Books Received: January 2011
Books received for review during the month of January 2011. This page is updated throughout the month.
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Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock
New owner confirms life and planned growth of Realms of Fantasy
Realms of Fantasy's new owner introduces herself, and writes of the magazine's continuation and planned growth...
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F&SF’s March/April 2011 Issue
The March/April issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction will feature fiction by Karl Bunker, Albert E. Cowdrey, Walter C. DeBill Jr., Paul Di Filippo, Sheila Finch, Richard Gavin, James Patrick Kelly, Ken Liu, Robert M. Price, W.H. Pugmire, Francis Marion Soty, James Stoddard, Jeffrey Thomas, Kali Wallace, Don Webb, and Dixon Wragg...
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25th ConFederation anniversary reunion in the works
Plans are in the works for a reunion of the people instrumental in ConFederation, the 1986 World Science Fiction Convention. Organized by Ron Zukowski and M. Lee Rogers, they're planning the get-together for 18 June 2011...
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2011 Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Call for Submissions
The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival is currently accepting film submissions, both shorts and feature length. The submission deadline, 30 January, is fast approaching...
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Damien Broderick’s The Qualia Engine is ‘smart and engaging’
Futurist Damien Broderick's first US collection of short fiction, The Qualia Engine, is now available...
Read more [...] Orson Scott Card suffers ‘a mild stroke’
Orson Scott Card suffered a mild stroke, but is now home and 'retraining his brain'...
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An Agreement with Hell exceeds the divine struggle between good and evil
Apex Books has published Dru Pagliassotti's An Agreement with Hel, which follows what happens when beings from dimensions beyond the balance of holy and unholy erupt from the earth...
Read more [...] Joe Abercrombie’s Best Served Cold is the newest Orbital Drop entry
The electronic version of Joe Abercrombie's Best Served Cold is on sale from publisher Orbit for $2.99 this month...
Read more [...] Albedo One’s International Aeon Award 2011 Contest
Irish sf magazine Albedo One's International Aeon Award writing contest begins once again with the new year...
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New marketing firm to help brands target geek culture demographic
Two experienced marketing executives have teamed up to form the Bonfire Agency, a full-service advertising and marketing firm specializing in geek/comic culture...
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Market Maven #34 is out
Editor Cynthia Ward reports the release of Market Maven #34, providing writers' guidelines for speculative fiction writers...
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2011 Newbery and Caldecott winners
The American Library Association's annual awards for children's books have been announced. Among the winners are Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker...
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Sequart announces The Year of Warren Ellis
The Sequart foundation will be publishing three books delving into the comics work of Warren Ellis, and releasing a documentary film on the same subject...
Read more [...] Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in January 2011
The first week of the new year brings no new releases to speak of, and no real movement on the charts, except for a climb by Black Swan...
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