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| Pyr now open to some unagented submissions; hires new editorial assistant | |
| News > Market Reports | February 17, 2010 |
| Pyr SF has hired a new editorial assistant, Rene Sears, and she'll be reading unagented submissions in certain subgenres... | |
| Author/nostalgist Jim Harmon dies | |
| People > Obituaries | February 17, 2010 |
| Author Jim Harmon (1933-2010) was a prolific short story author in the 1950s and '60s, and a more successful nostalgist, writing about the Golden Age of Radio... | |
| JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Akers, Campbell, Green, Harris, Richardson, and Sanderson | |
| People > Foreign Rights | February 17, 2010 |
| JABberwocky Literary Agency's latest batch of foreign rights sales includes books by Tim Akers, Jack Campbell, Simon R. Green, Charlaine Harris, Kat Richardson, and Brandon Sanderson, in Bulgaria, Czech, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Russia, Spain, and the UK... | |
| David Goyer and Michael Cassutt sell trilogy to Ace | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 16, 2010 |
| Film/television/print authors David Goyer and Michael Cassutt sold a sf adventure trilogy to Ginjer Buchanan at Ace Books... | |
| Simon R. Green's Blood and Honor to be audiobook through Graphic Audio | |
| People > Audio Book Sales | February 16, 2010 |
| Cutting Corp./Graphic Audio bought audio rights to Blood and Honor, the second in Simon R. Green's "Forest Kingdom" series... | |
| Huff and Malan turn in newest installments in their series | |
| People > Authors Make Their Deadlines | February 16, 2010 |
| Tanya Huff turned in the fifth "Confederation" novel, while Violette Malan turned in the fourth "Dhulyn & Parno" book, both to Sheila Gilbert at DAW... | |
| Cat Rambo now represented by Ginger Clark | |
| People > Activities | February 16, 2010 |
| Cat Rambo reports that she is now represented by Ginger Clark of Curtis Brown Ltd. In addition to writing (her speculative fiction has appeared mostly in anthologies), Rambo is the managing editor of Fantasy Magazine. | |
| James Cameron wants to write Avatar prequel novel | |
| People > Activities | February 16, 2010 |
| Word comes that James Cameron is planning to write a prequel novel to his current megahit film Avatar... | |
| Curtis Jobling to write new Wereworld series for Puffin | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 15, 2010 |
| Bob the Builder designer Curtis Jobling will write a YA fantasy werewolf series called Wereworld for Puffin Books... | |
| William King to write Tyrion and Teclis trilogy for Black Library | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 15, 2010 |
| Fantasy author William King has signed to write an "origin story" trilogy for Black Library... | |
Jay Lake has his hair removed; wonderful photos accompany
Artist Cheyenne Wright hospitalized with unknown ailment
Samit Basu now represented by Zeno Literary Agency
Cat Rambo now represented by Ginger Clark
James Cameron wants to write Avatar prequel novel
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Artist Cheyenne Wright hospitalized with unknown ailment
Samit Basu now represented by Zeno Literary Agency
Cat Rambo now represented by Ginger Clark
James Cameron wants to write Avatar prequel novel
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Lewis Carroll's complete Alice available as audiobook, and free download, from Tantor
Simon R. Green's Blood and Honor to be audiobook through Graphic Audio
Faith Hunter sells five books to Audible.com
Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion coming to Brilliance Audio
Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
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Simon R. Green's Blood and Honor to be audiobook through Graphic Audio
Faith Hunter sells five books to Audible.com
Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion coming to Brilliance Audio
Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
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Tim Akers and Tanya Huff turn in new novels
Huff and Malan turn in newest installments in their series
ATCastro, SGreen, and KRichardson all turn in manuscripts
Jon Sprunk's forthcoming fantasy trilogy sells in Germany
DLEdelman, JCHines, and BSanderson all turn in manuscripts
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Huff and Malan turn in newest installments in their series
ATCastro, SGreen, and KRichardson all turn in manuscripts
Jon Sprunk's forthcoming fantasy trilogy sells in Germany
DLEdelman, JCHines, and BSanderson all turn in manuscripts
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Lauren Oliver sells middle-grade trilogy to Harper
Harry Turtledove sells epic disaster trilogy to Roc
Karen Miller sells new series to Orbit, and continues a pseudonymous series
Josephine Angelini sells "Percy Jackson for girls" YA series to Harper
Kevin D. Anderson sells zombie/trekkie mash-up to Quirk
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Harry Turtledove sells epic disaster trilogy to Roc
Karen Miller sells new series to Orbit, and continues a pseudonymous series
Josephine Angelini sells "Percy Jackson for girls" YA series to Harper
Kevin D. Anderson sells zombie/trekkie mash-up to Quirk
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Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker to be SFBC Main Selection
John Moore's Slay and Rescue back in print
SFBC to republish John Moore's Slay and Rescue
Sales of Del Rey books by Gunn, Keyes, Novik, and Turtledove
