Grasping For The Wind (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
My review of The Game of Stars and Comets , a four novel collection by Andre Norton and published by Baen, can be found at the Sacramento Book Review website.
spookycyn (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Check out this book trailer for Fortune's Magic Farm , written by Suzanne Selfors (Little, Brown, 2009). This past week's new releases of science fiction and fantasy for children and teenagers from Charolotte's Library. Young Adult Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Booklists. Links to bibliographies compiled by librarians across the U.S. Children's & YA Fantasy Novels highlighted...
cynsations (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Check out this book trailer for Fortune's Magic Farm , written by Suzanne Selfors (Little, Brown, 2009). This past week's new releases of science fiction and fantasy for children and teenagers from Charolotte's Library. Young Adult Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Booklists. Links to bibliographies compiled by librarians across the U.S. Children's & YA Fantasy Novels highlighted...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
IN THE MAIL: From the folks at Baen, Star Flight, another classic Andre Norton reissue.
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of QuasarDragon ] Author Robert J. Sawyer has made his novella " Identity Theft " available for online reading. @Manybooks: " Reel Life Films " by Sam Merwin (1954). @Book View Cafe: " Them Old Hyannis Blues " by Judith Tarr (1992). @Inside Spinward Fringe: First Light Chronicles: Freeground by Randolph Lalonde. @Ensorcelled: " The...
Monster Rally (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Movies... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen @ Roger Ebert Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- Heavy on Explosives, Light on Smarts @ film.com The Reject Report Experiences The Revenge of the Fallen AICN's Quint on Transformers 2 which Harry thinks is "foul mouthed, racist & misogynistic!" (and too long) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen @ The Trades From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's...
QuasarDragon (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Some cool items for the morning.E-FictionEnsorcelled, "an annual print and online publication dedicated to the publication of works of fantasy and science fiction that will improve the quality of entertainment." has its first issue out with, "The Dome" by Lee Collins."Richard absently fingered the trigger of his mining laser as he watched the light play on the barren walls...
QuasarDragon (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Some cool items for this mid-week morning.E-FictionAt Book View Cafe: "Defender of the Faith" by Judith Tarr. First published in Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton, ed. Susan Shwartz (Bluejay Books, 1985)"Night had fallen in the Garden of Allah. Starlight caught and shattered in the fountain which played in its center. Upon its edges, deep in the scented shadows,...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
An Interview with Lyn McConchie - NZ author Tim Jones reports: Lyn McConchie is a New Zealand writer who has been published extensively, especially in the USA, in a range of genres: science fiction, fantasy, horror, humour, and mystery. Lyn was crippled in an accident in 1977 and forced to take medical retirement in 1988. She now owns and runs a small farm near Norsewood, where she breeds coloured...
Philippine Genre Stories (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
( Banzai Cat 's gonna' like this post, methinks). Scouring bargain book bins and second hand book shops is akin to Forrest Gump 's box of chocolates: You never know what you're gonna' get . In fact, you almost never get the complete books in a series, not even consecutive novels in a trilogy; finding consecutive yearly anthologies is even harder. The exception here would be huge bestsellers like Harry...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
More free speculative fiction goodness from Free Speculative Fiction Online , an amazing resource of -- what else? -- free fiction! J. G. Ballard: " The Autobiography of J.G.B. " [vt The Secret Autobiography of J. G. B******] (Interzone, April 1996) J. G. Ballard: " The Dying Fall " ( Interzone , April 1996) Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff: " Any Mother's Son " ( Analog , May...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of QuasarDragon ]: @Manybooks: " All Cats Are Gray " by Andre Norton (1953). Reflection's Edge has a new issue out with fiction by Ann Kolbeck, Allison M. Dickson, LM Myles, Camille Alexa, Mallory Path, and Tabaré Alvarez, Mirror Dance has its Summer issue out with fiction by Maia Jacomus, Lauren Marrero, Paul Lamb, Michael A. Kechula, and Pembroke...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt proudly congratulates its authors Ursula K. LeGuin and Ysabeau S. Wilce on winning the distinguished Nebula and Andre Norton awards from the Science
Home (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
The 2008 Nebula and Andre Norton Award Winners have been announced... Best Novel Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin Best Novella ”The Spacetime Pool” by Catherine Asaro Best Novelette ”Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel Best Short Story ”Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Best Script WALL-E Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton,...
Shaken & Stirred (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
Winners of the Nebulas and the Andre Norton Award gacked from Locus: Novel: Powers, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt) Novella: "The Spacetime Pool", Catherine Asaro (Analog Mar '08) Novelette: "Pride and Prometheus", John Kessel (F&SF Jan '08) Short Story: "Trophy Wives", Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Fellowship Fantastic) Andre Norton Award: Flora's Dare, Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt)...
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