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Cover Unveiled for Joe Hill's Horn (US Cover

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:25:00 +0000

This cover is very bland when compared to the UK and PS Publishing's Limited edition covers. It is another case of the publisher not wanting to go out a limb with something that will standout. Instead we get a cove that is pretty generic and doesn't evoke the creepiness Hill is ...

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Freelancers Survival Guide: Postponing Your Dreams

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Artwork donated by Pati Nagle . The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Postponing Your Dreams Kristine Kathryn Rusch Sometimes I have to wonder if I was a history major and am a science fiction writer because I see patterns in what Thomas Jefferson called “the course ...

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Bring lotion

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:14:00 +0000

Hamilton Beach Darling, the way you partially incinerate my bread, even pumpernickel, your svelte form, gleaming in the morning sun You launch my breakfast and me at the world, please be mine forever, I will always keep you free of grime, I will always provide alternating current to your ...

DavidKM posted 17 hours ago from dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com

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Press Release | Tor UK acquires three new books from Gary Gibson

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Some excellent news: Tor UK acquires three new books from Gary Gibson Gibson has already begun work on the first book in the new contract, the working title of which is Final Days. The second will be a sequel and the third a standalone novel set in the same world as The Shoal Sequence, the ...

chitman13 posted 21 hours ago from walkerofworlds.blogspot.com

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PNBA Book Awards Shortlist 2010

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of (primarily) independent bookstores in five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

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Fantasy theme park plans unveiled

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Plans to create a 10m fantasy theme park on the outskirts of Durham have been unveiled. Newcastle company Orcestrator wants to organise mock battles and adventures on land owned by East Durham College at Houghall. Visitors to the park would spend several days "in character", according to ...

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Where to shove your self-published crap

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

So I'm talking to a friend about publishing, and a friend of a friend's friend (FFF) slides in--you know the scene, where an intimate conversation is interrupted by the scurrying intrusion dance of a damn conversation hacker--and my friend, whom I'm trying to convince to submit his amazing ...

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Books to die for (part 2)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Finishing my list of postapocalyptic books I think are standouts in the field. Tomorrow we’ll cover movies. Then we’ll get to the nitty gritty. The Time Machine, H.G. Wells. So often considered as a time-travel classic that it’s easy to forget that this timeless (yuck yuck) ...

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E-Galleys and Zombies

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Along with doing several other publishing-related jobs in addition to being a more than full time book editor, I review books. In fact, I’m even a member of the National Book Critics Circle (unless my dues have expired). For the last year I haven’t done a lot of reviewing, but I am ...

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OF Blog of the Fallen: Why review?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Gav of NextRead asks that question, or rather " Why reviews matter? " over on his blog. Just now noticed this, since I've been all sorts of busy the past day or so, but for once, it's the good sort of busy. Interesting responses. I know I've blogged on this issue before several times, often ...

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Sunday Thinking: Reviews, what are they good for? – NextRead

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

There is a really fascinating debate on the nature of covers, centred around SFF, but I’m sure they apply across the board. It started off with the cover of The Black Prism by Brent Weeks and has now moved on to the cover I was showing off a couple of days ago for paperback release of Nights of ...

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Wednesday Editorial: The Raw and the Cooked, by Anil Menon

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Editorial: The Raw And The Cooked by Anil Menon In the months of June and July this year, I found myself at IIT-Kanpur in the completely unexpected role of a workshop instructor in speculative fiction. It was a first for me, and I discovered what all gurus discover: you can learn a lot ...

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A rose by any other name ...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Publishers Weekly reports on Harlequin Horizons' name change to DellArte Press. The thing that irks me slightly about the article is that it makes it look as if the RWA yanked Harlequin's credentials because they started a self-publishing arm, whereas, in fact, to the best of my knowledge, the ...

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Making Contacts and Money at Philcon

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

By Rose Fox -- Publishers Weekly, 11/24/2009 12:38:00 PM With no end in sight to the economic woes that are forcing many publishers to curtail their advertising budgets, small presses and authors specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror still find value in purchasing dealer space at ...

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Barry Malzberg on ASTOUNDING

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Listen to an expert on his passions. Thanks to film creator Eric Solstein. Posted by Paul DiFi.

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The Interstitial Arts Foundation: Projects: Interfictions 2: Interviews: Alaya Dawn Johnson

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

(Note: To celebrate the launch of Interfictions 2 , the IAF's second anthology of short interstitial fiction, Christian Desrosiers from Small Beer Press interviewed several of the anthology's contributors. The third of these interviews was with Alaya Dawn Johnson, author of "The Score". For more ...

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Yendi coils and strikes unseen: Steven Brust’s Yendi

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:06:29 +0000

Yendi (1984) was published a year after Jhereg but is set a year or so before it. If I hadn’t read them bound in one (phenomenally ugly) volume I’d have assumed I’d picked them up in the wrong order. But indeed, Brust’s plan in writing a series was to chose immediately to go back and fill in ...

