Day two of Norwescon for me is almost entirely about the Philip K. Dick Awards. The attending authors have a panel in the afternoon, then a small private social, then a fancy dinner, followed by the award ceremony. Congratulations to M. R. Carey for winning this year’s award, and to Thomas Ha (who was here) for winning the special citation award! Then I spent the late evening bouncing between parties and the dance before crashing out about 1 a.m.
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Today’s daytime and early evening outfits for Philip K. Dick Award day at Norwescon. Electric sheep, and sprucing up (disinfecting?) for the dinner and ceremony.
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Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha: Book 9 of 2026: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha. Seventh and final Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/18/uncertain-sons-and-other-stories-by-thomas-ha
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The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon: Book 8 of 2026: The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon. Sixth Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/03/11/the-immeasurable-heaven-by-caspar-geon
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From the February 1984 issue of Westwind, the Northwest Science Fiction Society (NWSFS) fanzine: The original announcement of the Philip K. Dick Award ceremony being held at Norwescon 8!
Join me at @norwescon 48 this year for this year's award ceremony to hear readings from the nominated works (some read by the authors themselves) and find out who wins!
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Sunward by William Alexander: Book 7 of 2026: Sunward by William Alexander. Fifth Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/24/sunward-by-william-alexander
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Scales by Christopher Hinz: Book 6 of 2026: Scales by Christopher Hinz. Fourth Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/19/scales-by-christopher-hinz
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Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey: Book 5 of 2026: Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey. Third Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/14/outlaw-planet-by-m-r-carey
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City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whiteley: Book 4 of 2026: City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whiteley. Second Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/03/city-of-all-seasons-by-oliver-k-langmead-and-aliya-whiteley
#AliyaWhiteley #OliverKLangmead #PhilipKDickAward #Books #Photos
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Casual by Koji A. Dae: Book 3 of 2026: Casual by Koji A. Dae. First Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/01/21/casual-by-koji-a-dae
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Congratulations to @ThomasHa, Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whitely, and Caspar Geon, whose #PhilipKDickAward nominated works for this year are also up for BSFA awards!
https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist
Congratulations also to past Philip K. Dick Award nominees and winners and @norwescon guests and panelists who also have BSFA nominated work: @aptshadow, Clare North, Alastair Reynolds, Bethany Jacobs, @seananmcguire, (Mira Grant), Bora Chung, Eugen Bacon, Tade Thompson, @pluralistic, and Simon Morden! (And my apologies if I missed anyone as I was scrolling through the list or didn't find active Fediverse handles!)
Join us at Norwescon for the Philip K. Dick Awards on April 3! https://www.norwescon.org/philip-k-dick-award/
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Weekly(-ish) Notes: August 11–August 19, 2025: Worldcon Edition: A week (and a bit) in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week or so. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/08/20/weekly-ish-notes-august-11-august-19-2025-worldcon-edition
#HugoAward #Norwescon #PhilipKDickAward #Seacon1961 #SeattleWorldcon2025 #StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks #TheHeadThatWouldntDie #WeeklyNotes #Worldcon #Conventions #Personal #Photos
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CW: Star Trek Strange New Worlds S03E06
Just finished The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail. Just a few quick thoughts.
First off, and most amusingly to me: I feel like someone in the design team was heavily inspired by/appropriated/ripped off the cover art of one of last year’s #PhilipKDickAward nominees, Subodhana Wijeyeratne’s _Triangulum_: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/994f6081-28fa-4532-a5e5-c98de471e78d
I felt like this was an okay attempt at “baby Kirk” finding his command footing, undercut (particularly for long-time fans) by working in a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle nods to future TOS situations. Primarily, of course, the doomsday machine; in some ways, this felt like that episode as seen through a funhouse mirror.
More than halfway through this season, and while I’m definitely still enjoying it, I continue to think they’re relying _far_ too much on both obvious and deep-cut fan service, rather than building on that and expanding the universe.
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Weekly Notes: April 28–May 4, 2025: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/05/04/weekly-notes-april-28-may-4-2025
#IPSEDay #IPSEDay2025 #PhilipKDickAward #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow #WeeklyNotes #Conventions #Personal
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On a la lauréate du Philip K. Dick Award 2025.
