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Nebula Awards Weekend
The Forty-Seventh Nebula Awards Weekend will be held Thursday through Sunday, May 17 to May 20, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, near Reagan National Airport.
We honor Connie Willis as our Grand Master!
To register, click on “Registration” in the menu to the immediate left. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Register” button.
Tours, workshops and panels are available for registered attendees (the number of people who can be accommodated on the tours and workshops is limited.) Active and Associate SFWA members may nominate works, until February 15th, for the awards to be presented at the May 19th Nebula Awards Weekend Banquet. Hour long interviews and readings will be recorded by Jim Freund for his Hour of the Wolf radio show broadcast on WBAI (99.5FM) in New York City.
Jon Williams is our Toastmaster (he will also conduct a half-day Writers Workshop on Friday morning.) Mike Fincke is our Keynote Speaker.
The Mass Autographing Session on Friday, May 18th will be followed by a reception to honor the nominees and other honorees.
You don’t have to be a nominee, a member of SFWA, or even a writer to participate in the weekend. Registration for the 2012 Nebula Awards Weekend is open now. The cost for the Nebula Awards Banquet is $75.00 per person. The cost to register is $50.00 for a SFWA Member and $60.00 for a non-SFWA Member until February 29, 2012. Rates for registration will be higher as the date of the event draws closer.
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Archive for November, 2009
“The Dragon of Trelian” by Michelle Knudsen
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
“The Dragon of Trelian” by Michelle Knudsen
April 2009, Candlewick Press
Tags: Knudsen, Michelle Knudsen, The Dragon of Trelian
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Quick Updates for 2009-11-29
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
- Good post which goes through the math on what it would take to break even with Harlequin's DellArte. http://is.gd/56Yrq #
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RIP: Robert Holdstock (1948-2009)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Ansible has reported the tragic news that fantasy author, Robert Holdstock, passed away this morning at the age of 61. He had become ill on August 18th from an e coli infection and was admitted to ICU at the hospital.
His first published story (Pauper’s Plot) was in 1968 and he continued to write throughout his life. In his early career he used a variety of pseudonyms, such as Robert Faulcon, Chris Carlsen, Richard Kirk, Robert Black, Ken Blake, and Steven Eisler. His breakthrough novel, Mythago Woods, published under his own name, became the start of the Ryhope wood series. It went on to win BSFA Award for Best Novel in 1984 and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1985.
Our condolences to his partner Sarah Biggs and the rest of his family.
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Quick Updates for 2009-11-28
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
- The SFWA Western Regional Business meeting is at 10 am in the Hawthorne room at #orycon. #
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Kenneth Shufeldt author of "Genesis" from Tor. #
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“Teaching Bigfoot to Read” by Geoffrey W. Cole
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
“Teaching Bigfoot to Read” by Geoffrey W. Cole
January 2009, Clarkesworld
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“Lo’ihi Rising” by Geoffrey W. Cole
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
“Lo’ihi Rising” by Geoffrey W. Cole
November 2009, Intergalactic Medicine Show
Tags: Cole, Geoffrey W. Cole, Lo'ihi Rising
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Quick Updates for 2009-11-27
Friday, November 27th, 2009
- Congratulations to David D. Levine (@daviddlevine) whose collection, "Space Magic" has just received the Endeavor award. #
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Quick Updates for 2009-11-26
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
- @Gravedom We don't maintain a list like that, but if you search our directory you can see members who are agents & members' agents. in reply to Gravedom #
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SUPER FAN STALKS POWELL’S FOR CARLSON’S PLAGUE ZONE
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Nearing midnight on Monday, November 23rd, super fan Brian C. of Portland, Oregon armored up for the imminent release of Plague Zone, the third title in Jeff Carlson’s internationally acclaimed sci fi thriller series.
“Cam Najarro is my personal Harry Potter,” said Brian C., referring to the hero in the Plague novels.
Why did Mr. C arrive at his local Powell’s in a hazmat suit with respirator, mask, and gloves? “How else will I be safe from the nanopocalypse?” he said, smiling beneath his equipment.
Plague Year and Plague War, the first novels in the trilogy, became bestsellers in Spain as La Plaga and Antidoto. The books have also received major promotion campaigns in Germany, where Plague War, retitled Plasma, was Piper Verlag’s Book Of The Month this August. Both novels are also set for publication in the Czech Republic and in Romania. In the United States, Plague War was a finalist for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award. Film rights for the novels have been optioned by award-winning producer James McNally of Seven Seas Jim.
Readers can find free excerpts of Plague Year, War and Zone at Carlson’s web site at www.jverse.com along with tour dates, videos, contests and more, including a mind-croggling trivia challenge in which winners will be allowed to name a character after themselves or a friend in one of Carlson’s upcoming novels.
Plague Year
Jeff Carlson
Ace Books/Penguin Group
July 31, 2007
ISBN 044101514X
Plague War
Jeff Carlson
Ace Books/Penguin Group
July 29, 2008
ISBN 0441016170
Plague Zone
Jeff Carlson
Ace Books/Penguin Group
November 24, 2009
ISBN 0441017991
Online fiction by Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlson is a Member of SFWA
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Norilana Books presents Mansfield Park and Mummies
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Norilana Books is proud to present Mansfield Park and Mummies: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian, a hilarious “comedy of monsters and manners.”
This stylish and clever parody of the Austen classic Manfield Park, comes complete with “scholarly” Footnotes that harangue the reader, amazing Appendices, illustrations (by the author), a genuine romantic sub-plot that involves an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh who takes on the form of a sexy Regency gentleman… and of course the mummies!
Oh, and there’s a vampire, a werewolf or two, and an unspeakable monstrosity known only as the Brighton Duck!
Front Cover:
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Mansfield Park and Mummies:
Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian
Spinsterhood or Mummification!
Ancient Egypt infiltrates Regency England in this elegant, hilarious, witty, insane, and unexpectedly romantic monster parody of Jane Austen’s classic novel.
Our gentle yet indomitable heroine Fanny Price must hold steadfast not only against the seductive charms of Henry Crawford but also an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh!
Meanwhile, the indubitably handsome and kind hero Edmund attempts Exorcisms… Miss Crawford vamps out… Aunt Norris channels her inner werewolf… The Mummy-mesmerized Lady Bertram collects Egyptian artifacts…
There can be no doubt that Mansfield Park has become a battleground for the forces of Ancient Evil and Regency True Love!
Gentle Reader — this Delightful Edition includes Scholarly Footnotes and Appendices.
Mansfield Park and Mummies:
Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian
Norilana Books Fantasy
November 16, 2009
Trade Paperback
Retail Price: $16.95 USD – £12.50 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-047-1
ISBN-10: 1-60762-047-2
568 pages
Official Mummies Website:
http://www.norilana.com/mpam.htm
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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 250 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women’s fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/
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