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Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family [Carrie]

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:17:06 +0000

Check out the first picture of the Chicago cast of The Addams Family — including Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia. Plus it's hard to believe, but Carrie: The Musical is back! This picture, which was released in Vanity Fair, shows the brand new musical cast for The ...

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Astounding Stories, April, 1931 by Various Authors

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:14:00 +0000

MONSTERS OF MARS by EDMOND HAMILTON Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Long Had Barred the Greedy Hordes of the Red Planet. (A Complete Novelette.) THE EXILE OF TIME by RAY CUMMINGS From Somewhere Out of Time Come a Swarm of Robots Who Inflict on New York the ...

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Happy 25th Ewok Adventure!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:00:32 +0000

For those old enough to remember, this week marks the 25th anniversary of the first televised Ewok movie -- yes, the first -- there were two -- called Caravan of Courage . Airing in the US on the evening of November 25, 1984 (and subsequently screened theatrically in select theaters abroad at ...

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Moxyland: The world of Lauren Beukes

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:17 +0000

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 a rather grim, distopian view of Cape Town a ...

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Books to die for (part 1)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:05:00 +0000

Before talking about why postapocalyptic fiction and films are appealing, I’d like to take the next few entries to offer up some books and movies I think are standouts in the field. It’s an opportunity to give you a sense of my sensibility (tres clever, no?) and to present some works ...

SF Signal found this 2 days ago on bordersblog.com

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MIND MELD: The Pros and Cons of eBooks

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

We asked this week's panelists: Q: Do you read eBooks? If not, why not? If so, what are the pros and cons of eBook reading? What device(s) do you use? Read on to see their responses... Rachel Swirsky Rachel Swirsky 's short fiction has appeared in Tor.com, Subterranean Magazine , ...

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Readings by Vandermeer, Tremblay & Durham

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:55:15 +0000

As promised a few days ago (blame it on movie maker) here are the readings of The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (noir/comedy-noir mystery), Finch by Jeff VanDermeer (noir fantasy-mystery-science fiction-stream-of-fungus) and The Other Lands (second book in the Acacia series) by David Anthony ...

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An Aside | Synopsis for ‘Shadowrise’ by Tad Williams

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:34:29 +0000

As shadows threaten to consume the kingdom of Southmarch, Barrick Eddon, heir to March throne, battles his way across the sinister Shadowlands. He must journey through this dangerous, inhuman realm to fulfil a pact – as this may be all that can prevent the atrocities of a full-scale war ...

aidan posted 37 hours ago from aidanmoher.com

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Personalized Rejection Letters

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:41:00 +0000

This is a little early, but in quiet anticipation of my 50th rejection (I'm on number 46 right now), I decided to post every personalized rejection letter I've gotten (with piece title, date, and mag of course). When you see that someone took the time to say just a few words about why they ...

weirdside posted 2 days ago from adamcallaway.blogspot.com

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Liar by Justine Larbalestier – review

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:13:21 +0000

I've seen reviews on Liar from the perspectives of librarians and YA readers, and the praise in those circles has been high. Rightly so, too, I might add. Except I mainly write mystery and crime fiction reviews, admittedly casting as wide a net as possible, so that will be my perspective here, ...

Dalerone posted 36 hours ago from bscreview.com

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A bunch of Angry Robot worldy wide webby links

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:17 +0000

Here are a bunch of links related to Angry Robot stuff we’ve gathered over the last couple of days. Grab a chocolate chip cookie and enjoy… SF Signal Mind Meld on memorable SF/F book covers (with Lee Harris plus assorted better company) Mike Shevdon tells us about the Knights ...

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careful who you scorn.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:18:00 +0000

My latest flash story. http://www.dailycabal.com/2009/11/handbag/

DavidKM posted 40 hours ago from dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com

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all hands on deck

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:15:00 +0000

sinister sextant I plot your evil sea slow bubbles rise

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Angry Robot Poetry Competition – Results

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:13:16 +0000

So, after literally minutes of deliberation, our friends over at My Favourite Book s have chosen the winner of the first ever Angry Robot Poetry Competition ! The rules were: * You had to write a 4 line poem * It had to be about Angry Robot, our authors or our books * Entries ...

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Traci Lords Is Dejah Thoris!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

I know The Asylum has a reputation for their cheap mockbusters... but I'm really excited about their version of Edgar Rice Burrough's Princess Of Mars . And the big budget Disney version is still a couple of years away, anyway. And it's Traci Lords playing a character renowned for " the ...

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Sherlock Holmes pastiche: Sebastian Thorne

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:01:21 +0000

No doubt recalling my fondness for August Derleth’s Solar Pons , my friend Julie D. dropped me a line saying: “the Sebastian Thorn stories paint a nice ‘modern’ Holmesian figure.” Who? Thorn? Never heard of the fellow. So, curious, I followed the link ...

