Daily Archives: April 3, 2012
Hugo Award Nominations to be Announced This Saturday, April 7, 4pm Eastern
Posted on April 3, 2012 10 Comments
This is me putting on my Chicon 7 Toastmaster hat to say: Hey! You want to know who got nominated for the Hugos (and the Campbell) this year! That’s why you will be paying attention this very Saturday, at 4pm Eastern time, because that is when the Hugo slate will be announced. You can get […]
Caine’s Law is Out
Posted on April 3, 2012 21 Comments
During Reader Request Week, I was asked if I had seen an advance copy of Caine’s Law, Matthew Woodring Stover’s latest book in his “Acts of Caine” fantasy series. Well, a close-up of the cover blurb of the book — which is out today — should give an answer to that: So, yes. Yes, I […]
The Big Idea: Leah Bobet
Posted on April 3, 2012 22 Comments
When it comes to the creative impulse, never underestimate the power of watching someone else get something wrong. Author Leah Bobet, whose debut novel Above hits stores today, found her inspiration when she got aggravated at what she was seeing in her television set. And just as a bit of sand in an oyster shell […]
Hungarian Old Man’s War Cover
Posted on April 3, 2012 42 Comments
There it is. One of the few with an actual old man on the cover. For those of you in Hungary, it will apparently come out on May 10, which just happens to be my birthday, so that’s nice. For everyone else, well, it also comes out on May 10, but you may have more […]
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