Et elle sera bientôt traduite en français...
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Congratulations to the 2025 #PhilipKDickAward winner, Brenda Penado, for Time's Agent, and the Special Citation winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, for Alien Clay!
See the full announcement on the #NWC47 website: https://www.norwescon.org/2025/04/18/2025-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced/
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It was announced on Friday, April 18, 2025 at Norwescon 47 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2024 in the U.S.A. is:
TIME’S AGENT by Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom)
Special citation was given to:
ALIEN CLAY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award ceremony is sponsored by Norwescon. The 2024 award was given to THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit) with a special citation to THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House).
The year’s judges for the 2025 award were Maurice Broaddus, C. S. Friedman, Rajan Khanna, Carol McGuirk, and Carrie Vaughn (chair).
This year’s judges are Jim Aikin, Kim Antieau, J. D. Goff, Abbey Mei Otis, and Lisa Swanstrom.
The virtual award ceremony can be found online.
For more information, contact the award administration:
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack [email protected]
Pat LoBrutto [email protected]For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society:
Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752For more information about Norwescon: Norwescon.org
https://www.norwescon.org/2025/04/18/2025-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced/
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It's Friday, which means it's time for the #PhilipKDickAward ceremony! Join us in Grand 2 at 7 p.m. to see who wins this year's award and special citation and experience readings by nominees Bora Chung, Subodhana Wijeyeratne, and @TaraCampbell, or stream from our YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/live/0Hv8R55KB2w)!
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Thinking about what to do next? Come learn about the #PhilipKDickAward before the ceremony tonight. Catch "All About the Philip K. Dick Award" in Cascade 7 & 8 at 3 p.m. Thirsty? Come join the @SeattleWorldcon2025 Tea Party in the Presidential Suite 1360 at 2 p.m. Ready to laugh? We have CSz Seattle presenting "B-Rated!", an improvised original movie and an improvised live commentary track of the same movie. They make it, then make fun of it! Join us in Grand 3 at 3:30 p.m.
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Nice profile of #PhilipKDickAward nominee Bora Chung. And I’m even quoted, in a second-hand, roundabout way!
“‘To Meet Her’ is Chung’s sci-fi-inflected message of such solidarity, set in a near future where deepfake technologies, bone-stitching nanobots and 120-year-old activists strolling down the street have become common sights.
“‘And you know what the Philip K. Dick Award organizer told me? That science fiction has always been political. I liked that,’ she added.”
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Single Pattern Contest and Masquerade Membership Prize Reminder
Show off your mad costume skills at Norwescon this year! Enter our single pattern contest and have fun with our unisex sweatshirt and pants pattern. Or go for broke and enter our masquerade. All skill levels welcome! Masquerade entrants have a chance to win a membership to Norwescon 48. We look forward to seeing you shine!
Norwescon’s Bibliophiles Update
Norwescon’s official year-round book club, Norwescon’s Bibliophiles, is reading some of the recently announced Philip K. Dick nominees for our March and April books. These include the following:
- March 17 – online – Triangulum by Subodhana Wijeyeratne
- April TBD – in person at Norwescon – City of Dancing Gargoyles by Tara Campbell
All are welcome at Norwescon Bibliophile events. This is an opportunity to discuss science fiction and fantasy books with other enthusiasts, not only during our annual convention in April but all year round. If you were planning to read the P.K. Dick nominees anyway, consider attending one of our upcoming meetings and joining the discussion.
Games, Games, and More Games!
This year the games at Norwescon 47 are being hosted by the Puget Sound Tabletop Gaming Alliance. This group involves volunteers from Dragonflight GameCon, Alexandria RPG Library, Emerald City Lodge, and Grit City RPG League. Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society games at Norwescon are brought to you by the Emerald City Lodge on behalf of Paizo Organized Play. Emerald City Lodge supports local conventions and play regularly in various locations around the greater Seattle metropolitan area. All are welcome, with no experience necessary! You can reach them on their Discord server. Dungeons & Dragons organized play during Norwescon is brought to you by Grit City RPG League.
- If you are interested in volunteering with the games group, we need administrative and library help. Please email us for more information.
- Games will be available all weekend at Norwescon 47! GM registration and game submissions are available now. The submission deadline is March 20, 2025. Please submit games through the game submission form.