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Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker to be SFBC Main Selection
John Moore's Slay and Rescue back in print
SFBC to republish John Moore's Slay and Rescue
Sales of Del Rey books by Gunn, Keyes, Novik, and Turtledove
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JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Bilmes, Brett, Campbell, Castro, Hines, and Huff
Jeff Carlson's Plague Year invades France
Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
The Knight Agency reports foreign rights sales for Caine, Francis, and Jemisin
JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Akers, Campbell, Green, Harris, Richardson, and Sanderson
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Jeff Carlson's Plague Year invades France
Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
The Knight Agency reports foreign rights sales for Caine, Francis, and Jemisin
JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Akers, Campbell, Green, Harris, Richardson, and Sanderson
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Interview with James Enge, conducted by Sara M. Harvey
Interview with SFWA President Russell Davis about the changes to the Nebula Award rules
Interview with James Patrick Kelly, featuring his new collection The Wreck of the Godspeed
Barnes & Noble Review interviews Neal Stephenson and remembers Tom Disch
Interview with Mike Allen, editor of Clockwork Phoenix
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Interview with SFWA President Russell Davis about the changes to the Nebula Award rules
Interview with James Patrick Kelly, featuring his new collection The Wreck of the Godspeed
Barnes & Noble Review interviews Neal Stephenson and remembers Tom Disch
Interview with Mike Allen, editor of Clockwork Phoenix
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New production firm options Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy
Studio 407 sells film option on Night and Fog
Sam Worthington options The Last Days of American Crime
Mandalay Pictures options Unthinkable
Roboticist Daniel H. Wilson sells Robopocalypse to Doubleday and DreamWorks
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Studio 407 sells film option on Night and Fog
Sam Worthington options The Last Days of American Crime
Mandalay Pictures options Unthinkable
Roboticist Daniel H. Wilson sells Robopocalypse to Doubleday and DreamWorks
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Actor Fess Parker Dies
Actor Peter Graves Dies
Actor Corey Haim Dies
Actress Nan Martin Dies
British author David Storr Unwin, aka David Severn, dies
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Actor Peter Graves Dies
Actor Corey Haim Dies
Actress Nan Martin Dies
British author David Storr Unwin, aka David Severn, dies
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Jennifer Bresser to be new publisher of Putnam's BfYR
Ben Greenberg promoted to senior editor at Grand Central
Jim Lee and Dan DiDio now copublishers of DC Comics
Pyr now open to some unagented submissions; hires new editorial assistant
BenBella hires Debbie Harmsen as editor-in-chief
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Ben Greenberg promoted to senior editor at Grand Central
Jim Lee and Dan DiDio now copublishers of DC Comics
Pyr now open to some unagented submissions; hires new editorial assistant
BenBella hires Debbie Harmsen as editor-in-chief
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Pequod offers second edition of John F. Carr's Kalvan Kingmaker
Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
Fred Lerner's The Story of Libraries has a new edition
Del Rey reissuing first three Temeraires as a hardcover with a new story
Bluewater Productions will turn S.E. Hinton's novels into graphic novels
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Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
Fred Lerner's The Story of Libraries has a new edition
Del Rey reissuing first three Temeraires as a hardcover with a new story
Bluewater Productions will turn S.E. Hinton's novels into graphic novels
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Dozois and Martin's Songs of Love and Death now populated
Bruce Holland Rogers sells more than 1,000 words to Realms of Fantasy
Michelle M. Welch sells story to Realms of Fantasy
Realms of Fantasy's latest purchases; inventory announcement
Albedo One's International Aeon Award 2009 updates: quarterly shortlists and more
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Bruce Holland Rogers sells more than 1,000 words to Realms of Fantasy
Michelle M. Welch sells story to Realms of Fantasy
Realms of Fantasy's latest purchases; inventory announcement
Albedo One's International Aeon Award 2009 updates: quarterly shortlists and more
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Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
Del Rey to serialize Stephen King & Peter Straub's The Talisman as a comic book
Tor.com buys web-only serialization rights to two graphic novels
Del Rey to graphically adapt Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Patricia Briggs's Alpha and Omega to be comic book series
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Del Rey to serialize Stephen King & Peter Straub's The Talisman as a comic book
Tor.com buys web-only serialization rights to two graphic novels
Del Rey to graphically adapt Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Patricia Briggs's Alpha and Omega to be comic book series
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