David Walton wins second annual Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest
The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest urges new authors to write forward thinking sf about the near future of manned space exploration...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
World Science Festival to celebrate science in New York City
The five-day World Science Festival will have numerous lectures, panel discussions, films, and other special events, featuring dozens of scientists, artists, and entertainers...
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Norilana establishing new imprint exclusively for the works of Tanith Lee
Norilana's new TaLeKa imprint is designed solely to publish new and reprint works by Tanith Lee, illustrated by John Kaiine...
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Mark L. Van Name Wins Compton Crook Award
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society's Compton Crook Award for best first sf novel this year goes to Mark L. Van Name for One Jump Ahead...
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21 May Reading at KGB Bar: Sedia and O’Connell
This month's Fantastic Fiction reading by Ekaterina Sedia and Jack O'Connell caused a run on books at the sales table following their performances...
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Diane Turnshek to talk about “Life in the Universe” in Pittsburgh
SF author Diane Turnshek will give two lecture on "Life in the Universe" at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh in June...
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Juno Books news: one cancellation, another big release
Juno Books has cancelled publication of the previously announced Touching Silver, but will be releasing the ebook of Seaborn before the paper version, due to the author's overwhelming...
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Orthopedic Horseshoes: new sf talk radio program
SF personalities Herb Kauderer and Alan Katerinsky are the co-hosts of the monthly half-hour internet talk show Orthopedic Horseshoes...
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“Big Fun: Wear Your Big Shoes”: book launch/dance party in NYC
Authors Elizabeth Hand and Matthew Sharpe are celebrating the paperback launch of their newest novels with a reading and a dance party in New York City...
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British exhibit explores Ian Fleming and his James Bond
The Imperial War Museum London is hosting a year-long exhibition celebrating the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth. The exhibit looks at Fleming the man and author, and his most famous creation, superspy James Bond...
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JABberwocky reports foreign sales, including a major Polish auction
JABberwocky's Joshua Bilmes sold Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man in an auction, as well as books by Simon Green, Tobias Buckell, and Jim Hines...
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Excellent ISS viewing opportunities
The International Space Station's orbit will have it in almost continuous sunlight for the next few days, making viewing from North America especially easy and rewarding...
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Scholastic planning tenth anniversary edition of first Harry Potter book
Scholastic will publish a special tenth anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone featuring new material by author J.K. Rowling and artist Mary GrandPré...
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Interview with James and Kathryn Morrow, editors of The SFWA European Hall of Fame
James and Kathryn Morrow's SFWA European Hall of Fame collects sixteen stories written in almost as many different languages, and presents them in English. The Morrows talk about putting the collection together and more...
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Warren Rochelle sells The Called to Golden Gryphon
Warren Rochelle sold trade hardcover and paperback rights to his novel The Called to Gary Turner at Golden Gryphon Press. The book is a sequel to his Harvest of Changelings.
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