- Gene Wolfe is SFWA’s newest Grand Master. James Nicoll suggests some candidates for next year’s Grand Master award, noting that being female does not technically disqualify you (but being dead does).
- Ta-Nehisi Coates has been discussing science fiction, and particualrly Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War: posts one, two, and three. He runs the best comment section on the internet, so for once, do read the comments.
- Jim C. Hines and John Scalzi have a cover pose-off to raise money for a good cause–and, as Hines points out, to continue bringing attention to the ridiculous ways that SF/F book covers continue to portray women, not to encourage people to laugh at men in women’s clothes. We’re probably back to “don’t read the comments” on these.
Thanks for the cover pose-off link. Hilarious!