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5 - 11 May
Author Events Michael Chabon, Kelly Link, Nalo Hopkinson, Phyllis Gotlieb, Charlaine Harris, Eric Brown, Robert J. Sawyer, Timothy Zahn... Conventions » SF Symposium -Gresham College, London » LepreCon 34 -Casa Grande AZ May - Dec '08 Forthcoming Books
BLINKS
Thu 8 May 08 —
» Asimov's and Analog are now available, with 14-day free trials, from Amazon on Kindle
» F&SF June issue nonfiction is posted: reviews by Charles de Lint, reviews by Michelle West, Lucius Shepard's film review, and Curiosities by Paul Di Filippo » Bookslut: Paul Kincaid looks at Rewired » Adventures in Scifi Publishing features David Keck, Lou Anders, Tobias Buckell » NY Times on Steampunk » To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Eos, HarperCollins is offering free e-book downloads beginning with Sara Douglass' The Serpent Bride; and see First Look for advance looks at upcoming titles, including Neal Stephenson's Anathem Tue 6 May 08 —
» Night Shade Books' Jeremy Lassen remembers John Berkey
» NPR's Alan Cheuse reviews Oates, Le Guin, Winterson » Australian radio interviews Ursula K. Le Guin » Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman debate SF and economics, re: Daniel Abraham, Charles Stross, Asimov, Heinlein, et al » IEEE-USA Today's Engineer interviews Mike Resnick, Robert J. Sawyer, and Lawrence Watt-Evans » Books, movies, TV, and music in the space station's library [PDF] -- with lots of SF » SF Reviews.net reviews the next Naomi Novik [ earlier Blinks below ]
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Sun 4 May 08 —
» Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People includes Stephenie Meyer (profiled by Orson Scott Card); Borders podcasts an interview with Meyer about her first novel for adults The Host
» Clarke Award links: video of the ceremony; speech by judge chair Paul Billinger » Guardian blogs about the Clarke Award ceremony and about Mundane SF » SF Chronicle: Michael Berry reviews books by Scott Sigler and Ellen Datlow » Washington Post: Eve Ottenberg reviews Le Guin's Lavinia » Scott Edelman has posted SF Age covers by John Berkey » Austin American-Statesman profiles Elizabeth Moon » FOXNews.com: Science-Fiction Writers Help Government Prepare for Attacks of the Future, about SIGMA - Niven, Pournelle, Bear, Andrews, and 30 others » May Clarkesworld Magazine has fiction by Catherynne M. Valente and Garth Upshaw, an interview with John Picacio by Jeff VanderMeer, and commentary by Justin Howe & Jason S. Ridler » Some Fantastic Issue #14 PDF issue features reviews of The Last Mimzy and lots of books » Aberrant Dreams interviews Michael Swanwick » Odyssey Podcasts offers Patricia A. McKillip on fantastic landscapes Fri 2 May 08 —
» Dave Langford's Ansible 250 reports on the Clarke Award ceremony, among much else
Thu 1 May 08 —
» The short list for The Believer Book Awards include Elizabeth Hand's Generation Loss and Steve Erickson's Zeroville
» Salon's Laura Miller reviews Ursula K. Le Guin's Lavinia » SciFiDimensions podcasts S.A. Bodeen » Fantastic Literature's May book list is now online Mon 28 Apr 08 —
» John Picacio has posted some Nebula banquet pics and his tribute speech to Grand Master Michael Moorcock
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Tuesday 6 May 2008• Locus Magazine: Cory Doctorow Commentary:
The net is an unending NOW of moments and distractions and wonderments and puzzlements and rages. Asking someone riding its currents to undertake some kind of complex dance before she can hand you her money is a losing proposition.
• Monitor: This Week's BestsellersNew books by Stephenie Meyer, Charlaine Harris, Dean Koontz Monday 5 May 2008• Feature Review:
Howard Waldrop and Lawrence Person review 
Most of my complaints have to do with the nature of the plot, but the direction is first rate, and the first 20 minutes fly along with just the right economy of motion. I also like the fact that Stark is actually shown doing engineering design work. ...Actually, of the recent spate of superhero movies, this is probably better than anything but the first two Spiderman and X-Men films and Batman Begins.
Saturday 3 May 2008• Monitor: New Books: first week May
New SF/F/H books seen this past week include Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer's anthology Steampunk, Michael Chabon's essay collection Maps and Legends, Melissa Marr's YA fantasy Ink Exchange, and other titles by Eric Brown, Eric Flint & Marilyn Kosmatka, Katharine Kerr, Henry Melton, Nick Sagan, Mary Frary, & Andy Walker, and Thomas E. Sniegoski.
