Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Destinies to feature Space 1999 and Men In Black 3

Destinies, the science fiction radio program broadcasting from SUNY Stony Brook, will feature author William Latham talking about his Space: 1999 novels, and a program on the music from Men In Black, plus a discussion of the newest film in that franchise... Read more [...]

Iain Banks and Kim Stanley Robinson in Conversation at the British Library

Iain Banks and Kim Stanley Robinson will discuss the end of the world and the future of science fiction at the British Library on 9 June... Read more [...]

Two classic Michael Moorcock novels back in print

Fantastic Books has just republished The Shores of Death and The Wrecks of Time, continuing its program of bringing the classics of science fiction back into print... Read more [...]

UPennPress announces Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America by John Cheng

John Cheng's Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America looks at the foundations and growth of science fiction through its acceptance of, and promotion by, fan culture... Read more [...]

2011 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees

The finalists for the fifth annual Shirley Jackson Awards—honoring the best in psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic—have been announced. The nominees are... Read more [...]

A wide range of fantastic tales in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination is Warren Lapine's new anthology, taking an SF magazine sensibility into the anthology market. He brings 14 very diverse stories by a wide range of authors. These stories do not disappoint... Read more [...]

Mark Hodder sells three new Burton and Swinburne books, plus foreign rights sales

Mark Hodder has sold three new Burton and Swinburne Adventures to Lou Anders at Pyr via Eddie Schneider at JABberwocky. Schneider also reports foreign rights sales for the series to the UK, Japan, and the Czech Republic... Read more [...]

Publisher/author Nick Webb dies

Nick Webb was Managing Director at Orbit and at Simon & Schuster. He was also the author of Douglas Adams' biography... Read more [...]

Apex Magazine’s April 2012 issue

Apex Magazine's April 2012 issue includes fiction by Thoraiya Dyer, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, and Lavie Tidhar... Read more [...]

2012 Service to SFWA Award goes to Clarence Howard ‘Bud’ Webster

For his work on the SFWA Estate Project, Bud Webster will receive this year's Service To SFWA Award... Read more [...]

2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award Short-List

The nominees for 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award, for best science fiction novel published in the UK, are... Read more [...]

Clute and Butler Receive SFWA’s Solstice Award

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are awarding Solstice Awards to Octavia Butler and John Clute... Read more [...]

Gareth L. Powell signs with JJLA

Author Gareth L. Powell is now represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency... Read more [...]

Fan and former bookseller Dick Spelman is gravely ill dies

Former convention bookseller Dick Spelman is in hospice care. Update: Spelman passed away on March 6th... Read more [...]

38th Annual Saturn Award Nominees

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films has announced the nominees for its 38th Annual Saturn Awards (in more than 30 categories)... Read more [...]

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