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PERSPECTIVES : Interviews : Michael Chabon: Streams in a River

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Excerpts from Locus Magazine's August Issue interview.

I didn't have any hesitation about drawing on different traditions in trying to write The Yiddish Policemen's Union; on the contrary, that was one of the things that was exciting about doing it. When I realized it was going to be both a hardboiled detective novel and alternate history, that was part of the reason I wanted to write it!

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PERSPECTIVES : Interviews : Greer Gilman: Sun and Moon and Stars

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Excerpts from Locus Magazine's August Issue interview.

My language is intense, I know -- I like to say I do everything Joyce did, only backward and in high heels. I write for the ear as much as for the eye... Plot is hard for me. I'm not a storyteller; I'm a world builder, a mythos builder.

Link: PERSPECTIVES : Interviews : Greer Gilman: Sun and Moon and Stars

NEWS : Bestsellers : This Week's Bestsellers

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Sherrilyn Kenyon's Acheron and Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn still dominate lists; Neal Stephenson's Anathem ranks at Amazon with pre-publication sales; books by Terry Brooks and John Scalzi debut on this week's lists.

Link: NEWS : Bestsellers : This Week's Bestsellers

NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Books: third week August

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Notable new SF/F/H books seen the third week of August include Ken MacLeod's The Night Sessions, John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale, Richard Morgan's The Steel Remains, Judith Moffett's The Bird Shaman, and other titles by Boston, Carey, Duchamp & Gunn, Golemon, Hoyt, Richardson, Schubert & Card, and Thompson.

Link: NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Books: third week August

NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Magazines: August

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Postscripts publishes a special Worldcon SF issue; The New York Review of Science Fiction celebrates its 20th anniversary; The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction publishes its double-sized 59th anniversary issue. Plus: new issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Bulletin of the SFWA, Flashing Swords, Full Unit Hookup, Interzone, Murky Depths, Star*Line, and Weird Tales.

Link: NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Magazines: August

REVIEWS : Books : Yesterday's Tomorrows: Philip José Farmer

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Graham Sleight's column from Locus Magazine looks at four classic titles by Philip José Farmer.

Almost everything he's written makes clear what its sources are and what the writer thinks of them. So "The Lovers" can be seen as a vastly more adult take on the first contact stories that had been written in SF up to that point... In fact, the word that springs to mind — and I hope one can use it without the pejorative these days — is fan fiction.

Link: REVIEWS : Books : Yesterday's Tomorrows: Philip José Farmer

NEWS : Awards : Endeavour Award Finalists

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Finalists for the Endeavour Award, for works by Pacific Northwest writers, have been announced.

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NEWS : Bestsellers : This Week's Bestsellers

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Sherrilyn Kenyon's new "Dark-Hunter" novel Acheron debuts at #1 on lists at New York Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly, while formerly self-published The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, now published by Morrow, is among the top 10 fiction hardcovers on the same three lists.

Link: NEWS : Bestsellers : This Week's Bestsellers

NEWS : Awards : Mythopoeic Awards Winners

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

J.K. Rowling and Catherynne M. Valente are among winners of this year's Mythopoeic Awards, for fiction and nonfiction fantasy literature.

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NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Books: second week August

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Notable new SF/F/H books seen the second week of August include Karl Schroeder's Pirate Sun, Benjamin Rosenbaum's The Ant King and Other Stories, and other titles by Peter S. Beagle, Janet Chui & Jason Erik Lundberg, Raymond E. Feist & S.M. Stirling, Sean McMullen, Richelle Mead, Linnea Sinclair, and Timothy Zahn.

Link: NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Books: second week August

REVIEWS : Films : For All Maggotkind, or, Swatted Dreams: A Review of Fly Me to the Moon

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

by Gary Westfahl

Link: REVIEWS : Films : For All Maggotkind, or, Swatted Dreams: A Review of Fly Me to the Moon

NEWS : Awards : Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners Updated

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

A photo of the winners has been added.

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NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Books: first week August

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Notable new SF/F/H books seen the first week of August include Arthur C. Clarke & Frederik Pohl's The Last Theorem, Joe Haldeman's Marsbound, Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn, Ekaterina Sedia's The Alchemy of Stone, the 1st US edition of Greg Bear's City at the End of Time, John Joseph Adams' anthology Seeds of Change, and other titles by Bentley, Bova, Caine, Cooper, and Kenyon.

Link: NEWS : Monitor Listing : New Books: first week August

PERSPECTIVES : Editorial Blog : New Skin

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

A Note on the in-progress Redesign...

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NEWS : Awards : Robert A. Heinlein Award winners

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Winners of this year's Robert A. Heinlein Award, given to recognize outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space, are Ben Bova and Spider Robinson. The award consists of a sterling silver medal, bearing the image of Robert A. Heinlein, and a certificate.
» Heinlein Award Past Winners

NEWS : Awards : Other Awards Presented at Worldcon

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Isaac Asimov, Michael Chabon, David Brin, and others are winners of this year's First Fandom, Big Heart, Special Committee, Sidewise, and Golden Duck Awards, all announced at last week's World Science Fiction Convention in Denver.

Link: NEWS : Awards : Other Awards Presented at Worldcon

NEWS : Bestsellers : This Week's Bestsellers

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn debuts at #1 on two print lists this week, after months of pre-publication sales. Also debuting on lists this week are Patricia Briggs' Cry Wolf, Karen Traviss' Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Jocelynn Drake's Nightwalker.

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NEWS : Awards : Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Winners, announced at this year's World Science Fiction Convention in Denver, Colorado, include Michael Chabon, Connie Willis, Ted Chiang, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, Locus Magazine, and others; Mary Robinette Kowal wins the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Update 11 August: the link to detailed results is corrected.

Link: NEWS : Awards : Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners

NEWS : Awards : World Fantasy Awards Nominations

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Nominations for this year's World Fantasy Awards have been announced, along with recipients of this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards: Leo & Diane Dillon, and Patricia A. McKillip.

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NEWS : Bestsellers : This Week's Bestsellers

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Notable debuts on bestseller lists this week are J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard; James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge's The Dangerous Days of Daniel X; and David Weber's By Schism Rent Asunder.

Link: NEWS : Bestsellers : This Week's Bestsellers

NEWS : Awards : WSFA Small Press and Chesley Award nominees