- Player sign-ups are available now! Check out the available games and sign up on our Warhorn page. The deadline to sign up via Warhorn is April 13, 2025. Walk-in players will be accepted on the day of the game at the convention.
Attention: TTRPG and D&D Adventurers League Game Masters
If you need modules to run for the convention, we can help! R. Talsorian Games has offered to send out PDFs of their adventures for Cyberpunk as well as the new Edgerunner PDF. We may be able to help out with costs of D&D Adventurers League modules. We can also assist with modules for other systems that you would like to bring to the convention! For more information, email us.
Special Gaming Events!
Dragonflight is hosting a very special Magic: The Gathering Mystery Booster 2 for Draft, a limited-run pack of Magic with some retro cards and very rare pulls. Limited to 16 tickets for 50 dollars each. It will be hosted in Maxis’ on Friday.
Norwescon is hosting a CATAN championship qualifying event for the upcoming 2025 United States Championship. Save the date 4/20/2025.
Help the Norwescon ‘Zine Become a Success!
The Norwescon ‘Zine (the official daily news sheet for Norwescon 47) will be full of information for you each day of the convention – and some of that comes from you!
- Did you have a memorable or funny meeting with one of our honorable guests or another con attendee? Send in a short paragraph!
- Did you overhear something wonderfully odd and geeky (things you’re only going to hear at a sci-fi and fantasy convention that have you chuckling with fannish delight)? Send that line or short dialogue to us!
- Did you attend a gathering or event you want to crow about? Be a “roving reporter” and send in a blurb!
- See something cool – costumes, groups having fun, a visiting extraterrestrial wondering what all the fuss is about? A photo is always welcome, so send it in!
We welcome your submissions! Send your content, ideas, and photos to the ‘Zine. The ‘Zine will be available each morning of Norwescon 47 at 10 a.m. – both online and at the information desk.
Read for the Endeavor Award
Become a Preliminary Reader for the Endeavor Award! Preliminary Readers read works from the field of science fiction and fantasy that have been submitted and rate them. The top five works will then be rated by judges for the Endeavor Award.
The Endeavor Award represents a collaboration between writers and fans of science fiction and fantasy to encourage the growth of literature in the field and recognize works of excellence. The award is sponsored by the Oregon Science Fiction Conventions and given each year at Orycon. The deadline for book submissions this year is March 17, 2025.
Volunteer for Norwescon 47
Are you or a friend coming to Norwescon and looking for something to do during or before the convention? Consider joining our volunteer staff! We have positions open for people of varying skill types and interests.
If you are media savvy, we are looking for streaming and social media assistants. If you feel especially good at making people feel welcome, we are looking for convention lounge hosts, registration team members, and programming services team members. We have these positions, and many more, up for grabs over on the Open Volunteer Positions page.
Call for Assistance with Website Accessibility Review
Hello ConCom! In cooperation with our member services team’s work on ensuring our physical spaces are accessible for our disabled members, our publications and website teams are working on ensuring that our online publications, including our website, email newsletters, and social media posts, are properly set up for full accessibility, including compatibility with assistive technology software and hardware.
We’d like to know: If you are an assistive technology user, would you be willing to volunteer some time to go through our website and let us know if you encounter any difficulties or incompatibilities, or if you find any areas that have escaped our notice and could use improvement?
If you do not use assistive technology but know someone who does, might they be willing to assist with this effort? And of course, even if you don’t have the time, energy, or spoons to assist, if you are an assistive technology user who ever does encounter any difficulties with our website or other publications, we welcome comments at either [email protected] or [email protected].
