Even though the two articles I did today are about some smaller names that many may not recognize, I feel like it’s important to recognize the efforts of both Will Murray and Rick Katze for what they’ve contributed to genre fiction. I hope they’re remembered fondly. I talked with Katze a few times about Poul Anderson, and I actually checked on him a couple of weeks ago; he was in good health, though an intermediary spoke on his behalf to me from his assisted care facility. Really tragic losses in both cases. RIP.
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Will Murray, Prolific Pulp Author and Squirrel Girl Co-Creator, Dies at 73
Will Murray, one of the pulp fiction community’s most prolific writers and its foremost living historian, died earlier this week at age 73. Matt Moring of Steeger Books announced Murray’s death on Facebook Friday morning.
Rick Katze, Longtime NESFA Fixture and Poul Anderson Editor, Dies at 81
Richard “Rick” Lewis Katze, the fan and editor who spent decades preserving Poul Anderson’s short fiction in print, died on August 27th, 2026, at the age of 81. Katze passed away at Oak Knoll Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, of natural causes following a long series of health problems, after a bout of pneumonia earlier in…
Folio Society Sells Netflix’s Title, Not Liu Cixin’s, With New Three-Body Problem Limited Edition
The Folio Society has announced a Limited Edition release of Liu Cixin’s science fiction trilogy, branding it “The Three-Body Problem Trilogy.” That title belongs to the first book. Liu Cixin’s own trilogy is called “Remembrance of Earth’s Past.”
Steve Urkel Was A Simp; Cucked By His Own Alter Ego
I fell among YouTube fragments and found Family Matters again. I grew up watching that show and, I admit, I liked Steve Urkel. Looking back, however, I had to ask myself. Why wasn’t he allowed to become his alternate ego, Stefan Urquelle, permanently?
GTA VI’s Extended Look Confirms Every Red Flag Fans Were Afraid Of
Grand Theft Auto VI had its Netflix debut on August 27, twenty-six minutes of footage, years in the making, one of the biggest entertainment reveals of the decade by any measure. Somewhere in the middle of it, a woman holds up two outfits to her boyfriend and asks what he thinks. He says “sequins.”
“Where Are The Men?” X-Men Backlash Begins In The Middle Of Marvel’s Own M-She-U Reckoning
Marvel Studios closed out D23 on August 14 by bringing seven actors onstage to reveal its X-Men reboot cast, and the internet had its verdict before Kevin Feige finished the sentence. Of the roster confirmed that night, four are women and two are men, and multiple users on X immediately started asking, “where are the men?”