Books Received: first half of September 2013
Books received for review during the first half of September 2013… Read more [...]
Temporarily Quiet
Explaining this week's silence, which is only temporary... Read more [...]
Penguin Classics releases six horror novels curated by Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro has curated a six-volume series of classic horror, which is now being released by Penguin. The book... Read more [...]
The Battle for the North Pole: Santa Vs Dracula distributed by SLG Publishing
The title says it all... Read more [...]
NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey into Interstellar Space
New data from Voyager 1 indicate that the most distant man-made object probably passed into interstellar space in August of 2012... Read more [...]
Fantastic Books publishes the book that created alternate universes
Perhaps the first alternate universe novel, The Heads of Cerberus was published in an ephemeral pulp form in 1919, and a limited print edition in 1952. Now it's widely available in print for the first time... Read more [...]
J.K. Rowling to write screenplay expanding Harry Potter universe
J.K. Rowling will be writing her first screenplay, for a Warner Brothers project that will extend her Harry Potter universe, but not the story-line. Instead, the focus will be the author of one of Harry's textbooks... Read more [...]
James Bond’s submarine Lotus Esprit sells at auction
The iconic movie prop, which co-starred in The Spy Who Loved Me, found a new owner for just under a million dollars... Read more [...]
European rights deals for Richard Ford
Rights to Richard Ford's Herlad of the Storm (first in his Steelhaven fantasy trilogy) have sold to Fanucci Editore in Italy and Art Line Studios in Bulgaria... Read more [...]
Editor Lynne M. Thomas leaving Apex Magazine
After two years at the helm, Lynne M. Thomas is departing Apex Magazine at the end of the year... Read more [...]
NYRSF Readings Opens 23rd Season with Swanwick and Bowes
NYRSF Reading Series at the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art launches its 23rd season with award-winners Richard Bowes and Michael Swanwick... Read more [...]
Start Publishing’s Halloween horror short-short story contest
Start Publishing's first writing contest seeks short-short horror stories to be judged by author Michael J. Martinez... Read more [...]
Science Fiction TV Dinner: Red Dwarf
Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination presents a discussion of the classic BBC comedy sf series Red Dwarf with astrophysicist Steven Desch and English professors Don and Alleen Nilsen... Read more [...]
Another Warren Ellis Book Just Released by Sequart
Voyage in Noise by Kevin Thurman and Julian Darius discusses Warren Ellis's comics work and the Demise of Western Civilization... Read more [...]
The Brooklyn Brewery tapped to launch exclusive beer for New York Comic Con
ReedPOP Partners with the Brewery to Bring Taste of Pop Culture Extravaganza to Bars and Restaurants Across the City with Limited Edition American Black Ale - Brooklyn Defender... Read more [...]