Writers/Illustrators of the Future Quarterly Winners: 1Q2008
The winners for the first quarter of 2008, the 25th year of the Writers of the Future contest, have been announced...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
Pyr’s 326-page sampler available online
Lou Anders writes that "Pyr has made a 326-page sample book we give out at conventions available as a free PDF-format ebook. It contains sizable excerpts from seven of our 2008 titles and is online for download..."
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Comics artist Maurice Marchal dies
Belgian comics artist Maurice Marchal (1922-2008) appeared in Tintin, and died the same day as its founder...
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Comics publisher Raymond Leblanc dies
Belgian comics publisher Raymond Leblanc (1915-2008) built the weekly magazine Tintin around the comic created by Hergé, and saw it flourish...
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Review of The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Ellen Datlow's new anthology has some good work, and hints of what could be better but wasn't. It may appeal to a more literary reader...
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John Grant sells novelette to Nazarian anthology Sky Whales
Paul Barnett, who writes as John Grant, sold "The Gara Smood" to Vera Nazarian for her forthcoming anthology Sky Whales and Other Wonders. Barnett writes of the story...
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Ditmar and Tin Duck Award winners
The Australian Ditmars and Western Australian Tin Ducks were handed out this weekend. The winners are...
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Neal Stephenson sells Anathem to Atlantic Books
Neal Stephenson sold Anathem to Ravi Mirchandani at Atlantic Books via Rachel Calder at the Sayle Literary Agency. The book is
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Serendipity number 7 now available
The seventh issue of magical realist webzine Serendipity is now available, with five stories by...
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Special Harlan Ellison film screening in New York City
The Harlan Ellison biographic documentary Dreams with Sharp Teeth, will be shown at Lincoln Center, with Ellison in attendance...
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Review of Unwelcome Bodies
Jennifer Pelland can write very evocative stories, but the emotions she chooses to evoke in many of these stories are not those a reading looking for entertainment might seek...
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Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of March
Four genre films are in the top ten, but only five are in the top 25. Two newbies appeared on the list, and two others dropped out...
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New SF Convention Search Engine Available
Nathan E. Lilly has created Con Finder to help fans locate science fiction conventions within geographical ranges...
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Prometheus Award Finalists
The Libertarian Futurist Society's Prometheus Awards recognize sf that dramatizes the value of personal liberty. This year's nominees are...
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Philip K. Dick Award Winner
This year's Philip K. Dick Award for best original US paperback sf novel went to Nova Swing by M. John Harrison...
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