- I’m all for celebrating the positive in science fiction and fantasy, and on paper the Science Fiction and Fantasy Ethics Group (or SFFE, or whatever they’ve changed their name to) sounds like an interesting idea. But it’s that word “ethics” that I keep coming back to, that keeps bugging me. As many commenters have pointed out, it suggests that anything dystopian or pessimistic is unethical, or that there’s something inherently more ethical in stories with a sunny disposition, and I think that’s a dangerous line of thinking.
- Meanwhile, Harlan Ellison turns down hometown prize. I don’t think it’s quite the fraud and sham he calls it — Ellison isn’t known for his restraint or tact — but it does sound pretty rinky-dink. I’m not sure I blame him. [via]
- You had me at “rogue NASA interns.” The untold story of how they stole millions of dollars in moon rocks. [via]
- Maybe they ought to send them to the moon for clean-up patrol. Apparently that place is filthy. [via]
- And David Tennant is quitting Doctor Who, right?