Analog and Asimov’s readers’ award winners
The winners of the reader-chosen awards at Analog and Asimov's are...
Read more [...]
Yearly Archives: 2008
This week’s free Tor stuff
Tor Books is offering Karl Schroeder's Sun of Suns and wallpaper by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell for free this week...
Read more [...]
James L. White’s Hunter’s Moon to be motion picture
James L. White's graphic novel Hunter's Moon has been picked up by Mekhi Phifer's Facilitator Films...
Read more [...]
Audible.com launches sf/f imprint: Frontiers
On-line audio publisher Audible.com is spinning off its science fiction and fantasy titles into a new imprint all their own, Frontiers, which will offer gues editors, special recommendations...
Read more [...]
Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of April
Again, a new genre release tops the charts, and there are a total of four genre films in the top ten...
Read more [...]
Del Rey offering Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal as free e-book
To promote the forthcoming release of the last volume in the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series, Del Rey is offering the first, Betrayal, as a free e-book...
Read more [...]
Composer Tristram Cary Dies
Composer Tristram Cary (1925-2008) worked on many episodes of Doctor Who, and was a founder of electronic music...
Read more [...]
Screenwriter and activist Robert Warnes Leach dies
Screenwriter Robert Warnes Leach (1914-2008) co-founded Justice for Homicide Victims...
Read more [...]
The Time Traveler Show’s Arthur C. Clarke tribute now available
The Time Traveler Show's 26th podcast is a tribute to Arthur C. Clarke, featuring readings of his work, and a recording of a Clarke speech...
Read more [...]
Screenwriter Kate Phillips Dies
Actress and writer Kate Phillips (1913-2008) will be remembered for naming the creature and titling the film she co-wrote, The Blob...
Read more [...]
Richard Finney options Ray Garton’s “Graven Image” for film
Ray Garton's irreverent religious horror novella is slated to become a film franchise, with shooting slated to start later this year...
Read more [...]
Composer Bebe Barron Dies
Composer Bebe Barron (1926-2008), with her husband, composed the score of Forbidden Planet...
Read more [...]
Sidewise Award nominees announced
The nominees for this year's Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced. The winners will be named at this year's WorldCon...
Read more [...]
Publications Received: April 2008
Magazines and other publications received during April 2008. This page is updated throughout the month.
Read more [...]
SFWA Election Results: New Officers Take Office in July
SFWA's annual elections elected an entirely new slate of officers, who will take office in July. The incoming board is...
Read more [...]