January
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Books due this month:
Greg Bear, Vitals
David Brin, Kiln People
Ken MacLeod, Dark Light (US)
Patrick O'Leary, The Impossible Bird
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20-24
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2nd Annual Kaua'i Writers Conference
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February
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Books due this month:
Stephen Baxter, Manifold: Origin (US)
Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder (UK)
Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair (US)
Lucius Shepard, Valentine
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8
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Rollerball opens
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15-17
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Boskone 39, Framingham MA; Neil Gaiman GoH
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March
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Books due this month:
Stephen King, Everything's Eventual
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World
Kim Stanley Robinson, The Years of Rice and Salt
Michael Swanwick, Bones of the Earth
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7
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Jack Williamson Lectureship, Eastern New Mexico University; with George R.R. Martin, Michael Swanwick
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8
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The Time Machine opens
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20-24
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23rd International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale FL
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22
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 20th anniverary re-release
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28-31
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Norwescon 25, Seattle/Tacoma WA; Jack Vance GoH
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29-1 Apr
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Helicon 2/Eastercon 2002, St. Helier, Jersey;
Harry Turtledove, Brian Stableford GoHs
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April
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Books due this month:
Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
China Miéville, The Scar (UK)
Alastair Reynolds, Chasm City (US)
Robert Silverberg, The Longest Way Home (UK)
John C. Wright, The Golden Age
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11-14
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World Horror 2002, Rosemont IL; Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaimon GoHs
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19
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The Scorpion King opens
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25-28
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Nebula Awards weekend, Kansas City MO
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May
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Books due this month:
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt (US/UK)
Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity
Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder (US)
Robert Sawyer, Hominids
Wollheim/Gilbert eds, 2 DAW 30th Anniversary anthologies
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1
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Locus Poll ballots due
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3
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Spiderman opens
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16
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Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones opens
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18
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Clarke Award, London
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24-27
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Wiscon 26
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June
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Books due this month:
Jeffrey Ford, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque
David Gerrold, The Martian Child
Kathleen Ann Goonan, Light Music
Gwyneth Jones, Castles Made of Sand (UK)
Alastair Reynolds, Redemption Ark (UK)
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7-10
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Convergence 2002, Melbourne
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21
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Minority Report opens
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July
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Books due this month:
Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Alexander C. Irvine, A Scattering of Jades
China Miéville, The Scar (US)
Christopher Priest, The Separation (UK)
Robert Silverberg, The Longest Way Home (US)
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3
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Men in Black 2 opens
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4-7
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Westercon 25, Los Angeles CA — Locus Awards
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12-14
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Readercon 12, Burlington MA
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August
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Books due this month:
John Barnes, The Sky So Big and Black
Orson Scott Card, Shadow Puppets (US/UK)
Robert Newcomb, The Fifth Sorceress
Geoff Ryman, Air
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2
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Signs (M. Night Shyamalan) opens
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29-2 Sep
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ConJosé / Worldcon 60, San Jose CA PA — Hugo Awards
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September
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Books due this month:
Clive Barker, Abarat (UK)
Terry Books, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Book Three (US/UK)
Kelley Eskridge, Solitaire
Hartwell & Cramer eds, The Hard SF Renaissance
Herbert & Anderson, The Butlerian Jihad (US/UK)
Stephen King, From a Buick 8 (US/UK)
Nancy Kress, Probability Space
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October
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Books due this month:
Clive Barker, Abarat (US)
Jonathan Carroll, White Apples
M. John Harrison, Light (UK)
David Weber, War of Honor
Walter Jon Williams, The Praxis (UK)
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31-3 Nov
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World Fantasy Convention 2002, Minneapolis MN — World Fantasy Awards
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November
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Books due this month:
Stephen Baxter, Evolution (UK)
C.J. Cherryh, Explorer
Robert Jordan, The Crossroads of Twilight
Ken MacLeod, Engine City (UK)
Terry Pratchett, Night Watch (US/UK)
Allen Steele, Coyote
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15
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets opens
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December
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Books due this month:
John Clute, Earthbound (UK)
Joe Haldeman, Guardian
Brian Stableford, The Omega Expedition
Bruce Sterling, Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years
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13
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Solaris opens
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13
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Star Trek Nemesis opens
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18
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The Lord of the Rings Part II opens
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