Archive for September, 2007

Phil Rossi’s CRESCENT gets some press

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Phil Rossi pulled of some great press with a story in the Loudoun Times. In the article, Phil pays homage to fellow podiobook author Mur Lafferty and talks a bit about what makes the podcast version of his audio book… better, if you will:
In the book, Rossi describes Crescent, a space station so big it’s […]

Ken Wohlrob Second Life Event This Sunday — 9/9 @ 5pm EST

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Ken Wohlrob’s alter ego, Beelzebubba Rasmuson, returns to Second Life this Sunday (9/9) for another in-world reading and discussion as part of the Meet the Authors program. Ken will be reading an excerpt of “Taking the Happy Bus on Home” from The Love Book as well as participating in a Q&A session with our gracious […]

Star Surgeon

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Read by Scott D. Farquhar of Prometheus Radio Theatre, we’re happy to release Star Surgeon, by Alan E. Nourse:
Dal Timgar always wanted to be a doctor. As a Garvian and the first non-human to study medicine on Hospital Earth, he must face enormous adversity from classmates, professors, and some of the highest ranking […]

Podiobook authors bring home 2007 Parsec Awards

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Over the weekend, the 2007 Parsec Awards were handed out at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA. Many podiobook authors were nominated and made the final round, and I’m pleased to say that a select few brought home trophies from the event.

Best Speculative Fiction Novella Form: The Arwen by Timothy Callahan
Best Non-Speculative Fiction: Number One with a […]

SFWA knee-jerk strikes again

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

Not long after outgoing SFWA vice president Howard Hendrix offended many with his ‘webscabs’ name-calling, current VP Andrew Burt is taking poor aim at Scribd:
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to fraudulently remove numerous non-infringing works from Scribd, a site that allows the general public […]