Pixel Scroll 4/30/23 I Demand That The Emergency Pixel System Be Activated...
(1) ROAD TRIP. Connie Willis told her Facebook readers all about attending the 2023 Jack Williamson Lectureship in mid-April: …This year’s guest of honor was Arkady Martine, and she brought her wife,...
View Article2023 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contest Winners Named
David Henrickson from Sterling, VA, was named the 2023 Grand Prize Writer Winner and Dao Vi from Sylmar, CA who was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam was named the 2023 Illustrator Grand Prize Winner...
View ArticlePixel Scroll 6/4/23 Wednesday’s Pixel Is Full Of Scroll
(1) CHIANG CALLS AI “A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS”. Behind a paywall in the Financial Times: “Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’”. …Before we have had a chance to order,...
View ArticlePixel Scroll 7/17/23 In Space, HAL Can’t Hear You Telling Him To Open The Pod...
(1) CULTIVATING HYBRIDS. Paul Kraus’ article on “Hybrid Conventions” begins with a statement of philosophy wrapped in the definitions of major terms. Then Kraus lists what’s needed to make a hybrid...
View ArticlePixel Scroll 7/18/23 I Only Came To Say I Must Be Scrolling
(1) LAST DAY TO NOMINATE FOR DRAGON AWARDS. Nominations are being taken for the 2023 Dragon Awards until July 19. Need more information about what to put on your ballot? Red Panda Fraction has...
View ArticlePixel Scroll 7/31/23 Have Space Suit, Will Accessorize
(1) SERGEY LUKYANENKO WILL BE WORKING ON THE RAILROAD. Starting tomorrow, Chengdu Worldcon GoH Sergey Lukyanenko will join a whistlestop tour of Russia “Book beacons of Russia. Reading August 2023”....
View ArticleCats Sleep on SFF: The Oppenheimer Alternative
Chris Barkley knows the reason his cat’s not asleep: Nova’s morning catnap is interrupted when she senses some serious side eye coming from someone who looks suspiciously like J. Robert Oppenheimer....
View ArticlePixel Scroll 9/11/23 Pixels Are A Scroll’s Best Friend
(1) USE THESE EMAILS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO WSFS BUSINESS MEETING. Donald Eastlake III, Presiding Officer of the 2023 WSFS Business Meeting, announced that if anyone is having trouble sending email to...
View ArticlePixel Scroll 10/10/23 Nobody Knows The Pixels I’ve Screened
(1) CHENGDU WORLDCON PROMO VIDEO UNVEILED. “Chasing Dreams for the Future_Worldcon” on YouTube. A two-and-a-half minute video was released today on various platforms, including the official con site....
View ArticlePixel Scroll 10/30/23 If You Give A Scroll A Cookie
(1) CHENGDU WORLDCON ROUNDUP. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] Hai Ya TV interviews CGTN posted a 3½-minute subtitled interview on YouTube with the Best Novelette winner. On Weibo, CCTV followed up their...
View ArticlePixel Scroll 2/3/24 It’s Hot As Hell In Pixeldelphia
(1) DRAGON CON BANS AI ART FROM SALES AREAS. The Dragon Con 2024 Art Show Application Form includes this ban: No AI artwork of any kind will be allowed to be sold or distributed in the Dragon Con Art...
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