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What's New Sept - Oct 2001

Sun 12.30 @885
News
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Tolkien prevails
Sun 12.23 @855
News
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Tolkien sales rise; Pratchett ranks #1 in UK in 2001
Sat 12.22 @400
News
News Log: Keith Allen Daniels dies (obit by Paul Levinson)
Fri 12.21 @999
Reviews
John Shirley reviews The Lord of the Rings
Fri 12.21 @775
News
Best Books Tally updated; added lists from Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and BordersStores.com
Fri 12.21 @315
Weblogs
Media Refractions The Lord of the Rings picks up 4 Golden Globe nominations; Roger Ebert demurs
Fri 12.21 @315
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations Read read read!
Thu 12.20 @995
Weblogs
E-Publications Fantastic Metropolis posts Tolkien interview, imaginative Best of 2001 lists; new issues of The Spook, Future Orbits, Emerald City; what's new at SF Weekly, Infinite Matrix, and others • More new and updated links
Thu 12.20 @785
News
Best Books Tally: 2001 SFFH books on best-of-the-year lists so far
Thu 12.20 @250
Reviews
Claude Lalumière on Epic Fantasies by Cook, Hughart, Kilworth, Lee, Moorcock, Silverberg, Wolfe
Wed 12.19 @999
Weblogs
Field Inspections: USA Today on alternate histories; Jim Munroe review
Wed 12.19 @999
Future History
New Author appearance listings for David Brin, Michael Swanwick, Robert J. Sawyer, and others
Wed 12.19 @280
New in Print
Books seen, 12-18 December: novels by Asaro and Dedman; a collection by Avram Davidson; Stephen Jones's 12th Best Horror; and Frederick Ordway's spaceflight visions
Wed 12.19 @280
New in Print
Magazines seen, 12-18 Dec: new issues of Interzone, New York Review of SF, and Weird Tales
Wed 12.19 @070
Weblogs
Media Refractions The Lord of the Rings among best of 2001; Challenges of filming LOTR; Miserable geniuses
Wed 12.19 @070
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations Political pundits and Tolkien; Internet and language; Hawking's readers
Tue 12.18 @820
News
News Log: Scott Imes dies; Harry Potter parody published; More Best of 2001 lists; New York Times on book prices; Odyssey Workshop announcement
Sun 12.16 @925
Departments
Letters: Patrick O'Leary and Greg Egan react to Nick Gevers's anthology project
Sun 12.16 @915
News
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Card in paperback
Sun 12.16 @001
Special Feature
Forthcoming Books Bonus: Announcement and Preview of Decad, an anthology edited by Nick Gevers
Sat 12.15 @950
Future History
Updated Forthcoming Books highlights (from the December issue) chronologically from December 2001 through September 2002
Sat 12.15 @370
Departments
One more Letter about Nick Gevers's Top Ten Short Story Writers list
Sat 12.15 @330
Recommended
Reading

 • 2001 SF Novels
 • 2001 Fantasy & Horror Novels
 • 2001 Short Fiction
 • New in Paperback: Mass Market
 • New in Paperback: Trade
 • Classic Novels in Print
 • Classic Stories in Print

