Monthly Archives: November 2008

Gale Anne Hurd / Valhalla Motion Pictures buys film rights to GearHead

Gale Ann Hurd, of Terminator fame, and her Valhalla Motion Pictures, recently bought film rights to the graphic novel GearHead... Read more [...]

A review of Supernatural’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer”

A slow episode advancing the overall story arc, but not intrinsically grabbing in itself... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Author Robert J. Sawyer to host documentary tv series

Canadian sf author Robert J. Sawyer will host Supernatural Investigator, a 17-part, half-hour documentary series... Read more [...]

John Jarrold reports foreign sales to the US for two clients

Two fantasy authors who recently sold trilogies to Gollancz will see their books published in the US by Berkley Ace... Read more [...]

DC Pierson sells first novel, about two comics/sci-fi fans

Comedian/actor DC Pierson sold his first novel, entitled The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To... Read more [...]

Bud Sparhawk’s first novel: only 30 years in the making

After publishing stories in Analog starting in the 1970s, and then starting again in the 1990s, Bud Sparhawk's first novel, Vixen, is due out this month... Read more [...]

Comedy/script writer Irving Brecher dies

Comedy and script writer Irving Brecher (1914-2008) wrote for Berle, Youngman, and the Marx Brothers, and worked on The Wizard of Oz... Read more [...]

Agents Lori Perkins and Jenny Rappaport split

Agent Jenny Rappaport has amicable left the L. Perkins Agency to start her own Rappaport Agency... Read more [...]

2007 Chesley Award Winners Finally Announced

The winner of the 2007 Chesley Awards, which were running late this year, have been announced. Donato Giancola picked up five of them. All the winners are... Read more [...]

Author Tobias Buckell Hospitalized

Tobias Buckell has been hospitalized and is undergoing tests to determine precisely what is wrong. Heart trouble seems indicated... Read more [...]

The third Chronic Rift episode celebrates Doctor Who

The third episode of the new regular podcast features their Roundtable discussion, this time focusing on Doctor Who, which is celebrating... Read more [...]

Issac Asimov’s The End of Eternity licensed by New Regency

New Regency bought an option on Isaac Asimov's out-of-print novel The End of Eternity (1955)... Read more [...]

Book View Cafe launches, offering work by 20 authors

The group web site will offer free excerpts, stand-alone pieces of fiction, out of print works, and more... Read more [...]

Asimov’s January 2009 Issue

The January 2009 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction features fiction by Nancy Kress, Larry Niven, Mary Rosenblum... Read more [...]

Apex Publications’ Post-Halloween Raffle Extended

Apex Publications is raffling off an eclectic mix of stuff, with a portion of the proceeds going to Dolly's Imagination Library... Read more [...]

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