Just a couple of random items here from the SFWA news page (
http://www.sfwa.org/news/), which I should probably add to my watchlist. The ballot for the
2006 Hugo Awards has been announced, as has the ballot for the
2006 RITA Award for Best Paranormal, Science Fiction, or Fantasy Romance. (Ask
Vox Day about that latter one -- and be prepared to duck.)
Amazing Stories has finally and officially ceased publication again; hardly surprising as it's been "on hiatus" for over a year.
And
Stanislaw Lem has died, which doesn't bother me much, but so has
David Feintuch, which makes me sad. Dave was a nice guy. There aren't enough of them in the business.