Introduction:
Well here we are with another Chronicle. It's been a busy month but somehow we've completed the largest Chronicle to date.
There are a couple of things I would like to mention here before you read the news, stories or reviews in this issue.
Although I am not positive I am suspecting that there might be someone out there contacting authors & publishers using our name and requesting freebies. If you are contacted and are even a little bit suspicious please contact us. We do not run our site by asking for free merchandise or services. We run our site offering what help we are able of giving to the world of Speculative Fiction. I hope that my suspicions are wrong but just in case I thought it best to let everyone know.
The second thing is that in keeping with our aim of helping authors we are holding a writing contest (see below). Please feel free to email me for further information or to let me know if you think this is a good idea or not.
Steve.
Writing Contest:
We are holding a SF short story contest, further details here
Competition News:
The winner of the February Brian A. Hopkins competition was Ian S. Bolton.
This month we have two UK paperback books to give away. Click on the books for the questions. Closing date for both competitions is March 31, 2002.
 Stephen King's Cujo |
 Tim Powers's The Anubis Gates. |
Market News:
News of an anthology accepting submissions. Entitled The Night Lands, they are now accepting submissions of short stories set in the world of William Hope Hodgson's Entropic Romance. Further details can be found on the Night Lands website at http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/nightficoff.html.
UK based Telos Publishing are open for submissions for either Doctor Who novellas or general horror or fantasy novellas, series etc. Full details can be found on their website at http://www.telos.co.uk/.
Medium Rare books are currently accepting unsolicited horror manuscripts. Full details and submissions policy at the website at http://www.mediumrarebooks.com/submit.htm.
Author/Book News:
Sheila Finch currently has two novels at press. 'Reading the Bones' is the novel length version of her Nebula winning 'lingster' novella, with an all new second part of 30,000 words. It will be available from Tachyon Press. The other will 'Birds', a novel about satellites and aliens blundering into our atmosphere. It will be published by Wildside Press. Publication dates will be posted when available.
US author Elena Dorothy Bowman's website has moved. The new address is http://home.attbi.com/~elenab/index.html. The old site will 'die' on March 15, 2002. Her email address also changes - to elenab@attbi.com.
Neal Asher has announced he has signed a new three book deal with Pan MacMillan. The three books are provisionally titled 'Cowl at the Beginning', 'Brass Man, and 'The Line of Polity'. More information can be found at the author's website at http://website.lineone.net/~nealasher/.
A website publicising the collection Broken by Alex Severin, Hertzan Chimera & Wrath James White has gone live. You can find it at http://www.brokencollection.homestead.com/. Not for the faint-hearted though.
September 2002 will see the release of the first Robert R. McCammon novel in a decade. It will be entitled 'Speaks the Nightbird'. Further details available on his website at http://www.robertrmccammon.com/.
The original hand-written manuscript of 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker is to be auctioned at Christie's in New York on April 17th 2002. It was rediscovered in 1980 in the US after having laid in a bank vault for the previous 90 years. It is expected to fetch more than (USD) $2 million (GBP £1.4 million).
Paper Tiger have announced details of the forthcoming fantasy art book 'Perceptualistics' by Jael, with text by John Grant. This 112 page, 81/2" x 113/4" hardback book will be available in May 2002. Details of their press release...here.
Night Shade Books have announced they are compiling a five volume set entitled 'The Complete Fiction of William Hope Hodgson'.
UK author Graham Joyce's novel 'The Stormwatcher' will see a limited edition US hardcover release from Night Shade Books. This run will be limited to 1000 signed copies retailing at $40.
US based British horror author Simon Wood has a new URL for his website following the demise of Excite@home. He can now be found at http://www.simonwood.net/.
A first edition of J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book '...The Philosopher's Stone' sold at auction for 10,000 GBP. It beat the previous record for the book of 6,000 GBP set in November 2000.
A stage version of Stephen King's book Misery will be performed at the Gateway Theatre, Chester, UK June 24-29, 2002, starring Leslie Grantham and Sandra Maitland. Further details can be found on the Gateway website at http://www.gateway-theatre.org/.
Film rights to Philip Pullman's 'Dark Materials' trilogy have been sold to New Line Cinema, the company repsonsible for the recent 'Lord of the Rings' movie.
Terry Pratchett's Truckers is touring UK theatres...More
Publisher News:
Eagle One Media have just released their first publication licenced Space 1999 novel. The book in question is E.C. Tubb's Alien Seed.
Night Shade Books have revamped their website. The new site now includes a weekly editorial column 'A View From Corona' which will include talk about horror, book recommendations or pretty much anything. In addition to this they have moved. and are now split between San Francisco and Portland OR. New address is
Jason Williams
Night Shade Books
501 S. Willamette St.
Newberg, OR 97132
503-475-7408
Bookseller News:
Andromeda Books in Birmingham UK might not be closed for good. A resuce plan is currently underway and they are looking for investors. Anyone with (GBP) £5000 to invest should contact the store's owner Rog Peyton. Details available on the website at http://www.andromedabooks.com/. Good luck guys, we want you back!
Event News:
Octocon 2002 (October 19-20 2002, Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire) has added more guests to the lineup. In addition to Rachel Armstring, Eugene Byrne, Michael Carroll, Simon Clarke, Maggie Furey, Roger Gregg, Harry Harrison, John Higgins, Paul J. Holden, Graham Joyce, Ian MacDonald, Juliet E. McKenna, John Meaney, Kim Newman, Colin Smythe, John Vaughan, Ian Watson, and China Miéville (GoH) they have confirmed Morgan Llewellyn and Michael Scott will also attend. That's some lineup.
