Books of Wonder needs help, and launches campaign to raise $100,000

Iconic New York City (and sf friendly) children's bookstore Books of Wonder finds itself in dire financial straits due to a lost subtenant, and seeks help from the community at large... Read more [...]

Project: Rooftop and Valiant Entertainment announce “Shadowman: In A New Light” redesign contest

Project: Rooftop's latest superhero redesign contest targets Jim shooter, Steve Englehart, David Lapham, and Bob Layton's Shadowman... Read more [...]

Annual Bard Fiction Prize is Awarded to Brian Conn

California-based author Brian Conn is the winner of this year's Bard College fiction prize, based on the strength of his sf novel The Fixed Stars... Read more [...]

Ellen Datlow joins Tor.com’s editorial team

Editor Ellen Datlow's newest gig is as a consulting fiction editor for Tor.com... Read more [...]

Top Box Office Grossers – Third Week in October 2012

With a bunch of new movies opening, the poorer performing genre films are slipping out of sight. But there is still some strength... Read more [...]

Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust announces Winter 2012 online classes

Residential writing workshop Odyssey is once again offering online courses. The three offered this winter have imminent application deadlines... Read more [...]

Knox Robinson launching YA fantasy line

Knox Robinson Publishing is moving into YA fiction, debuting the new line with Alison Reegan Cook's The Scholar, the Sphinx, and the Shades of Nyx... Read more [...]

Helen Marshall Steps Down as Managing Editor at ChiZine Publications

Managing Editor Helen Marshall is leaving the company to pursue her education, and will be succeeded by Samantha Beiko... Read more [...]

Post Mortem publishes The Black Death of Babylon, Edward J. McFadden’s first novel

An ancient disease has returned to bring madness and death to a modern university. Can anomaly investigator Dan Oberbier solve it before The Black Death of Babylon wreaks worldwide havoc... Read more [...]

Reward — Stolen Frazetta and Suydam artwork

Arthur Suydam reports on stolen artwork, offering a reward for the return of one of his paintings, and of a drawing by Frank Frazetta... Read more [...]

The Folio Society republishing Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy in gorgeous boxed set

The Folio Society is reprinting the Hugo Award-winning Best All-Time Series, Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, with an introduction by Noble Prize winner Paul Krugman... Read more [...]

Uncle River’s Pie Town to be featured on Rock Center

Uncle River may be featured in a piece about the bustling metropolis the former hermit calls home... Read more [...]

Books Received: first half of October 2012

Books received for review during the first half of October 2012... Read more [...]

Amazing Stories Seeks Bloggers

Preparing for its relaunch, Amazing Stories is now accepting applications for bloggers... Read more [...]

GUFF 2013 voting now open

Voting is now open for the 2013 GUFF race, which will send a fan from Europe to Australasia... Read more [...]

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