The Chicago bid, Chicon 7, won the right to host the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention. Guests of Honor will include Mike Resnick, Rowena Morrill, Story Musgrave, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Jane Frank, and John Scalzi...

Looks like gaming hero Duke Nukem had an extra life after all. After "Duke Nukem Forever" was declared dead with developer 3D Realms went under last year, it now appears that Duke will be back in 2011.

The December 2010 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact will feature fiction by Christopher L. Bennett, Brian C. Coad, Ron Collins, Brenda Cooper, Carl Frederick, William Michael McCarthy, H.G. Stratmann, and Shane Tourtellotte...

Antipodean SF has posted its September 2010 issue. The online 'zine focuses on Australian short-short sf...

The Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2010 New Poets Contest has ended. The winners are available on-line, along with the art that inspired them...

The October/November 2010 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction features fiction by Don D'Ammassa, Kij Johnson, Tanith Lee, Will McIntosh, R. Neube, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Felicity Shoulders, Ferrett Steinmetz, Rick Wilber, and Kate Wilhelm...

We already know the Thing will be CG for the upcoming "Fantastic Four" reboot. But the big question is--who will provide the voice for the character?

The November 2010 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact will feature fiction by Michael A. Armstrong, Carl Frederick, Richard A. Lovett & Mark Niemann-Ross, Allen M. Steele, Brad R. Torgersen, and Jay Werkheiser...