Steven Utley started publishing back in the 1970s. He wrote smart and strange stories, stories occasionally set in the far future, but mostly set in the deep past. He was part of the Turkey City Writer’s Workshop, which also included Bruce Sterling, Lisa Tuttle, Lewis Shiner, and Howard Waldrop. And he was best known for [...]
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There is a pragmatic, if somewhat blind, terror stalking my everyday thoughts as the month of May slowly slides by as though nothing could possibly be amiss. Every day a new story is published. Hah! Every day dozens of new stories are published. Hidden in books and magazines and websites, in .epub files and .mobi [...]
Locus Awards finalists announced
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Great news to start the day! Locus has announced the finalists for the 2013 Locus Awards. I’m deeply honoured to be short listed for Best Editor and delighted to see that Edge of Infinity and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Six are finalists for Best Anthology. Even more pleasing is [...]
The Five Per Cent Solution
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Last week LoneStarCon3, the 71St World Science Fiction Convention announced the nominees for the 2013 Hugo Awards. As with any awards ballot, it featured some works that I thought were absolutely essential, missed some of my favourites, and added some that were pretty much off my radar, all of which is pretty normal and shouldn’t [...]
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With all of the recent news I’m not sure I had the chance to mention that The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven [aka editorial project #51!] has been published and is now in-store and available from your favourite booksellers (including Stefen’s Books here in Perth). I imagine orders are already shipping [...]