News and Blog Updates: June 29, 2008

Spcial Announcement:
The NWSFS magazine WESTWIND is coming out of hiatus and our new editor is seeking submissions for fiction to be presented in the magazine. While there are still a lot of details to be worked out, if you are interested in contributing a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror fiction, please send an email to: westwind.editor AT gmail DOT com

I am still seeking assistants to help with this blog. If you are interested in reporting about fannish events or news for the Pacfic NW, please contact me at nwsfsnews AT gmail DOT com ~ Jim


News Headlines:
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Are We Alone - Next show available June 30, 2008: Encore Presentation "Sigh. It's Science"

Is the public interested in science? The signs aren't encouraging. The Hubble Telescope teeters on the edge of breakdown, and the public's response is lukewarm. Science coverage in the media continues to shrink like cheap cotton... and science superstars on TV or in the movies are as rare as lanthanum.
As we consider why today's folk give science the big yawn, we'll talk to people whose job it is to bring lab findings to the public. Also, a new study traces to childhood our psychological aversion to science. Plus, Seth re-lives his childhood at the San Francisco Exploratorium. Guests:

• Natalie Angier - New York Times reporter and author of The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
• Charlie Petit - veteran science reporter and Head Tracker of the Knight Science Journalism Tracker
• Paul Bloom - Psychologist at Yale University
• Paul Doherty - Senior Scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco

You can listen to this and other episodes at: http://radio.seti.org/ and be sure to check the Are We Alone Profile and Blog on MySpace.

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Marci Baun - Book Release Announcement
Released Tuesday: Weirdly: A Collection of Strange Tales, vol 2 - www.wildchildpublishing.com/

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Paul Roberts - Book Release Announcement
"THE BETRAYER is the first in a series of three entitled PROPHECY OF THE DRAGON. The story follows the exploits of a dragon' apprentice who tries to save his homeland from an army of reptilianites, whilst aiding the diminishing race of dragons. A must for all fantasy fans. For sample chapters and a chance to win a signed copy please visit: http://www.epicbpublishing.co.uk/"


Headlines From SF News Sites:
Clarkesworld Magazine and Wyrm Publishing is havnig a "Summer Sale". Get "The Full 10-34 About Your New Space Trucking Career" over at io9 good buddy! There are new books and magazines listed at Locus Online. There is news of "Space Chimps" and "Wall*E" over at RevolutionSF. And SF Signal Tubes, and Tidbits galore!

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Clarkesworld Magazine and Wyrm Publishing: Clarkesworld Books Summer Sale

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io9: The Full 10-34 About Your New Space Trucking Career [The Sf Alternative Career Guide], 10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper [Failures Of Cinema], Gaiman, Zelazny and More Coming To Your iPod [Interview], 3-D Journey Makes Studios Nervous [Journey To The Center Of The Earth], What's the Singular of "Fish"? [Ecological Dystopia], A-Blasts Propel the Atomic Pulse Rocket Into Space (1960) [Retro Futurism], Will The Sci Fi Channel Water Down The Doctor Who Finale? [Doctor Who], Some Notable Absences at Comic-Con [San Diego Comic-con], Tentacles and Cosmic SF: The Art of Lovecraft [The Jewels Of Apator], The Middleman's Last Defense Against Monsters Tells All [The Middleman], This Summer the Northwest Passage Opens, When the North Pole Melts [Geoscientific Futurism], Jericho Ads Appear More Often On TV Than Jericho [Jericho], & James Kirk's Earliest Challenge, In J.J. Abrams' Star Trek [Morning Spoilers]

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Locus Online: Monitor: New Books: fourth week June, Monitor: Other Magazines, second half June, Locus Magazine: Jeffrey Ford: Shadow Years, Locus Magazine: Daniel Abraham: The Long Price, & Locus Magazine: Comments from this year's Locus Poll & Survey

