It’s 2021. It’s been over half a century since the year we landed on the moon and threw the first brick at Stonewall and we still haven’t seen an openly queer superhero on the big screen. We have only recently seen science fiction and fantasy novels and stories begin to reflect the diversity of their […]
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The bid team for Glasgow in 2024 Worldcon are very enthusiastic about Sci-Fi and Fantasy books. We love to share this passion with our fans and supporters. So we are inviting you to join us for some informal Book Club discussions. We plan to run these Book Clubs at conventions over the next while, online
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Back in February we asked you to help us create an Alphabet of Armadillos, and we’re very happy with all the responses we got! If I counted correctly, there are exactly 26 completed armadillos on the list today, so we got a whole alphabet’s worth! Thank you to everybody who participated, this was so much
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My name is Luke Shelton and I have been a fan of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien for a long time. I started as a young reader of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and after University I just kept coming back to the books. That’s the main reason why I chose to
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The Armadillo Auditorium is part of the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow. If we win the bid to host Worldcon in 2024, this is where we would hold large events, such as the Hugo Awards Ceremony. It did not get its name by accident … So, naturally, we’ve had armadillos on our minds lately.
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“Behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth.” – Daniel 7:7 The backdrop of the Southern Necropolis has held its place in the annals of Glasgow’s history for time immemorial. Amidst the gravestones of prolific merchants and traders from a time where Glasgow was recognised as ‘the
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Her grandpa Rab struggled up in bed, rheumy blue eyes squinting out into the hospice corridor. Satisfied nobody was eavesdropping, he slumped back into his pillows. “Alex, pet, I’m falling to pieces here. There’s something I need to tell you before it’s too late, a secret I’d never dream of telling your dad.” He coughed,
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Glasgow in 2024 has been thinking about the crowning glory of SFF fandom. Clearly, it is its fans! But what is it that makes SFF fans, Worldcon fans, so amazing? There are so many qualities to choose from including, but not limited to: Passionate; Imaginative; Enthusiastic Dedicated; Dynamic; Diverse Creative; Colourful; Crafty Welcoming; Hopeful; Tenacious
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The award for Best Related Work has been part of the Hugos since the 1980s. It has always been a little bit of a catch-all category, serving to recognise significant contributions to the science fiction community. Typically it goes to works in any media of non-fiction, but it has gone to fictional works that fall
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The Best Fancast category is relatively new to the Hugos, having been awarded first in 2012. It’s awarded for “any non-professional audio- or video-casting with at least four episodes that had at least one episode released in the previous calendar year.” Having just launched a podcast myself, I was fascinated to survey the state of
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