Wed 12.12 @310
New in Print
Books seen, 5-11 December: Nalo Hopkinson's Skin Folk; Vernor Vinge's long-awaited True Names anthology; plus Ramsey Campbell, Walter H. Hunt, J. Robert King, L. Neil Smith, Jo Walton
Wed 12.12 @310
New in Print
Magazines seen, 5-11 Dec: February issues of Analog, Asimov's, F&SF
Tue 12.11 @727
Departments
Two more Letters about Nick Gevers's Top Ten Short Story Writers list
Tue 12.11 @320
Departments
Letters: Rich Horton responds to Nick Gevers's Top Ten Short Story Writers list
Tue 12.11 @320
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Becoming reacquainted with Tolkien; Harrius Potter; Bradbury and Barker reviews
Tue 12.11 @320
Weblogs
Media Refractions Positive buzz for The Lord of the Rings; A.I. among National Board of Review's Best of 2001
Tue 12.11 @320
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations The no-style guide to success; Segway step backwards?
Tue 12.11 @250
News
News Log: OED does SF; Best of 2001 from Washington Post and Amazon editors; workshop announcement
Mon 12.10 @970
Future History
2002 Calendar
Sun 12.09 @985
News
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Mosley debuts
Sat 12.08 @997
Weblogs
E-Publications What's new at Ansible, Best SF, Electric Story, and 19 other webzines and newsletters
Fri 12.07 @990
Departments
Letters: James Patrick Kelly, Christopher Rowe, and F. Brett Cox respond to Nick Gevers's Top Ten Short Story Writers list; Carl Glover responds to Lucius Cook on the core values of SF
Fri 12.07 @930
Future History
New Author appearance listings for Troy Denning, Walter H. Hunt, Michael Moorcock, Jonathan Lethem & Karen Joy Fowler, etc.
Fri 12.07 @910
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Neil Gaiman's comfort fiction; what Michael Dirda wants for Christmas; why Rowling isn't for adults; reviews of Mike Ashley's bio of Algernon Blackwood and J.G. Ballard's stories; profile of Lemony Snicket
Fri 12.07 @820
Locus Magazine
Sneak preview: reviews in-work for the January 2002 issue
Fri 12.07 @310
News
News Log: iPublish suspends; Betsy Mitchell to lead Del Rey; William Jovanovich and Juan Arreola die; announcements
Fri 12.07 @075
Weblogs
E-Publications Lots of new and updated links
Wed 12.05 @290
Reviews
Nick Gevers names the Top Ten Contemporary SF and Fantasy short story writers
Wed 12.05 @255
New in Print
Books seen, 1-4 December: 4 UK novellas in Futures; Jerry Oltion's latest novel
Wed 12.05 @255
New in Print
Magazines seen, 29 Nov - 4 Dec: Horror Garage, SF Chronicle
Tue 12.04 @860
News
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Goodkind, Koontz debut; Tolkien surges
Sat 12.01 @775
News
News Log: New York Times's Best Books of 2001; Rotsler Award and website; Viable Paradise class picture
Fri 11.30 @999
Weblogs
Media Refractions Harry's success means the dweebs have won; the Harry-bin Laden connection; once and future Rings
Fri 11.30 @990
Departments
Letters: from Lucius Cook, John Dodds, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, and Chris Lawson
Fri 11.30 @840
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Reviews of Mosley, Ballard, Le Guin, Walton, Joshi, O'Leary; plus PW on the limited/signed hardcover trade
Fri 11.30 @420
Reviews
Claude Lalumière reviews Kidd on Comics, and Comics on Kids
Fri 11.30 @385
Locus Magazine
December Issue
 • Shaun Tan interview excerpts
 • Walter Mosley interview excerpts

Thu 11.29 @265
New in Print
Magazines seen, 20-28 November: Realms of Fantasy, Spectrum SF, JFA
Thu 11.29 @100
Locus Magazine
December Issue
 • Profile
 • Table of Contents
 • Locus Bestsellers
 • New and Notable Books
(interview excerpts tomorrow)

