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Not every miracle is for the best …
Edward M. Lerner is pleased to announce the release of his latest near-future thriller — the Sci Fi Essential title for October — Small Miracles.
Garner Nanotechnology is prototyping nanotech-enhanced protective suits and autonomous first-aid nanobots. It’s cutting-edge stuff, and when it saves Brent Cleary from a pipeline explosion that killed hundreds, the Army takes notice.

Baen Books Can Haz Caption Contest Neow Plz.
Everyone’s heard of LOLcats. But have you ever seen a LOL-Kzin? Hr-r-r, of course you haven’t. Now’s your chance to make one!

Norilana Books presents UNDER THE ROSE, a new cutting-edge anthology of contemporary stories of the fantastic, edited by Dave Hutchinson, featuring work from some of today’s brightest literary talents.
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have sold the entire backlisted Liaden Universe(R) novels — ten in all — to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books.
The deal was made by their agent, Jennifer Jackson, of the Donald A. Maass Literary Agency. The ten titles will be released as four omnibus editions, starting in June 2010, to accompany [...]
Norilana Books has come to another seven-book agreement with the legendary British novelist Tanith Lee to reprint two of her classic high fantasy epic trilogies of novels, The Birthgrave Trilogy and The Wars of Vis sequence, plus one original sequel.

Congratulations to Donald Mead who has upgraded from Associate to Active. Kevin J. Anderson will be editing BLOOD LITE 2 for Pocket Books and Horror Writers Association. Paul Levinson interviews with former SFWA president Robert J. Sawyer.
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Leslie What, SFWA member, has been nominated for an Oregon Book Award for her story collection, Crazy Love!
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually for the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature. All finalists are promoted in libraries and bookstores across the [...]
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The Sunburst Award Committee is pleased to announce that the winner of its 2009 adult award is The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and the winner of its 2009 young adult award is Little Brother by SFWA member Cory Doctorow.
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We are not alone, and it’s our own damn fault.
Edward M. Lerner is pleased to announce the mass-market re-release of his 2008 cyber-thriller, Fools’ Experiments.
Something far nastier than any virus, worm, or Trojan horse program is evolving in laboratory confinement. When an artificial life-form escapes onto the Internet, no computer is safe.
As the world’s technological [...]
Larry Correia, author of MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL, will be doing a reading and signing on Saturday September 5th from 2-4 at the Layton, Utah Barnes & Noble. 1780 North Woodland Park Drive, Layton, UT 84041, (801)773-9973.