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Books Due May 8:
  • Michael Moorcock London Bone (UK: Scribner)
  • Pamela Sargent Child of Venus (US: Avon)
    Published last week:
  • Karen Joy Fowler Sister Noon (US: Putnam; associational)
  • Ian McDonald Ares Express (UK: Simon & Schuster/Earthlight)
  • Terry Pratchett Thief of Time (UK: Transworld/Doubleday; US edition: HarperCollins)
  • Connie Willis Passage (US: Bantam Spectra)

    [Complete list of notable books scheduled for May]

    Computer Game release, 8 May:

  • Myst III: Exile

    SFFH Films in current release:

  • The Mummy Returns [ website | IMDb ]
  • Spy Kids [ website | IMDb ]

    New on Region 1 DVD, 8 May:
    New releases:

  • What Women Want
  • The X-Files: Complete Third Season
    Backlist:
  • The Flying Saucer (1950; really awful)
  • Incubus (1963; with William Shatner! in Esperanto!!)
  • My Favorite Martian (1963; TV series)

    Conventions (11 - 13 May)
    MARSCON 2001: A SPACE ODDITY (Bloomington MN)

    Author Appearances
    Mon 7 May 2001

  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at Barnes & Noble, 395 Route 3 East, Clifton NJ, US, 8-9 p.m. (info)
  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at Borders, 5 World Trade Center, New York NY, US, 12:30 p.m. (info)
    Tue 8 May 2001
  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at Chester County Book Co., 975 Paoli Pike, West Chester PA, US, 7:30 p.m. (info)
  • M. Shayne Bell, Susan Casper, Susan Casper, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Melanie Tem appear on SciFi.com Chat, 9 p.m. EST (about Asimov's Mother's Day anthology)
    Wed 9 May 2001
  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at Barnes & Noble, 555 12th Street NW, Washington DC, US, 12:30 p.m. (info)
  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at Borders, 5871 Crossroads Center Way, Baileys Crossroads VA, US, 7:30 p.m. (info)
  • Terry Pratchett (Thief of Time) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 7 p.m.
  • Connie Willis (Passage) reads and signs at University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle WA, US, 7 p.m.
    Thu 10 May 2001
  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at Barnes & Noble, 7020 Valley Creek Plaza, Woodbury MN, US, 7 p.m. (info)
  • Terry Pratchett (Thief of Time) reads and signs at The Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., San Francisco CA, US, 7 p.m.
    Fri 11 May 2001
  • Terry Pratchett (Thief of Time) reads and signs at Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley CA, US, 7:30 p.m.
  • Connie Willis (Passage) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 7 p.m.
  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at Uncle Hugo's, 2864 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis MN, US, 6:30 p.m. (info)
    Sat 12 May 2001
  • Connie Willis (Passage) signs at Dangerous Visions, 13563 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks CA, US, 2-4 p.m.
  • Allen Steele (Chronospace) signs at Flights of Fantasy, 217-221 Central Ave., Albany NY, US, 6-7:30 p.m.
  • Paul Levinson (Borrowed Tides) reads and signs at Flights of Fantasy, Albany NY, US, 7 p.m.
  • Dennis Etchison (Talking in the Dark) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 12 noon (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • Howard Hendrix (Better Angels) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 12 noon (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • Jeff Mariotte (Unseen #1: The Burning) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 12 noon (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • Rebecca Anderson (Glass-Slipper.com) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 2 p.m. (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • David Gerrold (Bouncing Off the Moon) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 2 p.m. (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • Michael Reaves (Hell on Earth) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 2 p.m. (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • Tamara Thorne (Eternity) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 2 p.m. (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • Mark Allen (Wolf Den) appears at Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302, San Diego CA, US, 3 p.m. (Mysterious Galaxy's Eighth Annual Birthday Bash)
  • Tad Williams (Otherland: Sea of Silver Light) signs at The Avid Reader, 617 Second St, Davis CA, US, 2 p.m. (info)
  • Terry Pratchett (Thief of Time) reads and signs at University of Washington, Kane Hall, Seattle WA, US, 7 p.m.


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