Ditmar Awards

WINNERS: 2016 Ditmar Awards

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FINALISTS: 2015 Ditmar Awards

Congrats to the 2015 Ditmar Award finalists! [...]

February 24, 2016 // 3 Comments

WINNERS: 2015 Ditmar Awards

The winners of the 2015 Ditmar Awards have been announced. [...]

April 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

WINNERS: 2014 Ditmar Awards

The winners for the 2014 Ditmar Awards, given by members of the Australian National Science Fiction Convention for professional and fan works by Australians, have been [...]

June 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

FINALISTS: 2014 Ditmar Awards

Via Kaaron Warren (Congrats, Kaaron!), the finalists for the 2014 Ditmar Awards, given by members of the Australian National Science Fiction Convention for professional and [...]

April 30, 2014 // 1 Comment

WINNERS: 2013 Ditmar Awards

he winners of the Ditmar Awards have been announced! NOVEL: Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin) NOVELLA OR NOVELETTE: “Sky”, Kaaron Warren (Through [...]

April 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

FINALISTS: 2013 Ditmar Awards

The finalists for the 2013 Ditmar Awards, given by members of the Australian National Science Fiction Convention for professional and fan works by Australians, have been [...]

April 5, 2013 // 1 Comment

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The Thing Remake. Er…I Mean “Re-Imagining”

Published On: November 17, 2006

From SciFiWire: Strike Entertainment and Universal Pictures will remake John Carpenter's SF horror movie The Thing, with Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore writing the script, Variety reported. The 1982 original dealt with a shapeshifting creature from outer space that terrorizes researchers at an Antarctic station. That film in turn was a remake of the 1951 classic SF movie Continue Reading →

Books Received: November 17, 2008

Published On: November 17, 2008

Here is the stuff we received this past week. var books = new Array(); books.push(new Book("0306815281", "Jetpack Dreams", "Mac Montandon", "Da Capo Press", Book.BOOK_SRC_AMAZON)); books.push(new Book("9999999999", "Living With the Dead", "Darrell Schweitzer", "PS Publishing", Book.BOOK_SRC_OTHER, "http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/living_with_the_dead_hc.html", "https://www.sfsignal.com/mt-static/images/pspub-LivingWithTheDead.jpg")); books.push(new Book("9999999999", "Impossibilia (PS Showcase #5)", "Douglas Smith", "PS Publishing", Book.BOOK_SRC_OTHER, "http://store.pspublishing.co.uk/acatalog/PS_showcase_five_impossibilia_hc.html", "https://www.sfsignal.com/mt-static/images/pspub-Impossibilia.jpg")); books.push(new Book("9999999999", "The City in These Pages", "John Grant", "PS Continue Reading →

Mind Meld: Favorite SF/F Games

Published On: November 17, 2010

[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Usually when we talk about SF/F on SF Signal we cover books, TV shows and movies. But there is another medium where SF/F resides that many people probably aren't too familiar with: games. By games I mean both video games and board/card games. We asked our panelists Continue Reading →

[SF/F/H Link Post] Accessibility at Conventions; Lovecraft’s Legacy of the Other; Science Fiction and Social Justice

Published On: November 17, 2015

Interviews & Profiles Geek's Guide interviews William Shunn, author of The Accidental Terrorist. The Grim Tidings Podcast interviews Anthony Ryan, author of Raven's Shadow. The Guardian interviews Krysten Ritter and Carrie Anne Moss, stars of Jessica Jones. Notes from Coode Street interviews Suzy McKee Charnas and Pamela Sargent, authors of The Vampire Tapestry and The Shore of Women, respectively. Continue Reading →

Perry Rhodan: The Adventure Game

Published On: November 17, 2007

Perry Rhodan is a 46 year-old, unapologetic space opera started in Germany that's still running strong, spanning thousands of volumes. Ace published an English run of the series, headed by Forrest J. Ackerman, beginning in 1969 and lasting for 118 novella-sized installments. Previolsy, I confessed having Perry Rhodan as one of my guilty pleasures. Now the long-running space opera series Continue Reading →