The novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused a stir when, during an interview with Variety, she said that the 9/11 hijackers “got the idea” to fly planes into buildings from watching “Star Wars.” Atwood, the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and other dystopian classics, did not have the facts... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
George R R Martin is funding a new annual scholarship at a science fiction and fantasy six-week course to “help the next great fantasist on the long journey ahead”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Given her incredible skill at narrative economy, Ursula K. Le Guin could probably do a much better job of summing up her own achievements as a writer than I could. Then again, Le Guin could do most things better than most writers. An undisputed master of science fiction and fantasy, she also... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The prolific and profoundly influential writer, who brought a literary and feminist touch to works of science fiction and fantasy for children and adults, died at her home in Portland, Ore., on January 22. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
ReedPOP has unveiled a lineup of science fiction, mystery and thriller authors for BookCon 2018, which includes such authors as David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Brad Meltzer, and Walter Mosley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Trying to achieve change through something like science fiction seems like a pipe dream,' Adams says. 'But it also feels like the only thing that writers can hope to do.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Skybound Books, a co-publishing agreement between Atria and The Walking Dead creator's multi-platform entertainment company Skybound Entertainment, will focus on science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It will be overseen by Michael Braff, who is based in L.A. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has developed a range of Barbican-inspired Penguin Classics to coincide with a new Barbican exhibition, Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
For 33 years, Galaxy Press has been promoting the work of science fiction and fantasy writers and illustrators through the annual L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookNet Canada has issued four studies looking at the demographics for book buyers of biographies/autobiographies, detective fiction, science fiction and cookbooks, each showing trends for the genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael M. Levy, a scholar of science fiction and longtime 'Publishers Weekly' reviewer, died of cancer on April 3. He was 66. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder and Stoughton has appointed Sam Bradbury, currently with Jo Fletcher Books, as editor with commissioning responsibilities in the area of science fiction, fantasy and horror, reporting to publisher Oliver Johnson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Better times are ahead, says writer Ahmed Khaled Towfik, who recently appeared at Dubai’s festival: the Arab world is readier for science fiction, he says. By Dennis Abrams | @DennisAbrams2 ‘Looking Good for Science Fiction’ t The National, Hala Khalaf asserts that “Arab readers don’t like... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A fuel-free engine is the stuff of science fiction for now, but scientists at NASA Eagleworks have published a peer-reviewed paper that suggests the ideas behind an EM Drive are worth testing further. Researchers at Eagleworks, a small NASA team task... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Science fiction and fantasy novelist China Miéville is to make a rare foray into non-fiction to pen a “labour of love” history of the Russian revolution for indie press Verso. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
As writers learn that tech giant has processed their work without permission, the Authors Guild condemns ‘blatantly commercial use of expressive authorship’When the writer Rebecca Forster first heard how Google was using her work, it felt like she was trapped in a science fiction novel. “Is this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction for his novel Children of Time (Pan Macmillan). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Gaiman and N K Jemisin were among the authors announced as winners at the 2016 Hugo Awards for science fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A driverless air taxi to carry you over traffic in congested urban centers, ordered at the push of a button from your smartphone, may sound like science fiction, but Airbus believes it’s much closer to reality than you think. So close, in fact, that it hopes to test such a vehicle by the end of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author took to Twitter today to give an explanation for how to increase diversity in science fiction. It starts with publishing more writers of color. The post N.K. Jemisin Has a Plan for Diversity in Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]