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Dark Matter #4
Cover Page DarkIssue Four Matter July 2011 SF, Fantasy & Art [email protected] Dark Matter Issue Four July 2011 SF, Fantasy & Art [email protected] Dark Matter Contents: Issue 4 Dark Matter Stuff 1 News & Articles 7 Gun Laws & Cosplay 7 Troopertrek 2011 8 Hugo Award Nominees 10 2010 Aurealis Awards 14 2011 Aurealis Awards to be held in Sydney again 15 2011 Ditmar Awards 16 2011 Chronos Awards 20 Renovation WorldCon 22 Iron Sky update 28 Art by Ben Grimshaw 30 Ebony Rattle as Electra, Art by Ben Grimshaw 31 The Girl in the Red Hood is Back … But She’s a Little Different 32 Launching & Gaining Velocity 34 Geek and Nerd 35 Peacemaker - A Comic Book 36 Continuum 7 Report 38 Starcraft 2 - Prae.ThorZain 46 Good Friday Appeal 50 FAQ about the writing of Machine Man, by Max Barry 65 J. Michael Straczynski says... 67 Interviews 69 Kevin J. Anderson talks to Dark Matter 69 Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson talk to Dark Matter 78 Simon Morden talks to Dark Matter 106 Paul Bedford talks to Dark Matter 115 Cathy Larsen talks to Dark Matter 131 Madeleine Roux talks to Daniel Haynes 142 Chewbacca is Coming 146 Greg Gates talks to Dark Matter 153 Richard Harland talks to Dark Matter 165 Letters 173 Anime/Animation 176 The Sacred Blacksmith Collection 176 Summer Wars 177 Evangelion 1.11 You are [not] alone 178 Evangelion 2.22 You can [not] advance 179 Book Reviews 180 The Razor Gate 180 Angelica 181 2 issue four The Map of Time 182 Die for Me 183 The Gathering 184 The Undivided 186 the twilight saga: the official illustrated guide 188 Rivers -
Poetry Unhinged 2008 the Online Revolution Write Club
Newsletter of the SA Writers’ Centre Inc September 2008 Poetry Unhinged 2008 oetry Unhinged is well and truly 2-4pm, Sunday 7th September appearing: Anne Rogers, Tim Strauss and here in the month of September. Spoken Word Competition at the Maurie O’Brien. Also performing will be PSome of the events to get yourself Singing Gallery, McLaren Vale virtuoso guitarist and singer Chris Finnen. along to include: Come along and be entertained by Bookings essential on 8326 5577. performing poets and MC Rob de Kok. 7-10pm, Friday 5th September Email [email protected] Six City of Onkaparinga libraries will Poets and Pizza at Coriole Winery also conduct discussions, seminars Features Peter Goldsworthy, Steve Evans, 7pm, Saturday 13th September and workshops. For information on Patricia Irvine and Amy Bodossian. Phone Bush Poets Bonanza at Amande B&B, dates, times and bookings please call Coriole Vineyards on 8323 8305 or email Willunga 8384 0666 or email Tammy Barry at [email protected] Three of SA’s top bush poets will be [email protected] The Online Revolution online environment to make your life easier mirror which reflects much more than as a writer? would normally meet the eye. In a world constructed entirely from the imagination On Thursday 16th October the SA of its residents, avatars/‘quasi-people’, Writers’ Centre will hold a forum on Digital generate amazing reflections of our hopes, Communities and Cyber Culture. Ian Bone imaginations and desires. Amanda Hassett in Second Life and real life and Amanda Hassett will explore the he revolution is happening now, internet and, in particular, Second Life, as a This will be a fascinating insight into so how are you using the online window into the future of communication, the way that people are using the online Tenvironment? Is it just one big interaction and creativity. -
Grimdark Magazine Issue 27 PDF
