Sci-Fi Storm

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association announced on their web site that comic book artist Tom Sutton, who’s work included the Star Trek and Conan the Barbarian books, was found dead in his apartment on May 1st. Also comic book writer and editor Robert Kanigher, who worked on Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and more, passed away on May 6th. The two of them had even worked together in the early 70s on The Heap. Also, british SF writer John Middleton Murry, better known under the penname of Richard Cowper, best known for The Twilight of Briareus, passed away on May 2nd.

SyFy Portal had posted a rumor that James Doohan (Scotty, Star Trek) had slipped into a coma from his relapse of pneumonia, but his agent refuted it, instead saying that he is currently going through extensive rehabilitation after 13 weeks in bed.

The 2 DVD set of the BBC’s original THe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy miniseries, based on the original BBC radio series, based on the late Douglas Adams’ series of books, was released this week. Speaking of Adams – the hardcover of The Salmon of Doubt will be released this coming Tuesday.

Update 5/4: The link for the book now points ot the book…

merigold writes “Catherine Asaro wins the 2002 Nebula for best novel; check out the rest of the awards for the best science fiction of the year, given out by the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) association. Or read excerpts from the nominees and decide if you agree on the decisions. Many of the short story nominees are online in their entirety.”

Yeah, this’ll get him elected. Michael Williams, a candidate for the 5th congressional seat in Alabama, has proposed a tax on science fiction literature to help fund NASA. Also included: “space, space-related and science fiction toys, puzzles and games”. What’s next? Taxing mystery novels to fund police departments?

This year’s Hugo Award nominees list is out, and voting will be at ConJose at the end of August. Read More for the list.

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djryan writes “After what seems like an interminable wait, the latest issue of Rising Stars (Number 18) is out.

Amazing Spiderman #40 and Midnight Nation #11 are listed as going on sale on April 24th, though this could slip if past experience is anything to go by.”

merigold writes “Science fiction writer and critic Damon Knight died at age 79. His obituary in the New York Times and another one from Nando.”

As part of Free Comic Book Day, where on Saturday, May 4th you can pick up a free comic from your local comic dealer, the SCI FI Channel is producing postcards promoting the upcoming Farscape and Stargate SG-1 featuring art from famed comic artist Neal Adams.

I was kindly informed this morning that when registering an account, e-mail with the password wasn’t being received. I’ve hunted it down and fixed it, so now it will send e-mail out. If you have already registered and need the password, oo to the “Preferences” selection from the left menu, and click on the “Click here” next to “Lost your password?”.