Special Feature: No is no Special Feature for this week, but I do have a special notice:
While I still do not have anything for this weeks Special Feature, I do have a special notice below from the crew at Boxcar Astronaut titled "Guest Strip Project" that was also posted to their blog:
"A brand new comic strip by the co-creator of Boxcar Astronaut has just gone up at: www.moovok.co.uk/gsp/ For those of you not familiar with the Guest Strip Project, it is the brain child of Mike Rouse-Deane, lover of webcomics and organizer of ambitious projects. The concept of the Guest Strip Project is simple, enlist many of the top webcomic artists around and put together a long running strip featuring a different artist for each installment. Throw in the fact that any donations go to the Make-A-Wish International Foundation and you've got a winning idea!
So go to www.moovok.co.uk/gsp/ and read the latest installment by Marc Lapierre, and be sure to go back thorough the previous strips to see some of the fantastic work done by other webcomic superstars! If you find you've got some pennies laying around, make a donation while you're there."
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I'm still looking for contributors for this Special Features section, so if you are a local writer or artist, and have something you would like featured here, just drop me a line. Plus I am still looking for assistants to help with this blog, so if you're interested let me know ~ Jim
News Headlines:
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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - 20% storewide discount - Apex Book Company
"We're having a storewide sale to celebrate four excellent events:
1) The release of Orgy of Souls by Wrath James White & Maurice Broaddus
2) The release of Beauty & Dynamite by Alethea Kontis
3) The release of Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel
4) THE COMPLETION OF OUR WEBHOST MIGRATION!
Just enter the code NEWHOST on checkout to receive your discount: http://www.apexbookcompany.com/"
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Are We Alone - "Skeptical Sunday: The Science of Indiana Jones"
He looks great in a fedora - we'll give him that. But surviving a tumble over three 100-foot waterfalls or toughing out an atomic blast by climbing into a refrigerator? We love Indy, but his exploits seem to be over the top when it comes to elementary physics. From hovercrafts to the quartz crania of aliens; find out what scientific concepts in the latest bullwhip adventure are more than a little nutty.
Plus, the real crystal skulls, and the man who discovered that two of the most famous are fakes. Also, an incentive to tackle that to-do list: the 2012 Mayan apocalypse. And, If I were Indy, our Hollywood Skeptic puts himself in the hero's boots. It's Skeptical Sunday, but don't take our word for it. Guests:
- Ian Freestone - Archaeologist at the University of Wales at Cardiff
- Matt Springer - Graduate Student at Texas A and M University and keeper of the website, www.builtonfacts.com
- Tom Rogers - Physics teacher at Southside High School in Greenville South Carolina, author of Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics and the founder of the web site of the same name
- Phil Plait - Astronomer,and keeper of the Bad Astronomy web site
- Jim Underdown - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles
News Worth Reposting:
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PNBA Announces Changes to Fall Trade Show
PNBA's Fall Trade Show in Portland will run Monday through Wednesday, Sept. 15-17, in 2008 rather than happening on the more traditional end-of-the-week pattern. The Trade Show, the largest of its kind held in the region, also moves to a new venue this year: the Portland Airport Holiday Inn and Convention Center.
According to PNBA director Thom Chambliss, the change of dates and venue should not impact attendance. Most booksellers, he said in a recent interview with Book Publishers Northwest (www.bpnw.org), prefer to come to a show during the week rather than over the weekend. PNBA is also trying to expand the show's audience by inviting librarians as well as booksellers to attend the education sessions and tour the trade show floor.
More information about PNBA's Fall Trade Show can be found at www.pnba.org.
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Alma Alexander - "Cybermage" available for preorder!
The third and final volume of the Worldweavers trilogy, "Cybermage", is available for pre-order here. They don't have a pic of the cover up yet, but you can go see a preview of that on my LiveJournal blog ( http://anghara.livejournal.com/ )!
Headlines From SF News Sites:
io9 has a great article on what to read this Summer, RevolutionSF and Buzz are back in the rotation, and Science FictionStarShipSofa posted their Michael Moorcock interview
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Apex Book Company: Beauty & Dynamite, Beauty & Dynamite now available!, Apex Online 2.0 coming soon, & A new webhost, a new web developer
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Clarkesworld Magazine and Wyrm Publishing: Clarkesworld and Nick Mamatas
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io9: Twelve Books You Should Read at the Beach This Summer [Summer Reading], Buzz Aldrin Shills for VW, 1972 [Retro Futurism], First Teaser Poster From The Day The Earth Stood Still [The Day The Earth Stood Still], Asteroid Apocalypse Prevention Finally Gets Some Funding [Asteroid Avoidance], Pixar Artist Eric Tan Talks to io9 About Wall-E and Retro Design [Concept Art], One Step Closer to Tricorders, with Handheld Device that Identifies Life Forms [Mad Engineering], Meet the Pre-Jetsons of 1956 [Retro Futurism], & New Hints About What Mulder And Scully Are Searching For [X-Files: I Want To Believe],
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Locus Online: Monitor: This Week's Bestsellers, & Monitor: New Books: third week June
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RevolutionSF: RevolutionSF Newsblast : Bruce Campbell, GI Joe, Neil Gaiman, Smallville, Heroes (News), & RevolutionSF Newsblast: Dwight Schrute, Battlestar Galactica (News)
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Science Fiction Awards Watch: Handicapping the Hugos, & Gwyneth Jones Wins Pilgrim
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Science Fiction Buzz: Jun 17, The Science Fiction Buzzzzzzz! | News on Star Trek, Galactica & more!
