- If you somehow missed my shouting and muppetlike waving of arms about it, I just completed a big report on reading patterns in the Chicago SF club scene. Charts and graphs galore!
- The bookstores page has also been updated a bit. A lot of of indie bookstores are doing delivery or curbside pick-up, and it's a great time to support them.
- Upcoming Events are still being updated--definitely check with the club/organization if you're interested in attending, but a lot of them are shifting to online meetings.
Some noteworthy online things coming up:
- Flights of Foundry: May 15-17. A virtual con hosted by Dream Foundry, a nonprofit that supports speculative artists in a variety of media. They have a great roster of talks, panels, and readings.
- Tolkien Symposium on Fantasy Literature: May 16. Really great list of speakers, including Kij Johnson, V.E. Schwabb, and Rebecca F. Kuang.
- Michael Zapata is doing two virtual talks for Chicago bookstores on May 21: one for Bookends & Beginnings, and another for City Lit. The Lost Book of Adana Moreau is a seriously great read, one of my favorites so far this year--worth checking out.
- Wiscon is online this year, still waiting on details! May 22-25.
- The Cyberpunk Culture Conference is online (with a really global approach) this year: July 9-10.
- There are LOADS of virtual author talks going on, I have not yet really started trying to list them.
Finally, a couple fun links:
- "Knowing Uncertainty: How Science Fiction Helps us Make Sense of the Pandemic" by Dr. Anastasia Klimchynskaya from the University of Chicago.
- Saw this one making the rounds a bit this week: "Science fiction builds mental resiliency in young readers" by Esther Jones at the Conversation.
- At the last Think Galactic meeting, Josh MacPhee's articles on SF covers and graphic design came up--they're really good! Check out, for instance: Penguin SF, Philip K. Dick, or "We".
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