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November 10, 2014
SF Book Releases This Week: November 11, 2014
Thanks for stopping by another SF Book Releases This Week. If you are an indie or small press author and would like your book included in this list, email us at adventuresinscifipublishing [at] gmail [dot] com. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple […]
November 8, 2014
Cover Reveal – TALES FROM PENNSYLVANIA with Timothy C. Ward
Hey everybody! Good news, my first story in a print book is coming out Friday, November 21. You may remember Michael Bunker from AISFP 249 talking about his novel, Pennsylvania, the trailblazing novel in an exciting new genre of Amish SciFi. While you can read this anthology or his novel first, there is still a […]
November 6, 2014
AISFP 280 – Military Fantasy with Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt
This episode is brought to you by The Grand Hotel, by Scott Kenemore. Welcome to the hotel where nobody checks out. When a desk clerk welcomes a group of tourists into his mysterious and crumbling hotel, the last thing he expects is that a lone girl on his tour may hold the power to unravel […]
November 4, 2014
Top Sci-Fi Characters to Cosplay – Other than Jedi
Whether you’re an out and proud geek or a nerd in hiding, at some point you have probably donned a sci-fi costume. It’s almost as if cosplay (whether at a con or on Halloween) has become a rite of passage into geekdom. And it may surprise you to learn that some of the best cosplay […]
Book Review: Vicious by V.E. Schwab
I believe it was the cover that first drew me to Vicious. Something about it screamed ‘Villain’. That the blurb spoke of a story about archnemeses, super powers, and revenge, and I was pretty much sold. I’m drawn to stories of righting wrongs and heroes that aren’t clean and shiny. What I got … well, […]
October 31, 2014
AISFP 279 – Publishing Round Table with Kevin J. Anderson, David Farland, and Doug Dandridge
Happy NanoWrimo! To celebrate writing and selling your writing, we bring you an amazing, stupendous, stellar, one-of-a-kind publishing round table! . . . Did I oversell it? As part of this panel, seasoned professional authors Kevin J. Anderson and David Farland discuss the ever-changing publishing industry and how they have sustained careers. As Kevin notes, […]
October 30, 2014
Last Contact in Bulgaria
Last Contact is ashort film portraying the despair of a researcher long after his last contact with the outside world. While the film is in the final stages of production, Michael Garrett, theman behind the camera, has turned to Kickstarter for much needed funds to finish and promote the film. We here at AISFP love […]
October 25, 2014
Surviving Publishing Series: Bloggers, Reviewers, and You
After an article posted last Friday in the Guardian, apparently this needs to be said: Reviewers don’t review books for the author. Reviewers review books for readers. For those not aware of the article doing the viral set of rounds on social media, it details the stalking and confrontation of a blogger by YA author, […]
October 23, 2014
Book Review: A NEW DAWN: STAR WARS by John Jackson Miller
A New Dawn brings a new hope to a galaxy far, far away. Amidst all the hullabaloo about Disney purchasing Lucasarts, Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise, one thing became clear – change was inevitable. The greatest change and the most contentious has been removal of all the Star Wars Expanded Universe as canon. With […]
October 22, 2014
Book Review: The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
For all the convenient occurrences, over-explained histories and technologies, and the far-too capable Joshua Calvert it’s still a very engrossing story. The Reality Dysfunction presents a unique universe that has so much to tell.
