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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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"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)
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
Submission files 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 4-Sep-2024 (Crits due 11-Sep-2024):
SF The Last Luddite Jeffrey Steven Abrams -#31549
F No Man's Daughter Ch1-3 Justine Lombardi -#31550
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 3 Lawrence A. Clough -#31551
F Callous Wage Stephen Shewmake -#31552
F Awakened, Chapters 1-2 Kate Ferraro -#31553
F The Doyen Trials, Chapter 1 Charity Butcher -#31554
H Masking Chapter 1 & 2 Stephanie J Ryan -#31555
F The Oblate of Darden, Chapter 1 David Morel -#31556
H Ekphrasis Tiffany Ogunsua -#31557
Week of 11-Sep-2024 (Crits due 18-Sep-2024):
SF Aleena Part 1 Robert Philbrook
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 22 Brian Sellnow
SF The Godmaker, ch 2 Steve Palmer
F Waterproof Sandra Edwards-Thro
F Upon a Time, Prologue, Ch 1-3 Sean R Prater
F Cordelia Ran, Prologue and Ch. 1-3 Leilani Potgieter
F Cal and the Mind-Mage Robert Harpold
SF The Aztec Gods - A Snapshot Novella - Part 2 Dsle Cozort
SF Remy's Last Heist F.B. Hughes
F School of Will, Chapters 1-5 Mya_G
Week of 18-Sep-2024 (Crits due 25-Sep-2024):
SF Action at a Distance, Chapter 1 Nicholas Marshall
SF machin dyab Vince Bonasso
H Sacrimony Isabel Ford
F Everything Goes Dark: 1865 Rachel Jackson
SF Carbon Matthew D Ross
SF The Lovelace Test Henry McFarland
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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 Invisible Assassin Chapter 1 Jim Keane [after-novel]
H The Invisible Assassin Chapter 2 Jim Keane [?]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 4 Lawrence A. Clough [11-Sep-2024]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 5-6 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 23 Brian Sellnow [18-Sep-2024]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 7 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 8 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 9 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 24 Brian Sellnow [?]
F The Gods Need Nukes Chapter 04 Robert Harpold [18-Sep-2024]
SF The Green Workbook for Refugees from Earth, in the Order in Which a Female Refugee Read It and Filled It Out F.B. Hughes [18-Sep-2024]
F Fools Dare Stephen Shewmake [11-Sep-2024]
F Evangeline, Chapter 1 Brian Sellnow [?]
F No Mans Daughter ch 4-6 Justine Lombardi [11-Sep-2024]
H The Last Insurance Policy Jeff Abrams [11-Sep-2024]
SF Time is a Luxury Stephen Shewmake [?]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F The Moonvoice chronicles prologue-chapter 2 Erin Elizabeth Tunney [17-Jul-2024]
F QUERY LETTER: Phoebe's Trail Isabel Ford [04-Sep-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.]