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-- Craig E. Engler, Editor
Wants original fiction
thoroughly enjoy your magazine and read it cover-to-cover (so to speak) every week in just one sitting. However, there is a way to improve it -- two words, original fiction. You are currently not accepting submissions of it. I can think of two reasons that you are not publishing short-stories:
- You're afraid that if the magazine is too long, people who are careful of the amount of time they spend on the Web (for cost reasons) won't read it.
- There are legal complications to publishing on the Web.
I understand that each of these reasons can present a problem in publishing original fiction, but if it can be done, do it. Science Fiction Weekly is already informative and a joy to read; I believe the only way to out-do yourselves is to include short stories in your regular line-up.
Mike Stauss
stauss@centre.eduEditor: Thank you for the kind words and the suggestion, Mike. Actually, although the points you bring up need to be addressed in some fashion before we can add fiction, the simple fact is that we're not quite ready to add short stories to our publication...yet.
Whatever happened to Sunrise Theater?
This is distressing because there are few sites dedicated to classic science fiction and this site was the best I had seen both in content and presentation. Do you have any information on "Sunrise Theater" as to why it is not accessible or if it will ever be available in the future. Thanks for your help.
Carole Dutton
carolted@aug.comEditor: I'm sorry to say that we're as baffled as you are. However, we'll keep an eye out for the site and let readers know if it reappears.
Wants more information on Anne Rice show
he Anne Rice as-yet-unnamed TV movie for CBS due out sometime in 1997-98, is this a "1 shot" deal or is it a "pilot" for a possible TV series?
Tegann
jstaurus@freenet.tlh.fl.usEditor: Our understanding is that this will be a weekly one-hour drama, although in the volatile world of television nothing is ever certain.
A fun fact...sort of
ust a fun fact: Did you know that the cover of Schismatrix Plus has a mistake in it?
David Zucker
dnz@infohouse.comEditor: Actually...no, I didn't. And I don't have a cover in front of me to look at. Want to let us in on the secret?
If you liked The Sparrow you'll also like...
ood review of The Sparrow. This book ranks as one of my two best for 1996 and one of the top 10 science fiction books I read in over 50 years of reading. Now, to finish off you must repeat must read Karen Hall's Dark Debts...
Martin C. Lally
mclfurn@sccoast.netEditor: We'll pass the tip along to our readers, Martin. Thank you.
Ahem...it's "Beyond" not "By"
Tom Kazmark
kazmarkt@ix14.ix.netcom.comEditor: Thanks Tom, and thanks to all of our readers who pointed out our error -- it has since been corrected. As to the ratings, we let our reviewers call them as they see them.
What's up with Battlefield Earth?
hat ever happened to the proposed movie Battlefield Earth from the novel by Hubbard?
Steven Hendrickson
bigsteve@gamewood.netEditor: Rumor has it the movie begins production this month, although we have nothing official on that yet.
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