British filmmaker Roy Ward Baker dies
British filmmaker Roy Ward Baker (1916-2010) directed Titanic biopic A Night to Remember (1958), and then moved into horror films...
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Chaz Brenchley sells two new horror novels to Severn House
Chaz Brenchley's two new horror novels will center around a strange country house in the north of England...
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Lavie Tidhar’s wedding and a volcano lead to the free online serialization of Jesus and the Eightfold Path
Author Lavie Tidhar recently got married in Cyprus, and then he and his wife invited the guests back to Israel, where now ten of them are stranded in the new couple's one bedroom apartment. All this leads logically to the free online serialization of Tidhar's Jesus and the Eightfold Path...
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Second Gemmell Award finalists announced
The nominees for the second annual David Gemmell Legend Awards for Fantasy (now in three categories) have been announced...
Read more [...] Suzanne McLeod sells Spellcrackers.com books 4, 5, and 6
After publishing the first two-third of the Spellcrackers.com trilogy, Gollancz has bought the rights to the fourth, fifth, and sixth books from Suzanne McLeod...
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HWA announces 2010 Lifetime Achievement and Specialty Press Award winners
The Horror Writers Association has announced the honorees who will receive this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards: Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan. In addition, Tartarus Press will receive the Specialty Press Award...
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World Literature Today’s special science fiction issue
The University of Oklahoma's World Literature Today is planning a special science fiction issue, and paying $200-$300 for short stories...
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British actor Edward Woodward dies
British actor Edward Woodward (1930-2009) is best known as the star of The Equalizer, for which he won a Golden Globe. His other appearances include...
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Quirk launches mash-up website for Quirk Classics
Flush with the success of their classic mash-ups, Quirk is launching the Quirk Classics web site to let fans interact and further enjoy such neo-classics as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...
Read more [...] Author Louise Cooper Dies
British fantasy author Louise Cooper (1952-2009) wrote The Time Master trilogy and nearly 80 other novels for adults and children...
Read more [...] Actor Lou Jacobi Dies
Actor Lou Jacobi (1913-2009) debuted on the stage in Toronto at age 11, and appeared in film, television, and on the stage on both sides of the Atlantic...
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Attendance at the World Science Fiction Convention
Attendance at the World Science Fiction Conventions, graphed over time...
Read more [...] Movie producer/writer Harry Alan Towers dies
British film producer and writer Harry Alan Towers (1920-2009), sometimes credited as Peter Welbeck, worked on Gor, Fu Manchu...
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Gollancz to pay Alastair Reynolds £1 million for ten books
Alastair Reynolds has signed a ten-book deal, lasting ten years, for £1 million with his British publisher Gollancz in what is probably the biggest...
Read more [...] Actress Lucy Gordon Dies
British actress Lucy Gordon (1980-2009) died of an apparent suicide. She was best known for her role in Spider-Man 3...
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