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RevolutionSF: Trailer Probe : Space Chimps (Feature), RevolutionSF Newsblast : Red Sonja, John Carter of Mars, GI Joe, Star Trek (News), Sci-Fi TV Actors Not Unemployed Again Yet: BSG's Six, New Amsterdam Guy (News), Hulk : Great Moments in History (Feature), Wall*E (Review), & Wanted (Review)

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Science Fiction Awards Watch: Sfinks Awards, Another Print Award for Aio & Zivkovic, & Janusz A. Zajdel Award Nominees,

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SciFi Scanner: Wall-E Review - Animation with an Agenda, & Daily Scan: 06.27.08 - Edgar Wright Talks Ant-Man; a Trailer for Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

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SF Signal: Sunday YouTube: The Fantastic World of Jules Verne, SF Tidbits for 6/29/08, Saturday YouTube: Star Cops, SF Tidbits for 6/28/08, This Week's Free Tor Book: Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver, Twittering ApolloCon, Friday YouTube: Buck Rogers and the Tranny, & SF Tidbits for 6/27/08

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SFScope: Updates to Previously Published Articles (22-28 June 2008), John Joseph Adams seeking reprint vampire stories for new anthology, Terry Goodkind moving to Putnam with three-book deal,
Paizo publishing original anthology of shared-world authors, Del Rey publishing five Clone Wars tie-in novels, & Tor's weekly free e-book and wallpaper


Selected Blog Updates:
Blogs to take note of: Kevin J Anderson - "ASHES OF WORLDS in bookstores July 1", Steve Anderson Design - "Can’t Stop the Serenity Charity Poster", and three new posts from Yasmine Galenorn - "Eight Questions With Camille", "Is it really twisted.", & "Friday Thoughts and Question of the Week"
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Bret Jordan - "TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS PART II"

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Cathy Clamp - "Yay! Exciting book news!"

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Chuck Palahniuk - "Dennis’ Review Of Choke... The Movie! SURVIVOR T-Shirt Raffle! - 3 DAYS LEFT"

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David Louis Edelman - "Grasping for the Wind: “MultiReal” the “Empire Strikes Back” of the Jump 225 Trilogy"

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Di Francis - "selling a series/trilogy of books"

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Djibril - "Always Look on the Bright Side"

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Grendels Den Design Studio - "The Totally Normal Event"

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Harry Shannon - "Dead and Gone novel up for pre-order!", & "FearZone interview up, more coming... "

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Horror! Fullmoondirect.com ROAD SHOW Seattle, WA - "THE FULL MOON 4TH OF JULY MOVIE EXPLOSION!"

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J Erwine - "My Denvention Schedule"

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JAMES AND DADDY - "Update 29th June 2008"

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Jeff Carlson - "Plague Year on CD", & "Short Story Sale"

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Jeremy C. Shipp - "Ash Lomen interviewed me"

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Kevin J Anderson - "ASHES OF WORLDS in bookstores July 1"

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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "Skullvines Press Rocks the Socks!"

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Luna Books - "Interview with Maria Snyder on Write Place Write Time"

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Paul S. Kemp - " James Lowder Interviewed About Worlds of Their Own"

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Planet Pride - "Some papers of interest for the week ending 28 June 2008", "Cassini to Earth: ’Mission Accomplished, But New Questions Await!’", "SOHO the Comet-Finder — And You Can Help"
"On the South Side", & "Giant impact explains Mars dichotomy"

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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - Robert has been quite busy blogging. Take a look at all the blogs he has posted recently.

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Rue Morgue Magazine - "3-D Horror Fest at The Fox Theatre!"

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Scott Nicholson - "audible Scott"

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Spectra Pulse - "Author Notes: Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett"

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Steve Anderson Design - "Can’t Stop the Serenity Charity Poster"

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Willie Meikle - "The First Silkie on Podcast"

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Yasmine Galenorn - "Eight Questions With Camille", "Is it really twisted.", & "Friday Thoughts and Question of the Week"