HarperCollins to publish Diana Wynne Jones’ last book
Diana Wynne Jones' final book, The Islands of Chaldea, was completed by her sister Ursula, and will be published by HarperCollins Children's Books in March... Read more [...]
Complete set of Andrew Porter’s Science Fiction Chronicle available for auction
Publisher Andrew Porter's brother Stephen is offering a complete set of his run of Hugo Award-winning sf newsmagazine Science Fiction Chronicle on eBay... Read more [...]
Petition to name Tacoma park for Frank Herbert
A park being reclaimed from the remains of a smelter slag heap may be named for environmentally conscious sf author Frank Herbert... Read more [...]
After 25 years in business, Atlas Comics of Norridge, Illinois, closes on June 29th
A comics shop is closing, but in a twist on the usual story, not because of bad business. Owner John Stangeland has just decided to call it quits, with a blowout party/liquidation sale... Read more [...]
US rights deal for Ben Peek
St. Martin's Press bought US rights to Ben Peek's forthcoming Children trilogy, set fifteen thousand years after the War of the Gods... Read more [...]
Permuted Press Releases New Post-Apocalyptic Thriller The Tilian Virus
Tom Calen's The Tilian Virus starts The Pandemic Sequence, a new take on the zombie apocalypse with a non-super hero... Read more [...]
Author Parke Godwin Dies
Author Parke Godwin (1929-2013) won a World Fantasy Award, and had a story adapted for The Twilight Zone... Read more [...]
Anderson and Savile win New $1,000 Science-Fiction Award
Details on the recently awarded Lifeboat to the Stars Award... Read more [...]
Publisher Kim Thompson Dies
Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson (1956-2013) started his publishing career at The Comics Journal, and was instrumental in bringing foreign comics to US soil... Read more [...]
Aluna Trilogy in the Works
Allegory is publishing a trilogy based on the Latin American superheroine Alune. Dooma Wendschuh and Corey May will be writing the books... Read more [...]
Weird Space: Satan’s Reach by Eric Brown
Eric Brown's Satan's Reach continues telepath Den Harper's run from the authoritarian Expansion... Read more [...]
Books Received: first half of June 2013
Books received for review during the first half of June 2013… Read more [...]
NASA announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
NASA's latest grand challenge is an attempt to identify all asteroids that might pose a threat to Earth... Read more [...]
Bundoran buys two from Alison Sinclair; one from Al Onia
Canadian publisher Bundoran Press announces the purchase of the first two books in Alison Sinclair's new sf series, as well as a standalone sf novel by Al Onia... Read more [...]
World SF Blog shuts down after four years of operation
Announcing it has fulfilled all his original goals, Lavie Tidhar is shutting down the World SF Blog after four years... Read more [...]