https://www.norwescon.org/2025/03/03/news-from-norwescon-march-2025/
#AlexandriaRPGLibrary #DragonflightGameCon #EmeraldCityLodge #EndeavorAward #GritCityRPGLeague #MagicTheGathering #Masquerade #NorwesconsBibliophiles #PhilipKDickAward #PugetSoundTabletopGamingAlliance #SettlersOfCatan #SinglePatternContest
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My Norwescon 47 Schedule: My tentative schedule for this year's Norwescon. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/03/02/my-norwescon-47-schedule
#A11y #Accessibility #DJWüdi #Norwescon #NWC47 #PhilipKDickAward #Conventions #DJWüdi
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Weekly Notes: Feb 10-16, 2025: A week in the life of…. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/16/weekly-notes-feb-10-16-2025
#Accessibility #Design #DragRace #Facebook #FreshRSS #LawandOrder #LawandOrderSVU #Linkding #PhilipKDickAward #PikaPods #Postalicious #Scrubs #Section504 #SoftCell #Typography #voting #WeeklyNotes #Geekery #Links #Music #Personal #Politics #TVAndFilms
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Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky: 📚: Ninth book and sixth and final Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/16/alien-clay-by-adrian-tchaikovsky
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Weekly Notes: Getting Started: A look at this week in my life. Let's see if this format helps get me blogging regularly again. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/09/weekly-notes-getting-started
#DragRace #Evil #NineInchNails #Norwescon #NOVA #PhilipKDickAward #Scrubs #TheChipmunks #TrustedTester #Underworld #WeeklyNotes #Books #Conventions #Music #Personal #TVAndFilms
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Guest of Honor Spotlight: Publisher Paizo Inc.
Washington-based Paizo Inc. is the publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Tales novels, Starfinder science-fantasy roleplaying game, and numerous board games and accessories. In the 15+ years since its founding, Paizo has received more than 100 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.
Jenny Jarzabski (she/her; all pronouns) is Creative Manager of Starfinder at Paizo Publishing. Jenny’s work in tabletop gaming includes dozens of published credits ranging from rule books to epic adventure campaigns. After a successful open playtest in 2024, Jenny and the Starfinder team are excited to launch Second Edition this year and have many exciting announcements coming up! Jenny is passionate about collaborative science-fantasy worldbuilding, tabletop RPGs as an industry and hobby, and big stompy robots–also known as mechs! Jenny believes playing games can help everyone to sparkle and shine their brightest.
As a developer at Paizo, Mike Kimmel is one of the creators of the upcoming Starfinder 2nd Edition Roleplaying Game. Mike has over 15 years of freelance writing experience in the tabletop games industry and seven years of experience running a community for aspiring freelancers. He spent nearly a decade as a teacher and literacy specialist before transitioning to a full-time career in game writing. Mike passionately believes in fostering diverse, welcoming communities of gamers and game creators; that’s how meaningful, lasting stories and friendships are made. Mike lives in the Pacific Northwest with his spouse, two children, two dogs named after authors, and a cat named after a Star Trek character.
2025 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced
The judges of the 2025 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works published in 2024 that comprise the final ballot for the award:
- CITY OF DANCING GARGOYLES by Tara Campbell (Santa Fe Writers Project)
- YOUR UTOPIA: STORIES by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin Books)
- TIME’S AGENT by Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom)
- THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)
- ALIEN CLAY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
- TRIANGULUM by Subodhana Wijeyeratne (Rosarium Publishing)
First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 18, 2025, at Norwescon 47. Plans for the ceremony will be posted on the Norwescon site.
Club Tables Going Fast!
We only have a couple more club table spots left! Applications are still open to bring your club, group, convention, or organization that promotes science, science fiction, fantasy, costuming/cosplay, or other fannish pursuits to Norwescon 47. Come meet our fabulous members, advertise your organization, and support fandom of all kinds. Apply on the Club Tables page of our website.
Enter Single Pattern Contest or Masquerade for the Chance to Win Norwescon 48 Membership
Show off your mad costume skills at Norwescon this year! Enter our Single Pattern Contest and have fun with our unisex sweatshirt and pants pattern. Rules and entry forms can be found on the SPC Page.
Or go for broke and enter our Masquerade. All skill levels welcome! Masquerade entrants have a chance to win a membership to Norwescon 48. We look forward to seeing you shine! Rules and entry forms can be found on the Masquerade Page.
Suite Applications Now Available
If you are interested in reserving a suite for the convention, good news! The suite application form is now active on the website. This form must be completed and submitted for review and approval.
Volunteer for Norwescon 47
Are you or a friend coming to Norwescon and looking for something to do during or before the convention? Consider joining our volunteer staff! We have positions open for people of varying skill types and interests.
