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Copyright Office seeking to change method of registration
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A proposed rule change will affect writers of short works who register them collectively...

Opportunity to send your name and message into space with Kepler
News > Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact
NASA is soliciting names and messages to fly into space aboard its Kepler Mission, the first probe which may be able to discover Earth-like planets...

Send your name to the Moon on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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NASA is offering the opportunity to include your name in a database to be flown aboard the next Moon mission...

From WV to TV and Beyond: a celebration of Nelson Bond
News > Exhibits
Author Nelson S. Bond's life as a writer is on display in a week-long retrospective at Marshall University, leading up to the dedication of his room...

NASA Science is NASA's new web site
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NASA's Science Mission Directorate is launching the NASA Science web site with lots of nifty information and features...

Lucasfilm suing over Storm Trooper armor "replicas"
News > Film & Television
Lucasfilm is suing the original British manufacturer of the Storm Trooper armor, which appeared in Star Wars. The manufacturer is making "replicas" of that costuming from the original molds...

SFWA's Contracts Committee comments on Amazon's Kindle contract
News > Publishers
SFWA's Contracts Committee looked into the boilerplate contract Amazon recently posted for authors wishing to make their books available through the booksellers Kindle system. Their annotation raises many questions and concerns...

"World As Myth" not a myth; Big Three make new appearances
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World as Myth not so mythical after all, as dead science fiction greats come back to life...

Weird Tales names the 85 weirdest storytellers
News > Magazines
For their 85th anniversary issue, Weird Tales has named the 85 weirdest storytellers of the last 85 years, as voted by the readers...

Character auction for Autism Speaks
News > Activities
Several genre and non-genre authors are auctioning off naming rights to characters in upcoming novels, to support Autism Speaks...

"Match it for Pratchett"
News > Activities
Donations to match Terry Pratchett's recent $1 million to help cure Alzheimer's disease are well into five figures in less than a week...

Four-week residencies in an artists' colony available in Woodstock
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The Byrdcliffe Art Colony in Woodstock, New York, is offering up to forty spaces for creative artists to spend four weeks in an artists' colony...

John Scalzi auctioning off galley of Zoe's Tale for Disabled Veterans
News > Activities
John Scalzi is auctioning off one of only five copies of the bound manuscript for his forthcoming novel Zoe's Tale, with the proceeds to benefit the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust...

NASA invites the public to name its next great orbital telescope
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NASA's next great orbital telescope will be the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, but they're hoping the public can come up with a better name...

New York Anime Fest logo merchandise available
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The New York Anime Festival was a month ago, but if you missed it (or even if you didn't) and still want to get your hands on some of their logoed merchandise (including sake sets)...

K.D. Wentworth to chat live on WotF Forum on Monday
News > Activities
Coordinating Judge (and writer) K.D. Wentworth will be online live on the Writers of the Future Forum for two hours Monday evening, as well as...

"Stardance" becomes a reality
News > Activities
Choreographer Jeanne Robinson's first "Stardance" was performed aboard an airplane flying over Las Vegas...

Street Cred—a fan's view of the writers' strike
News > Film & Television
SFScope's television reviewer Sarah Stegall flew to Los Angeles to participate in Mutant Enemy Day, on behalf of the writers. Here's her report and photos...

BOOM! Studios's Open Holiday Party
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Graphic novel and comics publisher BOOM! Studios is hosting an open holiday party, open to all, at Meltdown Comics...

Snag in the attempt to sell Castle Dracula
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Minority parties in the Romanian parliament are trying to nullify the deal that returned Bran Castle to the Habsburg family...

NASA is looking for a few more good people
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NASA is currently acceptingi applications for its Astronaut Candidate Class of 2009. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and three years experience, as well as...

Release party for Mark Waid's Potter's Field
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Mark Waid's Potter's Field, a new dark series from BOOM! Studios, is being released with a party at Meltdown on 14 September...

Jane Yolen is Honorary Ambassador for K is for Kids Exhibition
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Jane Yolen is the Honorary Ambassador for K is for Kids, an exhibition on early methods of teaching the ABCs, which will be at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate in...

de Lint, Crowley, and Kessel to teach and read in Seattle
News > Education
NW Media Arts and Seattle's Richard Hugo House present three Sundays of fantastic fiction writing workshops—followed by three Mondays of author readings and signings—this Autumn...

Science Fiction Awards Watch is another new web site
News > Awards
Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee have teamed up to launch Science Fiction Awards Watch, which they hope will be the source for information about and discussion/debate of, well...
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