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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.
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Edward M. Lerner: InterstellarNet: New Order
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Machiavelli advised that, “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” And all he had to scheme about was petty squabbles between Italian city-states.
Which brings us to InterstellarNet: New Order, the latest installment in Edward M. Lerner’s InterstellarNet future history.
Good fences, said the poet, make good neighbors … and interstellar distances made very good fences.
Earth and its interstellar neighbors have been in radio contact for a century and a half. A vigorous commerce in intellectual property has accelerated technical progress for all the species involved. Ideas, riding on radio waves, routinely cross interstellar space — almost like neighbors chatting over the interstellar back fence. But there is a way over, or under, or around, almost any fence. Sooner or later, when we least expect it, the neighbors, friendly or otherwise, are going to pay a call….
InterstellarNet: New Order chronicles the startling events of Second Contact, upfront and personal, as humanity discover that meeting aliens face to face is very different — and a lot more dangerous — than sending and receiving messages.
“Faster-than-light travel is such a commonplace convention in SF that we seldom consider the flip side: a universe in which FTL does not exist. In this book … Edward M. Lerner uses such a universe to great effect.”
— Analog Science Fiction and Fact, on Interstellarnet: Origins
INTERSTELLARNET: NEW ORDER
Edward M. Lerner
FoxAcre Press
ISBN-13: 9780981848754
Edward M. Lerner is a member of SFWA.
Edward M. Lerner’s website: http://www.sfwa.org/members/lerner/
Edward M. Lerner’s blog: SF and Nonsense
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“Tomb of the Fathers” by Eleanor Arnason
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
“Tomb of the Fathers” by Eleanor Arnason
Tomb of the Fathers: A Lydia Duluth Adventure
June 2010, Aqueduct Press
Tags: Arnason, Eleanor Arnason, Tomb of the Fathers
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InterstellarNet: New Order
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Machiavellian? That’s kids’ stuff! Beware humanity’s new neighbors.
Tags: edward m. lerner, Lerner
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Quick Updates for 2010-09-30
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Member News
- SFWA member Robert Silverberg has new fiction online with Lightspeed Magazine.
- SFWA member Paul S. Kemp‘s collection, Ephemera, remains #1 at Drivethruhorror, which means the price stays $1.
- SFWA Members Gwynne Garfinkle and Samantha Henderson are among the authors participating in a Strange Horizons 10th Anniversary Tea Party and Reading at Mystery and imagination Bookstore in Glendale Californa, Sunday 10/3 at 1:30PM.
- Happy book release day to SFWA member Cherie Priest and DREADNOUGHT.
- SFWA member John Joseph Adams makes last call for stories & recs for his dystopian reprint anthology Brave New Worlds.
- SFWA member Lynn Flewelling has made her Glimpses e-book available at B&N.
Resources
- An interview with SFWA president John Scalzi is up at Lightspeed Magazine.
- Guest post: Of Alternate Nineteenth Centuries: The Enduring Appeal.
- The Vilcek Foundation’s newsletter focuses on immigrant artists & writers who transformed comics. Good reading.
Tags: Cherie Priest, Gwynne Garfinkle, John Joseph Adams, John Scalzi, Lynn Flewelling, Paul S. Kemp, Robert Silverberg, Samantha Henderson, twitter
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Quick Updates for 2010-09-29
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
- SFWA member Robert Silverberg has new fiction at @lightspeedmag http://is.gd/fxIRM #
- SFWA member @Paulskemp 's collection, Ephemera, remains #1 at Drivethruhorror, which means the price stays $1. http://bit.ly/bnbVo5 #
- An interview with SFWA president @scalzi is up at @lightspeedmag. http://3.ly/wVRR #
- Mystery & Imagination hosts @strangehorizons 10th Anniv. w/SFWA Members Gwynne Garfinkle & Samantha Henderson 10/3 1:30PM, Glendale CA #
- Guest post–Of Alternate Nineteenth Centuries: The Enduring Appeal. http://bit.ly/9089Lt #
- Happy book release day to SFWA member @cmpriest and DREADNOUGHT. http://is.gd/fxWui #
- @StaciaKane The SFWA business meeting will be there. in reply to StaciaKane #
Tags: twitter
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Unhappy Client Suing B.K. Nelson Inc. Literary Agency
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
An article from Courthouse News Service (a nationwide newsletter for lawyers focusing on civil litigation) caught my eye this morning:
A retired lawyer claims he wrote a book investigating the death of Princess Diana, and his agent extorted thousands of dollars from him to market the book. Paul Anthony Spletzer...sued BK Nelson and her eponymous firm, whom he says he hired to represent him for 20 percent commission.
