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Subterranean is moving from print and into pixels. There’s several things to read there now, and the magazine will be updated several times weekly.
$calzi $peaks
John Scalzi is talking about how much money he made from writing last year, breaking it down into various categories. Useful info for anyone contemplating a writing career, I think.
Rings RPG Expands Tolkien
Feb. 26 —
Lord of the Rings Online: The Shadows of Angmar is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that takes its cues directly from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, but that also expands on them. “[We] took a lead from the master [and] focused [the game] on the first book [in the trilogy] and covered the storyline as Frodo and Sam leave the Shire and start moving towards … Rivendell,” said Jeff Anderson, president of Turbine, Inc.
Gradisil Colonizes Earth Orbit
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 Is Just His Luck
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.”
LJ Plug-in Fixed!
Like the subject sez, it’s fixed.
LJ Plug-in Broken/Google Groups Comments
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?
End Is Near For Grimwood
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.
Stoker Nominees Named
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.