Seanan McGuire has been nominated for the Campbell Award! BVC proudly announces that our own Seanan McGuire has been nominated for the John W. Campbell award for year’s best new science fiction or fantasy author. Congratulations and good luck, Seanan! … Continue reading
Daily Archives: April 6, 2010
I love The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. It’s shocking, lurid, heart-breaking. After I came across it, I couldn’t read anything else for two days. I had to think about the story and its implications. Even more astonishing than … Continue reading
Nisi Shawl accepts the win on behalf of BVC’s own CL Anderson for Anderson’s novel BITTER ANGELS: … Continue reading
New evidence this week has suggested that Dark Matter is composed of a complex web of superstrings. Not ordinary superstrings – but super chunky, unwashed (hence the dark and dirty colour) double-ply strings. And that’s not all. The web is … Continue reading
Ever since I saw the picture of the giant isopod brought up the the submarine crew last week, I was fascinated by this creature, which amounts to a deep water-dwelling pillbug. Some people think it looks like a giant, animated … Continue reading
Dreams can offer us a wealth of startling images, bizarre encounters, and fantastical situations. At their most memorable, they convey the emotional texture of our deepest longings, our most paralyzing fears, the memories we would as soon forget but must … Continue reading