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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!
Book Recommendation
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News
Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
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)
New Book from a Critter Member
**NOW IN
PRINT EDITION
TOO!** Awesome new book,
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS,
from a Critter member who's unearthed a shard of The Secret
to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work.
"...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUM
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The Critters Queue
Manuscripts themselves are here.
Queue of manuscripts out or to be sent (dates are estimated,
depending on number of mss. sent out, which depends on number of
members; probabalistically, the end of the queue is usually about
a month away):
Title Author
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Week of 20-Nov-2024 (Crits due 27-Nov-2024):
F A Love Song for the Mockers, ch. 2 [mpc] Tim Nall -#31647
F Evangeline, Chapters 2 and 3 Brian Sellnow -#31648
SF Dragonfly, Chapter 1 Mike Bristol -#31649
F The Moonvoice Chronicles chapter 4 Erin Tunney -#31650
SF Red Eyes Samuel Johnston -#31651
SF Imagination for the Modern Teen Matt Britton -#31652
H The Doorkeeper Jeffrey A. Bishop -#31653
Week of 27-Nov-2024 (Crits due 4-Dec-2024):
SF Apparent Horizon, Perspective Paradox, Chapter 2 Kevin Doyle
H l'Hotel sous la Voute Bryce Paradis
SF Undertow Rae Gehman
F The Gods Need Nukes Chapter 01 Robert Harpold
F Miora the Unseen, chapter 1-2 Haneen Babbitt
SF Earth Gets a Different Preeminent Biped From Time to Time F.B. Hughes
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 2, Ch 3 - 4 Sean Masters
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 10 Lawrence A. Clough
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(Note, if the last week above looks abnormally large, it probably
needs me to add a new week, a task I do manually when I get around
to it. Future critique dates are approximate and subject to change.)
Symbols:
[@] - Pro [SFWA/HWA] author
[*] - Extra week(s) for holidays/aburt-out-of-town.
[mpc] - Most Product Critter Award winner
[!] - Special non-Wednesday dates because Critter Captain will be out of town
[ERROR!] - This means there is a problem and your manuscript will NOT be
sent out - Contact the Critter Captain ASAP if you see this by your name.
Waiting to enter Queue (Will enter at end of queue on "[date]"):
F The Moonvoice Chronicles chapter 5 Erin Tunney [27-Nov-2024]
H The Infected Jim Keane [after-novel]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapters 27 and 28 Brian Sellnow [27-Nov-2024]
H The Invisible Assassin Chapter 3 Jim Keane [?]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 29 Brian Sellnow [?]
F Feareater part 1 Erin Tunney [?]
SF The Path to the Cornmill F.B. Hughes [4-Dec-2024]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 30 Brian Sellnow [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 3, Ch 5 - 7 Sean Masters [4-Dec-2024]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 4, Ch 8 - 9 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 5, Ch 10 - 12 Sean Masters [?]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 31 and 32 Brian Sellnow [?]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 11 Lawrence A. Clough [4-Dec-2024]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 12 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F Godless Wars, Chapter 1-2 Duje Kokan [06-Nov-2024]
F Uptown Valkyries, Chapters 2-3 Arthur Sankey [13-Nov-2024]
F Ghost Warrior Joel Stanley [13-Nov-2024]
SF Apparent Horizon, Perspective Paradox. Chapter 1 Kevin Doyle [13-Nov-2024]
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>> Note 1: Held manuscripts are removed after four weeks on hold and
>> must be resubmitted.
>> Note 2: It is the *author's* responsibility to notify Aburt when
>> they have brought up their critique count and want their ms. sent out.
[Click here to see the queue including archival data from 1995.]