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New Book from a Critter Member
**NOW IN PRINT EDITION TOO!** Awesome new book, HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS, from a Critter member who's unearthed a shard of The Secret to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work. "...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUMSpace Travel for SF Writers
Hot off the presses from ReAnimus Press! Space Travel - A Science Fiction Writer's Guide— An indispensible tool for all SF writers that explains the science you need to help you make your fiction plausible. (Also via Amazon)
Interviewed!
I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.
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ReAnimus Acquires Advent!
ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!
Book Recommendation
THE SIGIL TRILOGY: The universe is dying from within... "Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock
Announcing ReAnimus Press
If you're looking for great stuff to read from bestselling and award-winning authors—look no further! ReAnimus Press was founded by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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Standings for Poems
1. Proving Grounds, Jean-Paul Garnier, Space Cowboy Books, [link][comments]
2. Divide by zero & other poems, H. Russell Smith, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link][comments]
3. The Return of the Sauceress, F. J. Bergmann, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
3. The Anunakki, Richard Stevenson, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
3. Manifesto, Matt Schumacher, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
3. East Sea, Irina Moga, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. gliding between stars & other poems, Albert Schlaht, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. A Perhaps Inhabited World, Dagne Forrest, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. World Wide Webb, Patricia Furstenberg, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. orbiting Ganymede & other poems, Ed Higgins, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. If time were a god, Scott Hvidsten, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. The Big Dreams, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Mesopotamia, Jerome Berglund, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Out of step, 1969, PS Cottier, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. My Uncle Jake, the One Who Drank a Lot, Explains to Me the Origins of Shakespeare and Jesus and Newton, Paul David Adkins, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. The Desert Hermit, John Grey, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. one-way mission to Saturn & other poems, Jill Trade, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Messages from UFOs, Alison Jennings, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. UFO Chiaroscuro, Alison Jennings, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link][comments]
4. there is a blue globe & other poems, Fabio Sassi, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. A Visit from Space Stewards, M. D. McDuff, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. The Tunguska Incident, Richard Stevenson, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. James Webb Telescope & other poems, Kenneth Pobo, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Our Human Pledge, Kristin Van Tassel, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. The Human Parts, Kimberly Kuchar, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. What The Saucer People Wanted, David Barber, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Glitterman, Richard Stevenson, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Spotting UFOs While Canning Tomatoes, Terry A. Garey, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Poem of Stones, Zdravka Evtimova, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Blood, a liquid sol & other poems, Justin T. O'Conor Sloane, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. were young space cadets once & other poems, Katerina Bruno, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Flamethrower versus Saucer, Brian LeBansky, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. 1951: The Lubbock Lights, Juan Manuel Peréz, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Multiverses, eh?, Richard Stevenson, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. The Believer, H. Russell Smith, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Floating People, Jill Trade & Joshua St. Claire, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Sighting, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. 'egg rolls and hot tea', Howard Lee Kilby, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Copenhagen Interpretation, Irina Moga, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Brocken Specters, Carla Stein, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Country Road & Other UFOku, John J. Dunphy, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Earthlings, Shane Schick, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Catacomb Airwaves, Jordan Lawson, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Cosmological Speed, Wendy Van Camp, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Up to Us, Dan Brown, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. Red Rain, Richard Stevenson, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]
4. What is it with Haiku Poets and the Moon?, Petro C. K. & Jerome Berglund, Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc., [link]