If you are media savvy, we are looking for streaming and social media assistants. If you feel especially good at making people feel welcome, we are looking for convention lounge hosts, registration team members, and programming services team members. We have these positions, and many more, up for grabs over on the Open Volunteer Positions page on the Norwescon website.
Call for Assistance with Website Accessibility Review
Hello ConCom! In cooperation with our member services team’s work on ensuring our physical spaces are accessible for our disabled members, our publications and website teams are working on ensuring that our online publications, including our website, email newsletters, and social media posts, are properly set up for full accessibility, including compatibility with assistive technology software and hardware.
We’d like to know: If you are an assistive technology user, would you be willing to volunteer some time to go through our website and let us know if you encounter any difficulties or incompatibilities, or if you find any areas that have escaped our notice and could use improvement?
If you do not use assistive technology but know someone who does, might they be willing to assist with this effort? And of course, even if you don’t have the time, energy, or spoons to assist, if you are an assistive technology user who ever does encounter any difficulties with our website or other publications, we welcome comments at either [email protected] or [email protected].
https://www.norwescon.org/2025/02/07/news-from-norwescon-february-2025/
#JennyJarzabski #Masquerade #MikeKimmel #Paizo #PhilipKDickAward #SinglePatternContest
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Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado: 📚: Eighth book and fifth Phliip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/07/times-agent-by-brenda-peynado
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City of Dancing Gargoyles by Tara Campbell: 📚: Seventh book and fourth Phliip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/04/city-of-dancing-gargoyles-by-tara-campbell
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The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar: 📚: Sixth book and third Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/01/28/the-practice-the-horizon-and-the-chain-by-sofia-samatar
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Triangulum by Subodhana Wijeyeratne: 📚: Second Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/01/26/triangulum-by-subodhana-wijeyeratne
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Your Utopia by Bora Chung: 📚: First Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/?p=51604
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Are you on @thestorygraph and reading this year’s #PhilipKDickAward nominees? Join the reading challenge to get through them all by April 18 when the winner is announced at @norwescon!
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/24bb6af3-2d79-4534-830f-212cbf2f5726
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PKD Day: This year's nominees for the Philip K. Dick award were announced today, and I already have my copies! https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/?p=51595
#AdrianTchaikovsky #BoraChung #BrendaPeynado #PhilipKDickAward #SubodhanaWijeyeratne #TaraCampbell #books #photos
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CW: Long, welcoming a friend, giving general Mastodon tips
@Fractalzend Howdy! And welcome to Mastodon!
A few tips to get you started, since you said that Mastodon was all new to you:
One of the things I really like about this place is there's no algorithm shoving engagement bait from people you don't know in your face; you only see things from people you follow. The flip side, of course, is that when you're new and not following many people yet, it can seem pretty quiet and boring. So! When you have time, find people to follow and build your feed.
How to do that, though? See what the people you are following post, link to, and boost, and follow more people that look interesting; that part's pretty self-explanatory.
The "live feeds" section has three tabs that will show you posts from people you don't know: People on the same server you're on ("this server"), posts from people across the fediverse that people on your server follow ("other servers"), and...I'm not sure of the last one ("all"), but I think it's a combination of the two. It's pretty random, and I don't use these much, but they're options.
Off the top of my head, a few recommendations that you might find interesting:
- @FediTips - tips on how to get the most out of Mastodon
- @tychotithonus - my old friend Royce; pretty sure you met him a few times
- @norwescon and @SeattleWorldcon2025 - the two cons I'm involved in here (okay, maybe not _super_ interesting for you, but I'm going to plug them anyway)
- @dilmandila - a filmmaker and author; I met him when he was nominated for the #PhilipKDickAward, you may be more interested in his filmmaking posts
- @todayonscreen - posts daily important events as seen in films
- @Jyoti - the musican behind White Town ("Your Woman")
- @macrumors - Apple and macOS newsHashtags are used a _lot_ here. Use the search field to look for terms around areas you might be interested in (#film? #audio?), or follow hashtags that look interesting in other people's posts. If your hashtag contains multiple words, it works best if you use #CamelCase so that screen readers know where the word breaks are and read them correctly (for one classic example, is #penisland "Pen Island" or "Penis Land"?).
