Out
of the Woodwork 200 June 2013 - Bicentennial Issue
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To celebrate our 200th edition of
OotW we have decided to offer a 15% discount on all orders over
£10 for 5 days starting now - to thank you for your support
and contributions over the years. Simply order and use the voucher
code OOTW200 to get the discount at the shopping cart.
Obituaries:Ray
Harryhausen, visual effects master, died at aged
92. Trevor Bolder,
bassist in David Bowie's 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, has
died from cancer at the age of 62. Jack
Vance has died at the grand old age of 96 - details
below Department of Smug Self Satisfaction - what
our kind customers have to say about the fantastic experience! Silly Stuff. Some of the entertaining images
we've found during the last few weeks - plenty more on our facebook
page.
Latest new arrivals -
"The Failed Cities" by Matt Wallace in
a signed limited edition from Murky Depths,
"Spin" by Nina Allan (TTA Press Novella)
as well as Interzone 246 and Black
Static 34. We also have copies of "Tales
of Obscenity" from SST Publication and "The
Green Book" from Swan River Press. Last but
not least the amazing Arthur Machen
Master of the Weird Tale from Centipede Press -
what a marvellous publication that is.
External Blinks:
In Arthur Machen's supernatural stories, the everyday city landscape
of London is portrayed as an illusion, hiding a mystical world.
The writer John Gray considers what they teach us about the limits
of perception. BBC
magazine
10 of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters -
BBC magazine The winners of the
Aurealis Awards have been announced
Game of Thrones will end in Season 7 - according
to Io9 The
Guardian poses the question - will Stephen King ever be admitted
to the literary elite along with John Le Carre and his ilk?
Police were called in when a long-running dispute between the two
groups spilled over into the dark side at a sci-fi convention -
the force were called - acording to the
Mirror Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's new book borrows its title
and theme from Dante's Inferno, an account of the Italian poet's
imagined journey through hell. Writer and church historian Stephen
Tomkins gives a 10-point tour of the underworld. BBC
magazine Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels are cult classics of 20th
Century English literature. Writer and philosopher John Gray considers
what they tell us about the nature of the modern world.
BBC magazine The
Guardian SF review: The Peacock Cloak by Chris Beckett, The
Best of all Possible Worlds by Karen Lord, Fuse by Julianna Baggott,
Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman, The Grim Company by Luke Scull,
Ganymede by Cherie Priest
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The
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. has announced
the recipients of the 2012 Nebula Awards®.
The Nebula Awards® are voted on and presented by the active
members of SFWA for outstanding science fiction and fantasy published
in 2012. The awards were announced at the Nebula Awards® Banquet
held at in San Jose, CA, May 16-20.
The Recipients of the 2012 Nebula Awards:
NOVEL: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
(Orbit US; Orbit UK)
NOVELLA: After the Fall, Before the
Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
NOVELLETTE: “Close Encounters”
by Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant & Other Stories)
SHORT STORY: “Immersion”
by Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
RAY BRADBURY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC
PRESENTATION: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin
(director), Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin (writers), (Journeyman/Cinereach/Court
13/Fox Searchlight)
ANDRE NORTON AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE
FICTION AND FANTASY BOOK: Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
2012 DAMON KNIGHT GRAND MASTER AWARD:
Gene Wolfe
SOLSTICE AWARD: Carl Sagan and Ginjer
Buchanan
KEVIN O’DONNELL JR. SERVICE TO SFWA AWARD: Michael H. Payne
A
rare Superman comic book that features the first appearance of
the superhero has been found in the wall of an abandoned house
in Minnesota. It's considered the holy grail of
comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut
of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers
insulating a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.
Gonzales did some research that confirmed the comic with a cover
showing the Man of Steel holding a car over his head was valuable,
though it's not worth as much as it could have been
Amazon
has announced that fan fiction authors will be able to sell some
of their work on the firm's Kindle e-book platform.
Fan fiction is literature inspired by popular books, films and TV
shows, written by enthusiasts. Publication outside of blogs and
online fanzines is often difficult because of copyright issues.
