Bulwer-Lytton Contest honors the best of the worst
The annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest honors the worst opening lines of non-existent novels, and recognizes fantasy and science fiction dishonorees...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
2008 Mythopoeic Award Winners
The winners of the 2008 Mythopoeic Awards were announced 17 August at Mythcon XXXIX. The awards, for fantastical literature and studies thereof, went to...
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The Deadbooks debuts as “the next step in the evolution of the novel”
Creator Hasso Wuerslin announces the launch of The Deadbooks, and seems intent on issuing a manifesto that this is a new form of entertainment, the new version of the novel...
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Interview with Mike Allen, editor of Clockwork Phoenix
Editor and poet Mike Allen talks about putting together his new anthology of "beauty and strangeness", Clockwork Phoenix...
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Australian/British actor Lloyd Lamble dies
Australian-born British actor Lloyd Lamble (1914-2008) appeared in several genre tv series and films...
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Author/fan George W. Proctor dies
George W. Proctor (1946-2008) wrote more than 90 novels, including two V novelizations, and was active...
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New group blog by six paranormal romance writers
Six new(ish) paranormal romance writers have launched the group blog Wickedly Romantic...
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Harry Potter, Bolt, and Twilight do a three-part scheduling dance
The film version of the sixth Harry Potter novel is moving from November to next July, so Disney's Bolt and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight film are moving up to take its spot...
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Fiona McIntosh gets six-figure advance for new fantasy saga
Agent Chris Lotts of the Ralph Vicinanza Agency reports that he and Australian author Fiona McIntosh "jointly" sold her saga Fields of Gold to publisher Robert Sessions at Penguin Australia "for a six-figure advance."
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R. Scott Bakker sells dark thrillers to Tor, Penguin Canada, Orion UK, and elsewhere
Fantasy author R. Scott Bakker has sold Neuropath and an untitled sequel, both dark thrillers, to Tor in the US, Penguin Canada, Orion UK, and...
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New Market Maven issue, and new address
Editor Cynthia Ward reports the release of Market Maven #5, along with her new e-mail address...
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Apex Publications’ Annual Halloween Short Story Contest
Apex Publications' Halloween short story contest is based on the theme "Election Horror"...
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Stacia Kane sells three urban fantasies to Del Rey
Stacia Kane sold her urban fantasy novel Unholy Ghosts, along with two sequels, to Liz Scheier at Del Rey, via agent Chris Lotts at the Ralph Vicinanza Agency.
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New Riverworld tv option, and other PJFarmer news
Chris Lotts at the Ralph Vicinanza Agency reports selling "a major TV option" on Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series to Hallmark Productions via Vince Gerardis at Created By. Lotts also sold rights to Dare, and remarks on...
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Antipodean SF’s August-September 2008 Issue
Antipodean SF has posted its August-September 2008 issue. The online 'zine focuses on Australian short-short sf, and includes...
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