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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
THE SIGIL TRILOGY:
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"Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock
Announcing ReAnimus Press
If you're looking for great stuff to read from bestselling and award-winning authors—look no further! ReAnimus Press was founded by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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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)
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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 1-Jan-2025 (Crits due 8-Jan-2025):
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 4, Ch 8 - 9 Sean Masters -#31695
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 12 Lawrence A. Clough -#31696
H The Crooked Road Stephen Shewmake -#31697
H Masking Chapter 1 2nd Draft Stephanie J Ryan -#31698
H Haze's Haunted House Adventure chapters 2 and 3 Adam Zehnbauer -#31699
SF I Do Know This Much Nattamon Montriwat -#31700
Week of 8-Jan-2025 (Crits due 15-Jan-2025):
F Shrimp Girl [mpc] Tim Nall
SF The Missing Final Page of Parker Peabody [@] Larry Hodges
SF Mew World Order Arthur Sankey
SF A Quantum Basilisk, Prologue Nick Codignotto
SF Moon of Discovery, Chapter 1 Mike Bristol
SF Gilgamesh, a Travelogue, Chapters 1-2 synopsis Charles Botsford
Week of 15-Jan-2025 (Crits due 22-Jan-2025):
SF Second Level Deborah Kaminski
SF Pandemonium: Death and Ashes, Chapter 2 John Francis Willems
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 31 and 32 Brian Sellnow
SF The Moonvoice Chronicles chapter 6 Erin Tunney
SF The Army of Dogs Carmen F Clarke
Week of 22-Jan-2025 (Crits due 29-Jan-2025):
SF The Keeper of Time C.K. Butcher
SF A Beautiful Abomination - Chapter 1 Raina Alidjani
F l'Hotel sous les Arcades Bryce Paradis
SF The Eggs Holly Hefner
F Quick-Iron Yri Hansen
Week of 29-Jan-2025 (Crits due 5-Feb-2025):
F Prologue- The Forgotten King Robert Brand-Baker
H Everything Goes Dark: 1666 Rachel Jackson
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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]"):
H The Infected Jim Keane [after-novel]
H The Invisible Assassin Chapter 3 Jim Keane [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 5, Ch 10 - 12 Sean Masters [8-Jan-2025]
F Evangeline, Chapter 4 Brian Sellnow [15-Jan-2025]
F Evangeline, Chapter 5 Brian Sellnow [?]
SF The Last Cut Stephen Shewmake [8-Jan-2025]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 6, Chapt 13 - 14 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 7, Chapt 15 - 17 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 8, Chapt 18 - 22 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 9, Chapt 23 - 25 Sean Masters [?]
SF Bringer of Sorrow, Part 10, Chapt 26 - 28 Sean Masters [?]
F Seven Methods to Coping with the Revelation Your Wife is a Former Magical Girl Holly Hefner [29-Jan-2025]
H May This Love Never Find Me Holly Hefner [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
SF Apparent Horizon, Perspective Paradox, Chapter 2 Kevin Doyle [18-Dec-2024]
F Wild Whisperers, Chapter 3 Madeleine Jenkins [18-Dec-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.]