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Amazon.com -- News Release

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

Kindle Now Lasts up to Seven Days on a Single Charge with Wireless on, up from Four Days, and Displays Native PDFs in Their Original Form SEATTLE --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 2009-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced two new enhancements to the latest generation Kindle—85 percent ...

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The Year’s Best SF and Fantasy, Honorable Mentions, Part 1

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

The Year’s Best SF and Fantasy, Honorable Mentions, Part 1

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ODYSSEY WRITING WORKSHOP ANNOUNCES ITS 15th SUMMER SESSION

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

Publicity Release November 2009 ODYSSEY WRITING WORKSHOP ANNOUNCES ITS 15th SUMMER SESSION About Odyssey Since its inception in 1996, Odyssey has become one of the most respected workshops in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror writing community. Odyssey is for developing writers whose ...

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Literary Agent: The Economics of Publishing

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

I'm out of the office for the rest of the week for Thanksgiving, but wanted to dash off a quick napkin calculation related to a post I linked to on Friday. Some people were shocked by Lynn Viehl's very revealing and incredibly generous post about how she only earned $24,517.36 after taxes and ...

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The Big Idea: Jeff Carlson

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

Where do you go in a book series when you’ve wiped out five billion people in the first book? Jeff Carlson knows, because Plague Zone is the third book in his acclaimed “Plague Year” series — and yet, as Carlson explains in this week’s Big Idea, all the thought-out ...

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DeNiro and Gregory Day

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

We’re here at Laconic Writer Central, talking to two rising stars of the literary world…but do stars rise?…don’t they expand with the rest of the universe, fusing hydrogen as they go…okay, so here I am with some emerging fusion generators of the literary world, the lovely and ...

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An Interview with John Kessel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

John Kessel has been publishing short fiction since 1978 and since then has gone on to make his mark in the field of SF/F. He won a Nebula Award in 1982 for his novella "Another Orphan," and more recently (2009) for his novelette "Pride and Prometheus," a story melding ...

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Interview de Kevin J.Anderson VO sur ActuSf, le site web de l'actualité de la science fiction

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

ActuSF : How did you discover science fiction ? What in particular attracted you in this specific genre ? And, finally, what made you decide you to write in it ? Kevin J.Anderson : From the time I was very young, I was captivated by science fiction and monster movies. I started making up stories ...

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Blog Archive » Harlan Ellison: The Original Hollywood Rebel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

John T. Simpson “My role in life is to be a burr under the saddle. I didn’t pick that for myself, it just happens that’s the way I am. I wish I could be one of the really sweet guys, but for me nobody has a good word. That’s because my allegiance is to art, to the work. I have no allegiance to ...

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Editing Interfiction 2: An Interview with Delia Sherman

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

Last week, I shared with you the introduction I wrote for Interfiction 2 , a collection of interstitial literature. The piece offered some reflections on the value and limits of genre categories in shaping our relationship with popular fictions. Today, I am offering an interview with the editor ...

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Harlequin Horizons is now DellArte Press

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:38 +0000

Harlequin Horizons is now DellArte Press You will automatically be redirected to www.dellartepress.com in 15 seconds | go there now .

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Mark Charan Newton interview

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

This Q&A should have seen the light last spring when Nights of Villjamur ( Canada , USA , Europe ) was published. Unfortunately, I was way too busy to conduct an interview at the time. Better late than never, right!?! Special thanks to Graeme Flory from ...

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CBC + RR.cc: Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe EXCELLENT RADIO DRAMA from 1982

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:32:05 +0000

In 1982 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired a fantastic 13-episode radio series: Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe It stared Mavor Moore (as Nero Wolfe), Don Francks (as Archie Goodwin), Cec Linder (as Inspector Cramer), Frank Perry (as Fritz), and Alfie Scott (as Saul Panzer). ...

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Some OUT OF PRINT Rex Stout / Nero Wolfe audiobooks

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:48 +0000

Listening to the Nero Wolfe radio dramas again has got me on another Rex Stout kick! So, curious as to what I had left to share, I’ve gone into my stacks and dug out what remains of my once vast Rex Stout stocks. Sadly, I don’t have a whole lot left but I do have a few great ...

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Orbit Welcomes Kim Stanley Robinson

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:59:51 +0000

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 Publisher, says: “Kim Stanley Robinson is a writer who ...

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An Aside | Orbit signs Kim Stanley Robinson for three novels

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:59:51 +0000

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 ...

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Review | Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Gollancz)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Title: Hyperion Author: Dan Simmons Publisher: Gollancz Format: Paperback Pages: 480 Release Date: December 2005 It is the 29th century and the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike Ousters looms, and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist AI ...

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