If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Publisher Simon and Schuster has announced its November releases, including two blockbuster collections from names familiar to readers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Coming in November Full Dark, No Stars from Stephen King. In the tradition of his [...]
The finalists for the World Fantasy Awards have been announced. Nominees for Novel include Blood of Ambrose (Pyr), by James Enge; The Red Tree (Roc), by Caitlin R. Kiernan); The City & The City (Macmillan UK/Del Rey), by China Miéville; Finch (Underland), by Jeff VanderMeer; and In Great Waters (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey), by Kit [...]
HBO, which is turning George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, the first novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, into a television series, recently announced that they have hired David J. Peterson, an expert in language creation, to construct the Dothraki language for the production. That is the language spoken [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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