• Monitor: New Books: fourth week April
New SF/F/H books seen the fourth week of April include Ursula K. Le Guin's Lavinia, Paul Park's The Hidden World, Alastair Reynolds' House of Suns, original SFBC anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois and Marvin Kaye, and other titles by Michio Kaku, Rob Rogers, Hayden Trenholm, and David Zindell.
• Monitor: Other Magazines, last half April
What's in new issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Flashing Swords, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Paradox, and Sybil's Garage.
Friday 2 May 2008» Awards News: Shirley Jackson Awards finalists
Finalists for the first annual Shirley Jackson Awards, a juried award established to recognize "outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic", include novels by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden, Elizabeth Hand, Toby Barlow, Dan Simmons, and David Pearce, plus nominees in categories for Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Collection, and Anthology. Winners will be announced July 20, 2008, at Readercon in Burlington, Massachusetts.
» Shirley Jackson Awards » Shirley Jackson Awards Blog Wednesday 30 April 2008» Death: John Berkey
Science fiction artist John Berkey, born 1932, died yesterday, April 29, 2008. Known for science fictional images of vast space ships, Berkey also painted ships and aircraft, pastoral scenes and portraiture. Collections of his SF art are Painted Space (1991) and Jane Frank's The Art of John Berkey (2003). He was named the Spectrum Grand Master in 1999.
» Awards News: Clarke Award Winner
The winner of this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award for best SF novel first published in Britain in 2007 is Richard Morgan's Black Man (Gollancz). The announcement was made at a ceremony held in London on the opening night of the Sci-Fi-London film festival. (Morgan's novel was published in the US as Thirteen.)
» Arthur C. Clarke Award » 2008 shortlist • Locus Magazine: May Issue
The May issue of Locus has interviews with Theodora Goss and Catherynne M. Valente, remembrances of the late Arthur C. Clarke, news of the Stoker and Nebula awards, reports from World Horror Con and ICFA, and reviews of new books by Walter Jon Williams, Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Lou Anders, Jonathan Barnes, and others.
• Monitor: This Week's Bestsellers
Monday 28 April 2008• Locus Magazine: Terry Pratchett: Acts of GodExcerpts from Locus Magazine's April Issue interview. 
I think SF will end up getting subsumed into mainstream fiction. Mainstream steals more and more from it, without a shadow of a doubt, while at the same time screaming at the top of its voice that it's not science fiction. It's astonishing what convoluted logic they will apply.
• Locus Magazine: Sarah Monette: Tangents and CurlicuesExcerpts from Locus Magazine's April Issue interview. 
I find reality very boring. I have never had an idea for a story that did not somehow involve the supernatural, the science-fictional, or the fantastic in some way. But psychological realism is what I'm here for. If a story is going to provide anything more valuable than a couple hours' entertainment, it has to be psychologically true.
• Monitor: New in Paperback: April
Notable books in new paperback editions in April include Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind, Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box, and other titles by Greg Bear, Ben Bova, Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis, David P. Friedman, Fiona McIntosh, Allen Steele, Harry Turtledove, Sarah Zettel, and David Zindell.
Sunday 27 April 2008» Awards News: Sidewise Awards Finalists
Saturday 26 April 2008• Awards News: Nebula Awards Winners
• Monitor: New Books: third week April
New SF/F/H books seen the third week of April include Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife: Passage, Orson Scott Card's story collection Keeper of Dreams, Kurt Vonnegut's essay collection Armageddon in Retrospect, and other titles from Ilona Andrews, Robert Asprin, Robert Buettner, Karen Chance, Julie E. Czerneda, Martin H. Greenberg & Sarah A. Hoyt, Mercedes Lackey & Robert Gellis, Jamil Nasir, and Dan Ronco.
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Tickets are still available for June's Locus Awards Banquet in Seattle, with M.C. Connie Willis, the traditional Hawai'ian Shirt Contest, and a Clarion West 25th Anniversary event with special guest William Gibson. 
  
The May issue of Locus Magazine -- mailing April 29th to subscribers -- features interviews with Theodora Goss and Catherynne M. Valente, tributes to the late Arthur C. Clarke, results of the Stoker and Nebula Awards, and reviews of new books by Walter Jon Williams, Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Lou Anders, Jonathan Strahan, and others.
 
PREVIOUS ISSUE - APRIL
The April issue of Locus Magazine -- mailing March 27th to subscribers -- features interviews with Terry Pratchett and Sarah Monette, essays on Locus's 40th anniversary by Robert Silverberg, Joe Haldeman, and others, an obituary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, and reviews of new books by Ursula K. Le Guin, Greg Egan, Alastair Reynolds, Leigh Brackett, and others, plus Graham Sleight's "Yesterday's Tomorrows" look at H.G. Wells.
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