Monthly Archives: July 2010

Tanith Lee’s Kill the Dead and Sabella back in print

Tanith Lee's two Blood Stone novels, Kill the Dead and Sabella, are finally back in print, with new covers by John Kaiine... Read more [...]

Character Actor Maury Chaykin Dies

Character actor Maury Chaykin (1949-2010) had memorable roles in Dances with Wolves, My Cousin Vinny, and Entourage, and guest roles in... Read more [...]

Character Actor James Gammon Dies

Character actor James Gammon (1940-2010) was nominated for a Tony Award, played manager Lou Brown in Major League, and had a long career playing gruff characters... Read more [...]

Voice actor/writer/director Peter Fernandez dies

Voice actor, writer, and director Peter Fernandez (1927-2010) will be best remembered for his connection to Speed Racer (he translated and dubbed the original series, and had a cameo in the recent live-action version)... Read more [...]

Actress Vonetta McGee Dies

Actress Vonetta McGee (1945-2010) was known for her roles in several "blaxploitation" films, but she also appeared with Sidney Poitier and in several television series... Read more [...]

Destinies to feature Keith Dallas, Powys Media, Eric Woolfson, and John Peel

Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will feature an interview with comic writer Keith Dallas, a soundtrack spotlight with Mateo Latosa and Cesar Gallegos, an Eric Woolfson Memorial, and an interview with John Peel... Read more [...]

Mark L. Van Name asks readers to “Lose yourself in other worlds. Do good in this one.”

Author Mark L. Van Name is donating 100% of the proceeds from his new novel, Children No More, to Falling Whistles, a charity dedicated to helping reintegrate former child soldiers into society... Read more [...]

2011 WorldCon membership rates increasing at the end of September

Renovation, the 2011 WorldCon, will be increasing the cost of memberships on 1 October 2010... Read more [...]

2010 Scribe Award Winners

The winnners of this year's Scibe Awards, for media tie-in writers, have been announced. The winners are... Read more [...]

Alternate 1926 steampunk police-procedural: Ghosts of Manhattan make their mark

George Mann's Ghosts of Manhattan is a police-procedural superhero novel set in an alternate, steampunked 1926 New York City. It's compelling... Read more [...]

Grab Daniel A. Rabuzzi’s The Choir Boats for free

ChiZine Publications and author Daniel A. Rabuzzi are giving away free electronic copies of his The Choir Boats, through the end of the month... Read more [...]

Last Year’s Model—Warehouse 13’s “Age Before Beauty”

Seemingly soft plot lines surprise when they don't disappoint, as the Warehouse continues to heat up with fun, fashion, and folly. And the humanizing influence of Claudia is not to be overlooked... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Self-published Kit Berry sells fantasy quadrology to Gollancz

Kit Berry's self-published YA fantasy series Stonewylde has been picked up Gollancz for traditional publication with wider distribution... Read more [...]

Siren Song—Haven’s “Harmony”

Better, with a pretty good story line, but still a very slow-moving start to a new series... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

True Nature—True Blood’s “I Got a Right to Sing the Blues”

Outsiders, even non-humans, can show us our own true natures in slightly distorted mirrors... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

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