Wed 11.28 @875
Future History
New Author appearance listings: Richard Lupoff signs in the SF Bay Area; events at Borderlands Books
Wed 11.28 @320
New in Print
Books seen, 19-27 November: by Bujold, Clemens, Flynn, Goodkind, Kingsbury; anthologies from Dozois, Sarrantonio; and a Valdemar companion
Tue 11.27 @275
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Pratchett is #1 in both HC and PB
Thu 11.22
Awards Index
The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards has been updated and expanded.
Wed 11.21 @999
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Wyndham, Ballard, Sallis, Gold
Wed 11.21 @980
News
News Log: Cordwainer Smith Award presented • The Infinite Matrix relaunches • PW's and San Francisco Chronicle's Best of 2001 lists • Morrow and Sawyer announcements
Wed 11.21 @950
future history
New Author appearances, including Kathleen Ann Goonan speaking at the Library of Congress, 13 Dec
Tue 11.20 @250
New in Print
Magazines seen, 12-19 November: New York Review of SF commemorates 9/11; a new Sawyer serial in Analog; Harlan Ellison in F&SF; plus issues of The Leading Edge and LCRW
Mon 11.19 @275
New in Print
Books seen, 12-18 November: by Ballard, Calder, Hamilton, MacLeod, Mosley, Pratchett; Spectrum 8; a Tolkien treatise
Mon 11.19 @220
Reviews
John Shirley (with consultant Julian Shirley, age 14) reviews Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Mon 11.19 @220
Weblogs
Media Refractions Op-ed on Harry and the books of childhood
Sun 11.18 @845
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Pratchett still #1, and #2, in UK
Sat 11.17 @870
Departments
Letters: Teresa Nielsen Hayden summarizes yesterday's letters
Fri 11.16 @925
Departments
Letters: Comments on John Norman, censorship, slavery, the death of SF, and Harry Potter
Fri 11.16 @355
Weblogs
Media Refractions Skiffy Flix: All About Harry, the early reviews
Thu 11.15 @999
future history
New Author appearances, including Beth Gwinn tonight on Cybling.com; Connie Willis, Nancy Kress, and Sheila Williams benefit event next Monday 19 Nov
Thu 11.15 @330
Weblogs
E-Publications [now database-driven & turbo-charged!]: What's new at Ansible, Electric Story, The Eternal Night, Fantastic Metropolis, Fantastica Daily, Made in Canada, RevolutionSF, Sci Fiction, SF Weekly, SF Site, Strange Horizons, Tangent Online
Wed 11.14 @330
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Ballard times four; Barker two, Pullman two, Tolkien, Link, and Flynn one
Wed 11.14 @330
Weblogs
Media Refractions 2001 in 2001; Movies that never were
Wed 11.14 @330
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations Robert Olen Butler, Scott Adams, David Lewis; The war effort
Tue 11.13 @100
New in Print
Books seen, 5-11 November: by Anselm Audley, John Barnes, Alice Borchardt, Melvin Burgess, C.J. Cherryh, James P. Hogan, James H. Schmitz, Vernor Vinge, Christopher A. Zackey; plus Orson Scott Card's Masterpieces anthology, and chapbooks by Edward Bryant and Steve Rasnic Tem
Tue 11.13 @100
New in Print
Magazines seen, 5-11 November: Asimov's, short fiction review 'zine The Fix, Space & Time, Star*Line, TTA
Mon 11.12 @875
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Pratchett is #1; Denning, Salvatore debut
Mon 11.12 @365
Recommended
Reading

New pages, to be updated and expanded at least monthly, for
 • 2001 SF Novels
 • 2001 Fantasy & Horror Novels
 • 2001 Short Fiction
 • New in Paperback: Mass Market
 • New in Paperback: Trade
 • Classic Novels in Print and
 • Classic Stories in Print

Sun 11.11 @870
News
News Log: Le Guin and Marley win Endeavour Award
Fri 11.09 @999
News
News Log: Artist/illustrator Gray Morrow dies
Thu 11.08 @725
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Kelly Link in Salon
Wed 11.07 @999
News
Added World Fantasy Awards winners photo
Wed 11.07 @855
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Reviews of Ballard, Hogan, Barker, King & Straub
Mon 11.05 @320
New in Print
Books seen, 29 October - 4 November: by Harlan Ellison, Pat Murphy; David Hardy art, Edward Gorey interviews
Mon 11.05 @320
New in Print
Magazines seen, 29 October - 4 November: Cemetery Dance; Once Upon a World
Mon 11.05 @320
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Pratchett, Koontz reach #1
Mon 11.05 @320
 
