World SF Special

We'll be runnig a Word SF Special, featuring Questionnaire and articles on the subject. It's not about SF scene around the world. With Anglo-American SF being declining from its world dominance, many SF people around the world now begin to write not just to their own domestic audience, but also to the world. We'd like to share their views with all SF/F people, to build the genuine global SF/F community.

Buddy's Birthday

It could have been 73rd birthday for Lewis Nordan today. Now I realize that he was anothre rabbit like me according to our Chinese-Japanese calendar cycle. I've just started his memorial at our site, and that's a little consolation for me, at least. Well, happy birthday, my fellow rabbit, Buddy. Please enjoy your stay at your ownmemorial, here.

Lewis Nordan Memorial

Buddy Nordan Passed away on April 13 this year. I miss him so much, I have to do something about our ignorance of wonderful world of his fiction. So I'm now holding a big memorial to him. There will be original materials on him and his works. Please drop by and join our celebration of Lewis "Buddy" Nordan.

The Steampunk special issue of Hayakawa's SF Magazine is now released. It features The Mad Scientist's Daughters by Theodora Goss; Reluctance by Cherie Priest; Silver Lining by Tim Pratt; Clockwork Fairies by Cat Rambo; The Stoker Memorandum by Lavie Tidhar; The Age of Miracles, The Age of Wonder by Aliette de Bodard; Atuhor interview: Cherie Priest, Gail Carriger; Clockwork Dreams, Steampowered Films by Chise Soeno (film review); What is Neo Steampunk? by yours truly (introduction) I edited the special section and translated Pratt, Tidhar and de Bodard. Our members Hiro Takasato did Rambo and Junko Suzuki did Goss. We'll feature more on our website, too.