Robert J. Sawyer’s Wake to be serialized in Analog
The first volume of Robert J. Sawyer's new WWW trilogy, Wake, will be serialized in Analog starting in November. Hardcover publication will follow in the Spring...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
Scholastic’s latest financial report
Scholastic is still seeing a bump from the release of the final Harry Potter book, and anticipates lower sales but higher income...
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Science Fiction L.A. is a new online fan community
George Van Wagner's Science Fiction L.A. aims to bring the fandom experience to people who'd rather participate on-line...
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The Time Traveler’s Confession—a review of New Amsterdam’s “Keep the Change”
The producers have a good thing here—an interesting immortal—but they keep mucking it up by trying to make it just another cop show... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Astronaut G. David Low Dies
US astronaut G. David Low (1956-2008) flew aboard three Space Shuttle missions, logging more than 700 hours in space...
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New York Comic Convention announces ICv2 conference and Stan Lee appearance/award
Details on the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference (which will be held in conjunction with NYCC) and on Stan Lee's appearance to accept the first New York Comics Legend Award...
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Subterranean #8 available for pre-order
Subterranean Press is now taking pre-orders for the final paper issue of Subterranean Magazine, which will include work by Sarah Monette, John Scalzi...
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Best-selling books of 2007
Publishers Weekly's annual wrap-up of best-selling books has been distilled by Andrew Wheeler. The top genre books of the year were...
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Actor Richard Widmark Dies
Richard Widmark (1914-2008) made a name for himself with his very first film role. His few genre appearances included...
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Mark Teppo sells Psychobabel to Farrago Press
Mark Teppo's Psychobabel is a sequel to the hypertext serial novel he published in Farrago's Wainscot in 2007, and is Farrago Press's first print novel acquisition. In the book...
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Joseph Delaney’s Last Apprentice coming to the big screen
The first volume of Delaney's seven-volume young adult fantasy epic, The Last Apprentice, will be a Warner Bros. film...
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Prix Aurora Award Final Ballot Announced
The final Aurora ballot is here (although not all the nominees have confirmed their acceptance). Balloting will open as soon as the web site is ready, and close 7 May. The nominees are...
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Bleach the manga to be a feature film
VIZ Media, North American publishers of Bleach, will be the distributor of Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, which will be released this Winter...
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Gauntlet’s anthology celebrating Richard Matheson to contain Stephen King/Joe Hill collaboration
Gauntlet Press's limited edition He Is Legend will feature writers writing in Richard Matheson's universes, as well as an unpublished...
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Weird Tales names the 85 weirdest storytellers
For their 85th anniversary issue, Weird Tales has named the 85 weirdest storytellers of the last 85 years, as voted by the readers...
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