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New entry Nov 01
Critter Notices
Critters is 21!
Yes, 21 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
How to Write SF
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.)
(Also via Amazon)
Space Travel for SF Writers
Hot off the presses from ReAnimus Press! Space Travel - A Science Fiction Writer's Guide— An indispensible tool for all SF writers that explains the science you need to help you make your fiction plausible. (Also via Amazon)
P&E Seeks New Caretaker
Unfortunately, much of the data on the P&E site has become stale and outdated, and needs a new caretaker with the time required to update the site. The listings are being removed until they can be updated by a new caretaker.
Note that the P&E/Critters Annual Readers Poll will run as usual in January.
If you are interested in taking the reins of P&E, and possess what's needed — at least 20hrs/week to volunteer, excellent investigative skills, in-depth knowledge of the publishing industry, ability to detect scams from not-scams, thick skin, good web site skills, good writing ability — please get in touch. Thanks for your interest!
Interviewed!
I'm being interviewed live on public radio for Critters 20th birthday. For those who want to listen, it's on the 10am (Mountain time) show on Thursday, 11/19/16, on Colorado Public Radio - www.cpr.org has streaming on the site or it's 90.1 FM in the Denver area. [Interview is done, you can listen on the site]
Free Web Sites
Free web sites for authors (and others) are available at www.nyx.net.
ReAnimus Acquires Advent!
ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!
Network speeding up
I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any prolonged outages you see.
Preditors & Editors Changeover
With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at pred-ed.com.
Critters Server is Dying has been Replaced
See important details here in my blog. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available for this week, FYI.)
Book Recommendation
THE SIGIL TRILOGY:
The universe is dying from within...
"Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock
Announcing ReAnimus Press
If you need help making ebooks from manuscripts or print copies—or finding great stuff to read—look no further! An ebook publisher started by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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Known Issues
Below is a list of know issues reported with the Reader' Poll. If you know of a problem and don't see it listed here, you may report it here.
In All other Novels, Error, this novel was released in 2015.
In Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, Hi, I hope I am writing to the write place. Help! I think I've entered my novel into the wrong category in the P & E readers poll. Henry Anderson's "The Mouth" may have been entered in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories. I should have entered it in novels : Science Fiction and Fantasy (as it's a novel) If that is the case could you delete it please? if so have written to the wrong person could you tell me who to write to? Thank you Henry
In Book/e-book Editors page, 'Jorge Salado-Reyes' is a typo and should read: 'Jorge Salgado-Reyes'.
In Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories, Andrew the last is not appearing in the current tallies listing.
In Romance Novels, Someone entered the Smashwords edition of my novel "Blowing Smoke (SoulShares #6)" in the Romance category -- I appreciate the heck out of the thought, but that book came out in July of 2015, so I don't think it's eligible this year. I'd actually like to enter SoulShares #7 in that category, but I don't want to split my vote...
In Horror Short Stories, 'Adjudication' is a duplicate of 'Adjudication'. My story is listed at least four times! Will they be combined?
In Authors page, 'Charie D. La Marr' is a duplicate of 'Charie D. La Marr'. Listed twice!
In Thriller Novels, confessions of an english psychopath jack strange has the wrong link
In Children's Books, I mistakenly offered up the same children's novel that I offered up last year. PHILIP AND THE MISERABLE CHRISTMAS. A brain cramp on my part with no malice intended. Please delete the novel from the eligible list of possibilities. Thanks, and with apologies, John Paulits
In Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, I don't know if it's just my iPhone view, but the entry for Alien Nation does not contain any information except the title. Most notably, the author's name is missing. I came to the page to vote for the book, but others might not vote for it because the author is missing.
In Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories, 'andrew the last' is a duplicate of 'Andrew The Last'. It would appear that someone has nominated Andrew The Last as 'andrew the last' and it appears twice on the voting page....possibly a lost vote if not corrected?
In Book/e-book Cover Artwork page, 'The Island by Clarissa Johal' is a duplicate of 'The Island by Clarissa Johal (cover design by Greg Simanson)'. 'The Island by Clarissa Johal ' is a typo and should read: 'The Island by Clarissa Johal (cover design by Greg Simanson)'. I added my book The Island and listed the cover designer in parenthesis. I don't know if this will result in two listings or me losing votes. It should read The Island by Clarissa Johal (cover design by Greg Simanson) Can this be fixed or no?
In Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories, 'Andrew The Last' is a duplicate of 'andrew the last'.
In Book/e-book Editors page, 'cott T. Goudsward, David Price, and Daniel G. Keohane' is a typo and should read: 'Scott T. Goudsward, David Price, and Daniel G. Keohane'.
In Book/e-book Cover Artwork page, 'The Island by Clarissa Johal ' is a typo and should read: 'The Island by Clarissa Johal (cover design by Greg Simanson)'.
In Horror Short Stories, I hate to be a pest, but the way you printed out the logo for the winning story is wrong. My last name is La Marr - the way you have it makes it look like Marr. Can you please correct it and make La Marr on the second line? It means a lot to me. People tell me they search for my work under Marr. It will help me if it says La Marr on the second line.
In Romance Novels, Crimson Bayou by Alizabeth Lynn in the Romance Novel and Bookart category appears to have been published in December 2014 (source Amazon)
In Mystery Novels, in Mystery Novels A Death in the Hills by Paul Barra appears to have been published in 2014 (source amazon) it was number 8 in your 2014 poll of Mystery Novels
In Romance Novels, Rage by Linda Burson appears to have been published in 2015 (source Amazon). This book placed 3rd in the 2015 Thriller Novel poll.