Tag Archives: US

New Twilight novella coming as free gift from Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer's The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner will be available for one month for free online, and as a fund-raiser for the Red Cross... Read more [...]

How do you know it isn’t happening right now? Robert J. Sawyer’s WWW: Watch

Who says it won't be a sixteen-year-old girl who makes first contact with a nonhuman intelligence? Do you know what we'll do if she does? Once again, Robert J. Sawyer presents an engrossing novel... Read more [...]

2009 Philip K. Dick Award Winner

This year's Philip K. Dick Award for best original US paperback sf novel goes to Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson, with a special citation to Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald... 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 [...]

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise’s first (captive) flight

The first captive-carry test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise took place today. The spaceship is the first to be built to fly paying tourists into space... 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... Read more [...]

Pyr SF celebrates five years by giving away a trip to Dragon*Con

Pyr SF is five years old, and giving away birthday gifts, including their complete catalog and a trip to Dragon*Con, with their "Pyr and Dragons Adventure 5th Anniversary Contest"... Read more [...]

Menon and Singh reading for The Speculative Ramayana Anthology

Anil Menon and Vandana Singh are reading for The Speculative Ramayana Anthology, which will be published by Indian publisher Zubaan Books, and paying Rs. 1000 per story... Read more [...]

Clark Ashton Smith’s weird poetry coming back into print

Small publishers in the US, UK, and France have purchased rights to republish Clark Ashton Smith's poetry... Read more [...]

2010 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Named

The five judges of the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award for best original paperback science fiction novel have been named... Read more [...]

Cornelia Funke’s Reckless to debut with million+ printing

Cornelia Funke's new series debut, Reckless, will publish on 14 September, with a one-million copy US printing and simultaneous releases... Read more [...]

Haydn’s science fiction Il Mondo della Luna in historic planetarium

The Gotham Chamber Orchestra will be performing Joseph Haydn's 1777 science fiction opera Il Mondo della Luna in a limited engagement in New York's Rose Planetarium... Read more [...]

SF/F/H films own the US box office in 2009

Seventeen of the top 25 grossing movies of 2009 were science fiction, fantasy, or horror... Read more [...]

Pyr buys US rights to Pierre Pevel novel, Paul McAuley novel, and Sam Sykes trilogy

Pyr SF has bought rights to The Cardinal's Blades by French writer Pierre Pevel, The Aeon's Gate trilogy by UK writer Sam Sykes, and Paul McAuley's Cowboy Angels... Read more [...]

Lucasfilm partners with Reed Exhibitions for Star Wars Celebration V

Lucasfilm has signed a partnership deal with Reed Exhibitions to commence with next year's Star Wars Celebration V, in August in Orlando, Florida... Read more [...]

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