What's Happening This Week: see Homepage
Mon 11.05 @320
future history
New Author appearances
Sun 11.04 @910
News
World Fantasy Awards winners
Sun 11.04 @910
News
News Log: James White Award winner; Amazon's best of 2001; the Asimov-bin Laden connection
Sat 11.03 @375
Weblogs
Field Inspections: What Clarke, Bradbury, Brin, and Wolfe have to say about 9/11; plus Tolkien letters, Landis's Mars hopper, Landis and de Lint PW reviews
Fri 11.02 @350
Reviews
Claude Lalumière reviews Mulholland Drive
Thu 11.01 @740
Departments
The last October letter
Thu 11.01 @000
Reviews
Nick Gevers reviews Geoffrey A. Landis's Impact Parameter
Wed 10.31 @999
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations Halloween notes
Wed 10.31 @777
Weblogs
Field Inspections: John Clute, Maslin on Barker, Moorcock essay
Wed 10.31 @390
Departments
Could this be the last round of letters about James Gifford and MilPhil programming? More from Erik V. Olson, Gabe Chouinard, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Dr Andrew A. Adams, and Robert Reynolds; plus comments about Harry's Hugo from Andrew Love and Richard Johnson
Tue 10.30 @985
News
News Log: Artist Josh Kirby dies
Mon 10.29 @310
New in Print
Books seen, 22-28 October: by Ben Bova, Paul Di Filippo, James Alan Gardner, Mercedes Lackey, Harry Turtledove
Mon 10.29 @310
New in Print
Magazines seen, 22-28 October: Issues of On Spec, SF Chronicle
Mon 10.29 @075
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Anne Rice debuts
Mon 10.29 @075
 
What's Happening This Week: see Homepage
Sun 10.28 @330
Departments
Yet more Letters! Teresa Nielsen Hayden on MilPhill programming; Pat Cadigan on Hugo whining; James Gifford responds
Sun 10.28 @320
Locus mag
November Issue
 • Profile
 • Table of Contents
 • Lucius Shepard interview excerpts
 • Jack Zipes interview excerpts
 • Locus Bestsellers
 • New and Notable Books

Fri 10.26 @360
Departments
Letters: Yet more responses to John Norman, and to Harry vs. the Hugos, including statements from Worldcon officials Todd Dashoff and Kevin Standlee
Thu 10.25 @065
Reviews
Claude Lalumière reviews paperbacks, pulps, and POD
Wed 10.24 @990
Departments
Letters: H. Krissoff needs to contact the estate of A. Merritt; Alex Irvine and James Gifford respond to John Norman; more comments on Harry Potter, the Hugos, and Heinlein's novels
Mon 10.22 @285
Reviews
John Shirley reviews From Hell
Mon 10.22 @275
New in Print
Books seen, 15-21 October: by Charles de Lint, Candas Jane Dorsey, Terry Goodkind, Anne Rice, Peter Watts
Mon 10.22 @275
New in Print
Magazines seen, 15-21 October: Issues of Albedo One, Interzone, New York Review of SF
Mon 10.22 @025
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Bradbury, Koontz, Lackey debut
Mon 10.22 @025
future history
New Author appearances
 
