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SF/F author Jay Lake - for real!

Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys | December 19th 2009 by Ann Wilkes

I've been attending West Coast cons for five years now, and one name seems to pop up at all of them: Jay Lake. In fact, it seemed that everyone knew him personally but me. And they all had great things to say about him. At BayCon this year I told Bob read more

SMOFCon 27 - an encapsulation

A Mad Moravian (kind of) | December 7th 2009 by Scott Zrubek

I spent this past weekend at SMOFCon 27, since I run the Art Show at Armadillocon.I made it to Austin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, but wasn't able to really see the con until after dinner. I had to remotely oversee a software build that was happening bac read more

SF/F Humor Roundup

Grasping for the Wind | November 13th 2009 by graspingforthewind

Jim C. Hines is collecting the titles and authors of works of speculative humor published in 2009 at his website. I see two purposes for this list. The first is for award nominations. Humor tends not to be taken seriously**, and rarely makes the a read more

Post-script: Random Anecdote about Jane Yolen

Pornokitsch | November 3rd 2009 by Jared

In 2005, I went to WorldCon in Glasgow. It was my first major convention. My friends Arin and Rich, experienced at this sort of thing, calmly worked the room, whilst I bounced around like a stoat on speed. Great weekend. In my typical way, I grossly read more

Convention Spotlight: WindyCon

Fan To Pro | October 31st 2009 by StevenSavage

You can find the summary of the Convention Ideas here. WindyCon is one of the older conventions in the United States (I attended one in 1986).  As I've been researching conventions and their "professional events" I was glad to go and read more

How Soulless Got Its Cover

Hail the Victorious Parasol | October 7th 2009 by Gail Carriger

There's been some murmuring about the blogoshere on the subject of my book cover. Most people seem to really like it, and several wanted to know how it came to be. So I thought, Gentle Reader, I might tell you the story, because it's slightly differe read more

Ben Indick (1923-2009)

Grizzled Old Traveler | October 2nd 2009 by Sean McLachlan

I just learned from fellow writer S.T. Joshi that an old correspondent of mine, Ben Indick, has died aged 86. Ben and I had a regular correspondence reaching back almost fifteen years. I first met him back in my zine days, when he and I used to trade read more

“The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wid…

Cornellbooksellers.com | September 28th 2009 by Cornellbooksellers

I know, I know. I said I wasn’t going to talk about Worldcon 2009 again. However, it’s come to my attention that a pleasant chat I had with Kate Heartfield, a reporter with the Ottawa Citizen, resulted in my being quoted briefly in my hometown ne read more

What Can We Expect from Pyr Books in the Future?

Scifi Watch | September 11th 2009 by David Halpert

While at this year’s WorldCon I had the fortunate pleasure of meeting Lou Anders, head editor of mid-sized book publisher of Pyr Books. In recent years, Pyr (an imprint of Prometheus Books) has stood out in science fiction publishing as a publisher read more

Final thoughts on the Worldcon of ought nine

Cornellbooksellers.com | September 5th 2009 by Cornellbooksellers

As a first, tentative step into the world of science fiction conventions, Anticipation was a resounding success for the store. The punters were well informed, very friendly and eager to buy. I was extremely pleased with the overall impact of our stan read more

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