Horses and Heresy at NYRSF Readings
New York sf reading features reincarnated presidents and a new god: good stuff...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
F&SF’s September Issue
The September issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will feature fiction by Eileen Gunn, Robert Reed, Michael Swanwick...
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Tokyopop dividing and cutting staff, titles
Manga publisher Tokyopop is restructuring itself into two divisions, laying off about 40 staff members, and cutting the number of titles published in half...
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Write a story; read it at Sundance Bookstore’s Sci-Fi Night
Reno, Nevada's Sundance Bookstore is hosting a group reading/signing, and leading up to it, is sponsoring a contest...
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Pyr expanding its line
After a little more than four years with the company, Editorial Director Lou Anders announces that Pyr will be increasing its line by about 50%...
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James Enge sells two to Pyr Books
James Enge sold The Blood of Ambrose and A Crooked Way to Pyr...
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Marvel to adapt Stephen King’s The Stand to graphic novel
Marvel Comics will adapt Stephen King's The Stand as a comic mini-series, and then collect them...
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Resnick, Robson, and Sturges all sell books to Pyr
Mike Resnick sold a new John Justin Mallory book, Justina Robson sold two new Quantum Gravity books, and Matthew Sturges sold a new fantasy novel to Pyr...
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Rhysling ballot and anthology available electronically
The 2008 Rhysling Anthology and this year's ballot are available electronically to SFPA members to expedite voting...
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Actor Mel Ferrer Dies
Actor and director Mel Ferrer (1917-2008) appeared in more than 100 movies and was married to Audrey Hepburn...
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Second issue of Oddlands Magazine now available
The second issue of new webzine Oddlands Magazine has two pieces of fiction and three poems...
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Actress Julie Ege Dies
Norwegian actress Julie Ege (1943-2008) was Miss Norway, and then appeared in several genre films, before retiring from acting to become a nurse...
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Serendipity number 9 now available
The ninth issue of magical realist webzine Serendipity is now available...
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Farrago’s Wainscot closed to submissions
Farrago's Wainscot: A Gallery of Weirds, is closed to submissions for the summer...
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Author Michael de Larrabeiti Dies
English author Michael de Larrabeiti (1934-2008) was the author of The Borribles trilogy, one of the touchstones of the New Weird...
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