A deal with a TV division of Warner Brothers enables fan fiction
based on three TV series to be self-published. The three series
are Gossip Girls, The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, under
the arrangement between Amazon and Alloy Entertainment, owned by
Warner Brothers Television Group BBC
story
A
rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
with annotations and drawings by author JK Rowling, has sold for
a record price. After a bidding war between two
buyers the book sold for £150,000, a new record for a printed
book by Rowling. It was part of a sale of annotated first edition
books by 50 UK and Commonwealth writers.
BBC story
Unwanted
books consigned to the shelves of charity shops have been rescued
by a Cambridge bookseller and turned into works of art for
a literature festival. Justin Rowe started carving up the pages
of old books as a hobby in 2010, using a small rotating-bladed scalpel.
Some of his art is now taking centre stage at the British Academy's
free literature week celebrations in London. Mr Rowe "lifts"
illustrations from "junk books" to create scenes and illuminated
installations. BBC
story
A
treasure trove of literary first editions collected by an English
teacher has sold at auction in Edinburgh for a total of £226,000.
Bruce Ritchie, from Stirling who died in October
2012, owned first editions of classic works such as Charles Dickens'
A Christmas Carol (1843). The lot also contained The Wind In The
Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908) and Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead
Revisited. BBC
story
Some of the first editions in the sale
History Of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749) - £1,700
The Rape Of The Lock by Alexander Pope (1714) - £1,800
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1843) - £2,700
Prufrock by TS Eliot (1917) - £3,600
The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908) - £1,200
Dubliners by James Joyce (1916) - £3,800
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (1945) - £1,600
Amazon's
UK subsidiary paid just £2.4m in corporate taxes
last year, the online retailer's accounts show, despite making sales
of £4.3bn. The tax bill was almost as much as the £2.5m
in government grants Amazon received over the same period, according
to a Companies House filing. The taxes are relatively low compared
to sales because the company earns its profits in Luxembourg. Labour
MP Nick Smith described Amazon's tax contribution as "pathetic".
BBC story
Peter
James has stood down after two years chairing the Crime Writers’
Association, to be replaced by Alison Joseph.
Alison was handed the traditional Creasey Bell, named for the CWA’s
founder, during its Diamond Jubilee conference held over the last
weekend in April. Alison said, “Peter James has been a wonderful
Chair. He has been extremely hard-working and committed. In his
time as Chair he has succeeded in raising the CWA's profile, not
only in this country but internationally too. He’ll be a hard
act to follow.”
A
one-of-a-kind phaser rifle used by William Shatner in the second
pilot episode made for the original Star Trek series sold for $231,000
at an auction conducted by Julien's. The price is
the second-highest paid at auction for a prop from the 1960s edition
of Star Trek, surpassed only by the $304,750 a collector laid out
for the captain's chair in 2008. A miniature special effects model
of the enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation sold for $576,000
in 2006. Hollywood
reporter
One
for the collective consciousness:- and once again nothing
to report on! Peace and tranquility prrevail.
Obituaries:
SF Grand Master Jack
Vance, 96, died May 26, 2013 in Oakland CA. Vance
was one of the most influential SF authors of the postwar period,
and his visionary imagination and sophisticated, often playful use
of language inspired countless SF writers, including Avram Davidson,
Harlan Ellison, Matthew Hughes, George R.R. Martin, Michael Moorcock,
and Gene Wolfe. His landmark Dying Earth sequence, set in the far
future, began with collection The Dying Earth (1950) and continued
with novel The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Cugel’s Saga
(1983), Rhialto the Marvelous (1984), and several related stories.
Vance redefined the nature of planetary romance with his Big Planet
(1952), and continued exploring that universe in sequel Showboat
World (1975). Locus
story. Guardian
- tributes pour in
Visual effects master
Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion wizardry graced
such films as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, has
died aged 92. The American made his models by hand and painstakingly
shot them frame by frame to create some of the best-known animated
sequences in cinema. His death in London was confirmed to the BBC
by a family representative. "Harryhausen's genius was in being
able to bring his models alive," said an official statement
from his foundation. "Whether they were prehistoric dinosaurs
or mythological creatures, in Ray's hands they were no longer puppets
but became instead characters in their own right." BBC
story
Trevor Bolder, bassist
in David Bowie's 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, has died
from cancer at the age of 62. In a statement, Bowie remembered him
as "a wonderful musician" who had been "a major inspiration
for whichever band he was working with". His death was announced
by rock band Uriah Heep, who called him "a world-class bass
player. BBC
story and video
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Silly
stuff; Some of the more amusing pictures we've found
on the internet over the past month
New arrivals for your delectation:-
THE FAILED CITIES by Matt
Wallace (Murky depths) signed limited edition.