1 Contents From the Editor Beth Tabler Outliers A.M. Shine Crossing the Monster Kaaron Warren Island of Sin Jack Murphy An Interview with Chuck Wendig Beth Tabler The Tesseract Evan Marcroft An Interview with Paul Tremblay Beth Tabler The Jewels of the Mermaids Marisca Pichette The Case for Conflict Sadie Hartmann Tubes Jeremy C. Shipp An Interview with Graham Masterton 2 Beth Tabler Gingerbread Lindsay King-Miller 3 From the Editor BETH TABLER Hey, there. My name is Beth Tabler, and I am guest editing the horror crossover issue of Grimdark Magazine. As a young connoisseur of all horror and science fiction movies inappropriate for my age, I remember seeing Poltergeist for the first time when I was seven years old. I had snuck down to the television while my folks were sleeping. I never quite got over demonic trees, clowns, and an old woman screaming, "Carol Anne." I remember reading my first Stephen King book, Salem's Lot, at 12. I knew at that moment that my reading life would never be the same. I remember the first grimdark book I read at 25; it was Mark Lawrence’s Prince of Thorns, by the way. I realized sometimes heroes aren't heroic, bad guys can be protagonists, and life is full of a lot more gray than I had thought. Horror and grimdark are a part of who I am and how I see the world. They are my jam. The themes of horror and grimdark have always gone hand in hand. But often, a thin gray line separates the two, a place where the story does not fall one way or another but sits on that terrifying spot between the two, where you can't quite tell what is what. -
IRS for ANZAPA
- 2 for ANZAPA #267 - J u n e 2012 and for display on eFanzines (www.efanzines.com) o-o-o Contents This issue’s cover .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 The Lady Varnishes ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 Vale Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) ................................................................................................................................... 5 Letters from (North) America....................................................................................................................................... 7 Conventions held and on the horizon ............................................................................................................................ 9 Awards at the Natcon – Sunday evening 10th June 2012 .......................................................................................... 12 Hugo Awards - 2012 nominations ............................................................................................................................. 16 Fan Funds represented or commented on at Continuum 8 ...................................................................................... 19 Surinam Turtles - trade paperbacks online for US$18.00 from Ramble House: http://www.ramblehouse.com..... 21 Book review – ‘A Kingdom Besieged’ by Raymond E Feist (in his -
THE MENTOR 79, July 1993
THE MENTOR AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION CONTENTS #79 ARTICLES: 8 - THE BIG BOOM by Don Boyd 40 - WHAT IS SF FOR by Sean Williams COLUMNISTS: 14 - NORTHERN FEN by Pavel A Viaznikov 17 - A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIAN "FANTASTICA" by Andrei Lubenski 32 - SWORDSMAN OF THE SHEPHERD'S STAR by Andrew Darlington 45 - IN DEPTH #6 by Bill Congreve COMIC SECTION: 20 - THE INITIATE Part 2 by Steve Carter DEPARTMENTS; 2 - EDITORIAL SLANT by Ron Clarke 49 - THE R&R DEPT - Reader's letters 61 - CURRENT BOOK RELEASES by Ron Clarke FICTION: 4 - PREY FOR THE PREY by B. J. Stevens 23 - THE BROOKLYN BLUES by Brent Lillie Cover Illustration by Steve Carter. Internal Illos: Steve Fox p. 7, 39 Peggy Ranson p.11, 13, 44, 48 Sheryl Birkhead p. 49 Rod Williams p. 68 Julie Vaix p. 68 THE MENTOR 79, July 1993. ISSN 0727-8462. Edited, printed and published by Ron Clarke. Mail Address: THE MENTOR, c/- 34 Tower St, Revesby, NSW 2212, Australia. THE MENTOR is published at intervals of roughly three months. It is available for published contribution (Australian fiction [science fiction or fantasy]), poetry, article, or letter of comment on a previous issue. It is not available for subscription, but is available for $5 for a sample issue (posted). Contributions, if over 5 pages, preferred to be on an IBM 51/4" or 31/2" disc (DD or HD) otherwise typed, single or double spaced, preferably a good photocopy (and if you want it returned, please type your name and address) and include an SSAE anyway, for my comments. -
Transcendental Basenji Sermons & Enlightenment
