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Arc 1.3 released… sort of… and free for a limited time

Thanks to Vortex for giving me the heads up that Arcfinity 1.3 has been released today. Most intriguingly, not for Kindle (yet) and equally intriguingly, free for a limited time (until October 3rd). C… more →

Sweat, Tears and Digital Ink

This evening’s programme

pieceofpaperpress wrote 3 weeks ago: … more →

Tags: Novels, Fiction, eBooks, ePub, Albertopolis Disparu, Science museum, Free, interdisciplinary, Art and Science

It's been over 100 days since my last...

iansales wrote 7 months ago: There are probably people somewhere on this planet who believe that if you read too many books, you … more →

Tags: Book Haul, M. John Harrison, Ian Fleming, adam roberts, liz jensen, dg compton, Melissa Scott, Gary Gibson, Charles Palliser

Arc 1.3 released... sort of... and free for a limited time

mgm75 wrote 7 months ago: Thanks to Vortex for giving me the heads up that Arcfinity 1.3 has been released today. Most intrigu … more →

Tags: Magazines, Me and my Kindle, digital magazines, Futurism, arcfinity, arc 1.3, Kindle Magazines, new scientist arc

Arc 1.3 competition announced — 12 comments

mgm75 wrote 8 months ago: So Arc 1.3 finally has a release date – Monday September 24th. By my reckoning that makes it a … more →

Tags: Magazines, Me and my Kindle, Competitions, Fiction Writing, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Writing Competitions, Creative Writing, New Scientist

Where is Arc 1.3? — 1 comment

mgm75 wrote 8 months ago: By my reckoning it is late. Arc 1.1 was released on 15th Feb 2012. Arc 1.2 was released on 24th May … more →

Tags: Magazines, Me and my Kindle, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, kindle, New Scientist, digital magazines, Digital Media, ARC Magazine

Arc 1.2 Review

mgm75 wrote 11 months ago: The theme of this, the second volume of the Arcfinity ezine, is about the future of humanity, subtit … more →

Tags: Book Review, Magazines, Me and my Kindle, ARC, arc 1.2, arc magazine new scientist, arcfinity, Book, Digital Media

Arc 1.2 - First impressions

mgm75 wrote 11 months ago: For those of you who didn’t already know, the second volume of Arcfinity was released yesterda … more →

Tags: Magazines, Me and my Kindle, essays, Science Fiction, Frederik Pohl, eBook Readers, kindle, speculative fiction, New Scientist

British sci fi writers call for UK version of SEE — 4 comments

mgm75 wrote 1 year ago: A group of authors that includes Ken MacLeod and Alastair Reynolds has called for a UK version of th … more →

Tags: Science Fiction, In The News, Alastair Reynolds, Sci-Fi, arcfinity, british sci-fi, Science and Entertainment Exchange

Arc 1.1 Review — 4 comments

mgm75 wrote 1 year ago: Here then, at last is my review of the first volume of the Arc ezine. I’ve had to read it this … more →

Tags: Book Review, Magazines, Me and my Kindle, Fiction, Short Stories, essays, Science Fiction, Science, Alastair Reynolds

Arc 1.2 needs you...

mgm75 wrote 1 year ago: I know I’ve yet to review Arc 1.1 as promised (I’ve barely skim-read it) but already I … more →

Tags: General Updates, Magazines, Me and my Kindle, essays, Science Fiction, eBook Readers, kindle, speculative fiction, New Scientist

Putting the Science in Fiction - a free workshop

Gary Dalkin wrote 1 year ago: With several of the biggest names in UK Science Fiction speaking, this free event looks unmissable f … more →

Tags: Science Fiction, Press Releases, Free Stuff, Authors, Workshops, Science, Stephen Baxter, Fiction, University of Manchester

WILD JUSTICE - Edited by Ellen Datlow — 2 comments

nullimmortalis wrote 1 year ago: I’m due to start below another of my gradual real-time reviews, turning leitmotifs into a gestalt. A … more →

Tags: Mike O'Driscoll, Joyce Carol Oates, Christopher Fowler, ellen datlow, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ash Tree Press, a r morlan, Thomas Tessier, Terry Lamsley

Arc 1.1 - first impressions — 4 comments

mgm75 wrote 1 year ago: On my way to work this morning, I was listening to Radio 4 (as you do) and Simon Ings, the editor of … more →

Tags: Magazines, Me and my Kindle, essays, Science Fiction, Alastair Reynolds, eBook Readers, kindle, China Mieville, speculative fiction

Arc 1.1 is ready

mgm75 wrote 1 year ago: Regular readers might remember I commented on the new digital magazine Arc just before Christmas. Th … more →

Tags: Magazines, Me and my Kindle, essays, Science Fiction, eBook Readers, kindle, speculative fiction, New Scientist, digital magazines

Arc is coming... look busy — 2 comments

mgm75 wrote 1 year ago: I received an interesting press release in my e-mail inbox today about a new magazine called Arc fro … more →

Tags: In The News, essays, Science Fiction, kindle, New Scientist, digital magazines, Digital Media, essay magazines, Magazines

Interzone 237 — 6 comments

Jim Steel wrote 1 year ago: Artwork By Richard Wagner Interzone 237 will be published later this month and contains fiction from … more →

Tags: Interzone, Peter Tennant, Ian Hunter, Lawrence Osborn, Ian Sales, paul kincaid, Nick Lowe, Tony Lee, David Langford

Dead Water, by Simon Ings

paulfcockburn wrote 1 year ago: Originally published in Interzone, issue 237 (November/December 2011). It can be argued that many wr … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, William Gibson

CineSci6 - Metropolis — 1 comment

James Robson wrote 1 year ago: Metropolis@CineSci6: Sunday 11 September, 3pm Our new CineSci6 season of films at the Clapham Pictur … more →

Tags: Events, Cinema, cinesci6, Metropolis, Fritz Lang, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, classic film, Cult Film

Dead Water - Simon Ings — 5 comments

Richard wrote 1 year ago: The Weight of Numbers, the last novel from Simon Ings, was a dizzying, thrilling, captivating gem of … more →

Tags: Review, SF, Novel


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