ConCarolinas has some truly extraordinary guests. Three— no, SIX! of them were recently honored (one of them twice!)
An Announcement from Author, Faith Hunter:
I am pleased to announce that my life’s work is currently being added to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection at Texas A&M University.
TAMU has one of the largest research collections devoted to science fiction and fantasy in the world, with over 30,000 individual titles (books and other monographs), many thousands of SF and fantasy serials (including 90% of all the SF pulps published in the US in the 20th century), and over 110 individual archival collections. These last range from collections of fanzines to the manuscripts, correspondence and other materials from genre authors, editors and other creators.
Authors for which they have manuscript material include Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Delany, Howard, Le Guin, McCaffrey, Norton, Silverberg, and Sladek, among others. They also have a lot of materials from authors from Texas and the Borderlands (including my native Louisiana!) regions, such as Elizabeth Moon, Lisa Tuttle, Martha Wells, and Howard Waldrop.
The also hold a large collection from Michael Moorcock, as well as the complete papers of George R.R. Martin.Texas A&M will ensure that my materials are preserved and protected, and accessible to scholars, fans, and other interested parties alike, well into the future.
Yes. I am feeling very humbled.
Faith Hunter
Faith also won the Critters Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Science Fiction & Fantasy Award for her book, Flame in the Dark (Soulwood Novel).
Sharon Stogner’s site, I Smell Sheep, won for best Review Site.
John Hartness of Falstaff Books placed 3rd in the Top 10 of the Best Horror Novel with Damnation: Quest for Glory Book I: Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Year Three.
Lawless Lands, the weird west anthology published by Falstaff Books and edited by Emily Leverett, Misty Massey and Margaret S. McGraw, placed in the top ten of the P&E poll, too!
Congratulations to Faith, Sharon, John, Emily, Misty, and Margaret! (If we missed anyone please email us at concarolinas@concarolinas.org.)
Remember, if you’d like to be a guest for ConCarolinas 2018, you have until Sunday at 9pm to fill out your guest application.
Also, did you know that we have a special running all year long in honor of our Media GOH – DC Douglas? Less than 15 minutes registering for your 2018 membership could save you 15% with the promo code DC@CC2018