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SlashDot: Difficult Times For SF Magazines
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StarShipSofa Engine Room No 12 The Sofanaut Awards mp3
StarShipSofa Engine Room No 12 The Sofanaut Awards mp3
starshipsofa.com — StarShipSofa: Science Fiction Audio Podcast Take a voyage on the Science Fiction podcast StarShipSofa if you dare?... Travel into the deepest realms of the classic Sci-fi and science fiction world. Calling at such science fiction destinations as Philip K ... (more) StarShipSofa Engine Room No 12 The Sofanaut Awards mp3

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Penguins Of the Apocalypse - William Browning Spencer
It Washed Up - Joe R. Lansdale
November 27, 2009 Links and Plugs
6 hours ago at Bibliophile Stalker
The importance of Watsons: an investigation of genius aids
Freelancers Survival Guide: Postponing Your Dreams
8 hours ago at Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
nethspace.blogspot.com — A review (more) Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Auction: Arthur C. Clarke’s original handwritten manuscript for Prelude to Space
HA.com — Auction of Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s original handwritten manuscript for Prelude to Space. Written in five grade... school exercise books over 20 days in 1947. Believed to be the first Clarke manuscript of a major work to come on the market. Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, March 2009. (more) Auction: Arthur C. Clarke’s original handwritten ...
Interzone # 220 -February 2009
Interzone # 220 -February 2009
sfcrowsnest.com — check out website: www.ttapress.com Issue # 220 of 'Interzone' comes complete with a particularly stylish cover by... Adam Tredowski that's probably the most memorable for some time. Maybe it's the odd angle of the landscape, but I had to keep flicking ... (more) Interzone # 220 -February 2009
If I Selected the Hugo Awards
visionsofparadise.blogspot.com — Several years ago, Richard Lupoff edited three volumes entitled What IF? whose premise was stories which were... worthy of winning the short fiction Hugo Awards but did not do so. The books were most interesting for their great contents (Theodore ... (more) If I Selected the Hugo Awards
Duplicate Effort Published
Duplicate Effort Published
kriswrites.com — The latest book in the Retrieval Artist series, Duplicate Effort , will hit the stores on February... 3, 2009. If you’re planning to pick up a copy, please do so in the first week (preferably) or the first month, so that the publisher sees ... (more) Duplicate Effort Published
 Last Argument of Kings (First Law: Book Three): Joe Abercrombie: Books
Last Argument of Kings (First Law: Book Three): Joe Abercrombie: Books
amazon.com — From Publishers Weekly The sword & sorcery trilogy that began with The Blade Itself (2007) and Before... They Are Hanged (2008) comes to a violent, sardonic and brilliant conclusion. The shaky Union, menaced simultaneously by rampaging Northmen and by ... (more) Last Argument of Kings (First Law: Book Three): Joe ...
Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: Book Three of the First Law Gollancz S.F.: Amazon.co.uk: Joe Abercrombie: Books
Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: Book Three of the First Law Gollancz S.F.: ...
amazon.co.uk — Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: Book Three of the First Law (Gollancz S.F.)... (more) Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: Book ...
Last Argument of Kings: Amazon.ca: Joe Abercrombie: Books
Last Argument of Kings: Amazon.ca: Joe Abercrombie: Books
amazon.ca — From Publishers Weekly The sword & sorcery trilogy that began with The Blade Itself (2007) and Before... They Are Hanged (2008) comes to a violent, sardonic and brilliant conclusion. The shaky Union, menaced simultaneously by rampaging Northmen and by ... (more) Last Argument of Kings: Amazon.ca: Joe Abercrombie: Books
 Before They Are Hanged (The First Law: Book Two): Joe Abercrombie: Books
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law: Book Two): Joe Abercrombie: Books
amazon.com — From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. This grim and vivid sequel to 2007's The Blade Itself transcends its... middle volume status, keeping the reader engaged with complicated plotting and intriguing character development. As savage Northmen invade ... (more) Before They Are Hanged (The First Law: Book Two): Joe ...
Before They Are Hanged: The First Law: Book Two:…Amazon.co.uk: Joe Abercrombie: Books
Before They Are Hanged: The First Law: Book Two:…Amazon.co.uk: Joe Abercrombie: Books
amazon.co.uk — Review "Before They Are Hanged is an excellent sequel from an author writing compelling, character-driven, adult fantasy,... for readers who want to be entertained as well as challenged." SFF WORLD "In my opinion, Joe Abercrombie possesses all the ... (more) Before They Are Hanged: The First Law: Book ...
Before They Are Hanged: Amazon.ca: Joe Abercrombie: Books
Before They Are Hanged: Amazon.ca: Joe Abercrombie: Books
amazon.ca — From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. This grim and vivid sequel to 2007's The Blade Itself transcends its... middle volume status, keeping the reader engaged with complicated plotting and intriguing character development. As savage Northmen invade ... (more) Before They Are Hanged: Amazon.ca: Joe Abercrombie: Books
[process] On greebles and telling details
jaylake.livejournal.com — James Gurney talks about greebles on his blog. He defines greebles as "small details used to break... up a large form, usually to give a sense of scale or to make an invented object more believable." We have greebles in fiction, too. These are ... (more) [process] On greebles and telling details
Remember What Being Genuine Looked Like?
jeffvandermeer.com — - Have the plotlines diverged much since you began writing the Black Company books, or did you... have the entire plot more or less figured out from the very beginning? Were any characters added or further fleshed out beyond your original intentions? ... (more) Remember What Being Genuine Looked Like?
On book trailers, and how they are done: Toby Barlow’s “Sharp Teeth”
On book trailers, and how they are done: Toby Barlow’s “Sharp Teeth”
entertheoctopus.wordpress.com — Sharp Teeth author Toby Barlow just pointed me toward a short film promoting the paperback release of... his novel, and I thought that I should take a minute to bring it to your attention. It’s really a good example of how to do a book ... (more) On book trailers, and how they are done: Toby Barlow’s ...
Podcasting Your Novel: Publishing's Next Wave?
Podcasting Your Novel: Publishing's Next Wave?
time.com — Two years into his job as a features writer at a South Florida daily newspaper, J.C. Hutchins... left the newsroom to follow his dream: writing a novel. Thirteen hundred pages later, Hutchins finished 7th Son , a thriller about human cloning. Then, ... (more) Podcasting Your Novel: Publishing's Next Wave?
Brian Plante - "The Astronaut" (short story, free)
variety-sf.blogspot.com — A teenage boy is infatuated with an older married neighbor woman. In between, we keep getting minor... updates on a manned ship's return journey to Mars. This could very well have been a non-genre story. OK read, though nothing exceptional. Fact sheet.  ... (more) Brian Plante - "The Astronaut" (short story, free)
Things That Don’t Go Away: Race and Science Fiction (Part I) by Sarah Zettel
bookspotcentral.com — At the BSC, Saturday means Sarah Zettel is back with another Things That Don't Go Away !... Her novel Reclamation won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and also garnered a nomination for the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Novel. She is the project ... (more) Things That Don’t Go Away: Race and Science Fiction ...