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Not round these parts much anymore
Blogs get like the shells that hermit crabs choose: after a while they no longer fit so well, they chafe in awkward corners, they persist in allowing unfiltered Russian spam to masquerade as comments on your posts ( Read more... ) -
Free to a good home
Actually, the quality of the home doesn't matter, just the timing.
As of now--which should be, by my calculations, mere minutes after midnight on Saturday the 2nd of March (Pacific time)*--the e-book of my novella of deep-space detection and deception, Flight 404, is available for free download from Amazon's Kindle store. The window of opportunity ( Read more... ) -
That's not a moon, that's a--no, wait, you're right, that IS a moon ...
I have a slightly unusual request ...
Please help me name Pluto's fourth moon. I'd like it to be called 'Erebus'. It's important that 'Erebus' is the name chosen for it, so as not to spoil a story I had published last yearThey're also looking for a name for the fifth moon. I don't care what that gets called, it can be called any old thing for all ( Read more... ) -
Early-bird special going cheep, but not for much longer
And while I'm on the subject of signal boosting ...
Someone* neglected to switch off the special deal (which had supposedly been set to expire as of 31st January) for a one-year e-subscription to ASIM (four issues, over 600 pages' worth of quality fiction, poetry, reviews and nonfiction, in your choice of pdf, epub, or mobi) for just $12AUD rather ( Read more... ) -
It's signal-boostin' time again
I'm currently in the thick of anthology editing, so don't have time to write the usual explanatory blurb ...
Relaying an announcement from rippatton:
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Wot I dun this year past
Stories released to the wild:
'The Man Who ...' (short story, Redstone SF)
'Sky Pie' (short story, Jupiter Magazine)
'Cruisy' (short story, Ticon4'A Night to Remember' (novelette written in extreme haste for the SpecFicNZ blogging week, and hosted as a serial on various SpecFicNZ members' websites and blogs ( Read more... ) -
Next ... a Table of Contents
The release of the 'Next' anthology, from CSFG, is still over four months away, but fellow editor Rob Porteous and I can now reveal the list of thirty stories that will comprise the book. You can read the full announcement here, on the CSFG site, but I'll take the liberty of cutting and pasting the TOC list here, just because I can, with hearty ( Read more... ) -
More reviewage, and a big-river release
The Cosmos Online review of Coeur de Lion's Anywhere But Earth anthology (edited by Keith Stevenson) gives the book a pretty favourable reception: "A comprehensive sci-fi anthology entertains and provokes thought.". Cosmos' reviewer, Rivqa Rafael, says of my own humble contribution that "Simon Petrie's Hatchway is a nail-biting thriller about gang ( Read more... ) -
Ten minutes later ...
... my fingers are aching and bruised, and it's still not open ( Read more... ) -
New from Andromeda Spaceways
It's been a while--maybe more than just one Standard While, by now--since I did an ASIMish post. But now there is news. Two news, to be precise.
(1) From now until 31st January 2013, we're offering electronic subscriptions at a reduced rate: $12AUD (down from $18AUD) for four issues (one year), or $30AUD (down from $35AUD) for eight issues (two ( Read more... )
