When Graham Andrews Competed on Mastermind

By Ersatz Culture: On August 17, BBC4 broadcast an episode of the long-running quiz Mastermind that had first been shown in 1977.  One of the specialist subject rounds was science fi…

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Pixel Scroll 8/17/26 I Have No Internet And I Must Stream

(1) WSFA SMALL PRESS AWARD FINALISTS. The Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association (WSFA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction. See the list at the l…

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Pixel Scroll 8/16/26 When The Pixel-Scrolley’s Done, When The Hugo’s Lost And Won

(1) L. W. CURREY BOOKSELLER ROBBED AGAIN. The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) reports genre specialty book dealer L. W. Currey has suffered another theft – the third, sa…

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Dublin 2029 Worldcon Bid Starts “Free Books” Outreach Campaign, Holds Meetups

Dublin 2029 volunteers at Comic Con. By James Bacon: Dublin 2029 were at Dublin Comic Con last weekend (August 8-9, 2026), initiating their free book outreach campaign for attendees. The books were…

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Cats Sleep on SFF: Small Gods

Nickpheas brings us something this series hasn’t seen for awhile – an actual sleeping cat! Here is Maverick, sleeping on Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. He’s coming up on his first birthday. P…

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Pixel Scroll 8/14/26 When The Scroll Comes A Filing, The Pixel Turn It Back, First From The Circle, Fifth From The Track

(1) THE VOTES FOR COUNT BINFACE HAVE BEEN COUNTED. “Count Binface gets almost 10,000 votes in Clacton by-election” – BBC says he came in second.  Count Binface has enjoyed his best…

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Support Pull-up Challenge Fundraiser By Emma J. King

Long-time British science fiction fan, Dr. Emma J. King, is currently raising funds for cancer research by carrying out a month of sponsored pull-ups. Many fans will know of her presentation on mat…

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E. J. Swift Wins 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award

When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, published by Arcadia, is the winner of the 40th Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year. The selection was revealed today at…

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Pixel Scroll 8/11/26 Pixelization Is For Insects

(1) JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. “City fines company $160k over Avengers: Doomsday Comic-Con installation” reports San Diego’s 10News. The City of San Diego has fined a company $160,000 for dis…

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Pixel Scroll 8/10/26 Abandon Scrolls, All Ye Who Pixel Here

(1) MÉLIÈS FILM SAVED. [Item by Bruce D. Arthurs.] The Library of Congress Magazine’s new issue has an article about a long-lost 1897 Georges Méliès’ short film, “Gugusse and the Automat…

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GoFundMe Started to Help Sheila Williams and Husband Get Skilled Nursing Care

By Ian Randal Strock: Sheila Williams (and Tina Lee) hired me to be the editorial assistant at Asimov’s (and Analog) sf magazines, way back when, giving me my first job in science fiction, th…

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Pixel Scroll 8/8/26 For Tuppence More, Up Scrolls The Pixel!

(1) WORLD FANTASY AWARD BALLOT EXPLANATION. The reason for removing The Essential Patricia McKillip from the Collections category, according the award administrator Peter Dennis Pautz, is that “nom…

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Cats Sleep on SFF: The Star Beast

Kathy Sullivan says: Here’s my Moluccan cockatoo, Bayla, standing near The Star Beast novelization by Gary Russell. Photos of your felines (or whatever you’ve got!) resting on genre works are…

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