Transcendental Basenji Sermons & Enlightenment 14/08/2009 1 Mailing comments on Transcendental Basenji ANZAPA issue # 214 of August Sermons & Enlightenment 2003 A submission for ANZAPA 215 Necessity 52 Kryptonite – Jack Herman Volume 1 Number 3 - October 2003 Jack you might want to look into some of the distance education maritime / Seamanship courses September 30, 2003, Garry P Dalrymple that OTEN is currently or about to offer. There are Postal Address: about twenty of them and I have just finished P.O. Box 2 Bexley North NSW 2207 copyright item listing them all. They include stuff of use to both vocational and recreational Home phone (after 7 pm) 02 –9718- 5827 Seamanship. // My purpose in considering standing [email protected] against Linda Burney was actually to try to help ensure her election by i.e. by drawing off the INDEX conservative first preferences from Liberal and One Nation candidates by providing another ‘Non- Page 1 – Index Ethnic’ candidate on the ballot ticket. I had been Pages 1 to 5 – Mailing comments on told that several Labor party branches were Anzapa issue # 214 Aug. 2003 refusing to back her, in protest at her imposition on Page 5 – Garry’s recent reading the area by ALP factions currently controlling Pages 6 to 8 – Notes from the Sydney Futurian Head Office. Never mind the colour of her skin, Meeting of June 20, ‘When Games get Real’ for some ALP branches she was the wrong faction. Pages 9 to 12 – Garry’s report on the 2003 Sydney // Given the local weakness of the Liberals (aiming SF Weekend of June 21 and 22, 2003 to come third?) and the local left ish ‘Green Pages 12 to 15 – The Sydney Futurian Meetings of alternative/Anti Stacks’ strength I did not want to July 18, 2003, ‘Super Women in SF’ be a resident of a seat that gave One Nation a high Pages 16 to 22 – Garry’s report on the Australian vote and Linda the boot. -
THE MENTOR 87 “The Magazine Ahead of Its Time”
THE MENTOR 87 “The Magazine Ahead of its Time” JULY 1995 page 1 offers the above-mentioned omul in all varieties. The hotel stands on the banks of the Angara, not far from the city centre. THE TRAVELLING They also provide excursions and Baikal picnics in summer. The city does have other things to boast of: old wooden MUSCOVITE #2 houses in the historical centre, the #3 picture gallery in Russia (after the Hermitage and Tretyakov Gallery). Baikalskaya vodka (made with the pure Baikal water) and good theatre. The bad thing for me was that I was there in November, and could not enjoy either bathing in the Baikal (for this, one should go there by Pavel Viaznikov in July or the first half of August) or enjoying ice and snow (December to March). But I still enjoyed it. ** ** ** The Number One item in the local SF news is the 3- month old story of the Strannik (Wanderer) Prize, which was supposed to be a writers’ prize to the best novel, best short story, best publishing house, etc. Many fans considered it “morally incorrect”, as the nominees were jury members, and the TERRA FANTASTICA publishing house, sponsor of the Do you know Kirgizstan - a republic in our (ie ex-Soviet) prize, was awarded the Best Publishing House award. Middle Asia? Find it on a map, please. Just look for Bishkek (it Now another event at the InterpressCon (St. used to be Frunze). Well, recently I talked to a guy whose Petersburg), where this and several other awards were brother s erved in... -
Australian Science Fiction: in Search of the 'Feel' Dorotta Guttfeld
65 Australian Science Fiction: in Search of the ‘Feel’ Dorotta Guttfeld, University of Torun, Poland This is our Golden Age – argued Stephen Higgins in his editorial of the 11/1997 issue of Aurealis, Australia’s longest-running magazine devoted to science fiction and fantasy. The magazine’s founder and editor, Higgins optimistically pointed to unprecedented interest in science fiction among Australian publishers. The claim about a “Golden Age” echoed a statement made by Harlan Ellison during a panel discussion “The Australian Renaissance” in Sydney the year before (Ellison 1998, Dann 2000)64. International mechanisms for selection and promotion in this genre seemed to compare favorably with