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Posted on 2012-07-30 at 19:50 by montsamu

OK. Let's see these flyers posted all over the Triangle, please?

Color PDF: orbit-2012-august-v1

Black and white PDF: orbit-2012-august-v1-bw

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/326070144135719/

If handing out or stacking on a giveaway table, the handout PDF handout-2012-july-v4 (b/w version: handout-2012-july-v4-bw) are still the way to go. Thanks guys!

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End-of-July roundup!

Posted on 2012-07-28 at 20:21 by montsamu

Some quick-hitting notes for the end of July:

Tickets for tomorrow's (Sunday) Raleigh Browncoats charity screening of Serenity (the Firefly movie) are SOLD OUT -- they will not be available at the door, etc. Looking forward to seeing people out there! Come out and get in on the charity raffle, which will include issues 1-7 (the complete run... so far!) of Bull Spec.
Local publisher Light Messages is publishing Siberian author Irina Lopatina's fantasy novel White Raven: The Sword of Northern Ancestors on

Today (Monday July 23): Special Star Trek: The Next Generation episode screenings across the Triangle (and NC, and...)

Posted on 2012-07-23 at 18:05 by montsamu

As I mentioned in the June newsletter, tonight (Monday July 23) Star Trek: The Next Generation is back on the big screen to celebrate its 25th anniversary with two hand-picked episodes, with three Triangle-area theaters among many state- and nation-wide, including Crossroads 20 in Cary, Brier Creek 14 (at 7 pm), and North Hills 15.

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Local Author release day: James Maxey's Hush, book 2 in The Dragon Apocalypse

Posted on 2012-06-27 at 19:08 by montsamu

Congratulations to Hillsborough author James Maxey, whose second fantasy series for Solaris Books has just doubled in size. Quickly on the heels of January's Greatshadow is book 2 of The Dragon Apocalypse, Hush:

"The invulnerable, super-strong warrior Infidel has a secret: she’s lost her magical powers right at the moment when she needs them most. To keep a promise to a fallen friend, she must journey to the frozen wastelands of the north. Her quest leads her through the abstract realms of the Sea of

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ConTemporal Day 1

Posted on 2012-06-23 at 02:51 by montsamu

Photos:

Notes:

Wow. For the first day of a brand new convention, there was a lot of energy, lots and lots of art, and things just went really smoothly. Well done!
It is pretty hard to fit even two years worth of local sf/f onto one table.
Had a good time on the "Pirates in Literature" panel with John Claude Bemis and Danny Birt, moderated by Lee Martindale --rambled all over from Treasure Island to Ice Pirates, back to Peter Pan, "Pinkbeard", the Dread Pirate Roberts, and On Stranger Tides.

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ConTemporal Week, Friday: Registration, and Pirates!

Posted on 2012-06-22 at 15:24 by montsamu

Registration for ConTemporal opens today at 12 pm, at which time you can also start registering for the various author Salons -- intimate 10-person conversations with many of the guest authors and artists of the convention. As for me, I have one panel today, at 4 pm: "Pirates in Literature". If I have time today, I'll also set up a table of a staggeringly heavy collection of local author books (for display, not for sale) in the Artist's Alley.

(And the Dealer's Room opens at 5, at which time you can come

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ConTemporal Week, Thursday: Meet hashtag #contemporal2012

Posted on 2012-06-21 at 19:04 by montsamu

I'm looking forward to setting up a Bull Spec and local authors display on Artists Alley tomorrow, but for today, which officially kicks off ConTemporal with this evenings dinner and concert festivities, I want to simply introduce you to the hashtag #contemporal2012 -- look for quotes, pictures, and updates all weekend.

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ConTemporal Week, Wednesday: Natania Barron is ConTemporal Bound

Posted on 2012-06-20 at 21:25 by montsamu

Local author (and 3-time fiction contributor, 3-time non-fiction contributor, and incoming Bull Spec fiction co-editor!) Natania Barron is ConTemporal Bound -- though she doesn't exactly have far to go. She's posted her panel schedule, which includes a 10-person salon discussion on Saturday which you can register for when checking in at ConTemporal registration.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="479"] Natania Barron, photo by Carrie Upchurch[/caption]

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ConTemporal Week, Tuesday: Something you might forget to bring...

Posted on 2012-06-19 at 18:33 by montsamu

Why yes, it's still ConTemporal week, with festivities getting started with Thursday evenings Guest of Honor dinner and concert (does anybody know if tickets are still available for these?) and continuing all weekend. I don't have much to add today, having used up a half-handful of updates yesterday. But there is one thing I've had on my mind: something in particular to not forget.

You see, I received a few complaints after Lev Grossman's reading at Flyleaf last fall that I didn't give enough advance

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ConTemporal Week!

Posted on 2012-06-18 at 18:31 by montsamu

It's ConTemporal Week here in the Triangle, with things getting started with the guest of honor dinner this Thursday and continuing through closing ceremonies (and beyond to one last Maker swap meet) on Sunday. I'll be there Friday and Saturday, with panels on pirates in literature, subplots, and manuscript preparation. (And I'll be hunting down literary guest of honor Cherie Priest's signing schedule...)

Monday notes:

ConTemporal has taken over The Escapist blog
There's a new trailer up on Vimeo
The p

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