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20 - 26 August 2001
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US Books recently published:
  • Ken MacLeod The Star Fraction (Tor, 1st US edition)
  • Terry McGarry Illumination (Tor)
  • Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection (St. Martin's Griffin)
  • Gardner Dozois, ed. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection (St. Martin's Griffin)
  • Elizabeth Haydon Destiny (Tor)

    [Complete list of notable books scheduled for August]

    SFFH Films opening in US, 24 August:

  • Ghosts of Mars [ website | IMDb ]
  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion [ website | IMDb ]

    New on Region 1 DVD, 21 August:

  • Hannibal
  • The Wicker Man (1973)
  • The Langoliers (1995)

    Conventions (22 - 26 August)
    VOLGOCON 2001 (Volgograd, Russia)
    BUBONICON 33 (Albuquerque NM)
    EBORACON MMI (UNICON 2001) (University of York, UK)
    A HORRORFIND WEEKEND (Baltimore MD)
    MOSCON XXIII (Moscow ID)
    PentaCon 2001 (Dresden, Germany)
    CYBERCON 2001 (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

    Author Appearances
    Tue 21 Aug 2001

  • Teresa Edgerton (The Queen's Necklace) signs at Barnes & Noble, 3900 Mowry Avenue, Fremont CA, US, 7:30 p.m.
    Thu 23 Aug 2001
  • Stephen Baxter (Origin: Manifold 3) signs at Forbidden Planet, London, UK, 5 p.m.
  • Paul J. McAuley (Whole Wide World) signs at Forbidden Planet, London, UK, 5 p.m.
    Fri 24 Aug 2001
  • Jan Siegel (The Dragon Charmer) reads and signs at Barnes & Noble, 7777 Edinger Ave, Huntingtom Beach CA, US, 7:30 p.m.
    Sat 25 Aug 2001
  • Teresa Edgerton (The Queen's Necklace) signs at Borders, McCarthy Ranch Shopping Center, 15 Ranch Road, Milpitas CA, US, 7 p.m.
  • Mick Farren (More than Mortal) signs at Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank CA, US, 2-4 p.m.
  • Mary Ann Mitchell (Ambrosial Flesh) signs at Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank CA, US, 2-4 p.m.
  • Howard V. Hendrix (Empty Cities of the Full Moon) signs at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 2:30 p.m.
  • Harry Turtledove (American Empire: Blood & Iron) signs at University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle WA, US, 2 p.m.
  • Jan Siegel (The Dragon Charmer) signs at Waldenbooks, 4500 North Oracle Road, Tucson AZ, US, 2:30 p.m.
    Sun 26 Aug 2001
  • Emma Bull (War for the Oaks) signs at Dangerous Visions, 13563 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks CA, US, 2-4 p.m.
  • Howard V. Hendrix (Empty Cities of the Full Moon) signs at Dangerous Visions, 13563 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks CA, US, 2-4 p.m.
  • Michael Moorcock (The Dreamthief's Daughter) signs at Dark Carnival, 3086 Clarement Avenue, Berkeley CA, US, 2-4 p.m.
  • Jan Siegel (The Dragon Charmer) signs at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 2:30 p.m.


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