the situation of Australian fiction in general. The Vend-A-Nation project (1998) was to encourage authors to write science fiction stories set in the Republic of Australia, and 1999 was to see the publication of several scholarly studies of Australian science fiction, including Russell Blackford’s and Sean McMullen’s Strange Constellations. Many of these publications were timed to coincide with the 1999 ‘Worldcon’, the most prestigious of all fan conventions, which had been awarded to Melbourne. The ‘Worldcon’ was thus about to become the third ‘Aussiecon’ in history, accessible for the vibrant fan community of Australia, and thus sure to provide even more impetus for the genres’ health. And yet, in the 19/2007 issue of Aurealis, ten years after his announcement of the Golden Age, Stephen Higgins seems to be using a different tone: Rather than talk of a new Golden Age of Australian SF (and there have been plenty of those) I prefer to think of the Australian SF scene as simply continuing to evolve. -
FINAL 2017 All Years Booklist.Xlsx
2017 All years Booklist Author Book Title ISBN Year Level Aaron, Moses Lily and Me 9780091830311 7-8 Aaron, Moses (reteller); Mackintosh, David (ill.)The Duck Catcher 9780733412882 EC-2 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Does My Head Look Big in This? 978-0-330-42185-0 9-10 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Jodie 978-1-74299-010-1 5-6 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Noah's Law : 9781742624280 9-10 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Rania 9781742990188 5-6 Abdel-Fattah, Randa The Friendship Matchmaker 978-1-86291-920-4 5-6, 7-8 Abdel-Fattah, Randa The Friendship Matchmaker Goes Undercover 9781862919488 5-6, 7-8 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Where the Streets Had a Name 978-0-330-42526-1 9-10 Abdulla, Ian As I Grew Older 978-1-86291-183-3 5-6 Abdulla, Ian Tucker 978-1-86291-206-9 5-6 Abela, Deborah Ghost Club series 5-6 Abela, Deborah Grimsdon 9781741663723 5-6 Abela, Deborah In Search of the Time and Space Machine 978-1-74051-765-2 5-6, 7-8 Abela, Deborah Max Remy Super Spy series 5-6, 7-8 Abela, Deborah New City 9781742758558 5-6, 7-8 Abela, Deborah Teresa 9781742990941 5-6, 7-8 Abela, Deborah The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen 9781741660951 5-6 Abela, Deborah; Warren, Johnny Jasper Zammit Soccer Legend series 5-6, 7-8 Abrahams, Peter Behind the Curtain 978-1-4063-0029-1 9-10 Abrahams, Peter Down the Rabbit Hole 978-1-4063-0028-4 9-10 Abrahams, Peter Into The Dark 9780060737108 9-10 Abramson, Ruth The Cresta Adventure 978-0-87306-493-4 3-4 Acton, Sara Ben Duck 9781741699142 EC-2 Acton, Sara Hold on Tight 9781742833491 EC-2 Acton, Sara Poppy Cat 9781743620168 EC-2 Acton, Sara As Big As You 9781743629697 -
SF Commentarycommentary 80A80A
SFSF CommentaryCommentary 80A80A August 2010 SSCCAANNNNEERRSS 11999900––22000022 Doug Barbour Ditmar (Dick Jenssen) Bruce Gillespie Paul Ewins Alan Stewart SF Commentary 80A August 2010 118 pages Scanners 1990–2002 Edited and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia as a supplement to SF Commentary 80, The 40th Anniversary Edition, Part 1, also published in August 2010. Email: [email protected] Available only as a PDF from Bill Burns’s site eFanzines.com. Download from http://efanzines.com/SFC/SFC80A.pdf This is an orphan issue, comprising the four ‘Scanners’ columns that were not included in SF Commentary 77, then had to be deleted at the last moment from each of SFCs 78 and 79. Interested readers can find the fifth ‘Scanners’ column, by Colin Steele, in SF Commentary 77 (also downloadable from eFanzines.com). Colin Steele’s column returns in SF Commentary 81. This is the only issue of SF Commentary that will not also be published in a print edition. Those who want print copies of SF Commentary Nos 80, 81 and 82 (the combined 40th Anniversary Edition), should send money ($50, by cheque from Australia or by folding money from overseas), traded fanzines, letters of comment or written or artistic contributions. Thanks to Ditmar (Dick Jenssen) for providing the cover at short notice, as well as his explanatory notes. 2 CONTENTS 5 Ditmar: Dick Jenssen: ‘Alien’: the cover graphic Scanners Books written or edited by the following authors are reviewed by: 7 Bruce Gillespie David Lake :: Macdonald Daly :: Stephen Baxter :: Ian McDonald :: A. -