 
Note: 'What's Happening This Week' now appears only in the left pane of the Homepage, rather than in a separate pop-up window
Fri 10.19 @920
News
News Log: Adventures in Crime & Space needs help
Fri 10.19 @900
future history
Updated convention listings for 2001 and 2002 and beyond, from the November Locus
Fri 10.19 @340
Weblogs
Field Inspections: King & Straub; Joan Aiken; Richard Lupoff's paperback book
Fri 10.19 @340
Weblogs
E-Publications: Fantastic Metropolis, Future Orbits, Gothic.net, The Zone; plus what's new at The Spook, ElectricStory.com, RevolutionSF, etc.
Fri 10.19 @340
Weblogs
Media Refractions How scientists advise TV and movies
Fri 10.19 @340
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations 9/11 aftermath: What's worth reading; irony and postmodernism; us vs. them; public surveillance; urban myths; Wolfram's new science
Wed 10.17 @310
News
News Log: Milton A. Rothman dies; Sean Stewart wins Sunburst Award; other international awards; publishing news; announcements
Tue 10.16 @320
Reviews
Rich Horton reviews recent treats from Analog
Mon 10.15 @000
future history
What's happening This Week 15 - 21 Oct
Mon 10.15 @000
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Herbert/Anderson, others debut
Mon 10.15 @000
future history
New Author appearances
Sun 10.14 @340
Special Feature
Attending World Fantasy Con? Read Claude Lalumière's Guide to Montreal
Sun 10.14 @340
Departments
Letters: More about Harry Potter and the Hugos—and one non-Harry letter
Sun 10.14 @340
Departments
Letters: Open Letter from John Norman about programming at the Philadelphia Worldcon
Sun 10.14 @340
Commentary
Comments on 9/11 from R. Andrew Heidel
Tue 10.09 @330
Commentary
Comments on 9/11 from Peter Ullian, Lizsue
[Note also Scifi.com's Reflections on September 11, 2001]

Tue 10.09 @300
Departments
Letters: More about Harry from Andrew Wheeler, D Carr
Mon 10.08 @900
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Ellison on Bradbury; Neil Gaiman's enviable job; Le Guin's revised Earthsea; Jonas on Banks, Le Guin, and McHugh after the attacks; Easterbrook defends Lewis; reviews of Robert Charles Wilson, King & Straub, a Rowling bio, and Eva Hoffman
Mon 10.08 @260
future history
What's happening This Week 8 - 14 Oct
Mon 10.08 @260
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Terry Brooks; King & Straub
Mon 10.08 @260
future history
New Author appearances Daniel & McCarthy in New York
Thu 10.04 @365
Reviews
Nick Gevers reviews Paul Di Filippo's collection Strange Trades
Thu 10.04 @330
Commentary
Comments on 9/11 from Sophie Masson, Arlan Andrews Sr, and others
Thu 10.04 @330
Departments
Letters: Did Harry deserve its Hugo? Should Hugos be reserved for Science Fiction?
Tue 10.02 @235
future history
What's happening This Week 1 - 7 Oct
Tue 10.02 @235
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Terry Brooks; King & Straub
Sun 9.30 @330
Commentary
Meditation on 9/11 by Candas Jane Dorsey
Sun 9.30 @330
Commentary
Letter on 9/11 from Mercedes Lackey
Thu 9.27 @350
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations Do the terrorist attacks of 9/11 mean the end of irony? A war against the Enlightenment?
Thu 9.27 @310
Departments
Letters: another about Harry Potter's Hugo win; and Jean-Daniel Breque remembers Poul Anderson
Wed 9.26 @300
Weblogs
Field Inspections: More reviews of King & Straub; reviews of Robert Charles Wilson, Poul Anderson, Paul McAuley; profile of Cecilia Dart-Thornton; Michael Moorcock's top 10 SF novels
Wed 9.26 @250
Departments
More Letters about Harry Potter's Hugo win -- a disgrace to SF? Or simple demographics?
Tue 9.25 @820
Locus mag
October Issue
 • Profile
 • Table of Contents
 • Gary K. Wolfe on Black Tuesday
 • Joe Haldeman interview excerpts
 • Nalo Hopkinson interview excerpts
 • Locus Bestsellers
 • New and Notable Books