Full details can be found at the Octocon Website at http://www.octocon.com/2002/
Here advanced notice of a Storm Constantine Wraeththu event. Provisionally booked for the 10th-12th October to take place at the Tillington Hall Hotel in Stafford, England. She is currently looking for registrations to help secure the event venue. Before June 1 2002, registration is (GBP)£35, June 2 2002 - December 31 it will be (GBP) £40, thereafter it will be (GBP) £50 with a registration deadline of August 2003.
For details or to register email Storm at malaktawus@aol.com.
Media News:
The film version of the Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring received 13 Oscar Nominations. The nominations were for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Sir Ian McKellen), Best Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Sound, Art Direction, Editing, Visual Effects, Make-Up and Best Song (May It Be).
LoTR:FoTR has managed to win eight BAFTAs (British Academy Awards). They include Best Film, Best Director, Special Effects, Make-Up/Hair.
Award News:
The 2001 Nebula Awards Nominees announced...More.
The 2001 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot announced...More.
The 2001 International Horror Guild Award Nominees announced...More.
The Locus Poll and Survey is currently taking votes. It can be reached either via their website, or by using the voting form in the magazine. Voting will continue until May 1 2002.
Author Interviews:
C.K. Anderson
This Month's Short Fiction:
Jack Fisher - Flesh and Cogwork (SF)
Edmund Glasby - The Final Act (Horror)
Paul Kane's R.S.V.P. (Horror)
Paul Kane's Why Does It Always Reign On Me? (SF Comedy)
This Month's Sample Chapters:
Elena Dorothy Bowman's The House on the Bluff
Elaine Corvidae's Tyrant Moon (f)
Shawn P. Madison's Guarder Lore (sf)
Linda Suzane's Eyes of Truth (f)
Simon Wood's Accidents Waiting To Happen (h)
Author Resource:
Recommended Newsletter:
eBook-ecstacy. Not just 'cos we get a mention, which is great, but also because this is a very detailed, informative guide to some of the best in the eBook publishing world. Go on, try it, you'll enjoy it - and you never know you may come across some great fiction you'd not have known about otherwise.
New Reviews Added:
Diana Barron - Phantom Feast (h)
Charlotte Boyett-Compo - The Windkeeper (f)
Mayra Calvani - Dark Hunger (h)
Simon Clark - Judas Tree (h)
Hertzan Chimera (Mike Philbin) - Szmonhfu (sf)
Derek M. Fox - Recluse (h)
Peter F. Hamilton - Watching Trees Grow (sf)
Brian A. Hopkins - These I Know By Heart (sf/f/h/ss)
John Karr - Dark Resurrection (h)
Tracy Knight - The Astonished Eye (sf)
Ariana Overton - Glass House (sf/f)
Ariana Overton - A Glass Darkly (sf/f)
Ariana & Max Overton - Looking Glass (sf/f)
Mike Resnick - Soothsayer (sf)
Sabrina the Teenage Witch - Pirate Pandemonium (f)
R.L. Stine - Superstitious (h)
Linda Suzane - Eyes of Truth (f)
Patrick Welch - The Thirteenth Magician (f)
Conrad Williams - Nearly People (sf)
F. Paul Wilson - Sister Night (h)
Robert Charles Wilson - The Perseids and Other Stories (sf/ss)
New Bibliographies Added
Paul Barnett (John Grant) Main Bibliography
Rick Buda Main Bibliography
Jael Art Books Bibliography
Isabo Kelly Main Bibliography
Steve Lazarowitz Main Bibliography
Robert Marcom Main Bibliography
Mark Misercola Main Bibliography
Lida Quillen Main Bibliography
Alex Roces Main Bibliography
Ann K. Schwader Main Bibliography
Ardy M. Scott Main Bibliography
Stefani Sobers Main Bibliography
Space 1999 Series Bibliography
Linda Suzane Main Bibliography
Patrick Welch Main Bibliography
Conrad Williams Main Bibliography
Robina Williams Main Bibliography
Updated Bibliographies
Sheila Finch (sf) Main Bibliography
John B. Ford (h) Main Bibliography
Ian McDonald (sf) Main Bibliography
Books Received
Diana Barron - Phantom Feast (Barclay Books)
Elaine Corvidae - Tyrant Moon (NovelBooks, Inc.)
Charlotte Boyett-Compo - Windkeeper
Charlotte Boyett-Compo - Windseeker
Hertzan Chimera - Szmonhfu
Ed. Steve Eller - Brainbox (Irrational Press)
Ed. Steve Eller - Brainbox II: Son of Brainbox (Irrational Press)
Mark Misercola - Death to the Centurion (Twilight Times Publications)
Bonnie Mercure - The Curse of the Three-Headed Circus (Double Dragon eBooks)
Bonnie Mercure - The Jacob Theory (NovelBooks, Inc)
Mike Resnick - Birthright (Farthest Star)
Keith Rommel - Spirit of Independence (Barclay Books)
Rie Sheridan - The Lute and the Liar (NovelBooks, Inc.)
Linda Suzane - Eyes of Truth (Twilight Times Publications)
Patrick Welch - The Casebook of Doakes and Haig (Twilight Times Publications)
Patrick Welch - The Thirteenth Magician (Twilight Times Publications)