Monthly Archives: June 2012

Appearances: July-September 2012

Author and artist readings and signings for the third quarter of 2012. This list is updated as we get more information, until the end of September 2012. Read more [...]

Amazing Stories Relaunch Prelaunch Launches July 1, 2012

Steve Davidson has a few more details of the 'Relaunch Prelaunch' of Amazing Stories, and will be making announcements at ComicCon and Readercon... Read more [...]

2012 Campbell and Sturgeon Award Winners

Paul McAuley wins the Sturgeon Award; Christopher Priest and Joan Slonczewski tie for the Campbell Award... Read more [...]

Writing with Friends: How to collaborate on a novel while not losing your mind (or your pal)

Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan will discuss the art and difficulty of collaborating to write a novel, in an online session moderated by Scott Westerfeld, on July 8... Read more [...]

Destinies to feature blockbuster new movies for the next month

Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will feature a programs on this summer's blockbuster movie releases The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises... Read more [...]

First Practical Invisibility Cloak Demonstrated

Fractal Antenna Systems demonstrates an invisibility shield at microwave wavelengths... Read more [...]

Peter F. Hamilton signs to write two new books for Tor UK

Peter F. Hamilton will continue his relationship with Tor UK, signing for two more books. The first has the provisional title The Chronicle of the Fallers, and he's scheduled to start writing it next year... Read more [...]

Edward Einhorn’s The Lathe of Heaven is an evening for grown-ups

Edward Einhorn's stage adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's classic novel, The Lathe of Heaven, is a thinker's play, an evening for grown-ups... Read more [...]

Amazon to Acquire Dorchester

Amazon is currently the only bidder in a deal to take over the remains of Dorchester Publishing, in a plan to pay owed back royalties and continue offering the defunct publisher's books for sale... Read more [...]

Norilana publishes Pride and Platypus, third in their Supernatural Jane Austen series

Norilana is publishing Pride and Platypus, the third time publisher Vera Nazarian has teamed up with deceased author Jane Austen for a supernatural tale based on Austen's Pride and Prejudice... Read more [...]

Her Universe and BBC Worldwide Launching Doctor Who Fangirl Fashion Collection

Her Universe, which makes licensed sf merchandise for female fans, has signed a license with BBC for a line of Doctor Who goodies... Read more [...]

The Search for UK and Ireland’s Biggest Harry Potter Fan

Bloomsbury's contest to find the biggest Harry Potter fan in the UK and Ireland is running until the end of July... Read more [...]

Steampunk Meets Alice For Two New Summer Exhibitions From The Story Museum

The nascent Story Museum in Oxford, UK, is hosting several special events this summer, celebrating the sesquicentennial of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... Read more [...]

2012 Sunburst Award Nominees

The shortlists for this year's Sunburst Awards for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic have been announced. The winners will be named this Autumn. The nominees are… Read more [...]

Matt Parkinson promoted to Vice President of Marketing at Dark Horse

Recently promoted Dark Horse Senior Director of Marketing Matt Parkinson has once again been promoted, to Vice President of Marketing... Read more [...]

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