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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, and Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber have been in the running to be a pick, according to this new page over at the S&L wikihttps://swordandlaser.wikia.com/wiki/...
Dara wrote: "I'm sure Veronica will get it right."LOL
Who does own the copyright?The manual, How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work, is confusing.
The copyright catalog entry for Slan has the following:
Type of Work: Text
Registration Number / Date:
RE0000061713 / 1979-12-31
Renewal registration for: A00000059653 / 1951-10-02
Title: Slan. By Alfred E. VanVogt.
Copyright Claimant:
Alfred E. VanVogt (A)
Basis of Claim: New Matter: revision.
Variant title: Slan
Names: VanVogt, Alfred E.
As of September 2018, S&L will have selected 16 of 34 Grand Masters for a monthly pick. Nearly halfway.S&L has read five of the six women named Grand Masters. Jane Yolen to go.
Grand Master Ursula K. Le Guin has been a monthly pick twice.
2018 Peter Beagle
2017 Jane Yolen
2016 C.J. Cherryh, Downbelow Station, 1981, March 2013
2015 Larry Niven, Ringworld, 1970, July 2013
2014 Samuel Delany, The Einstein Intersection, 1967, January 2014
2013 Gene Wolfe, Shadow and Claw, 1994, February 2011
2012 Connie Willis, Doomsday Book, 1992, November 2017
2010 Joe Haldeman, The Forever War, 1974, August 2009
2009 Harry Harrison
2008 Michael Moorcock
2007 James Gunn
2006 Harlan Ellison
2005 Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight, 1968, April 2013
2004 Robert Silverberg
2003 Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea, 1968, February 2014
---- The Left Hand of Darkness, 1969, July 2017
2001 Philip José Farmer
2000 Brian W. Aldiss, Helliconia Spring, 1982, September 2017
1999 Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
1998 Poul Anderson
1997 Jack Vance
1996 A. E. Van Vogt, Slan, 1940, September 2018
1995 Damon Knight
1994 Frederik Pohl, Gateway, 1977, March 2017
1991 Lester Del Rey
1989 Ray Bradbury
1988 Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man, 1953, September 2013
1987 Isaac Asimov, Foundation, 1951, September 2012
1986 Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End, 1953, April 2008
1984 Andre Norton, The Time Traders, 1958, July 2016
1981 Fritz Leiber
1979 L. Sprague de Camp
1977 Clifford D. Simak
1976 Jack Williamson
1975 Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, 1966, July 2010
Edit: Added year book published
I don't know who owns the copyright these days, but there is a full text version online athttp://www.prosperosisle.org/spip.php...
including MOBI and EPUB format
Edit: Text is from the Simon and Schuster edition, 1951
Dara wrote: "It's only $3.99 on Kindle right now: https://www.amazon.com/Slan-van-Vogt-...Mark, that's a great cover!"
I love it when we read these older titles with a rich publication history.
The Swedish bug-eyed monster edition
First UK hardcover edition
The serialized first appearance in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1940 thru December 1940
The first hardcover from 1946
A Dell paperback from 1953
So many cool old covers for Slan...Fantastic Story Magazine, Summer 1952
Found this on my shelf of old SF paperbacks. I don't remember reading it, but that's not unusual. I used to haunt used book stores and I'd pick up anything and everything that looked interesting. Edit: this edition published 1961.
Random Penguins is reissuing books that were adapted as movies. Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/se...
One of the first titles in the series is Logan's Run by William F. Nolan. So far its the only SF&F title but there are many classic SF&F films based on books, so probably more to come.
Dara wrote: "The real question is... what were they drinking?"Good question. Apparently there was a Belter bar at Worldcon76
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/th...
Edit: Can't tell if this actually happened.
Worldcon76 photos of the Best Fancast winners and nominees...https://www.worldcon76.org/photograph...
The Supremes at the Hugos, from the Worldcon76 photo gallery...
Walmart has opened an ebook/audiobook storefront (including audiobook subscription).https://www.walmart.com/cp/563202
Service is linked with the Kobo ecosystem. US only for now.
Edit: Audiobook subscription option provides one audiobook per month for $9.99. Free 30-day trial for the subscription. First-time customers signing up get $10 off their first eBook or audiobook purchase.
a stone-eye is someone who isn't affected by jade, so they can carve it, transport it, etc
