Posted in SF Bookworm on January 4th, 2007 No Comments »
I happen to run across a very nifty new Web service called Platial (it rhymes with “spatial”), that allows you to create interactive maps which you can place on your website or blog. Once you set up a map you can add location pointers along with notes, pictures and video for any place that has an address the [...]
Posted in SF Bookworm on January 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Subterranean Press is accepting pre-orders for an upcoming limited edition of A Feast for Crows, the fourth volume of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series as well as limited editions of Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora and The Glass Book of the Dream Easters by Gordon Dahlquist.
The [...]
Posted in SF Bookworm on December 16th, 2006 No Comments »
Random House is offering a limited edition of Christopher Paolini’s Eldest, the second book in the Inheritance series. The book features a full-color foldout poster by award-winning artist John Jude Palencar, an excerpt of the history of Alagaësia, art by the author, including an image of Brom’s elf ring, a complete and comprehensive list of people, places and [...]
Posted in SF Bookworm on December 9th, 2006 No Comments »
Claiming an overabundance of peer pressure the SFBC has announced it’s pick for Science Fiction Book of the Year. Top honors went to Rainbow’s End† by Vernor Vinge with runner-up nods to Glasshouse† by Charles Stross and Farthing† by Jo Walton.
Fantasy Book of the Year pick went to The Lies of Locke Lamora† by [...]