough, we’ve never run out of material? I once heard from an Ellora’s Cave editor that back in the day, at least one […]
“How Judy-Lynn del Rey helped shape American Science Fiction”
American Masters has a short documentary on Judy-Lynn del Rey and her influence on American science fiction. “The story of a woman with dwarfism who revolutionized the world of science fiction by editing and publishing books from sci-fi writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. […]
“Romantic Times Rewind: October 1999 Ads & Features”
At Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, they are “looking at the incredible ads and features for the October 1999 issue of RT Magazine.” Listen here.
The Cultural Gutter 