By BOB SNYDER Remember when ebooks were supposed to be the cheaper, greener alternative to print? “Buy a Kindle,” they said. “Digital is faster, more sustainable, and easy on your wallet.” Back the…| teleread.org
Glasgow 2024, a.k.a. the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), concluded on Monday 12 August, finishing five days of celebrating science fiction, fantasy and speculative writing, in the shadow of the Finnieston Crane, a symbol of Glasgow’s industrial past, at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SEC), a futuristic emblem of its present. By a […]|
At the Hugo Awards ceremony for Glasgow Worldcon 2024 on the evening of Sunday 11 August, the event overcame any of the earlier issues around attempts to interfere with the judging process, and produced an exemplary and transparent ballot, with a stellar list of winners. Held in the huge SEC Armadillo auditorium of the Scottish […]|
One of the most hotly awaited, and contested, outcomes of any Worldcon is the location of the next unassigned Worldcon. Competing bids for the next location two years hence are keenly supported by stands and collaterals—for Worldcons to come. And now we know the lucky recipient for 2026: Los Angeles. As officially announced during Worldcon […]|
It’s a pleasure to be reporting from the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, “a Worldcon for our futures,” held in the Scottish Events Campus on the banks of the Clyde…| teleread.org
I will report for TeleRead from Glasgow for Worldcon 2024 next month, but as many may know, the news has already started. A brazen attempt was made to suborn the voting process for the 2024 Hugo Aw…| teleread.org
Artificial intelligence has taken its share of knocks from the creative community—and with good reason. Consider the unauthorized use of a Scarlett Johansson-like voice, for example, or all t…| teleread.org
I’ve recently been head down over the keyboard filling in the endnotes and other citations for my upcoming historical work, The Liberation of Strasbourg. It’s my first brush in forever with academic citation, and I’m not relishing the experience. Aren’t those citation requirements a headache? Could blockchains rescue us? Honestly, the pain isn’t just from the tedious task of creating citations; […]|