News and Blog Updates: May 20, 2008

News Headlines:
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Phoebe Matthews - Phoebe has a CONTEST!
"Fantasy readers, would you like to be a reviewer? Go to my website for details - http://phoebematthews.com/ "

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Are We Alone - Apocalypse Now!, & New Skeptical Sunday!
(You can listen to this and other episodes at: http://radio.seti.org/ )


Headlines From SF News Sites:
Well I hope you got your copy of Apex Digest #12 because it officially sold out (but can be found at 2 sites listed in their blog). According to io9 Robert Charles Wilson's "Spin", and Philip K. Dicks's "Ubik" will both be made into movies! Science Fiction Awards Watch has news of three different awards including the Prix Aurora Awards! SF signal has even more news of both "Spin" and "Ubik". From SFScope comes word of free stuff from Tor and that Tom Easton is retiring from Analog. And lastly The Website at the End of the Universe asks"How much sci-fi is left on the Sci-Fi Channel?"

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Apex Book Company: Apex Digest 12 is now sold out

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Clarkesworld Magazine and Wyrm Publishing: A Clarke Family Adventure, & June Cover Art

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io9: Luchadores... In Space! [Art], Venus Is Loaded With Candy and Ice Cream Is Found Upon Mars! 1959 [Retro Futurism], Robert Charles Wilson's Hugo award-winning ... [Spin], Philip K. Dick's Ubik Will Be A Creepy Art Movie [Ubik], Doctor Who Gets a New Head [Doctor Who], Welcome to the New Dark Ages [Obsidian], A Prototype Sky-Car Lifts Off in 1960 [Retro Futurism], & Fly Through the Biggest Valley in the Solar System [Mars]

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RevolutionSF: Indiana Jones And The Movie That Somehow Really Exists (Feature), & Sci-Fi TV Actors Not Unemployed Yet 2008 (News)

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Science Fiction Awards Watch: ESFS Awards, Ursa Major Awards Winners, & Aurora Winners

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SF Signal: New Hollywood Adaptations: Spin, Ubik, INTERVIEW: James Morrow, Joseph Mallozzi's Book Club, SF Tidbits for 5/20/08, Tube Bits for 05/20/2008, Moon Town, REVIEW: 2008 Hugo Award Short Fiction Nominees, & SF Tidbits for 5/19/08,

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SFScope: Jack Skillingstead sells collection to Golden Gryphon, Violette Malan sells new Dhulyn and Parno novel to DAW, Diamond to distribute Fantagraphics, Doctorow reading to benefit CBLDF,
George Takei and Brad Altman to marry, Prix Aurora Award Winners, Antipodean SF's May-June 2008 Issue, Free stuff from Tor this week, Columbia Pictures buys film rights to Goosebumps, &
Tom Easton retiring from Analog

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The Website at the End of the Universe: How much sci-fi is left on the Sci-Fi Channel?, A roundup of awards news, & Prince Caspian a hit with critics


Selected Blog Updates:
Eric Morgret posts about this upcoming "weekend of horrors " at Crypticon Horror Convention, Geralyn Beauchamp -announces who he Time Masters Book Give Away Winners, Lois McMaster Bujold has a book tour podcast, Minnette Meador posted "An Excerpt from The New Book ", Nicola Griffith writes about "god and tolkien (and cats) ", and check out SF Reviews.Net's latest review.

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Alethea Kontis - "Internet Savvy: Book Launch 2.0 ", & "Editing, Peace & Happiness "

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bevhale - "Any one want to help me make a list? ", & "I have my schedule for CONduit in SLC this weekend "

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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Editor Interview: Dana Goldberg of Children’s Book Press ", & "Author Interview: Bryna J. Fireside on Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain Seder "

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David Louis Edelman - "Final Front and Back Cover for “MultiReal” "

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Echelon Press, LLC - "Up, Up, and Away: Selling Books in Airports"

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Eric Morgret - "weekend of horrors "

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Geralyn Beauchamp - "The National Time Masters Book Give Away Winners Are"

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Janet Lee Carey - "DIVINERS CELEBRATE! "

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Jeff Carlson - "MIND PLAGUE is spreading... :) "

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Karina L. Fabian - "Writing Chores and Battlestar Empiphanies "

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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - "Encrypt your Gmail Email! ", & "Cory Doctorow & CBLDF Team Up For Little Brother's NY Launch! "

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Lois McMaster Bujold - "Bujold book tour podcast"

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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "Website Update / VCon 33", & "GUD Reviews ""Echoes of Terror"" "

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Michael G. Munz - "Regarding Indy 4... "

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Michael Reisman - "The Blog Must Go On... "

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Minnette Meador - "An Excerpt from The New Book"

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Nicola Griffith - "god and tolkien (and cats)"

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Paul Halpern - "Revealed in the X-Ray "

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Planet Pride - "Microlensing Detections of Moons of Exoplanets ", & "Cassini Maps Of Saturn’s Moons Provide Guideposts For Future Explorers ", & "Bird’s Eye View "

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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - Aurora business, & Aurora Award winners

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SF Reviews.Net - "Review added 5/19/08"

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SF/F copyeditor (Deanna Hoak) - "OASIS 21 schedule this Saturday, 5/24 "

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Shroud Magazine - "2 MySpace Photo Flash Fiction Contest: 'The Well' "

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steampunk - "Steampunk Magazine writers in the NY Times !!! "

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Tor Books - "Paranormal Romance Covers Album ", & "Cory Doctorow & CBLDF Team Up For Little Brother's NY Launch "

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Tor Teen - "NPR Interview: Student Chronicles High School Misery in 'Truancy' "

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Willie Meikle - "Book Release - Murder on the Old Course "

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Your good thoughts for our Luna, please... ", & "Witchy Chicks Round Robin Faerie Tale Starts Tomorrow ", & "After the shock... "