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Review: Empire State by Adam Christopher

Empire State by Adam Christopher

Rocket powered superheros, prohibition era bootleggers, private eyes, mysterious men in masks; and more twists and turns than you can imagine. Welcome to Adam Christopher’s Empire State, a Superhero-Noir Science Fiction story set in a dark distorted reflection of New York City of the ’30s.

Books and Publishing News

Remembering Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey, 1926-2011

SFWA Grand Master Anne McCaffrey passed away on November 21 at the age of 85.

According to Locus Online, she suffered a massive stroke at her home in Ireland.

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The Galahad Legacy

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Council leader Triana Martell has returned from her journey through the mysterious wormhole, but she isn’t alone. She is accompanied by the ambassador of an alien race — the Dollovit.

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The Year in Fantasy 2011: World Fantasy Con Panel (Part 2)

Yesterday we gave you the first part of the recommendations of some of the best in new and upcoming fantasy, from the “The Year in Fantasy” panel at World Fantasy Con. The panelists; Ellen Datlow, Jo Fletcher, Paula Guran, David Hartwell and Jonathan F. Strahan, editors and publishers also gave us a nice list of Collections and Anthologies to consider.

The Year in Fantasy 2011: World Fantasy Con Panel (Part 1)

At this year’s World Fantasy Con the “The Year in Fantasy” panel gave us a nice list of some of the best in new and upcoming fantasy. The panelists were all editors and publishers in the genre; Ellen Datlow, Jo Fletcher, Paula Guran, David Hartwell and Jonathan F. Strahan.

Here are their book recommendations from the panel, collected by our roving reviewer WebGenii

NaNoWriMo 2011: Tales from the Desks

NaNoWriMo 2011

Are you a NaNoWriMo 2011 participant, or winner? Or were you a casual observer or writing buddy support system this year?

Share your tale of story discovery here!

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Dragon Page Interviews

Novelist Eoin Colfer on Resurrecting Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — An AMC Interview

And Another Thing...

On the 30th Anniversary of the first publication of Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comes And Another Thing…, the sixth book of the series penned by Artemis Fowl novelist Eoin Colfer. Colfer discusses his reluctance to take on the project and his hopes for the future of Hitchhiker’s.

Winds of Dune Author Brian Herbert on Flipping the Myth of Jihad — An AMC Interview

The Winds of Dune

Dune author Frank Herbert’s son discusses picking up his father’s threads in Winds of Dune, out this month, and his hopes for Peter Berg’s film adaptation of the saga.

The Druid King: An Interview with Norman Spinrad

Norman Spinrad

I got involved in writing the screenplay for the film Vercingetorix, la Legende du Druide Roi or Druids as it is known outside of France, and collaborated on endless versions of it with the producer-director. What was shot was something like version 14. But several friends of mine read version 3, and insisted that it was a masterpiece and should not be lost. And so, after the film was released and bombed, I re-read it myself, was saddened and rather angered at what it had turned into, and decided that they were right, so it became a novel.

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