📢 ¡Nuevo vídeo en el canal! 📚 Hablamos de 5 libros publicados recientemente cuya lectura nos ha dejado profundamente satisfechos. ¿Los habéis leído? 🔗 youtu.be/Rqvbv_kMg1M

GJ Arnaud sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/arnaud... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Philippe Jozelon, Patrick Demuth, Jean-Yves Kervevan and Philippe Jozelon):

Marta Randall sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/randal... was born on this day (Artist: Chris Moore, [uncredited], Richard Powers and Carl Lundgren): ND 13 was "announced but never published", [isfdb], save for review copies. A pity: the contents [which were eventually published elsewhere] look very good.

Louis-Sébastien Mercier sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mercie... died & Jocelyn Quilp sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/quilp_... was born on this day: 1-3 from Mercier’s “L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante” (1771) [aka 'Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred']; 4 from Quilp’s “Baron Verdigris” (1894):

Deborah A Chester sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cheste... and Silvia Moreno-Garcia sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moreno... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: [couldn't identify], Marcela Bolivar and Marcela Bolivar). 'Jay D Blakeney' a Chester pseudonym:

Hoy, 25 de abril, es el aniversario de la muerte de Clifford D. Simak (1904 - 1988)

Antoni Hernández-Fernández recuerda a Ian Watson a partir de Incrustados. Como tantas otras veces (Haldeman, Gibson, Marín...) parece inevitable volver a las primeras novelas para encontrar la obra más recordada de un escritor. Irrumpen con tanta fuerza que son inevitables #cifituits

#MonográficosCF - 08 #Biblioteca Montserrat Abelló -- Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) - Bautizada como «madre del #Afrofuturismo», en su obra habló de poder, supervivencia, sexualidad, violencia, racismo o género huyendo de manifiestos, respuestas fáciles o utopías. #Literatura

Don D'Ammassa sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dammas... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: Alan M Clark, Jim Thiesen, [couldn't identify] and Robert H Knox):

Luis Philip Senarens sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/senare... was born on this day: he wrote "most" of the Frank Reade dime novels as 'Noname', whilst creating and writing all the Jack Wright ones: here are some examples of both (couldn't identify the artists):

El 24 de abril de 2003 se completa la secuencia del genoma humano.

La organización de la 84º Convención Mundial de Ciencia Ficción, a celebrar en Los Angeles, ha anunciado las obras finalistas del premio Hugo 2026, para el que se han recibido 1.448 papeletas (nuestros Ignotus no andan tan lejos, oiga) ¿Me acompañas a conocerlos? Dentro hilo :-)

El 23 de abril de 1521 los comuneros de la Santa Junta derrotan a las tropas imperiales de Carlos I en la batalla de Villalar, dando paso a la ucronía de Alba de tinieblas (Eduardo Vaquerizo, 2018)

Nuevo relato: "Bajo el diafragma, las mismísimas entrañas", de Robert Shearman. Leedlo hoy mismo porque es perfecto para el Día del Libro. Os garantizo que va a ser lo más original y divertido que leáis hoy. Si no es así, os devolvemos el dinero. cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/b...

Hoy en C, @marioamadas.bsky.social recomienda El corcel. La novela de Carol Emshwiller que mira de frente los mecanismos del poder, la dominación y el sometimiento voluntario. Merece la pena acercarse a ella cuanto todavía es posible, década y media después de su traducción #cifituits

Día del Libro 2026.

Chuck Wendig sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wendig... was born on this day, so here are some of his covers (Artist: Elora Sperber/Guillaume Tavernier, Galen Dara, [couldn't identify] and Russell Bailey):

James Francis Dwyer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dwyer_... was born on this day, so here's some magazine artwork for his stories 1914-1939 (Artist: Herbert Morton Stoops, FW Small, John Richard Flanagan and John Richard Flanagan):

Mircea Eliade sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/eliade... died and Louise Glück sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gluck_... was born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: 2nd possibly by Hans-Jörg Brehm, couldn't identify the others). Not necessarily their most genre-heavy works:

William Hjortsberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hjorts... died and James Corbett sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/corbet... was born on this day, so here's some of their cover art (Artist: Wojtek Siudmak, Paul Bacon, [couldn't identify] and E Sears):

Y el cuarto Gótico que saldrá para mayo-junio es nuestro querido Jan Potocki... De paso, os recuerdo que mañana 23 de abril es el día del libro y que hay un montón de Valdemares por las librerías esperando a que los adoptéis y les deis una larga vida ❤

Mark Twain sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/twain_... died on this day, so here are some illustrations from his "Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn Edited by Mark Twain" (1894) (Artist: Dan Beard):

John Lymington sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lyming... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: Josh Kirby, [uncredited], [uncredited] and Jack Faragasso):

Hiroe Suga sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/suga_h... was born on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artists: 1st by Yukyo Nakagawa, couldn't identify the others):

