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| Tin House/PPOW Gallery to host "Fantastic Women" party/reading | |||
| People > Performances & Podcasts | October 5, 2007 | ||
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Tin House magazine and PPOW Gallery are hosting an issue launch party and reading with authors...
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| Asteroid named for "Lt. Sulu" | |||
| People > Activities | October 3, 2007 | ||
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The International Astronomical Union has changed the name of asteroid 1994 GT9 to 7307 Takei, honoring actor George Takei...
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| Spinrad's novel Osama the Gun available as freeware | |||
| People > Books | October 2, 2007 | ||
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Norman Spinrad is releasing the first third of his new novel, Osama the Gun, as freeware, in order to combat...
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| Diana Gill returns from Peru and receives manuscripts | |||
| People > Activities | September 25, 2007 | ||
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Diana Gill received manuscripts from Sara Douglass and Vicki Pettersson, and returned from Peru...
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| Leigh Grossman and Rowena Sandoval Engaged | |||
| People > Activities | September 13, 2007 | ||
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Author/teacher/publishing professional Leigh Grossman and programmer Rowena Sandoval are engaged to be married next August...
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| Schools named for J.K. Rowling's Open Book Tour in New York City | |||
| People > Activities | September 7, 2007 | ||
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Scholastic and the New York City Department of Education announced the 40 New York City public schools that will participate in the "J.K. Rowling Open Book Tour," and distributed...
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| Ellen Datlow joins the blogging world | |||
| People > Activities | September 6, 2007 | ||
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Ellen Datlow has started her own blog with six good-sized posts in her first 17 hours. She's got a home at ellen-datlow.livejournal.com...
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| Jane Yolen is Honorary Ambassador for K is for Kids Exhibition | |||
| People > Other Stuff | August 28, 2007 | ||
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Jane Yolen is the Honorary Ambassador for K is for Kids, an exhibition on early methods of teaching the ABCs, which will be at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate in...
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| Agent Lucienne Diver Moves to Florida | |||
| People > Activities | August 28, 2007 | ||
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Spectrum Literary Agency's Lucienne Diver has moved to Florida. She continues to work for the agency, which hasn't changed its place of business, and continues to handle...
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| Michael and Jeri Bishop on Good Morning America | |||
| People > Activities | August 20, 2007 | ||
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Michael and Jeri Bishop will probably be appearing in a taped interview on Good Morning America on Tuesday 21 August. They'll be discussing the death of their son, Jamie, who died in the Virginia Tech shootings...
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| Harlan Ellison / Fantagraphics Settlement Publicly Available | |||
| People > Publishers | August 17, 2007 | ||
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The full 15-page text of the settlement between Harlan Ellison and Fantagraphics is now available on the latter's web site. The key provisions of the agreement are...
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| Sanderson Pre-Release Signing Event in Provo, Utah | |||
| People > Books | August 17, 2007 | ||
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The Waldernbooks in Provo Town Centre (Utah) is hosting a pre-release signing with Brandon Sanderson for his forthcoming The Well of Ascension on 18 August...
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| Gardner Dozois is Recovering | |||
| People > Activities | August 9, 2007 | ||
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Gardner Dozois is out of the hospital, recuperating, and "already back to work"...
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| Subscription Drive... for All Genre Magazines | |||
| People > Magazines | August 9, 2007 | ||
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Douglas Cohen is trying to lead a subscription drive for all genre magazines, in an effort to ensure the continued health (and possibly growth) of the field...
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| Moore lengthens his ties with Universal | |||
| People > Film & Television | August 9, 2007 | ||
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Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore signed a two-year contract with Universal Media Studios to stay on through the end of the series and develop new films and series...
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| Book release party, with music and food, for Spaceman Blues | |||
| People > Other Stuff | August 9, 2007 | ||
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Author Brian Francis Slattery and his band, Mud Brothers, will be performing at a book release party for his debut novel Friday 10 August...
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| Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop teaches writers the stars | |||
| People > Education | August 7, 2007 | ||
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A NASA-funded educational program sent science fiction writers to Wyoming to learn astronomy...
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| Renata Baron Hill leaves Electric Spec | |||
| People > Publishing Personnel | August 2, 2007 | ||
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Renata Baron Hill, one of the founding editors of online 'zine Electric Spec, has announced her resignation...
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| Gislason Literary Agency Closed | |||
| People > Other Stuff | August 2, 2007 | ||
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Barbara J. Gislason of the The Gislason Literary Agency tells SFScope that the agency has closed its doors.
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| Joss Whedon's Dinner for Charity Raises Big Bucks | |||
| People > Activities | July 31, 2007 | ||
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Joss Whedon hosted five winning bidders at a dinner at San Diego ComicCon. The five each bid up to $11,000 to benefit the charity Equality Now...
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| Harlan Ellison to Present Dreams with Sharp Teeth | |||
| People > Activities | July 25, 2007 | ||
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Harlan Ellison will be present at two special screenings of Dreams with Sharp Teeth, the new documentary biography film of his life. The first, in Santa Monica, California, will be 9 August. The second will be in Cleveland, Ohio, on 21 September...
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| Gardner Dozois Update | |||
| People > Activities | July 19, 2007 | ||
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Eileen Gunn writes: "As you may know, Gardner Dozois was operated on for a planned quintuple bypass operation on July 6. A week later, as he was ready to go home, he had a serious setback that required a second operation to implant a defibrilator. He is still in the hospital, but is expected to go home later this week, perhaps around July 20. I talked to him just now, and he said to let you all know that he was doing okay."
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| Ellen Datlow's Finncon photos | |||
| People > Activities | July 19, 2007 | ||
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Ellen Datlow's three Flickr albums have more than 400 photos of Finncon, Animecon V, and Finland...
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| Temeraire Updates | |||
| People > Books | July 18, 2007 | ||
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Naomi Novik provides news on the forthcoming fourth and fifth volumes of her Temeraire series, along with some about translations and awards for earlier books, and a promise...
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| John Scalzi offers The Android's Dream free to US troops overseas | |||
| People > Books | July 16, 2007 | ||
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John Scalzi is offering an electronic copy of his latest novel, The Android's Dream, for free to US troops currently serving overseas...
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