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K.D. Wentworth to chat live on WotF Forum on Monday
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Coordinating Judge (and writer) K.D. Wentworth will be online live on the Writers of the Future Forum for two hours Monday evening, as well as...

Free comics workshop in Berkeley, California
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Friends of Lulu is starting a free, monthly comics workshop: "come and bring a sketchbook," they say...

"Stardance" becomes a reality
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Choreographer Jeanne Robinson's first "Stardance" was performed aboard an airplane flying over Las Vegas...

Game designer Erick Wujcik has cancer
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Game designed Erick Wujcik has announced that he has pancreatic cancer. He'll be updating his situation...

J.K. Rowling is a Person of the Year
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J.K. Rowling ranked high on Time's list of People of the Year, and answers questions...

Cory Doctorow is a "Web Celeb" according to Forbes
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Forbes.com's second annual list of the top 25 web personalities includes sf author Cory Doctorow...

Terry Pratchett and Discworld Convention Update
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Terry Pratchett is receiving many good wishes, and the North American Discworld Convention is still in the full-steam-ahead planning stages...

Stephen Baxter joins Sidewise Award jury
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Two-time Sidewise Award-winner Stephen Baxter has joined the Sidewise Award jury for 2008...

Arthur C. Clarke issues 90th birthday greetings and wishes
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To celebrate his 90th birthday, Arthur C. Clarke has posted a nine-minute video on YouTube, in which he discusses his life and the world, as well as his wishes and hopes...

J.K. Rowling hand-written book sells for nearly £2 million
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J.K. Rowling's hand-written and -illustrated The Tales of Beedle the Bard was auctioned off for charity...

Street Cred—a fan's view of the writers' strike
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SFScope's television reviewer Sarah Stegall flew to Los Angeles to participate in Mutant Enemy Day, on behalf of the writers. Here's her report and photos...

Terry Pratchett announces he has Alzheimer's disease
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In an open letter on artist Paul Kidby's website, Terry Pratchett has announced that he has early onset Alzheimer's...

Lee and Miller's Yule chapbook delayed; another book available now
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Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's 13th annual Yule chapbook has been delayed (but they explain why). Baen, however, has released...

Robert Sawyer helps dedicate David J. Williams sf collection at Kansas State University
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Kansas State University acquired the collection of long-time collector David J. Williams III last year, and dedicated it this week, with cermonies that included...

Pyr's "street team" reviews a pretty good year
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One of Pyr's "street team" members reviews the year, and it's been a pretty good one. Then she announces a book give-away...

Odyssey 2008 details announced
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New Hampshire's Odyssey Writing Workshop will run 9 June-18 July 2008, with writer-in-residence Nancy Kress and guest lecturers...

Two new single-author newsletters
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Irregular newsletters by Robert J. Sawyer and Tom Piccirilli both arrived Friday...

Science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer writes keynote editorial for Science
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Science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer's editorial on "Robotic Ethics" is the editorial in the special robotics issue of Science...

Tim Powers chatting live online Friday evening
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Tim Powers will be chatting live on the Writers of the Future forum Friday 16 November from 5 to 7PM PST...

Creation Musem + John Scalzi = A Match Made... Somewhere
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John Scalzi went to the Creation Museum, and all his readers got was...

Jane Espenson's web tour for Serenity Found
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Author Jane Espenson is on a web tour to promote her new book, Serenity Found, and will be interviewed on web pages and podcasts, and guest blogging...

Nancy Jane Moore's new blog on Self Defense
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Author Nancy Jane Moore has started a blog entitled "Taking Care of Ourselves," about self defense, which has some sf-nal content as well...

Peter S. Beagle's speech accepting the WSFA Small Press Award
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Peter S. Beagle won the Washington Science Fiction Association's first Small Press Award, and accepted it, in absentia, with this speech about the small press...

Betsy Mitchell's personal and professional news
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Del Rey's editor-in-chief reports on a best-seller and a lot of curry...

Graham Edwards's new web site
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Graham Edwards has revamped his web site to provide more information on Dragoncharm and its sequels, Edwards news, and...
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