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Strange Horizons Articles: Universal Language? Authors from the Apex Book of World SF Discuss the Global Reach of Speculative Fiction, by Nicholas Seeley
Strange Horizons Articles: Universal Language? Authors from the Apex Book of World SF Discuss ...
strangehorizons.com — Three Gorges Dam Three Gorges Dam, completed in 2008, is the largest dam in the world. Image... source: Xinhua News Agency (more) Strange Horizons Articles: Universal Language? Authors ...
Orbit Welcomes Kim Stanley Robinson
Orbit Welcomes Kim Stanley Robinson
orbitbooks.net — We are very pleased to announce that Orbit has agreed to a three-book deal with internationally bestselling... author Kim Stanley Robinson. The first novel, scheduled for publication in 2012, has the working title 2312. Tim Holman, Orbit VP and ... (more) Orbit Welcomes Kim Stanley Robinson

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My LIfe And Roleplaying: I Have The Best Friends Ever...
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Short Story Club: “Eros, Philia, Agape”
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Authorfest!
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Podcast of "Martian Chronicles," a new YA Mars story by Cory Doctorow (Part 2)
The Butterfly Effect
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johnottinger: RT @jasonsanford: analysis of online genre magazine circulation ...
twitter.com — johnottinger: RT @jasonsanford: analysis of online genre magazine circulation http://bit.ly/6NqPMU. For most, most popular page is submission... guidelines. (more) johnottinger: RT @jasonsanford: analysis of online genre ...
Small Beer Press … Horizons!
smallbeerpress.com — Small Beer Press … Horizons! Sun 22 Nov 2009 - Filed under: Not a Journal. , Harlequin... Horizons , Oh come on , Satire , Scams , Vanity Press , Writer Beware , Yog's Law | 2 Comments | Posted by: Gavin Opening up new horizons to all writers is where we ... (more) Small Beer Press … Horizons!
Monday Original Content: Science Fiction in Portugal
worldsf.wordpress.com — Science Fiction in Portugal: The Drawing Up of a Territory Teresa Sousa de Almeida [Published by arrangement... with Correio do Fantástico, with thanks to Roberto Mendes and Luis Filipe Silva] In memory of José Diogo Nazareth Sousa de Almeida, ... (more) Monday Original Content: Science Fiction in Portugal
“International SF” and Problems of Identity
nebulaawards.com — “International SF” and Problems of Identity (more) “International SF” and Problems of Identity
Moxyland: The world of Lauren Beukes
paranormalwriters.blogspot.com — I've know Lauren Beukes for a while now. I first encountered her short fiction in Something Wicked... magazine and often read her articles. She has recently had great success with a speculative fiction tale— Moxyland —in a South African setting, painting ... (more) Moxyland: The world of Lauren Beukes
Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe (9780765315731): Tobias S. Buckell, B.K. Evenson, Jonathan Goff, Kevin Grace, Tessa Kum, Robt McLees, Eric Nylund, Frank O'Connor, Eric Raab, Karen Traviss, Jeff Vandermeer, Fred Van Lente: Books
Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe (9780765315731): Tobias S. Buckell, B.K. ...
amazon.com — When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what... dangers they would encounter there. When the alien juggernaut known as the Covenant declared holy war upon the fragile human empire, millions of lives ... (more) Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe ...
An Aside | Orbit signs Kim Stanley Robinson for three novels
An Aside | Orbit signs Kim Stanley Robinson for three novels
aidanmoher.com — Though perhaps better known (at least in North America) for their Fantasy, Orbit Books made a splash... in the Science Fiction scene this week by signing Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars Trilogy to a three-book deal. Still, with authors like Charles Stross and Iain M. Banks already under ... (more) An Aside | Orbit signs Kim Stanley Robinson for three novels
Amazing Book Trailer – Aliette de Bodard’s “Servant of the Underworld”
Amazing Book Trailer – Aliette de Bodard’s “Servant of the Underworld”
angryrobotbooks.com — We’re big fans of the book trailer, especially when it’s done well. Angry Robot author Aliette de... Bodard has created one of the best book trailers we’ve seen in a long time. It’s atmospheric, it tantaslises enough to make you want to read the book, and it has been ... (more) Amazing Book Trailer – Aliette de Bodard’s “Servant of ...
The Best Science Fiction of the Decade
visionsofparadise.blogspot.com — This is the fifth time I’ve picked my favorite books of the preceding decade, and I cannot... help but wonder how many more chances I will have to do so in the future? Twice more? Three times perhaps? Scary thoughts. Before I begin, here is a brief ... (more) The Best Science Fiction of the Decade
[link] Out on the road today, link salad saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac
jaylake.livejournal.com — A reader reacts to Green [  Powell's | Amazon | Kindle | Barnes & Noble | Borders...  ] — And she likes it... The Guardian on best science fiction titles — In which I am favorably name checked. And title checked. Enterprise ... (more) [link] Out on the road today, link salad saw a Black ...
Strange Adventures
Strange Adventures
tor.com — Traveling to strange new worlds or dimensions play a big part in that genre we call science... fiction. In fact it’s one of my favorite themes. I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately, talking to schools and libraries across the country about the ... (more) Strange Adventures
Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future [Indy Giants]
Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future [Indy Giants]
io9.com — Genre publishing has taken some hard hits in recent years — but a slew of independent publishers... is still out there, charting the unknown regions of book publishing and keeping your reading lists weird. Here are our favorites indy presses.  ... (more) Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future ...
Blurb Ethics
Blurb Ethics
jimhines.livejournal.com — • Thank you to everyone who’s offered new and autographed books for the DV Book Drive .... I’ll be continuing to collect books through about mid-December, at which point they will be delivered to the shelter. • I’m still taking ... (more) Blurb Ethics
Running an SF/F magazine: the most pleasant part?
crossedgenres.com — First, I apologize if this post is a little unfocused; I’m feeling ill at the moment and... may not be the most coherent. Since Kay made her post about our need, and I followed up with my post about our finances, an amazing number of people have ... (more) Running an SF/F magazine: the most pleasant part?
since people appear to be confused . . .
since people appear to be confused . . .
swan-tower.livejournal.com — Let's take a quick moment to review the basic differences between trade publishing , self-publishing , and... vanity publishing . In trade publishing (which is what the majority of the books on your shelves probably went through), you write a book, and ... (more) since people appear to be confused . . .
Well, That Was Quick
nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com — The saga of Harlequin Horizons continues to unfold like the world's most compelling soap opera! After the... Romance Writers of America (RWA) applied an almost instantaneous smackdown yesterday, the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) came down hard and ... (more) Well, That Was Quick
Harlequin Horizons: Another Major Publisher Adds A Self-Publishing Division
Harlequin Horizons: Another Major Publisher Adds A Self-Publishing Division
sfwa.org — Writer Beware Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Hot on the heels of the launch of... West Bow Press , Thomas Nelson’s new self-publishing division, Harlequin Enterprises has unveiled Harlequin Horizons , a company that “that offers aspiring ... (more) Harlequin Horizons: Another Major Publisher Adds A ...
MWA Weighs In On Harlequin Horizons
MWA Weighs In On Harlequin Horizons
sfwa.org — mwa_logo Today, Mystery Writers of America (a sponsor of Writer Beware, along with the Science Fiction and... Fantasy Writers of America) issued this announcement to its members:———————————– Dear MWA Members: Recently, Harlequin Enterprises launched two ... (more) MWA Weighs In On Harlequin Horizons