Byzarium’s November 2008 issue now available
The newest issue of the webzine "dedicated to fantasy, sci-fi, and horror fiction" has three stories...
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Three Crow Press reading for premiere issue, which will debut on Winter Solstice
Three Crow Press is a planned online magazine "specializing in quality speculative fiction, fantasy (urban, dark, and gothic), horror, and steampunk, as well as non-fiction pieces and articles."...
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GRRMartin’s Game of Thrones picked up as a pilot for HBO
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire & Ice series has been picked up by HBO, which is funding a pilot, to be titled Game of Thrones (after the first book in the series)...
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Lauri Hornik now directing Dutton Children’s
Lauri Hornik replaces Stephanie Owens Lurie as President and Publisher of Dutton Children's Books...
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Emsh: NYRSF Readings Series Pays Tribute to Ed Emshwiller
In a break from the usual, the NYRSF Reading Series honored an artist, rather than a writer. But Ed Emshwiller did more than paint—he made films, and...
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Little Brown snags Cornelia Funke from Scholastic
After publishing through Scholastic in the US, Inkheart author Cornelia Funke has signed with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for her next books...
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Altered States, Take Two—a review of Fringe’s “In Which We Meet Mr. Jones”
An improvement, as the solution doesn't necessarily lead back to the very same answer. The show is getting better and looking up... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Topps is closing WizKids immediately
Topps, the owners of WizKids games, is shutting down the company immediately, to focus on its core businesses...
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Rare Buffy the Vampire Slayer collection for sale
A disabled fan is selling her collection of rare and uniqure BtVS and other collectibles...
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Eisner Award Judges Named
The judges for next year's Eisner Awards, who will create the final ballot from which the winners will be voted, are...
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Butterfly Awakens—a review of Chuck’s “Chuck vs. The Ex”
The writers, the cast, and the storylines have all matured, and whatever re-tooling the producers had in mind for Chuck has succeeded. This show has the legs to continue ad infinitum... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Electric Spec’s third 2008 issue
Electric Spec's third issue of 2008 includes content by M.M. Buckner, Lesley L. Smith...
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Actor Michael Higgins Dies
Actor Michael Higgins (1920 or '21-2008) won two Obies, and was best known for his stage work. He also appeared in several genre films and tv series, including...
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Klingon opera being created on Long Island, New York
Dutch artist Floris Schönfeld is creating the background and cultural context within which to create his own Klingon opera...
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Apex open to novel submissions this month only
Apex Book Company is reading dark science fiction novel submissions for the month of November...
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