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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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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.
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
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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 9-Oct-2024 (Crits due 16-Oct-2024):
SF Wunderwaffen, at War's End [mpc] Douglas Kolacki -#31597
SF The Mycorrhizal Afterlives of Shih Shen [mpc] F.B. Hughes -#31598
SF A Jones For Your Affection [mpc] Chris Hepler -#31599
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 24 Brian Sellnow -#31600
F No Man's Daughter Ch 7 Justine Lombardi -#31601
SF Time is a Luxury Stephen Shewmake -#31602
SF Do Geese See God F.B. Hughes -#31603
SF Aleena Part 3 Robert Philbrook -#31604
F An Arm for a Sword Chris Owens -#31605
Week of 16-Oct-2024 (Crits due 23-Oct-2024):
F The Department Store John Edlund
SF The Faster Than Light Go Cart, chapter 4 Tom Blackstone
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 7 Lawrence A. Clough
F Gems of the Forgotten Chapter 1 Erin Tunney
SF Simulacrum Matthew D Ross
F Everything Goes Dark: 1666 Rachel Jackson
SF Anti-christ Tiffany Ogunsua
SF The Apocalypse Equation Don Bisdorf
H Skingrinder: A Camping Story Isabel Ford
H Sharing a Life Stephanie J Ryan
F Thirty-Five Genie Heads on a Wall Larry Hodges
SF Red Eyes Samuel Johnston
F Tenek's Crossing C. A. Corbell
F A Love Song for the Mockers, chapter 1 Tim Nall
F A Season Fraught with Fire Katara Ziegler
F The School of Will, Chapters 1-2 M. Gaede
F Uptown Valkyries, Chapter 1 Arthur Sankey
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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 Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 8 Lawrence A. Clough [23-Oct-2024]
F The Enchantress and the Scholar, Ch 9 Lawrence A. Clough [?]
F The Moonvoice Chronicles chapter 3 Erin Tunney [23-Oct-2024]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 25 Brian Sellnow [16-Oct-2024]
SF Mark of the Predator, Chapter 26 Brian Sellnow [?]
F Evangeline, Chapters 2 and 3 Brian Sellnow [?]
SF The Agentic Necklace F.B. Hughes [16-Oct-2024]
SF Aleena part 4 ROBERT PHILBROOK [16-Oct-2024]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
F QUERY LETTER: Phoebe's Trail Isabel Ford [04-Sep-2024]
F The Blue Rose of the Cantos Guled Obsiye [25-Sep-2024]
SF Antichrist Tiffany Ogunsua [02-Oct-2024]
H The Invisible Assassin Chapters 1 and 2 [mpc] Jim Keane [after-novel] [09-Oct-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.]