Feb. 23 —
Gradisil looks at the colonization of Earth’s orbital space, SF author Adam Roberts said. “The ‘nation-building’ part is about colonizing Earth orbit, creating a ragtag country called ‘the Uplands’ out of private settlers and space enthusiasts,” he said.
Streaking looks at luck: specifically, the luck handed down from father to son in an Irish family over six centuries. Author Brian Stableford told SCI FI Wire that the book grew out of his longtime fascination with the phenomena of “psychological probability.”
Like the subject sez, it’s fixed.
Cripes, why didn’t someone *tell me* that my LJ cross-posting plug-in wasn’t working? What, you guys think I didn’t post anything for two and a half weeks? At the very least, I’d be posting all those inane links to SCI FI Wire stories and other things I’ve published.
Of course, LJ users probably aren’t seeing this right now anyway, so this might ultimately be a pointless post. But a lot of my posts probably could be filed under that category, so… Problem fixed!
On another note, does everyone just hate the Google Groups alt-commenting system I’ve setup, or have I just not been saying anything worthy of comment?
Take a teenage girl, $15 million and the end of the world, and you have the start of End of the World Blues, SF author Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s new novel, which was just named a finalist for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Feb. 20 —
Nominees have been announced for this year’s Bram Stoker Awards, which recognize superior achievement in horror writing. The award, named for the author of the seminal horror work Dracula, is presented annually by the Horror Writers Association.
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart mixes the history of the atomic bomb with time travel for a fish-out-of-water tale. SF writer Lydia Millet’s novel is a finalist for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Night Shade Books is having a sale. Jason Williams sez:
It’s getting on about time to make room in the warehouse again, which means it’s sale time! We win, you win, everybody wins.
Until midnight on Tuesday, February 20th, you can get 50% off of your order by entering in coupon code NSB773. There is a four book minimum, and this coupon applies to preorders as well as in-stock items.
Let the buying begin!
You heard the man. Shop!
If you’ve ever wanted a t-shirt with a scuba-diving pink elephant on it, today’s your lucky day. My niece and her friend have setup a spreadshirt.com shop that not only has the aforementioned scuba-diving elephant Ts, but other designs as well.
Check it out and help support my niece’s college fund!
If you can manage to catch the Mythbusters special on pirate myths, by all means do check it out. It’s a little late for it to help you write a pirate story for Shimmer’s special pirate issue, but learning things about pirates is fun pretty much any time. Here’s some of what the show will teach you:
