Guest Post: The Watcher and the Weird
The Weird, as opposed to horror or dark fantasy, has a slippery quality of “you know it when you read it,” with an element of terror, perhaps, but more likely unease.
The Weird, as opposed to horror or dark fantasy, has a slippery quality of “you know it when you read it,” with an element of terror, perhaps, but more likely unease.
Industry News and Member News for Jakob Drud, Patrick O’Sullivan, Matthew Sanborn Smith, Erin Hoffman, Dave Freer, Jon Armstrong, Brandon Sanderson, Anna D. Allen, David Levine, Allan Cole, Karen Azinger, and Ferrett Steinmetz.
To celebrate the milestone of Lucky 13,000 ebooks sold of his 99-cent novella “The Frozen Sky,” Jeff Carlson is giving away free copies of his other short story collections as Mobi or ePub files. You can choose your freebie at http://www.jverse.com/blog/ Originally published in Writers of the Future XXIII, “The Frozen Sky” is a near-future sci fi thriller […]
Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner are pleased to announce the mass-market re-release of Betrayer of Worlds, the latest installment of their collaboration in Known Space. Trapped in the Wunderland civil war, all Louis Wu wants is a way home. What Nessus, the insane Puppeteer scout, offers Louis instead is a way out — through […]
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And the Nebula goes to…
Taking the readers to the point where it seems their worst fears will be realized and then turning it around only makes the victory sweeter. Giving the reader great hope, just before everything falls apart, makes the loss feel so much more terrible.
Tune in Saturday evening, May 21, 2010 at 8:15 P.M. EDT for the Nebula award ceremony. For the second year in a row, one of the premier awards in science fiction will be streamed live on the Web. This Saturday, May 21, 2010 at 7:15 P.M. EDT the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America […]
This year’s Golden Duck Awards have been announced. Designed to encourage science fiction literature for children, The Golden Duck Awards are presented every year at Worldcon.