FTL Publications is pleased to announce that as a result of its special Virtual Online ReLaunch Party for Countdown to Action by Joan Marie Verba, this title reached the Top 100 on the Amazon.com Bestseller list on May 19, 2010, in the Movie Tie-In Category. Countdown to Action is an award-winning young adult science fiction […]
The Big Picture has photos of prep and liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis. http://is.gd/chM8y # RT @megmccarron: Delany on Racism and Science Fiction: http://is.gd/chMMB # RT @Maudelynn: New Computer Algorithm that can recognize sarcasm. http://tinyurl.com/22ob7l5 #
In celebration of Book View Press’ upcoming release of The Shadow Conspiracy Volume II (SCII), Book View Café is holding a steampunk photo contest. The winning photo will be used on the cover of SC II which is scheduled for publication in December of this year. Prizes for the winning entry will include a copy […]
The special SF issue of WLT (1st SF for this literary magazine) is available plus much exclusive web content: http://is.gd/cg8a5 # Right now @Nasa is a streaming a talk by @Astro_Jeff about the 6 MONTHS he spent at the ISS. http://is.gd/cgehI # We have a member there who is offering to ask a question. No […]
If you weren’t able to attend the Nebula Awards Weekend or want to relive the moment, Keith Stokes has posted photos of the weekend at the Midamerican Fan Photo Archive. Keith was the recipient of a Service to SFWA award this weekend and that’s just one of the many reasons he earned it. Also, SFWA […]
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Joe Haldeman, China Miéville, Dan Abnett, Gwynne Garfinkle, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, and Norman Spinrad.
Former SFWA president Norman Spinrad has been battling stomach cancer for some time now. This Thursday he goes in for surgery to try to remove the mass of tumors blocking his stomach. In his words, “If nothing is done, this is a slow death by starvation.”
Winners of the 2010 SFWA election are.
President: John Scalzi (208)
Vice President: Mary Robinette Kowal (207)
Secretary: Robert J. Howe (163)
Treasurer’s race: Amy Casil Sterling (151)
South/Central Regional Director: Lee Martindale (62)
Overseas Regional Director: Sean Williams (10)
@nkjemisin Glad to hear that went well despite the glitches. in reply to nkjemisin # I reported incorrectly that @catvalente dressed as her character. She just had a fabulous orange dress which was a thematic color #nebulas # We are streaming David Levine's Q & A about last night's keynote speech live on the Nebula […]
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for John Scalzi, Mary Robinette Kowal, Sean Williams, Lee Martindale, and Robert Howe!
If you could go anywhere, where would you go? And what happens to the people you leave behind?
A veteran award-winning author of 20 thrilling young adult and middle grade metaphysical adventures–including The Translucent Boy series–Tom Hoffman received a B.S. in psychology from Georgetown University and has lived in Alaska since 1972.
