Death of US horror / SF actor Richard Lynch
Actor Richard Lynch has died at his home in California at the age of 76. He was a regular horror movie “villain”, appearing in films including Scarecrow (1973), [...]
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Stephen Baxter joins BBC Books’ Doctor Who list
BBC Books is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice by Stephen Baxter, an all-new Doctor Who adventure starring The Second Doctor, [...]
New SFFH magazine, Plasma Frequency, seeks submissions
A new magazine of speculative fiction, Plasma Frequency Magazine, is launching soon and is seeking submissions. They are looking for stories ranging from 100 words to 7,500 [...]
Ray Bradbury dies aged 91
Locus Online has confirmed the passing of Ray Bradbury on 5 June 2012 at the age of 91. Despite having suffered a stroke, he remained active into his 90s, continuing his [...]
Arc, the magazine of science fiction and science fact, available now
Arc 1.2, the second edition of the new quarterly from the makers of New Scientist which explores the future through science fiction and science fact, is now available to [...]
Further round-up of recent Awards news
The finalists for the 2012 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for best short science fiction story published in 2011) and for the 2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (for [...]
Tales To Terrify and StarShipSofa – new podcasts available
Free-to-download podcasts, Tales To Terrify and StarShipSofa, have new content available now. This month, Tales to Terrify features fiction from Alison Littlewood, while [...]
30 years old and still going strong – Interzone #240 out now
Interzone issue 240 – marking the completion of Interzone‘s thirtieth year of publication – is out now. Contents include fiction from Lavie Tidhar, [...]
Debut SF author Wesley Chu’s two-book deal with Angry Robot
Angry Robot has scooped another fantastic debut author with the signing of Chicago-based science fiction writer Wesley Chu. The World English Rights deal – negotiated [...]
2011 Nebula Award winners announced by SFWA
The 2011 Nebula Award winners were announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America on 19 May 2012. Winners include Among Others by Jo Walton (Best Novel), the [...]