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Friday quick updates: Big event announcements, The Court of Air, book groups, ConTemporal visits UNC-TV, and more

Posted on 2013-03-15 at 17:04 by montsamu

First, two major event announcements, in brief as we're still working on the full write-ups for both. But, since beans are spilling left and right:

• Tuesday, April 23, 7 to 9 pm: Durham's Atomic Empire (formerly Sci-Fi Genre Comics & Games) hosts a World Book Night / NC Speculative Fiction Night / Bull Spec #8 Launch Party! Confirmed participants include Richard Dansky, Steve Long, Justin Achilli, Jaym Gates, Matthew Ross, and Bull Spec #8 contributors Gwendolyn Clare, Rich Matrunick, Brenda Kalt, Alice

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Friday Quick Updates: Kotecki/McHugh at Quail Ridge, new James Maxey audiobook, a new monthly sf reading group, and ConTemporal visits UNC-TV

Posted on 2013-03-08 at 17:46 by montsamu

Well, another Friday has come around, and while there's "only" one event on my calendar this weekend (Nathan Kotecki and PT McHugh at Quail Ridge Books on Saturday at 3 pm) there's some other things to report as well:

• James Maxey is interviewed on Gail Z. Martin's Ghost in the Machine Podcast
• Maxey's first Dragon Age novel, Bitterwood, is now out in audiobook format
• There's a new monthly sf reading and discussion group starting up, to be held every third Thursday of the month at Raleigh's NC Museum of

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Friday Quick Updates: Ariel Djanikian, David Drake, Unpublished Games, StellarCon, ...

Posted on 2013-03-01 at 19:57 by montsamu

Even if you're not heading over to StellarCon today (or Saturday, or Sunday) there's enough to do in the Triangle this weekend to make a mini-con of it without straying too far from US-15/501. Meanwhile!

• Mur Lafferty's superhero novel Playing For Keeps is in the "Bundle of Holding", a pay-what-you-want, DRM-free bundle of fiction ebooks from a big list of RPG writers including Mur, Matt Forbeck, Chuck Wendig, and more. Check it out: http://murverse.com/playing-for-keeps-in-the-bundle-of-holding/
• Andy

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The Hardest Part: M. David Blake on the 2013 Campbellian Pre-Reading Anthology

Posted on 2013-02-27 at 13:00 by montsamu

M. David Blake, whom I know simply as Marc, has the deepest memory for fandom and sf of just about anyone I can think of. He keeps up with novels, with short fiction, and even the fanzines. And! He's currently in his second year of eligibility for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, as I was lucky enough (very lucky!) to publish "Absinthe Fish" in Bull Spec #5 back in 2011, easily the most critically well-received short story from Bull Spec's run so far. He's also taken up editing, including Stu

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Release Day Triple Feature: Ariel Djanikian, Tony Daniel, and PT McHugh

Posted on 2013-02-26 at 17:36 by montsamu

Three books by local authors make for a crowded release day today, with post-apocalyptic fiction, a Star Trek novel, and a YA time-travel historical fantasy book as well. And! Each author has at least one upcoming event to check out:

The Office of Mercy: A Novel by Ariel Djanikian (Viking Adult, February 21) -- Debut novel for this new Chapel Hill author: "Weaving philosophy and science together into a riveting, dystopian story of love and adventure, The Office of Mercy illuminates an all-too-real

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March newsletter: Ariel Djanikian, David Drake, Nathan Kotecki, A.J. Hartley, Ursula Vernon, and more

Posted on 2013-02-25 at 19:32 by montsamu

Vol 3. No 3. February 25, 2013:

Welcome a bit early to the March newsletter! I'm sneaking this one in ahead of the end of the month to make sure everybody gets a chance to hear about the Office of Mercy reading event tomorrow (Tuesday, February 26!) as new Chapel Hill author Ariel Djanikian debuts her debut novel at Flyleaf Books. And just a few days away, for those not making the commute over to Greensboro-High Point for StellarCon, is David Drake's signing at new Pittsboro bookstore Circle City Books on

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Friday quick updates: Feb 22, 2013

Posted on 2013-02-22 at 20:10 by montsamu

Hopefully some of you were among the excellent crowds at the Cory Doctorow and Brandon Sanderson events this past week. Speaking of crowds, there's sure to be quite a few people taking in both the Nevermore Horror Film Festival this weekend in Durham, and the sf convention MystiCon in Roanoke, VA. Here's what coming up in the next two weeks:

[And here's a handout flyer for wide distribution!]

FEBRUARY 2013

22-24 (Friday-Sunday) — Durham’s Carolina Theatre hosts the Nevermore Film Festival. More info: htt

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Release day: Six Heirs (The Secret of Ji #1), translated by Matthew Ross

Posted on 2013-02-19 at 17:53 by montsamu

Well, we've had release day posts for quite a few books now, but this is still a first for Bull Spec. It's not an author or artist or editor, but rather one of the translators whose local ties warrant the book's mention here. So, without further adieu...

Six Heirs (The Secret of Ji, #1) by Pierre Grimbert, Matthew Ross (Translator), and Eric Lamb (Translator) -- in print/ebook from AmazonCrossing -- narrated by Michael Page for Brilliance Audio. Here's the publisher copy:

From France’s most celebrated

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Video for Cory Doctorow's talk at Flyleaf Books

Posted on 2013-02-18 at 00:05 by montsamu

Calvin Powers, as he's done for some previous events, has posted a video from Cory Doctorow's talk on privacy and technology and other topics at Flyleaf Books yesterday. While I certainly have more to say about the excellent, interesting, and frankly inspiring event, the video is definitely worth sharing around. Check it out!

http://goo.gl/0S2nP

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="614"] photo by Calvin Powers[/caption]

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Friday quick updates: Cory Doctorow tomorrow at 2 pm, Brandon Sanderson on Wednesday night

Posted on 2013-02-15 at 22:06 by montsamu

With two of the biggest events of the year in the next five days, it's a fun time to be a speculative fiction fan in the Triangle. You can still help spread the word, either by inviting friends via the Facebook links below, or posting or sharing or passing out one of the current flyers for the upcoming events:

FEBRUARY:

16 (Saturday) 2 pm — Flyleaf Books hosts Cory Doctorow for Homeland, sequel to Little Brother. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/530598563635194/

16 (Saturday) 9 pm til late

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