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Anne Dick revises her biography Search for Philip K. Dick
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The original was published 16 years ago with a $120 price tag. Now Philip K. Dick's third wife, Anne, has revised her memior/biography/autobiography Search for Philip K. Dick, and it's available for the much more affordable price of $17.00...

Tanith Lee's Night's Master now available in "definitive" edition
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Norilana Books debuts its TaLeKa imprint with the definitive edition of Tanith Lee's Night's Master (originally published in 1986) in both hardcover and trade paperback...

Dave Freer's newest novel being serialized online to help him emigrate
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Dave Freer is serializing his new novel, Save the Dragons, in the hopes of raising sufficient funds to pay for the quarantine of his family's eight furry companions when they move from South Africa to Australia...

The Secret History of Science Fiction being revealed
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James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel's third anthology for Tachyon, The Secret History of Science Ficction, now has a list of contents to go with its October publication date...

Harlan County goodies up for grabs to publicize Harlan County Horror
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Talk about Harlan County Horror to win some nifty Harlan (Kentucky) swag, including something from the actual mayor of Harlan...

True Blood season three, "Sookie" books 11-13, and more Charlaine Harris news
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Agent Joshua Bilmes reports HBO's renewal of True Blood for a third season, the sale of the 11th, 12th, and 13th "Sookie Stackhouse" books, and more...

Lee and Miller looking for Fledgling pre-supporters
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Sharon Lee and Steve Miller originally sought donations for their web-serialized novel Fledgling. Now that Baen is publishing the book, they're looking for those early donors to make sure everyone promised a copy of the book receives one...

Bradley Denton's Buddy Holly coming to the big screen, and he's giving away the book
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Bradley Denton's 1991 novel Buddy Holly is Alive and Well and on Ganymede has a director and star attached for the feature film version. And to celebrate, Denton is giving away free pdf copies of the book...

Suvudu cutting off free e-book downloads next week
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Random House has been giving away electronic copies of five books for the last five months. The offer ends next week, so if you don't have a copy yet...

Move the tiles, make more pictures: Tor's Makers tile game
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Tor is offering a free flash tile game to complement the free serialization the precedes the actual print publication of Cory Doctorow's new novel, Makers...

Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Freelancer's Survival Guide now up to 19 chapters
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch continues to offer her free (for donations) Freelancer's Survival Guide. The nineteen chapters (thus far) now also offer an index...

Library of America celebrating two centuries of American pulp fiction with two-volume anthology
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The Library of America's forthcoming two-volume American Fantastic Tales, edited by Peter Straub, traces the evolution and growth of the American pulp fiction tradition, focusing on fantasy and horror, from 1805 to 2007...

Stephen Goldin's Scavenger Hunt finally available as complete edition
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Stephen Goldin has revised and corrected his 1976 novel Scavenger Hunt, and now makes it available for the first time as a one-volume...

Viz Media to publish retrospective of Hayao Miyazaki's career, in his own words
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Viz Media is publishing the first of a two-volume set collecting legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's essays, interview, memoirs, and more...

Comic series Vincent Price Presents to be trade paperback collection
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Bluewater Productions' Vincent Price Presents monthly anthology comic has garnered enough attention to warrant a trade paperback collection of the spooky stories...

Pocket Books to republish seven Permuted zombie titles
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Pocket Books signed a co-publishing deal with Permuted Press to capitalize on the current zombie craze. The first of the Permuted titles to appear from Pocket will be...

Paul T. Riddell is still retired, but has two new books
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Paul T. Riddell was a science fiction writer and commentator, until he took his own advice and retired. Now he runs the Texas Triffid Ranch, but has two new reprint collections available...

ChiZine Pubs taking pre-orders for limted-edition Nickle collection and Wiersema short novel
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ChiZine Publications is now taking pre-orders for limited, signed, hardcover editions of David Nickle's collection Monstrous Affections and Robert J. Wiersema's short novel The World More Full of Weeping...

Catherynne M. Valente offering her first YA novel for donations
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Catherynne M. Valente made mention of a children's book in her novel Palimpsest. Now she's writing it, and making it available for free (for donations). The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making will appear Mondays...

What if…? Steve N. Lee tried to Save the Children
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A significant portion of the purchase price of every copy of Steve N. Lee's thriller What if…? goes to the charity Save the Children...

Preorders for Sharon Lee & Steve Miller's Double Vision due now
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Sharon Lee & Steve Miller's collection Double Vision, containing all their non-Liaden stories dating back some 30 years, is available on pre-order now...

PS/Subterranean's The Martian Chronicles: The Definitive Edition
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Subterranean Press and PS Publishing are teaming up to offer The Martian Chronicles: The Definitive Edition with new interior art, unpublished stories, and more than 50 stories and two screenplays...

Cinema Spec tells stories of the sf in cinema
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Raven Electrick's new anthology, Cinema Spec tells "Takes of Hollywood and Fantasy" with 32 stories and poems edited by Karen A. Romanko...

Contents of Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year
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Editor Ellen Datlow announces the contents of The Best Horror of the Year, the first edition of her annual reprint anthology to be published by Night Shade Books...

Koji Suzuki's newest horror tale is "disposable"
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Koji Suzuki's newest horror tale, "Drop", is set in a public rest room, and printed, appropriately enough...
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Mansfield Park and Mummies
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian
Unlike the other monster mash-ups, this witty, scintillating, insane and surprisingly romantic Jane Austen parody is written by a Lady.
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