Sword & Laser Top Stories

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  Tom Merritt

  

  All the New Scifi and Fantasy Books You Absolutely Must Read This Fall

  io9 - Cheryl Eddy

  The weeks between September and mid-November are a bountiful time for book releases, with new works from Alan Moore, Connie Willis, Christopher …

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  Tom Merritt

  

  James Purefoy cast in Netflix's version of ALTERED CARBON

  thewertzone.blogspot.com

  Netflix has announced casting news for Altered Carbon, its cyberpunk TV series based on the Takeshi Kovacs novels by Richard Morgan. Joining Joel …

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  Tom Merritt

  

  Here are the winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards

  The Verge - Andrew Liptak

  Once again, slated works were largely outvoted This year’s World Science Fiction convention, MidAmeriCon II, is currently being held in Kansas City, Missouri. And during tonight’s Hugo Awards ceremony, voters largely rejected the slated works that had been placed on the ballot. The Hugo Award is one …

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  Tom Merritt

  

  Surprise revival in UK printed book sales, with ebooks dipping

  boingboing.net - Rob Beschizza

  Ink on paper is a better product, at least for now, and it's showing at British tills. Sky UK's Lucy Cotter reports the first better year for print …

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  Tom Merritt

  

  Terry Pratchett's WEE FREE MEN optioned for film

  thewertzone.blogspot.com

  Narrativia, the production company set up to bring Terry Pratchett's works to the screen, has announced that it is partnering with the Jim Henson …

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  Tom Merritt

  

  eStories launches an alternative source for audiobooks

  Engadget - Andrew Dalton

  The new service boasts 80,000 titles at launch and a lineup of bestsellers. After ditching the major labels to go pure indie in 2014, digital music store eMusic and its new parent company TriPlay are now ready to take on Amazon and Audible's audiobook dominance. Today, TriPlay launched their …