Category Archives: Discussion Groups
The return of Fantasy Magazine
Books Received: second half of December 2013
Books received for review during the second half of December 2013… Read more [...]
Fantastic Fiction at KGB 2013 Kickstarter Fundraiser
The Hosts of Fantastic Fiction at KGB will be holding a fundraiser to support the reading series for several more years, using the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. The event will take place from June 26 until July 26, 2013... Read more [...]
‘Zoo City’ author Lauren Beukes pens new introduction to Halo Jones
Lauren Beukes is writing a new introduction to Ravenstone's new edition of Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's "The Ballad of Halo Jones"... Read more [...]
Books Received: Second Half of December 2012
[[[Throne of the Crescent Moon]]] by Saladin Ahmed. (Book One of The Crescent Moon Kingdoms), DAW, $7.99, 368pp, pb, 9780756407780. Fantasy.
From Saladin Ahmed, finalist for the Nebula and Capbell Awards, comes one of the year's most acclaimed debuts: Throne of the Crescent Moon, a fantasy adventure with all the magic of The Arabian Nights.
The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif Read more [...]
Dark Horse Announces the Promotion of Scott Allie to Editor in Chief
After eighteen years with the company, Scott Allie has been promoted to Editor in Chief at Dark Horse Comies... Read more [...]
Books Received: first half of September 2012
Books received for review during the first half of September 2012... Read more [...]
Top Box Office Grossers: End of August
Back-to-school means the end of sf's domination of the box office... Read more [...]
SFScope transfer hiccups
As you can see, we're still working on the transfer of SFScope. One of the newest hiccups is e-mail: if you used the "Contact Us" form or e-mailed editor [at] sfscope [dot] com in the last few days, your message has probably disappeared into the aether between the old and the new servers. Now the new one is working, so do please write again.
And, if you wrote any time in the last two weeks and didn't get an expected response, the transfer seems to have wiped out all the older messages in my in-box, Read more [...]
NASA Mars rover begins driving at Bradbury Landing
NASA's newest rover on Mars, Curiosity, has started actually roving. And the landing site has been renamed for SF icon Ray Bradbury... Read more [...]
MonsterLibrarian Press Release: July is Monster Movie Month!
The Monster Librarian horror blog is celebrating July by talking about Monster Movies...
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LFS Prometheus Newsletters Available Online
The Libertarian Futurist Society has decided to make its newsletters publicly available on its web site. At the moment, they're digitizing the past 30 years' worth (five years are already available), and will be posting new issues...
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BFS Open Day to feature Stephen Jones & Les Edwards book launch
Stephen Jones and Les Edwards will be launching their new collection, Curious Warnings: The Great Ghost Stories of M.R. James, at the British Fantasy Society's Open Day on June 16...
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Pottermore now scheduled to launch in April
The forces behind the long-anticipated Pottermore web site have announced an expected launch date in early April...
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