Mon 9.24 @275
Departments
Letters from David Hartwell (added @760); and about Harry Potter's Hugo win
Mon 9.24 @275
News
News Log: Miéville, Lebbon, Newman win British Fantasy Awards; Aboriginal SF folds
Mon 9.24 @275
future history
What's happening This Week 24 - 30 Sep
Mon 9.24 @275
future history
New Author appearances Terry Brooks events cancelled or postponed; new listings for Spider Robinson, Terry Bisson
Mon 9.24 @275
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: King & Straub; Brian Jacques; James Herbert; others
Sun 9.23 @270
Departments
Letters from Mike Ashley, Neil Barron, Sean McMullen, Clay Evans, Peter Coleborn, Alvin R. Mullen II
Sun 9.23 @215
Reviews
Claude Lalumière reviews slipstream novels by Chuck Palahniuk and Glen David Gold
Fri 9.14 @330
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Reviews of King & Straub, T.C. Boyle, Iain Sinclair, Glen David Gold, Diane Duane; etc.
Fri 9.21 @300
News
News Log: Letters from New York City; a bookstore party in San Francisco
Mon 9.17 @900
News
News Log: Links to SFnal articles and perspectives, in The New York Times and New York Times Magazine (by King, Lethem, et al)
Mon 9.17 @335
News
News Log: Report from New York City by Marleen Barr
Mon 9.17 @295
future history
What's happening This Week 17 - 23 Sep
Mon 9.17 @295
future history
New Author appearances listings for Le Guin, Hamilton, Brooks, Donaldson, Zahn, Herbert/Anderson, Clegg, Vinge
Mon 9.17 @295
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Le Guin debuts; paperbacks
Sat 9.15 @990
News
News Log: Further Updates from New York City from Kathryn Cramer, Craig Engler, Steve Saffel, Ellen Datlow
Fri 9.14 @250
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Dean Koontz interviewed on e-poems and computers; another Bradbury interview; Pullman's bedside reading; Gaiman review; LOTR commercialization; Amazon UK features on Adam Roberts, Langford remembers Anderson, and Michael Cobley
Fri 9.14 @250
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations Let's all read a book together--but probably not an e-book; Rushdie responses; literary screed responses; Jonathan Franzen makes good
Fri 9.14 @250
Weblogs
Media Refractions Rules for horror filmes; excerpt from Hearts in Atlantis script; Alan Moore profile; long article on Harry and the Hobbits
Thu 9.13 @785
News
News Log: Updates from New York City
Tue 9.11 @920
News
News Log: Reports from New York City
Tue 9.11 @320
News
News Log: Jack Williamson receives his Hugo; Prometheus, International Horror Guild awards winners; news about John Silbersack, the Planetary Society, Terry Pratchett; workshop announcement; job opportunity
Mon 9.10 @315
Reviews
Nick Gevers reviews Sci Fiction stories posted August & September 2001
Mon 9.10 @280
future history
What's happening This Week 10 - 16 Sept.
Mon 9.10 @280
future history
New Author appearances listings for Iain Sinclair, John Shirley, Michael Swanwick, Ursula K. Le Guin, Leslie What, Joe Haldeman, others
Mon 9.10 @280
monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: King, Herbert/Anderson paperbacks debut
Thu 9.06 @290
Weblogs
Field Inspections: Philip Pullman's UK and US success; Ray Bradbury's new novel; Jonas reviews Wilson, Hendrix, Robinson, Zubrin; profile of Warren Lapine/Dreams of Decadence; longevity articles
Thu 9.06 @180
monitor
Last weekend's SFFH Bestsellers: Haydon, Pratchett, Rowling, Tolkien
Mon 9.03 @215
News
Rowling, Williamson, Rusch, Langford win Hugo Awards; plus Campbell New Writer, Cordwainer, Chesley, Seiun, Spectrum, Golden Duck, Big Heart, First Fandom winners; Amended 9.05 with this link with further links to complete voting details
Sat 9.01 @295
News
News Log: 1951 Retro Hugo Awards winners announced; Mary Gentle, Ted Chiang win Sidewise Awards

2001 Update history: Jan-midMay | May - August

2000 Update history: Dec-Oct | Sep-Jul | Jun-Mar | Feb-Jan


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