YOUNG WRITERS ONLINE Senior Writers Sessions with Isobelle Carmody Released Term 2, 2020
YOUNG WRITERS ONLINE Senior Writers Sessions with Isobelle Carmody Released Term 2, 2020 What is included? 9 x Creative Writing Sessions – Descriptions Updated 12 June Session 1 – Drawing on Life (29 minutes) Isobelle introduces herself and gives a reading from The Monster Game, from Green Monkey Dreams. This session focuses on drawing on your own life to create believable scenarios and characters with writing exercises focussing on emotions. Session 2 – Using Fairy Tales (22 minutes) In this session Isobelle will read from Moth’s Tale, one of her short stories in The Wilful Eye, and give insights into its background. She focuses on using fairy tales with practical writing exercises to support the reading. Session 3 – World Building (18 minutes) Isobelle gives the background to the creation of her legendary series, The Obernewtyn Chronicles. She focuses on how to build an imaginary history as the back drop to your story. This is her guide to world building – the do’s and don’ts. Session 4 – Building Atmosphere (22 minutes) Following a reading from one of her most famous books, The Gathering, Isobelle discusses its creation and development. Then focuses on how to build atmosphere in your narrative and will lead you in some impressionist writing exercises. Session 5 – Graphic Novels & Using Your Beliefs (19 minutes) In this session, Isobelle will read from her graphic post-apocalyptic fairy tale, Evermore, which is currently being adapted as a mini-series. She also discusses her collaboration with its illustrator, Dan Reed. In this session students will write about their and their characters’ beliefs. -
FINAL 2017 Year 9-10 Booklist.Xlsx
2017 Years 9-10 Booklist Author Book Title ISBN Year Level Abdel-Fattah, Randa Does My Head Look Big in This? 978-0-330-42185-0 9-10 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Noah's Law : 9781742624280 9-10 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Where the Streets Had a Name 978-0-330-42526-1 9-10 Abrahams, Peter Behind the Curtain 978-1-4063-0029-1 9-10 Abrahams, Peter Down the Rabbit Hole 978-1-4063-0028-4 9-10 Abrahams, Peter Into The Dark 9780060737108 9-10 Adams, Douglas Life, the Universe and Everything 978-0-330-26738-0 9-10 Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless 978-0-330-32311-6 9-10 Adams, Douglas So Long and Thanks for All the Fish 978-0-330-28700-5 9-10 Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 978-0-330-49119-8 9-10 Adams, Douglas The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 978-0-330-26213-2 9-10 Adams, Jessica; Partridge, Juliet; Earls, NickKid's Night In! 978-0-14-330058-8 9-10 Adams, Michael The Last Girl 9781743316368 9-10 Adams, Michael The Last Place 9781743316740. 9-10 Adams, Michael The Last Shot 9781743316733 9-10 Adornetto, Alexandra Hades 9780312656270 9-10 Adornetto, Alexandra Halo 9780312656263 9-10 Adornetto, Alexandra Heaven 9780312656287 9-10 Albertalli, Becky Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 9780062348678 9-10 Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie 9780733622694 9-10 Alcott, Louisa May Eight Cousins 978-0-14-037456-8 9-10 Alcott, Louisa May Good Wives 978-0-14-036695-2 9-10 Alcott, Louisa May Jo's Boys 978-0-14-036714-0 9-10 Alcott, Louisa May Little Men 978-0-14-036713-3 9-10 Alcott, Louisa May Little Women 978-1-904633-27-3 9-10 Alexander, Goldie Hanna My Holocaust Story 9781743629673 7-8, 9-10 Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 978-1-84270-844-6 9-10 Allen, Judy The Blue Death 978-0-340-80571-8 9-10 Almond, David My Name Is Mina 978-0-340-99725-3 7-8, 9-10 Almond, David Skellig 978-0-340-71600-7 7-8, 9-10 Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever 1793 978-0-340-85409-9 9-10 Anderson, M.