Tuesday, May 6, 2008

News and Blog Updates: May 06, 2008

News Headlines:
News updated from Spokane Comicon, CL Freire's Secret is out!, CNN Travel on Seattle sites, and of course a new Are We Alone.
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Spokane Comicon - Here are a few of highlights for the upcoming Spokane Comicon

  • Darren Davis, President and writer of Blue Water Productions has been added as a featured guest.
  • $1 raffle tickets will be available for a chance to win CGG grated 9.8 issue of Batman #612 autographed by Jim lee, Jeph Loeb, and Scott Williams.
  • Costume contest to be held at 5pm. Prizes for best adult and child costumes.
  • Special app by the Garrison Titan of the 501st Legion. A great chance to take pictures with Darth Vader and his crew.
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C. L. Freire - Tween Fantasy Author - THE SECRET IS OUT!

Cindy will be appearing on the ODD MIND BLOGTALK RADIO Show this Friday, May 9th. Read her
blog for more details.

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CNN.com - "Taking the kids: The Space Needle and sci-fi in Seattle" A nice little article from CNN.com about some of the sights in Seattle.

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Are We Alone - Live from AbSciCon! You can listen to this and other episodes at: http://radio.seti.org/


Headlines From SF News Sites:
Major Matt Mason (that brings back memories), a new Creature From The Black Lagoon, Skydiving from 25 miles up, Asimov's and Analog now on Kindle, plus lots more so dive on it!
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io9: Moon Party with Major Matt Mason and Buddies, 1968 [Retro Futurism], The Creature From The Black Lagoon Reemerges Gill By Gill, & Extreme Skydiver to Plummet 25 Miles to Earth

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SFScope: More about Orbit's search for an editor, Clarkesworld Magazine's May Issue, Antipodean SF's April-May 2008 Issue, Orbit Books wants to hire an editor, New Tor Goodies, & First Shirley Jackson Award Nominees Announced

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SF Signal: Asimov's and Analog Now Available for Kindle, Cory Doctorow's Little Brother Released Under CC License, Tube Bits for 05/06/2008, SF Tidbits for 5/6/08, & REVIEW: Majestrum by Matthew Hughes

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The Website at the End of the Universe: Explore the strange new world of YA science fiction


Selected Blog Updates:
Looks like Apex's subscription drive is doing good (I still need to renew - Oops!), Bell Con sets a date, news from several publishers, and news from Yasmine Galenorn.

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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "Subscription push madness ", & "The Next Fix ebook now available "

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Are We Alone? - "Live from AbSciCon! "

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BELL CON 2008 - "BELL CON 2008 Date set! "

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Arturo O. Martinez, Naomi Shihab Nye Win Texas Institute of Letters Awards ", & "Author Interview: Mary Hooper on Newes from the Dead "

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Echelon Press, LLC - "Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert "

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Eos Books - "FREE E-BOOK: THE SERPENT BRIDE by Sara Douglass "

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Fantagraphics Books - "Now in stock: Explainers & Comic Arf! "

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Grendels Den Design Studio - "Pictures from Eastern Haunters Convention "

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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Cracklin’ Kernels From Chrispy By Chris Perridas ", & "Writing A Story In 26 Easy Steps by Erik Smetana "

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Jodi Lee - "LBF Author News - David Lee Summers", "Alien Green ", & "Apex-Love "

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Kevin J Anderson - "A DUNE ANIVERSARY -- May 5 "

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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - "Spice Mister "

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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "Steve Vernon, David Lee Summers, Kim Paffenroth "

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Maria V. Snyder - "Life’s a Witch "

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Minnette Meador - "ECATA Romance - New Sensual Site "
Also check out Minnette's blog on Blogspot.com: http://minnettemeador.blogspot.com/

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Offworld Book Club - "New MySpace Group: Cyberfiction "

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Planet Pride - "Ancient Plains of Rhea ", & "Did Earth once have multiple moons? "

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Robin Hobb - "New free e-books from Eos ", & "Farseer Graphic Novel "

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Rosemary Jones - "Sword, Sorcery and Small White Dog Interview "

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SF Reviews.Net - "Reviews added 5/5/08 "

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Shroud Magazine - "SIGNED EXCLUSIVE PICCIRILLI NOVELLA PRE-ORDER ", & "New Blog with submissions and specials... "

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Steve Anderson Design - "Starbuck and Number Six Character Portraits Debut "

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Terry Goodkind - "Terry takes to the Race Track! "

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TRIAD Publishing Group - "Ruth Baer/Joni Shanburn-LIVE on 'Now That’s What I’m Talking About' w/Louise Aveni 5-5-08 7pm", "Check out this event: Vern Firestone Live on The Odd Mind Blog Talk Radio Show", & "Check out this event: C. L. FREIRE Live on The Odd Mind BlogTalk Radio on 5-9-08 at 8:00 pm"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Incoming Reviews of Dragon Wytch ", "She's Teasing Us With Dragon Wytch...(too bad I can't carry a tune)... ", "Big Bads: Villains and Why I Love Writing Them ", & "Winners of the Beltane Contest "

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