"In negotiating her fee, defendant Nelson, when questioned by Spletzer as to why she charged 20 percent commission, which is believed to be twice as much as other agencies, replied that she, she personally, was worth it," the complaint states. Spletzer says Nelson told him that he "would receive not less than $250,000 and probably $450,000 plus royalties for the rights" to his book by selling it as a film. (more...)
Tags: Writer Beware
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Invitation: 2010 New York Reception
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Date: Monday, November 22, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Location: Planet Hollywood, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will host its annual reception for the publishing industry at Planet Hollywood again this year. The venue, located at 45th and Broadway in Times Square, will provide a vibrant backdrop to the evening. The restaurant is handicap accessible with elevators and ramps to accommodate our guests in wheelchairs.
This is a chance for authors, agents and editors to mingle without having the pressure of a hectic convention schedule. But if you miss the con life, the New York reception is conveniently timed to fall on the Monday after Philcon.
Please RSVP by registering to let us know that you plan to attend.
Tags: NYC Reception
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Guest post–Of Alternate Nineteenth Centuries: The Enduring Appeal of Steampunk
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
by Nader Elhefnawy
Ever since the coining of the term “cyberpunk” in the 1980s, it has been common practice to slap the suffix “punk” onto the end of another word to generate a label for every new, “newish” or even potential subgenre of science fiction. In fact, Wikipedia has actually devoted a full page to the listing of “Cyberpunk Derivatives.” (1)
One of the few that has bloomed into a genuine subgenre is “steampunk”—science fiction set in the nineteenth century, particularly that part incorporating anachronistic technologies and world-views. Many of the biggest names in English-language science fiction, including Michael Moorcock, Harry Harrison, K.W. Jeter, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, Paul Di Filippo, China Mieville, Ian MacLeod, Philip Pullman, Michael Chabon and Alan Moore, have produced steampunk or work with steampunk elements. (2)
Tags: Nader Elhefnawy, steampunk
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Quick Updates for 2010-09-28
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Member News
- SFWA member Lucienne Diver posts one of her Agent Anonymous columns “Demystifying the Mystical Art of Negotiation“.
- SFWA members John Cleaver and F. Paul Wilson will appear at Borderlands in SF on Oct 16.
- All Things Urban Fantasy features SFWA member Maria Lima’s BLOOD HEAT in Hot New Releases.
- SFWA member Harry Connolly‘s section of Suvudu.com’s reader-driven chain story now online.
- SFWA member Jaq Greenspon’s story “Mirrors and Infinity” is in the new collection Dead Neon from University of Nevada Press.
- SFWA member Paul S. Kemp has signed with Del Rey to write a Star Wars duology.
- Congratulations to SFWA member Alyx Dellamonica, whose novel INDIGO SPRINGS won the 2010 Sunburst Award.
- SFWA Member Terry O’Brien‘s new blog covers all forms of hypnosis and related subjects in all media forms.
- SFWA members, if you’re wondering how to add your info to the SFWA updates, here’s an FAQ.
- The TOC for Steam-Powered, Lesbian Steampunk Stories includes SFWA members Matt Kressel & N.K Jemisin.
Resources
- The registration fee for WorldCon 2011 in Reno goes up on Oct 1.
Tags: Alyx Dellamonica, F. Paul Wilson, Harry Connolly, Jaq Greenspon, John Cleaver, Lucienne Diver, Maria Lima, Matt Kressel, n. k. jemisin, Paul S. Kemp, Terry O'Brien, twitter
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Quick Updates for 2010-09-25
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Member News
- SFWA member Harlan Ellison says MadCon will be his last. "The truth of what's going on here is that I'm dying."
- Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Paul S. Kemp, author of CROSSCURRENT (Del Rey, 2010).
- Welcome to SFWA newest Active member Walter Greatshell, author of MAD SKILLS (Ace, 2011).
- SFWA member Mary Robinette Kowal‘s story "American Changeling" is online at DailySF.
Industry News
- The jury for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult SF & Fantasy seeks candidate works for the 2010 awards.
- Apex Magazine is seeking SF writers of Arab descent and Muslim writers for a special issue.
Resources
- Research Tool: The YouTube Time Machine serves up video sorted by year from 1860-2010.
Tags: Harlan Ellison, Mary Robinette Kowal, Paul S. Kemp, twitter, Walter Greatshell
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