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Science fiction author birthday

 

Today is SF writer Catherine Asaro's birthday!

Here are a few links for the occasion:

Her Facebook and Twitter pages

Catherine Asaro at Big Think

Novelette "The Pyre of New Day" (PDF)

Interview: Defining Science Fiction and Fantasy (video)

Asaro entry at Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase

Her story "Echoes of Pride" in Galaxy's Edge Issue 5 (available for free online reading through December 31)

This month's free e-book from Phoenix Pick

The free e-book for November from Phoenix Pick is The Children Star by Joan Slonczewski. You'll find instructions for download in our newsletter.

Thanks to SF Signal for spreading the word!

Bundle up!

A basic bundle of 6 books for as little as $2.99 ...

Check it out!

Galaxy's Edge - Issue 5

The November issue of Galaxy's Edge is now available for free online reading!

This month's contents include both new and reprint stories, by David Brin, Jack Dann, Catherine Asaro, Andrea G. Stewart, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Larry Niven, and several others.

For a full listing of the 10 stories, serialization, and columns, go to the Galaxy's Edge home page. You'll be able to read Issue 5 free online until Issue 6 debuts on January 1.

If you'd rather not read online, the magazine can be purchased for reading as a mobi or epub file, or as a PDF. A print version is also available, and you can buy an annual subscription via Weightless Books. (Links for all these options are on the magazine's home page.)

We hope you enjoy this latest issue of Galaxy's Edge.

 

Go, Voyager 1!

Voyager 1 has left the solar system.

Galaxy's Edge - Issue 4

The September issue of Galaxy's Edge is now available for free online reading!

This month's contents include both new and reprint stories, by Nancy Kress, Nick T. Chan, Janis Ian, Robert Silverberg, Ed McKeown, Maureen McHugh, and several others.

For a full listing of the 10 stories, novel excerpt, serialization, and columns, go to the Galaxy's Edge home page. You'll be able to read Issue 4 free online until Issue 5 debuts on November 1.

If you'd rather not read online, the magazine can be purchased for reading as a mobi or epub file, or as a PDF. A print version is also available, and you can buy an annual subscription via Weightless Books. (Links for all these options are on the magazine's home page.)

We hope you enjoy this latest issue of Galaxy's Edge!

This month's free e-book from Phoenix Pick

The free e-book for September from Phoenix Pick is The River of Dancing Gods by Jack L. Chalker. You'll find instructions for download in our newsletter.

Thanks to SF Signal for spreading the word!

Eye test

This one?

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and IPHAS

or this one?

This month's free e-book from Phoenix Pick

The free e-book for July from Phoenix Pick is Rogue Queen by L. Sprague de Camp.
You'll find instructions for download in our newsletter.

Thanks to SF Signal  and SFFWorld.com for helping spread the word!

Galaxy's Edge - Issue 3

The July issue of Galaxy's Edge is now available for free online reading!

This month's contents include both new and reprint stories, by Laurie Tom, Michael Flynn, Brennan Harvey, Jack Williamson, and several others. Gregory Benford is the magazine's science columnist. Paul Cook provides another batch of book reviews.

For a full listing of the 10 stories, novel excerpt, serialization, and columns, go to the Galaxy's Edge home page. You'll be able to read Issue 3 free online until Issue 4 debuts on September 1.

If you'd rather not read online, the magazine can be purchased for reading as a MOBI or epub file, or as a PDF. A print version is also available, and you can get an annual subscription via Weightless Books. (Links for all these options are on the magazine's home page.

We hope you enjoy this latest issue of Galaxy's Edge!

Seattle sets a record with books

Seattle Public Library (Photographer: Rem Koolhaas)

 

Oooh, but as a book lover, the video was a bit painful to watch, especially certain parts!

Did you know that SF writer Nancy Kress lives in Seattle? And that the Association of Writers & Writing Programs will hold its 2014 conference there?

... and the final Iain Banks interview

from The Guardian

Sadness ... Iain Banks (1954-2013)

BBC News
The Guardian
Obituary
In His Own Words
Five Minutes with: Iain M. Banks
Neil Gaiman journal entry

136 Days to Capclave

Ten days to Balticon!

Bowie-ancy on the International Space Station

(click on picture for video)

And on the 7th day of May

... in 1931, Gene Wolfe was born.

Image from Wikipedia
original photo here

Here are seven links for the occasion:
 

John Scalzi's December 2012 blog post: Gene Wolfe Chosen as SFWA Grand Master

December 2012 Tor.com announcement -- 19 Gene Wolfe Books Now Available Again in Ebook

Gene Wolfe quotes from Goodreads.com

Gene Wolfe's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Gene Wolfe interviewed (video) at Balticon 40 (in 2006)

Gene Wolfe at Fantastic Fiction

Chicago Literary Hall of Fame -- Honoring Gene Wolfe


(Okay, technically nine links, but two were more Balticon-related.)