The nominees for the 2012 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History (for works published in 2011) have been announced:

• Castro’s Bomb by Robert Conroy
• Himmler’s War by Robert Conroy (Baen)
• Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan by Jeff Greenfield (Berkley Trade)
• Wake Up And Dream by Ian R. MacLeod (PS Publishing)
• Planesrunner (Everness, Book One) by Ian McDonald (Pyr)
• Heart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books)
• Camera Obscura (Angry Robot) by Lavie Tidhar (Angry Robot)

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  • Long Form: Chris Roberson for The Dragon’s Nine Sons.
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• Orbit announces the winner Most Awesomely Bad SFF Cover in the Universe contest.
• David Gill responds to the recent bookslut article of Philip K. Dick: “This article made me mad.”
• The latest issue of The Internet Review of Science Fiction features an interview with Robert Reed, articles by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Justin Howe; an essay by Daniel M. Kimmel; criticism by Hillary Henson; and reviews by Mark Tiedemann, Flynn Gallagher, and Lois Tilton.
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• Fantasy Magazine lists 10 Fantasy Movie Moments That Mess With Us.
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