Review of Capitol Hell
Pete Von Sholly's Capitol Hell is a digital cut-and-paste masterpiece, skewering politicians and would-bes in the horror films they might truly have inspired...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
Mark Chadbourn sells epic fantasy to Solaris
Mark Chadbourn's The Lord of Silence is his twelfth novel, and it's his chance to "cut loose and experiment way out of my comfort zone"...
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Jeff Carlson sells Plague Year to Recorded Books
Jeff Carlson sold audio rights to Plague Year to Recorded Books in a "nice" deal negotiated by...
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Ruins: Metropolis table of contents announced
Eric T. Reynolds's Ruins: Metropolis, the anthology based on the cover art, now has a table of contents...
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Mike Allen and Ian Watson sell poetic collaboration to Helix
Mike Allen and Ian Watson sold a poem entitled "Zombie Bombs" to Helix. Allen says the poem is "a sort of gushy/gory melding of humor and horror, with a dash of time paradox to boot."
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British film editor Russell Lloyd dies
British film editor Russell Lloyd (1916-2008) worked on 11 films with John Huston (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), and the genre...
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Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the preliminary ballot for this year's Stoker Awards, from which the final ballot will be chosen (followed by...
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Review of Hebrew Punk
While we're frequently looking for alien cultures to mine for fiction, an oft-overlooked mythos is Judaism. Lavie Tidhar mines Jewish mythology to combine with western fantasy, and the result is very good...
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Three upcoming northeast readings
Readings in Philadelphia and New York City gives writers, readers, and fans a chance to interact and enjoy the written (and spoken) words...
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SpaceShipTwo more than half complete; soon to fly passengers into space
The follow-on ship to the one which won the X-Prize may be ready for test flights late this year, and passengers by 2010. Richard Branson and Burt Rutan revealed the designs...
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John Sclazi sells German rights to The Android’s Dream
John Scalzi reports the second sale of foreign rights to The Android's Dream, for a sum of money that...
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Title of James Bond 22 announced
The new movie, apparently a sequel to 2006's Casino Royale, will be Quantum of Solace, and will feature...
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BSFA Award Shortlists Announced
The British Science Fiction Association announced its shortlists for this year's awards. Nominees in four categories include...
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Brandon Sanderson sells Hungarian rights
Brandon Sanderson sold Hungarian rights to Mistborn and The Well of Ascension to Delta Vision via agent Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky.
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Jerry Pournelle’s medical trouble
Jerry Pournelle reports that he has a growth of some sort inside his head, and more tests are underway...
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