Estamos probando nuevas formas que que nos veáis todos los posts en Bluesky y a esta técnica la llamaremos: La Matrioshka🪆 Más reimpresiones góticas mayo-junio (3) ———————— Y para los que se están quedando afónicos... "Mares tenebrosos" pasado el verano, en septiembre 😈

Ian Watson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/watson... who sadly died a week ago, was born on this day; here's magazine artwork for some of his stories 1982-88: 'Returning Home' ‘White Socks’ ‘Salvage Rights' & ‘The Mole Field’ (Artist: Jean-Marie Poumeyrol, RJ Krupowicz, David A Hardy & Stephen Gervais):

Frank R Stockton sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stockt... died on this day, so here are some of illustrations to his works (Artist: Walter Russell, Peter Newell, Peter Newell and Frederick Richardson):

Bram Stoker sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stoker... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Henri Lievens, John Cayea, Dylan Garrett Smith and Paul Slater):

This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - with Bernardine Evaristo; the Japanese anime tv series 'Id: Invaded' (2020); US tv animated series 'Thundarr the Barbarian' (1980/1981) and the US comic 'The Phantom Stranger' (1952/1953):

📕 LIBRISIMO #53 con David Roas para presentar TERRITORIOS, su más reciente antología de agrohorror publicada por Páginas de Espuma youtu.be/t5fAX99BvDs

Hoy, 20 de abril, Ian Watson hubiera cumplido 83 años. El Celsius ha quedado un poco huérfano sin él.

Hoy en C recuerdo a Ian Watson a partir de Pájaros lentos. Uno de los grandes cuentos de la historia de la ciencia ficción, ejemplo de su manera de enfocar la escritura. Vertiginoso, poliédrico, puro sentido de la maravilla construido a partir de la evocación de lo sublime #cifituits

Pierre Versins sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/versin... died on this day - he wrote the 'Encyclopédie de l'Utopie et de la sf' (1972; rev 1984): "An invaluable if idiosyncratic volume ... one of the finest reference books on sf; it has not been translated". Here's some of the illustrations it reprints:

Norman L Knight sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/knight... died on this day, so here's some of his book and magazine covers (Artist: Chris Foss, [uncredited], Karel Thole and John Schoenherr):

Hoy, 19 de abril, es el aniversario de la muerte de Jesús de Aragón (1893 - 1973) alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

Hoy, 19 de abril, es el aniversario de la muerte de James Graham Ballard (1930 - 2009) Uno de los escritores más interesantes de finales del siglo XX y uno de nuestros favoritos. alt64.org/wiki/index.p...

KD Wentworth sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wentwo... died and Janet Kagan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kagan_... was born on this day, so here's some interior magazine art for their stories (Artist: David Martin, Peter Ferguson, Janet Aulisio and Janet Aulisio):

Jacques Sternberg sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sternb... was born on this day, so here are some of his works - a cover by him and three covers to his books (artist: Jacques Sternberg [a collage/montage], Dominique Gustin de Chambure, [couldn't identify] and Jimminy):

Isak Dinesen sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dinese... and William Sarabande sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/saraba... were born on this day, so here are a pair of book covers for each (Artist: [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], Jerry LoFaro and Jerry LoFaro):

Criminal Blurbs from the grave. Olé tus webs, Editorial Maeva

Le tengo mucho cariño a la inmensa mayoría de libreros que conozco, y una gran admiración por el trabajo que hacen. No sé si alguna vez os habéis planteado abrir una pequeña librería vocacional. Yo sí, claro, muchas veces. Pero ¿habéis hecho números?

Hoy, 16 de abril, es el cumpleaños de Mariano Villarreal.

Thomas Olde Heuvelt sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/olde_h... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: Chris Berens, [couldn't identify], DesWes and Leo Nickolls). 1st is the cover artwork for a 10th anniversary edition of "Hex"

Tremlett Carter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter... died, whilst Kim Lakin-Smith sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lakin-... and RH Mottram sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mottra... were born on this day, so some of their book covers (Artist: A d'Aguilcourt, [couldn't identify], Lutwycne[?] and CN Dilly):

Zelazny Wins Infinity Award locusmag.com/2026/04...

Hoy, 16 de abril, es el aniversario del nacimiento de Kingsley Amis en Londres (Inglaterra). Autor y crítico de ciencia ficción.

Para la Feria del Libro de Madrid (más o menos, mayo o junio) llegará la nueva edición de 'El demonio en movimiento y otros relatos de la zona oscura', de Stefan Grabiński 🖤🚂☠️ es el Valdemar Gótica 107.

Sam Moskowitz sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moskow... & Robert Westall sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/westal... died whilst Meriol Trevor sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/trevor... was born on this day: some book covers (Artist: Jack Faragasso, Malcolm Ashman, Gavin Rowe & [couldn't identify, but style familiar]):

La muerte de Ian Watson y las muestras de cariño no hacen olvidar cómo era otro autor más citado que leído. Habría molado ser el único país con su obra completa recopilada como intentó Gigamesh con Watsonianas. Tristemente, un volumen único con las tres primeras novelas del maestro #cifituits