Yearly Archives: 2008

Special NYRSF Reading Series Launch Party for The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow, will have a special launch party in New York City's South Street Seaport's Melville Gallery on 13 May... Read more [...]

McCollum and Harris sales to Germany, Hungary, and Romania

Michael McCollum's Sails of Tau Ceti will have a German edition. Charlaine Harris has one new sale in Hungary, and three in Romania... Read more [...]

The Vampire’s Kiss—a review of Moonlight’s “Fated to Pretend”

First show back after the hiatus, and suddenly this show rocks... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

The Return of Free Comic Book Day

On 3 May, independent comic shops across the US and Canada will be giving away free comic books. In addition, stores in the more than 30 states will be hosting... Read more [...]

Bloomsbury to switch Canadian distributors to Penguin Canada

Bloomsbury Publishing (the publisher of Harry Potter) is switching its Canadian distribution to Penguin Canada from Raincoast Books... Read more [...]

New small press publisher Lyrical looking for science fiction and horror

Lyrical Press is a new publisher, planning to publish e-books and some POD. They're actively seeking science fiction and horror... Read more [...]

A Man of His Time—a review of New Amsterdam’s “Love Hurts”

For a story with great potential and some really good points, it seems to have lost out for a poor attempt at combination... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Artist John Berkey Dies

Iconic sf artist John Berkey (1932-2008) painted signature spaceships and much more... Read more [...]

Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother available to do all sort of things with

Cory Doctorow's just-released Little Brother is available in print and as a DRM-free audio book download. Doctorow is also offering a free sampling license... Read more [...]

Five Dreams with Sharp Teeth to run daily in New York City

Erik Nelson's biographic film about (and starring) Harlan Ellison will have a one-week run at New York City's Film Forum this June... Read more [...]

Allison Brennan sells paranormal trilogy to Ballantine

Allison Brennan's new paranormal romance series, based on the Seven Deadly Sins, sold to Ballantine... Read more [...]

Peter Mendelsund takes over as Vertical’s art director

After working with the company since it's inception, Chip Kidd is leaving his post as Vertical's book designer. His replacement is Peter Mendelsund... Read more [...]

Spectra news and fiction available in free SpectraPulse

Bantam Spectra's new free magazine, SpectraPulse, will include interviews, excerpts, original fiction, and more... Read more [...]

The Strand Prophecy gets national distribution

The Winner family's novel has been picked up by Barnes and Noble... Read more [...]

Scott Dunbier takes editorial position at IDW

Scott Dunbier, formerly executive editor of DC Comics's WildStorm, is now Special Projects Editor at IDW... Read more [...]

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