Monthly Archives: May 2007

Baker, Doctorow, Scalzi, and Turtledove discuss Science Fiction

A recording of last month's LA Times Festival of Books' panel "Science Fiction: The Road from Here to There," is now available... Read more [...]

The Mercury Theatre on the Air now on the Web

The Mercury Theathre on the Air, the acclaimed dramatic radio series from the late 1930s, is now available as archives on the web. Some of the offerings include... Read more [...]

Congressional Letter of Congratulations to James Gunn

In the presentation of James Gunn's Grant Master Award at SFWA's Nebula Banquet, former student Thomas Seay read this letter of congratulations from Representatives Nancy Boyda and Dennis Moore... Read more [...]

Halo: Contact Harvest to be first novel by Joseph Staten

Tor Books will publish the newest tie-in novel to the Halo video game series, Halo: Contact Harvest, by Joseph Staten, in... Read more [...]

Simon and Schuster Responds to Authors Guild

Simon & Schuster responds to the Authors Guild. The Authors Guild had raised an alarm over the publisher's new boilerplate contract. Read more... Read more [...]

Talebones #35 Delayed

Co-editor Patrick Swenson has announced that issue #35 of Talebones will be delayed a few months... Read more [...]

Kansas Writers Workshop deadline approaching

The deadline for applications to the Science Fiction Writers Workshop at the University of Kansas is 1 June. The workshop will run 25 June to 5 July, and... Read more [...]

Tom Purdom Celebrates 50 Years as a Selling Writer

Tom Purdom's story "The Mists of Time," which will appear in the August issue of Asimov's, marks his 50th anniversary as a "selling writer." In that time... Read more [...]

Three Resignations from SFWA’s Board of Directors

Secretary Catherine Mintz, Western Regional Director Sheila Finch, and Eastern Regional Director Diane Turnshek have announced their resignations from SFWA's Board of Directors, effective... Read more [...]

Simon and Schuster Attempts Rights Grab

The Authors Guild reports that Simon & Schuster's new boilerplate contract redefines "in print" to give the company rights to any book it publishes forever. Authors are... Read more [...]

Antipodean SF’s May-June 2007 issue

Antipodean SF has posted its May-June 2007 issue. The online 'zine focuses on Australian short-short sf, and includes... Read more [...]

Author Lloyd Alexander Dies

Author Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007) wrote The Chronicles of Prydain, upon which Disney's The Black Cauldron was based. He won the Newbery Award in 1970 for... Read more [...]

Datlow to Edit SFWA’s Nebula Awards Showcase

SFWA's Anthology Committee has chosen Ellen Datlow as the editor for Nebula Awards Showcase 2009. As previously announced... Read more [...]

2007 Robot Hall of Fame Inductees

Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Hall of Fame inducted the four members of its 2007 class. This is the first year that more of the inductees are real than are science fictional. They include... Read more [...]

Street may be named for Vonnegut

Manhattan's Community Board 6 has voted to rename the corner of East 48 Street and Second Avenue for Kurt Vonnegut. He lived for 40 years... Read more [...]

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