Tag Archives: United States

UCTV Prime YouTube series unveils treasures inside the world’s largest science fiction and fantasy collection

The University of California's YouTube channel is developing a video tour inside the Eaton Collection—the UC Riverside's massive collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror—with the first three episodes already available... Read more [...]

The Return Man: new zombie fiction with a bite

Orbit Books is publishing V.M. Zito's debut novel, The Return Man, about a zombie burying the dead, this April... Read more [...]

2011 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees

The nominees for the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award, for best science fiction novel published in paperback original in the US, have been announced... Read more [...]

NASA issues call for visionary advanced technology concepts

NASA's Space Technology Program is looking for far-out ideas, and is open to proposals from anyone and everyone... Read more [...]

Scholastic to Publish “Infinity Ring,” a New Multi-Platform Time Travel Adventure Series

Scholastic's new multi-author, seven-book series launches worldwide September 2012 with first and last book written by bestselling author James Dashner. The time-travel, alternate-history series for 8-12 year olds will combine reading and gaming... Read more [...]

The Knight Agency iGiveaway

The Knight Agency is trying to plump up its e-mailing list by giving away an iPad 2 and 13 e-books by agency authors... Read more [...]

Book Four of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle, Inheritance, goes on sale November 8

The concluding volume of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle quadrology, Inheritance, will be published November 8... Read more [...]

ComicPalooza Film Festival Opens for Submissions

Houston, Texas, comic convention ComicPalooza has a film festival known as SplatterFest, which is now open for submissions... Read more [...]

2010 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees

The nominees for the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award, for best science fiction novel published in paperback original in the US, have been announced... Read more [...]

Harry Potter’s all published, but there’s more coming, including a contest to visit him

Heralding the imminent opening of Universal Orlando's The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, US publisher Scholastic is giving away four trips to the park, offering the books cheap, and running other contests and giveaways... Read more [...]

Writers and Illustrators of the Future quarterly winners, and advice from the judges

The fourth quarterly winners of the 26th and 21st years of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests have been announced, and judges Larry Niven and K.D. Wentworth offer some advice to future entrants... Read more [...]

Comics Creators Alliance unite to end human trafficking

Nearly ninety members of the Comic Creators Alliance have donated the use of one of their characters each to a project to raise awareness of and funds to combat human trafficking... Read more [...]

Stephen Goldin’s Scavenger Hunt finally available as complete edition

Stephen Goldin has revised and corrected his 1976 novel Scavenger Hunt, and now makes it available for the first time as a one-volume... Read more [...]

Shirley Jackson Award Lottery Winners Announced

The fund-raising lottery gave away more than fifty signed books, editorial consultations, and more, to donors from four different countries... Read more [...]

Rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg dies

German-born US rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg (1912-2009) worked on the V-2 during World War II, and then played a role in the development of the US spaceflight program... Read more [...]

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