You may want to post an introduction post saying hello and letting people know who you are and what you're interested in. Here's mine as one example; you can find more by skimming the #introduction tag: https://tenforward.social/@djwudi/109377489172323601
If/when you post photos, adding #AltText to describe the image for screen reader users is highly recommended and a large part of the general fediverse culture. If you'd like help, you can use the #Alt4Me tag to ask for alt text suggestions.
Another part of the culture here is using "Content Warnings" (or sometimes called "Content Wrappers") to give a brief subject line for a post that readers have to click through before reading the entire post. People might use them in addition to hashtags to flag subjects that others might not want to see (like political, NSFW, possibly controversial content, movie/TV spoilers, etc.). I've used one for this post because it's so damn long. :)
Since Mastodon (and the wider fediverse) is federated across multiple servers, the server you choose can have an effect on what you see -- and whether you're seen. While mastodon.social (your current server) is one of the largest servers out there, it has a questionable-at-best reputation, has had issues with problematic users and moderation, and is even blocked (defederated) by many other servers. As you get more used to Mastodon, you may want to keep an eye out for other servers you could move to. I'm on tenforward.social, which (if you hadn't guessed) tends to attract #StarTrek fans, and is very well moderated; it also has some other benefits, like a 10,000 character post limit instead of the default 500 (which is why I'm able to put all of this in a single post).
There's probably more I'm not thinking of at the moment, but hopefully this will be enough to get you started and sticking around. Enjoy, and toss me questions if you ever want or need!
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Now available! #PBS's #AmericanMasters Renegades short film series showcasing the lives of diverse, lesser-known historical figures with disabilities focuses on Judy-Lynn Del Rey. Portions of this episode were filmed this spring at #NWC46! Look for lots of shots of #Norwescon, including bits of the #PhilipKDickAward ceremony, panels, costumers, and chats with chair SunnyJim Morgan and member Zamesta Cosplay! Watch the episode here: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/judy-lynn-del-rey-documentary/33582/
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Glasgow 2024 has just announced this year's #HugoAward finalists, and as often happens, a number of them have connections to Norwescon! Congratulations to former #PhilipKDickAward nominees and Norwescon guests of honor Ann Leckie, Martha Wells, Sarah Pinsker, P. Djèlí Clark, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Seanan McGuire, Neil Clarke, Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Galen Dara, and Uncanny Magazine, and all the rest of the finalists! See the full list of finalists here: https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/2024-hugo-award-finalists/
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2024 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced: It was announced on Friday, March 29, 2024 at Norwescon 46 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2023 in the U.S.A. is THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit). Special citation was given to: THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY by Rebekah Bergman… (#BethanyJacobs #PhilipKDickAward #RebekahBergman)
Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/03/29/2024-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced/
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Congratulations to Rebekah Bergman, Special Citation winner for The Museum of Human History, and to Bethany Jacobs, Philip K. Dick Award winner for These Burning Stars!
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The #PhilipKDickAward ceremony is tonight at #NWC46! Join us in Grand 2 at 7 p.m. to see who wins this year's award and special citation, or stream the ceremony from our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWzZnYo9_s)! Featuring readings from all six nominated works, including readings by attending nominees S.L. Coney, @dilmandila, and Bethany Jacobs.
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Just one week until #NWC46 kicks off! Guests of Honor #JimButcher, #CharlesVess, Dr. #RaychelleBurks, #NeilClarke of @clarkesworld Magazine, and #KateAliceMarshall, plus all our pros and panelists, games, the #PhilipKDickAward ceremony, costumes and the masquerade, dances, the film festival, geeky conversations, silliness, bad jokes and puns (and, okay, some good ones too), and so much more!
Full-weekend and single-day memberships are available on our website: https://www.norwescon.org/con/memberships/
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The 2024 World SF Bundle ebook bundle from #StoryBundle includes this year’s #PhilipKDickAward nominated _Danged Black Thing_ by #EugenBacon (along with a bunch of other neat-looking titles). Get it now and you can have it read by the award ceremony on March 29th at #nwc46!
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This is your one month warning! Time to put the finishing touches on those costumes (or frantically figure out what you're going to bring), put together your packing lists, and get ready for #NWC46!
And the schedule is now live! Panels! Events! Dances! The #PhilipKDickAward! Workshops! Meetups! The Masquerade! Start digging through everything we're offering this year, and get ready for four days venturing Into the Wylde!
