On Aug. 25, 13 Writers of the Future judges, including New York Times bestselling authors Tim Powers, Sean Williams, Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, will be at Borders Books & Music in Pasadena to sign books. Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests winners will also be there. DETAILS: What: Author and Illustrator Book Signing […]
If you will be in the Seacoast New Hampshire or Southern Maine area now through September, there are some events you might be interested in. Several science fiction and fantasy authors will be making appearances in local bookstores. For more information, visit www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/LIFE/708100345/-1/NEWS11&sfad=1.
The promotional material had this to say of Dragon Queen: “Yavie awakes from the slumber of death to a shattered world she does not recall to find herself betrayed by her lover, her siblings and even her father. In a desperate search for the truth, Yavie and her guardians embark on a quest more filled […]
Harry Potter Wiki recently launched and already has more than 1,000 articles on almost everything imaginable from the Harry Potter books. Created by Wikia, Inc., the leading provider of community resources for building and organizing free content on every topic, Harry Potter Wiki is a fully editable website created and run by fans of the […]
I’m working a couple of new sections for The Genre Traveler: Book Reviews and Video Reviews. The former will include reviews of science fiction, fantasy and horror books that either have a strong sense of place or would make good vacation reads. It will include both traditional books and books on tape. The latter will […]
Ray Harryhausen will be signing copies of his book The Art of Ray Harryhausen on Monday, July 23 at Mystery & Imagination in Glendale, Calif. Harryhausen is the master special effects animator behind some of my favorite movies, including The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. He’s […]
My friends over at HP Fan Tripsâ„¢ have ecured exclusive access to a private party at Waterstone’s West End bookstore July 20 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The party celebrates the release of the final book in JK Rowling’s series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Traditionally, UK Potter fans have had to wait outside in “queue […]
OK. This isn’t really genre travel, but I thought it would be of interested anyway. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game,” iPulp Fiction Library will publish this classic story exclusively online. First published in the August 1977 issue of Analog, Ender’s Game tells the story of a child prodigy […]
Finalists for the 2007 John W. Campbell Memorial Award have been announced. This prestigious award is presented each year to the best science fiction novel of the year. This year’s nominees are: Titan by Ben Bova, A Small and Remarkable Life by Nick DiChario, Infoquake by David Louis Edelman, Nova Swing by M. John Harrison, […]
I heard about this from The North Orange County Harry Potter Meetup Group: Scholastic has announced that seven lucky U.S. Harry Potter fans, under the age of 21, will be selected in a sweepstakes and flown to London to join J.K. Rowling at a midnight launch event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leading […]