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SciFi Scanner: Site of the Week - TheForce.Net, Daily Scan: 06.24.08 - An Interview With J.G. Ballard; Will John Carter of Mars Be Live Action or Animated?, Masters of SciFi - An Interview with Get Smart Director Peter Segal, & Daily Scan: 06.23.08 - Josh Brolin in Running to Play Snake Plissken; 2008 Locus Award Winners Announced
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SF Novelists: Who do you write for?, & The Book I Love and Can’t Sell
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SF Signal: REVIEW: Chris Roberson's Celestial Empire Stories (Part 1), TOC: Postscripts #15, Tube Bits for 06/24/2008, SF Tidbits for 6/24/08, REVIEW: Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves, SF Tidbits for 6/23/08, & Extreme Lego
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SFScope: Dexter Palmer sells steampunk novel to St. Martin's, Dan Simmons sells Hyperion saga to Audible, Postscripts #15 to be huge special WorldCon issue, Paizo publishing Gary Gygax's "lost" last novel, Infernal Sorceress, Zoran Zivkovic sells Escher's Loops to PS Publishing, Subterranean publishing massive Jack McDevitt collection, Mythic Delirium #18 now available, New writer Hannu Rajaniemi sells to Interzone, Antipodean SF's June-July 2008 Issue, & Comedian George Carlin Dies
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StarShipSofa: StarShipSofa Interviews Michael Moorcock mp3
Selected Blog Updates:
Alma Alexander writes about a "Viral Reading Summer Contest", Dark Horse Comics blogs of "Harvey Award Nominees", Pacfic Science Center has several postings of note, Spokane Comicon's latest news is the "2009 Dealer & Artist Information", and Tor Books listed "Releasing 6/24 from Tor Books"
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Anghara (Alma Alexander) - "Viral Reading Summer Contest"
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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - "20% discount storewide sale!"
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Are We Alone? - "Science of Indiana Jones, new episode"
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Boxcar Astronaut - "Guest Strip Project"
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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Celebrating Vermont College of Fine Arts", "Author Interviews: Cynthia Leitich Smith", & "Author Interview: Debbi Michiko Florence on China: A Kaleidoscope Kids Book"
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Dark Horse Comics - "Harvey Award Nominees"
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David Louis Edelman - "Martiniere Wallpapiere", "Jara Learns to Love Her Inner Demon", & "Harriet Klausner Speeds Through Praise for 'MultiReal'"
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Di Francis - "bits and pieces and updatery", & "The End"
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Fantagraphics Books - "New signed bookplates available: Dash Shaw & Leah Hayes"
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HARPER PERENNIAL - "The First of Many, Andre Jordan"
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Horror Library Blog-O-Rama - "Short End - by Dan Naden"
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Horror! Fullmoondirect.com ROAD SHOW Seattle, WA - "ROAD SHOW DUDES!"
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Jeff Carlson - "Behind As Usual.... :)"
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Karina L. Fabian - "Orphan Sock Blog Week July 14-21"
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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "Quick Pimpage -- Apex and Fifteen Minutes", & "VCon Panels / Bits and Bobs"
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Luna Books - "Check out the Q&A with Maria V. Snyder at Zeek", & "Fire Study Review"
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Marianne De Pierres - "Yunyu"
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Matthew Peterson - "Another Honorable Mention, Sony eBook Reader, and Audiobook"
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Pacfic Science Center: "Lucy's Legacy: A New HVAC System", & "Science As Agent Of Change"
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Planet Pride - "Ithaca Chasma: The Great Rift on Saturn’s Tethys", "This week: End of Cassini’s Four-year Prime Mission", & "Bright Lines, Dark Canvas"
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Robin Hobb - "Caveat Emptor-- cell phone insurance"
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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - "Analog weighs in .", "Wake and Analog ... getting closer", "Sony Reader showstoppers", "Rochester rocked!", & "George Carlin passes on"
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Rue Morgue Magazine - "Rue Morgue Magazine Issue 80 Sneak Peek: Hellboy Returns"
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Shroud Magazine - "Shroud Makes the News."
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Spectra Pulse - "Havemercy Authors featured in Globe and Mail"
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Spokane Comicon - "2009 Dealer & Artist Information"
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Tor Books - "Releasing 6/24 from Tor Books"
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Willie Meikle - "Free Reads and Listens", & "Deja Vu Review"
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Writer's Market UK - "Talking Point: Learning the Craft", & "Talking Point: The Power of Words"
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Yasmine Galenorn - "June 25: Raven Talk Radio", "Also blogging at the Witchy Chicks today.", & "Dragon Wytch Countdown: Five Questions With Delilah"
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