Activities
| Cartoonist Jim Woodring to exhibit and use seven-foot-long pen | |||
| People > Performances & Podcasts | January 3, 2011 | ||
 Seattle's Gage Academy of Art will be the venue this Sunday as cartoonist Jim Woodring exhibits and demonstrates the use of his hand-built, seven-foot-long pen and ink set...
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| Harlan Ellison's typewriter for sale | |||
| People > Activities | December 30, 2010 | ||
 What's a $2 typewriter worth today?...
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| Comics Creators Alliance unites to once again end human trafficking | |||
| People > Activities | December 7, 2010 | ||
 Members of the Comic Creators Alliance are once again donating the use of their characters to a project to raise awareness of and funds to combat human trafficking...
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| Dorchester author Angie Fox reclaims book rights to self publish | |||
| People > Books | November 10, 2010 | ||
 Angie Fox may be the first Dorchester author since the company's shift to e-publishing to reclaim the rights to her book and self-publish it...
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| Jeff Carlson's Plague Year nanobot has been designed | |||
| People > Activities | October 15, 2010 | ||
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Jeff Carlson attracts fanatic fans. Now one has designed the nanobot that destroyed the world in his novel Plague Year...
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| Hobbits and Music | |||
| People > Activities | September 30, 2010 | ||
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Wombat looking for information on the intersection of hobbits and music...
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| Mark Waid and The Hero Initiative are seeking supermarket customers in CA, NV, IL, and IN | |||
| People > Activities | September 27, 2010 | ||
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Shoppers with rewards cards from Ralphs, Food4Less, Cala Foods, and Bell Markets can register to have donations based on their purchases donated to The Hero Initiative...
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| Harlan Ellison announces his impending departure | |
| People > Activities | September 24, 2010 |
| This weekend's Guest of Honor appearance at MadCon will be Harlan Ellison's last convention appearance. He has announced that he feels he is dying... | |
| Mark L. Van Name asks readers to "Lose yourself in other worlds. Do good in this one." | |||
| People > Activities | July 30, 2010 | ||
 Author Mark L. Van Name is donating 100% of the proceeds from his new novel, Children No More, to Falling Whistles, a charity dedicated to helping reintegrate former child soldiers into society...
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| Poker Night Redux | |||
| People > Activities | July 23, 2010 | ||
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The women who run science fiction publishing have rejoined forces for a social evening...
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| The Planetary Society is gathering wishes for Ray Bradbury's 90th birthday | |||
| People > Activities | July 23, 2010 | ||
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To celebrate Ray Bradbury's impending 90th birthday, the Planetary Society is gathering electronic wishes...
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| J.G. Ballard's literary archives ceded to the British Library | |||
| People > Activities | June 16, 2010 | ||
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Fifteen boxes of J.G. Ballard's literary archives have been given to the British Library, where the full contents should be available to the public starting next summer...
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| For The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, publisher Nonstop seeks unpublished story sold at Wiscon | |||
| People > Activities | June 8, 2010 | ||
 The manuscript for an early, unpublished Carol Emshwiller story sold at Wiscon's James Tiptree Jr. Award auction in May. Nonstop Press will be publishing The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, and publisher Luis Ortiz is looking for...
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| Cory Doctorow's book donor/recipient matching service once again in effect | |||
| People > Activities | May 10, 2010 | ||
 Cory Doctorow is once again setting up a matching service, between people willing to donate his new YA novel, and librarians, etc., who need copies...
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| Lavie Tidhar's wedding and a volcano lead to the free online serialization of Jesus and the Eightfold Path | |||
| People > Books | April 21, 2010 | ||
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Author Lavie Tidhar recently got married in Cyprus, and then he and his wife invited the guests back to Israel, where now ten of them are stranded in the new couple's one bedroom apartment. All this leads logically to the free online serialization of Tidhar's Jesus and the Eightfold Path...
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| F&SF's Carol Pinchefsky on Food Challenge | |||
| People > Activities | April 19, 2010 | ||
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Carol Pinchefsky, the editor of F&SF's "Competitions", appeared on the Food Network's Food Challenge program, in an episode that forced competitors to build a "four foot tall science fiction scene in sugar"...
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| Norman Spinrad has stomach cancer | |
| People > Activities | April 12, 2010 |
| Author Norman Spinrad has inoperable stomach cancer, and is considering an unconventional treatment, but looking for suggestions... | |
| Update on Jeanne Robinson's cancer treatment | |||
| People > Activities | April 9, 2010 | ||
 The latest Jeanne Robinson news is that she's done with chemotherapy and into palliative care...
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| SIGMA views the World's Best Technologies | |
| People > Activities | March 22, 2010 |
| Science fiction writers cum government think-tank SIGMA recently attended the World's Best Technologies showcase in Dallas, Texas... | |
| Jay Lake has his hair removed; wonderful photos accompany | |||
| People > Activities | March 4, 2010 | ||
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Unlike most people getting their hair cut, Jay Lake got to try our several famous and infamous dos while having his cut...
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| Artist Cheyenne Wright hospitalized with unknown ailment | |||
| People > Activities | February 24, 2010 | ||
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Artist Cheyenne Wright is suffering an as-yet-unknown ailment, and the creators of Girl Genius, which he colors, are setting up a fund-raiser to help with the medical bills...
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| Samit Basu now represented by Zeno Literary Agency | |||
| People > Activities | February 23, 2010 | ||
 Indian author Samit Basu is now represented by the British Zeno Literary Agency...
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| Cat Rambo now represented by Ginger Clark | |||
| People > Activities | February 16, 2010 | ||
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Cat Rambo reports that she is now represented by Ginger Clark of Curtis Brown Ltd. In addition to writing (her speculative fiction has appeared mostly in anthologies), Rambo is the managing editor of Fantasy Magazine.
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| James Cameron wants to write Avatar prequel novel | |||
| People > Activities | February 16, 2010 | ||
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Word comes that James Cameron is planning to write a prequel novel to his current megahit film Avatar...
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| Charlotte Naylor now represented by John Jarrold | |||
| People > Activities | February 5, 2010 | ||
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New British fantasy author Charlotte Naylor is now represented by John Jarrold, as she completes The Lady of Eslaya, first in a series...
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