Dig into the full schedule here: https://www.norwescon.org/con/schedule-of-events/
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The current "Twisted Folklore Histories" set-your-own-price #ebook bundle from #Storybundle includes (if you pay $20 or more) two #PhilipKDickAward nominated authors, and one nominated book!
Included are #ElwinCotman's 2021-nominated "Dance on Saturday" and a book from #EugenBacon, one of this year's Philip K. Dick Award nominees, plus a lot of other neat looking books!
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If you're a #StoryGraph user, you can join the #PhilipKDickAward #ReadingChallenge -- can you read all six nominees before the award ceremony on March 29?
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/aa82c8c9-089f-4e9b-a9b0-7b5fe5030afc
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The nominees for the 2024 #PhilipKDickAward have been announced! Congratulations to Eugen Bacon, Rebekah Bergman, M.R. Carey, S.L. Coney, @dilmandila, and Bethany Jacobs! Join us in the evening of Friday, March 29 at #NWC46 for the award ceremony!
See the full list of nominees here: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/09/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced/
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2024 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced: The judges of the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works published in 2023 that comprise the final ballot for the award. … (#PhilipKDickAward)
Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/09/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced/
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The judges of the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works published in 2023 that comprise the final ballot for the award:
DANGED BLACK THING by Eugen Bacon (Apex Book Company)
THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House)
INFINITY GATE by M. R. Carey (Orbit)
WILD SPACES by S. L. Coney (Tordotcom)
WHERE RIVERS GO TO DIE by Dilman Dila (Rosarium Publishing)
THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit)First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, March 29, 2024 at Norwescon 46. Plans for the ceremony will be posted at Norwescon’s website.
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States during the previous calendar year. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the Northwest Science Fiction Society. Last year’s winner was THE EXTRACTIONIST by Kimberly Unger (Tachyon Publications) with a special citation to THE LEGACY OF MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE by Tade Thompson (Tordotcom). The judges for this year’s award are Nicky Drayden, Gordon Eklund, Christopher V. Rowe, Kali Wallace (Chair), and Lisa Yaszek.
For more information, contact the award administration:
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack [email protected]
Pat LoBrutto [email protected]For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society: Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752.
For more information about Norwescon: Norwescon’s website.
https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/09/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced/
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Congratulations to all of this year's #HugoAward winners, particularly to those who have been part of Norwescon in the past:
- @seananmcguire (#NWC37 Guest of Honor): Best Novella
- @aptshadow (2021 #PhilipKDickAward Nominee): Best Series
- @clarkesworld (#NWC42 and upcoming #NWC46 Guest of Honor): Best Editor, Short Form
- @UncannyMagazine (#NWC45 Guest of Honor): Best SemiprozineAll of this year's winners: https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2023-hugo-awards/
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I’m primarily active on my Mastodon account, but I’ve been curious about Calckey, so plan to use this account to get a better feel for it.
Here’s my #introduction / #introductions post:
Hi! I’m Michael, but can frequently be found online as “djwudi”.
Grew up in #Alaska, now exist just south of #Seattle most of the time.
Currently work in #HigherEducation #accessibility as the #AccessibleTechnology Program Manager at Highline College.
I’m a #ScienceFiction / #SciFi fan. #StarTrek is my home fandom, and I volunteer for @[email protected], a local regional fan-run con.
I read a lot of SF #books. Trek novels are my go-to “comfort food”. I’m slowly working my way through all the #HugoAward Best Novel winners, and every year read all of the nominees for the #PhilipKDickAward before the annual award ceremony at Norwescon.
Speaking of the #PhilipKDickAwards and #Norwescon, starting this year, I am the PKD Award liaison for Norwescon. This means I’ll be overseeing the award ceremony and working with nominated authors and their agents as we invite them to attend the ceremony.
I’m one of the many Seattleites who “used to be a #DJ”. For me, it was about a decade in #Anchorage in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, primarily at The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Focused on alternative genres: goth/industrial/synth pop/ebm/techno/etc.
Though recently on the pandemic-induced fringes, I try to be part of the #SeaGoth (Seattle #goth / #gothic) community whenever possible. Used to hang out at The Vogue (on 12th), and am currently looking forward to getting back to the Mercury…eventually.