The House of Murky Depths is proud to announce
it will be producing a special limited hardcover edition of
the underground sci-fi noir classic that New York Times best-selling
author Scott Sigler calls, “... an examination of the
human spirit, a darkened mirror that reflects the true nature
of the struggle, not only for survival, but for civilization.
For order information
and price click on the image
SPIN by Nina Allan (TTA Press)
“Nina Allan’s re-imagining of
the Arachne myth, with its receding overlays of the modern
and the antique, creates a space all its own. The scene is
clean and minimal, the light Mediterranean, the story seems
musing and sad: but by the last two pages, Spin has you in
a grip that persists long after you put it down” M.
John Harrison
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and price click on the image
INTERZONE 246 edited by Andy
Cox (TTA Press)
The May–June issue contains new fiction
by Steven J. Dines, Jess Hyslop, Nigel Brown, Aliette de Bodard,
Priya Sharma, Lavie Tidhar, Georgina Bruce, and James White
Award winner Shannon Fay. The cover art is by Jim Burns, and
interior colour illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Martin
Hanford, David Gentry, Vincent Sammy, and Wayne Haag. All
the usual features are present
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and price click on the image
BLACK STATIC 34 edited by
Andy Cox (TTA Press)
The May–June issue of Black Static contains
new fiction by Nina Allan, Joel Lane, Ilan Lerman, Andrew
Hook, Sean Logan. The front and back cover art is by Ben Baldwin,
and interior illustrations are by Ben again, Martin Hanford,
Tara Bush, Joachim Luetke, and Richard Wagner. Comment by
Stephen Volk and Lynda E. Rucker
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and price click on the image
TALES OF OBSCENITY edited
by Paul Fry (Short, Scary tales Publications)
The magazine of erotic and horror fiction.
Includes:
In Remembrance" by Jennifer Loring
"First Love" by Angeline Hawkes
"Suck on This, Bitch!" by Ty Schwamberger
"Sacrificing Virgins" by John Everson*
"Obsession" by Jeremy Terry
"Daddy's Got You" by M.R. Gott
"The Way I Love You" by Christopher Fulbright
"Alan and Christine" by J. F. Gonzalez
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and price click on the image
THE GREEN BOOK 1 edited by
Brian J Showers (Swan River Press)
Aimed at a general readership, The Green Book
features commentaries, articles, and reviews on Irish Gothic,
Supernatural and Fantastic literature. Certainly favourites
such as Bram Stoker and John Connolly will come to mind, but
hopefully The Green Book also will serve as an introduction
to Ireland's other notable fantasists: like Fitz-James O'Brien,
Lafcadio Hearn, William Allingham, Sheridan Le Fanu, Cherio,
Mrs. Riddell, Harry Clarke, Lord Dunsany, Elizabeth Bowen,
Mervyn Wall, Conor McPherson . . . this list is by no means
exhaustive
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and price click on the image
ARTHUR MACHEN - Master of
the Weird tale (Centipede Press) ltd ed of just 200 slipcased
copies
The largest collection of Arthur Machen stories
ever collected in one volume, including original artwork by
Matthew Jaffe, a new introduction by T.E.D. Klein, and a new
afterword by Caitlín R. Kiernan.
Contents include The Great God Pan, the complete Three Imposters,
“The White People,” and many more. A complete
PDF of the contents is available on request. Bound in cloth
with a full cloth slipcase.
The edition is limited t0 200 signed and numbered copies,
and the book is signed by T.E.D. Klein, Matthew Jaffe, and
Caitlín R. Kiernan
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