F&SF Feb. 2007: Favorite Story Poll

What was your favorite story in the Feb. 2007 issue? Vote in the poll! Let your voice be heard!

 
Feb. 2007: Favorite Story Poll
VOTING HAS CLOSED

Selection  
Votes
The Helper and His Hero, Part 1 – Matthew Hughes 13% 5
Brain Raid – Alexander Jablokov 18% 7
Fool – John Morressy 15% 6
Stone and the Librarian – William Browning Spencer 18% 7
Red Card – S.L. Gilbow 26% 10
Plumage from Pegasus: Our Feynman Who Art In Heaven – Paul Di Filippo 3% 1
I wasn’t impressed with any of them. 8% 3
39 votes total

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Jan. 2007 Acquisitions

January’s acquisitions include:

  • Bread and Circus by Steven Popkes
  • Against the Current by Robert Silverberg
  • If We Can Save Just One Child by Robert Reed              
  • The Minuteman’s Witch by Charles Coleman Finlay
  • Two Weeks After by M. Ramsey Chapman    
  • The Bird Shaman’s Girl by Judith Moffett        

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Wastelands ToC Addendum

I thought I should point out, in case I wasn’t entirely clear, that the ToC I posted for Wastelands is the permissions I’ve secured so far; so those stories will definitely be in the book. But there will also be a few more stories in the book that I didn’t list, because I haven’t secured the permissions yet. And I figured I shouldn’t mention them until I do so.

So, Bear, if you have altitude sickness now, it might get worse…

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Anthology: For Sale — SOLD!

I was mistakenly holding off announcing this, because in my glee-induced stupor I misunderstood many of the things my agent told me on the phone the other day. So anyway, here’s the announcement:

Night Shade Books will be publishing my post-apocalyptic reprint anthology Wastelands. Publication details are up in the air at this point, but it will probably be published in Summer 2007, as a trade paperback.
I’m still negotiating some of the permissions, but so far, the table of contents looks like this:

  • Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels by George R. R. MartinVertex, 1973
  • The Fringe by Orson Scott CardFantasy & Science Fiction, 1985 (Hugo/Nebula nominee)
  • How We Got In Town and Out Again by Jonathan LethemAsimov’s Science Fiction, 1996
  • Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack by John LanganFantasy & Science Fiction (forthcoming)
  • Never Despair by Jack McDevittAsimov’s Science Fiction, 1997
  • And the Deep Blue Sea by Elizabeth BearSCI FICTION, 2005
  • The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo BacigalupiFantasy & Science Fiction, 2004 (Hugo/Nebula nominee)
  • Killers by Carol EmshwillerFantasy & Science Fiction, 2006
  • Still Life With Apocalypse by Richard KadreyThe Infinite Matrix, 2002
  • Bread and Bombs by M. RickertFantasy & Science Fiction, 2003
  • Artie’s Angels by Catherine WellsRealms of Fantasy, 2001
  • Mute by Gene WolfeWorld Horror Convention Program Book, 2002
  • Inertia by Nancy KressAnalog Science Fiction & Fact, 1990
  • The Last of the O-Forms by James Van PeltAsimov’s Science Fiction, 2002 (Nebula nominee)
  • When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory DoctorowJim Baen’s Universe, 2006
  • The End of the World as We Know It by Dale BaileyFantasy & Science Fiction, 2004 (Nebula nominee)
  • Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr.Asimov’s Science Fiction, 1988 (Hugo & Nebula nominee)

So, there you have it. My first anthology. Yeah baby. Read more on the anthology’s website.

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Moo.com

Last week, when I was picking up that free fax machine from Ellen Datlow, Maura McHugh showed Ellen and I these fancy business cards she picked up at Moo.com. They’re like half or quarter-size business cards, but the cool thing about them is that Moo.com interfaces with your Flickr account, and allows you to put any of your Flickr photos on the back of your business card. It costs $20 for a box of 100, and you can either get 100 of the same photo, or you can mix and match, using a variety of photos. It’s pretty nifty. I ordered some; I’ll scan some when they arrive to show them off.

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