#Apple #macOS / #iOS user by choice, Windows user if paid.
Oh, and: 50, white, cis, male, statistically straight, healthy, white-collar employed, not rich but comfortably not poor, married, homeowner, neurotypical (as far as I know). In other words, living with a lot of #privilege that I try to be aware of and use for good.
#IDIC - #LLAP - 🖖🏻 -
I’m primarily active on my Mastodon account, but I’ve been curious about Calckey, so plan to use this account to get a better feel for it.
Here’s my #introduction / #introductions post:
Hi! I’m Michael, but can frequently be found online as “djwudi”.
Grew up in #Alaska, now exist just south of #Seattle most of the time.
Currently work in #HigherEducation #accessibility as the #AccessibleTechnology Program Manager at Highline College.
I’m a #ScienceFiction / #SciFi fan. #StarTrek is my home fandom, and I volunteer for @[email protected], a local regional fan-run con.
I read a lot of SF #books. Trek novels are my go-to “comfort food”. I’m slowly working my way through all the #HugoAward Best Novel winners, and every year read all of the nominees for the #PhilipKDickAward before the annual award ceremony at Norwescon.
Speaking of the #PhilipKDickAwards and #Norwescon, starting this year, I am the PKD Award liaison for Norwescon. This means I’ll be overseeing the award ceremony and working with nominated authors and their agents as we invite them to attend the ceremony.
I’m one of the many Seattleites who “used to be a #DJ”. For me, it was about a decade in #Anchorage in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, primarily at The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Focused on alternative genres: goth/industrial/synth pop/ebm/techno/etc.
Though recently on the pandemic-induced fringes, I try to be part of the #SeaGoth (Seattle #goth / #gothic) community whenever possible. Used to hang out at The Vogue (on 12th), and am currently looking forward to getting back to the Mercury…eventually.
#Apple #macOS / #iOS user by choice, Windows user if paid.
Oh, and: 50, white, cis, male, statistically straight, healthy, white-collar employed, not rich but comfortably not poor, married, homeowner, neurotypical (as far as I know). In other words, living with a lot of #privilege that I try to be aware of and use for good.
#IDIC - #LLAP - 🖖🏻 -
We had so much fun at #HamOnt literary festival gritLit this weekend! Thank you to the organizers & authors for putting together a wonderful program! Here's a taste of Rebecca Campbell's Climate Writing Workshop, with a longer video to come. Pick up a copy of Arboreality from Epic Books or from us 📚
#bookstodon #climatefiction #sciencefiction #novella #philipkdickaward -
The video of this year's #PhilipKDickAward ceremony is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUB6db0bOs
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2023 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced: It was announced on Friday, April 7, 2023 at Norwescon 45 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2022 in the U.S.A. is: THE EXTRACTIONIST by Kimberly Unger (Tachyon Publications). Special citation was given to: T
Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2023/04/07/2023-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced/
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The #PhilipKDickAward ceremony is tonight! Join us in Grand 2 at 7 p.m. or stream the ceremony on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/live/EKEgcR3nmQs to see who wins this year's award and special citation. Featuring readings from all six nominated works, including two by attending nominees Kimberly Unger and Rachel Swirsky.
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Day 2 of #nwc45, evening. All dressed up for the Lifetime Members’ dinner and #PhilipKDickAward ceremony.
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The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2023 award year are:
Nicky Drayden
Gordon Eklund
Christopher Rowe
Kali Wallace
Lisa Yaszek
Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2023 are encouraged to provide copies to each of the judges as the books are published during the year. (All works of science fiction published originally in the United States as paperbacks during the year 2023 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January 2024.
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award ceremony is sponsored by Norwescon. The 2022 award for work published in 2021 was given to DEAD SPACE by Kali Wallace (Berkley) with a special citation to THE ESCAPEMENT by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon). The 2023 awards will be announced on April 7, 2023 at Norwescon 45.
For more information, contact the award administration:
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack (347) 787-7445
Pat LoBrutto (845) 516-4412For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society:
Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752For more information about Norwescon: [email protected]
https://www.norwescon.org/2023/02/23/philip-k-dick-award-judges-announced-3/ #norwescon #PhilipKDickAward
