The National ANI meeting is not going to be in Nashville.
In case you hadn’t heard, Realms of Fantasy is going to cease publication in April 2009. This sudden halt is largely due with the economy. You may have also seen Fantasy and Science Fiction is going to be shifting to bi-monthly publication starting this spring. One of the big difference between Realms and other genre fiction publications like F&SF is that Realms is a full format color magazine. Not only did they include stories but also lots of art work. There is an illustration to accompany each story which really helps get the reader in the state of mind for the story. A grass roots effort has started to save Realms of Fantasy. You can help by joining the Facebook or Live Journal group. For now, the Realms of Fantasy forums are still open.
- Realms of Fantasy October 2008
Stephen King has posted his Top Ten books of 2008 in Entertainment Weekly. Keep in mind, these are books Mr. King read in the 2008, not necessarily books first published in 2008. I haven’t read any of these, but several of them will make it onto my to read list for 2009. Stephen King doesn’t pick books because they are popular, he picks them because he enjoyed the story and found it interesting; expect to see from unusual stories.
10. The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
9. Old Flames by Jack Ketchum
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
7. Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambough
6. Heartsick/Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
5. Nixonland by Rick Pearlstein
4. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
3. When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
2. The Garden of the Last Days by Andre Dubus III
1. In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard
A story I shared with Twitter pal Shaun Farrell appeared on Adventures in SciFi Pubishing No. 69. We’ll see if I get any additional followers after this.
photo by dt0111
Are you inconvenienced when employees or co-workers call out sick? Want to try and put an end to it? Here is one thing you can do, see if there is any pattern to when your employees use sick time. I’m not talking about something as simple as a Monday morning or on Friday. If you have an employee who is obsessed with football and there is a Monday night game for his favorite team and you notice he called in sick on Tuesday, make a note. It happens a second time, give them a warning that if this happens again they will have to use a vacation day and will not be able to take sick time. Your employee will then tell all of his co-workers and overall sick time usage will decrease. This works great for holidays, concerts, children’s extracurricular activities, etc. Once people have to start giving up vacation days, they will go ahead and schedule them in advance or get their lazy butts into work. (Author’s note: I am currently out on medical leave from my job.)
A Case of Need
I just learned of Michael Crichton’s passing yesterday and am sad to see such a great writer gone. Crichton wrote the first science fiction I read that wasn’t part of Star Wars or Star Trek. The first book of his I read, and still my favorite, is A Case of Need.
Ever want to see a zombie invasion of your home town? Well if you live in Grand Rapids, Michigan you got to see a world record Zombie Walk with about 4,000 zombies. Check out this video montage from old friend Andy Draght.
I was at Circuit City last night looking for Christmas presents for my nieces and nephews when I came across Deca Sports. It’s basically a Wii Sports rip-off, but it has Curling! While IGN only gave it a 4.5, they said Curling was awesome (like bowling in Wii Sports). I think I am going to have to watch the bargain bins and try to pick this one up.
I left a voice mail for Dragon Page a couple of months ago and they finally played it this week. I really thought they had buried it since it contained a bit of a dig at co-host Michael Stackpole. My voice mail is in the first few minutes so check it out here.
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Brad’s 360
- HarryMcBack's Xbox - Sep 4 2010 September 4, 2010HarryMcBack was nowhere to be seen yesterday... maybe he needs some new games or something... get some motivation up in this place... […]
- HarryMcBack's Xbox - Sep 3 2010 September 3, 2010I tried to send HarryMcBack an email yesterday telling him to come play... he obviously didn't get it... […]
- HarryMcBack's Xbox - Sep 2 2010 September 2, 2010When HarryMcBack was walking by I pretended to be off. I think it tricked him into turning me on for a few games. Gamer score stands at 26,305. He opened up Magic: The Gathering, and oh... remember to check out my avatar. Isn't he looking awesome lately? […]