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Andrew Tisbert: Sidewise Awards Finalist!

Adam — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:37:21 +0000

Yay! Andrew Tisbert’s story, “The Meteor of the War,” is a finalist in the 2006 Sidewise Awards. Nothing says “alternate history” like a time-travelling Black Muslim helping John Brown attack Harper’s Ferry. With elephants. War elephants. Congratulations, Andrew!

Not absolutely writing related…

Adam — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:46:17 +0000

…but tonight our very own Anthony Robinson will be on Survivor.

No. Really.

Jason in Meme Therapy

Adam — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:23:19 +0000

Head on over to Meme Therapy to read Jason’s answer to this: Has reading and writing SF changed your world view? And if so how? Then you can see what Hal Duncan, Nick DiChario, Sean Williams, Janet D. Stemwedel and Kristine Smith have to say.

Locus Magazine Poll: We’d like your vote

Adam — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:03:43 +0000

As Diana mentioned earlier, some of the Fictionados made Locus Magazine’s Recommended Reading List for 2005. This was very cool, and a source of celebration throughout the land.

Locus is now taking votes for its 2006 Poll, which means it’s time for the first of many posts asking for your votes. Please use the following guide to help put some Fictionados (and Fictionados friends!) over the top. Or, at least, keep us from getting stuck at the bottom. Thanks!

Best Novella: Stoddard, Winning Mars
Best Novelette: Stoddard, Panacea
Best Short Story: McCarron, Close to You
Best Publisher: Wheatland
Best Anthology: Layne/Lake, Polyphony 5
Best Editor: Deborah Layne/Jay Lake
Best Artist: Frank Wu

Loscon 32: Karen Roberts Reads

Adam — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:54:57 +0000

Just added to our archives: Karen Roberts reads an excerpt from her short story, “Making Strings.” It’ll make you think your awkward teen years were walk in the park.

Loscon 32: Rina Slayter reads

Adam — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:47:22 +0000

And now Rina Slayter reads the riotous opening chapter from her novel “Otherness:Rift.” Note: contains naughty words and stupid, stupid boyfriends.

More from Loscon: Rick Waldholm Reads

Adam — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:45:06 +0000

Slowly, but surely, we’re getting stuff uploaded from our reading at Loscon 32. Here’s Rick Waldholm with an excerpt from his novella, “A Miracle Every Day.” You’ll never think about familial relations and monetary policy in the same way again.

It lives!

Adam — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:26:14 +0000

With only a little bit of pain and suffering, our new website is now live with a shiny new WordPress backend.Â Things will be ugly here for the next few days, but bear with us.Â We have Good Stuff for you.

Twenty-Seven Herbs and Spices = Immortal Edison

Adam — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:39:37 +0000

Jason’s story Panacea appeared on SciFiction. A few weeks later, SciFiction was cancelled. Coincidence? Or just annoying as hell to the rest of us? You decide in this tale of computer science, an immortal aristocracy, and ice. Lots and lots of ice.

Podcast from Loscon

Adam — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:45:06 +0000

So, we did our reading thing at Loscon on Saturday. I’d hoped for a dozen people; we got eleven, but I’ll take it. That’s a few more people who haven’t heard us before, and only a few of them left before we were done. What the hell.

The entire reading will be up on the Fictionados site as soon as we’re done rebuilding it, but here’s the bit I did. It’s from “The Right People,” the novella about high school politics I wrote earlier this year. I’ll probably start podcasting it as soon as I finish turning it into a full-blown novel, but I think this part’s good as is. It has the naughty words, so don’t go crying to me if you have nightmares about furries.
By the way, I’ve now put PlayTagger into the site’s template, so you can listen to mp3s without monkeying around with the downloading and such. Enjoy!