- Ann and Jeff VanderMeer and PM Press are working with Jef Smith of Think Galactic to put together a Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology.
- The Baffler magazine is relaunching—with fiction from Kim Stanley Robinson, Chris N. Brown, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (translated by Anna Summers) and tons of smart nonfiction. I loved—and was successfully baffled by—The Baffler in its previous incarnations so I am bouncing with happiness that it is returning.
- John Joseph Adams, editor of Lightspeed and all those huge anthologies, is going to edit a horror magazine! Back Nightmare Magazine and get ahead of the curve.
Kickstarter with 1/2-Price LCRW Subscription
Tags: John Crowley, KickstarterWearing my Small Beer Press hat (or T-shirt), we’re running a Kickstarter for what John Crowley calls the first science fiction novel. We’re offering the DRM-free ebook as one of the rewards which can also be acquired with a 1/2 price LCRW ebook subscription: 8 issues for the price of 4. Subscriptions will be fulfilled here on Weightless and current subscribers who choose this option will have their subscriptions extended.
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
Tags: Kickstarter, Ursula K. Le GuinHope you will consider backing this if you can!
Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology TK. In the meantime, these:
Tags: Bull Spec, DRM-free—yay!, Kickstarter, Lethe Press
Wow! Our International Anti-DRM Day 1/2 day sale was super popular. Just shows that there is a huge market for DRM-free books, especially if the price is low low low. We sold hundreds of books and I hope took the DRM-free word out to a whole new audience. Thanks as ever for spreading the word about Weightless.
Today we sent out the latest issue of N. Carolina-based Bull Spec as well as posting a triplet of fascinating Lethe Press books, including Divining Divas: 100 Gay Men on Their Muses. We also added a couple more Wildside megapacks—they are just flying out of here. They’re almost free, so it shouldn’t really be a surprise.
Other books that are doing well: another of Lethe’s recent titles, Point of Hopes: A Novel of Astreiant by Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett and Andrea Hairston’s Tiptree Award winner, Redwood and Wildfire.
We’re always happy to hear from you—reviews are welcome in the comments—about new publishers you’d like us to add or new features.
And, did you see these excellent Kickstarter projects?