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Locus Awards, Anne Groell, and You: An Editorial editorial


Now, clearly I’m biased. I started as her assistant, I’m still her colleague, and I’m also her friend.
But the fact that the Locus 2011 Poll and Survey is now up, and doesn’t list Anne Groell as a nominee for Editor of the Year bothers me.
Why?
Because name a science fiction and fantasy editor that had [...]

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2011 Hugos Awarded


All Clear by Connie WillisThe winners of the 2011 Hugo Awards have been announced! Congratulations to the nominated and the winners!

If you are looking for something new to read, this list will help! Enjoy!

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Blog Post of the Week: The Truth Unveiled


So, if you haven’t already guessed it from the posts that have come before, publishing is one of those jobs that can Eat Your Life–albeit in a particularly wonderful way that lets you read all sorts of great books before the rest of the world has even seen them. But there’s no such thing [...]

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Nebula Nominations Announced


The Native Star by MK HobsonThe Nebula Award nominations for 2010 were announced today!

There are some new names and some familiar ones nominated to one of the longest running and prestigious sci-fi/fantasy awards.

Time to start reading to make up your own mind!

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Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays -Holiday Edition-: Connie Willis


Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays -Holiday Edition-: Connie Willis

We felt that with it being Christmas eve and all, why not have a festive, holiday-appropriate theme to today’s excerpt. And who else to turn to for some amazing holiday season writing than Spectra legend Connie Willis!

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Connie Willis’s Top Ten Holiday Romantic Comedies


Connie Willis’s Top Ten Holiday Romantic Comedies

We asked our authors to share with us their favorites of 2010 – books, movies, anything that caught and held their interest. Today, Connie Willis shares her top ten holiday rom-coms. Check back Friday on Suvudu for 50-page Fridays, featuring Connie Willis’s Miracle and Other Christmas Stories. For a chance to win this book and [...]

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Gifts For the Geek: Day 18


brett-brayansThere are some really cool geeky items out there and this is the season I begin thinking, “Wouldn’t it be neat if I had X or X?”

For the month of December I’ll post some of my own personal picks for holiday gifts, some of which I’m sure will also excite some of you, maybe to the point you add them to your gift lists!

Day 18: Subterranean Press Editions

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Suvudu Holiday Sweepstakes: The Connie Willis Edition!


Suvudu Holiday Sweepstakes: The Connie Willis Edition!

Since we’re getting close to the holidays, we here at Del Rey Spectra thought, “Why not take a look around and see what goodies we can come up with for our loyal readers?”

As the title of this post says, this is the Connie Willis edition. Two (2) lucky winners selected at random will win a nice Connie Willis prize pack featuring…

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R.I.P. Ralph Vicinanza


Ralph VicinanzaI am sitting here shocked tonight.

Ralph Vicinanza, power literary agent for writers like Stephen King, Peter Straub, Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, and many others, died Sunday of a cerebral aneurysm at the age of 60 years old.

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25 Years of Spectra: TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG (1998) by Connie Willis


I’ve already gushed about Connie in our Doomsday Book post, so I’ll just let Anne Groell (Spectra Senior Editor) and Connie herself talk about another one of my favorite books, To Say Nothing of the Dog.

“The first science fiction book I read was Robert A. Heinlein’s Have Space Suit–Will Travel, and in the first chapter [...]

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