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Helsinki in 2015
- Written by Sini
The Helsinki in 2015 Worldcon bid has announced the Chairs running the Convention. They are Jukka Halme, Karo Leikomaa and Crystal Huff.
If you want to know more of the Helsinki bid, see Helsinkiin2015.org. Vote for us in LoneStarCon3!
Iain M. Banks has passed away
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
Author Iain Banks has died aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer, his family has said.
Banks, who was born in Dunfermline, Fife, revealed in April he had gall bladder cancer and was unlikely to live for more than a year.
He was best known for his novels The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and Complicity.
More info:
Emmi Itäranta's debut novel to be published in the UK and USA
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
Emmi Itäranta's debut novel, Memory of Water (original title: Teemestarin kirja), will be published in the UK and USA in 2014.
More information about Emmi Itäranta can be found on these websites:
GIVEAWAY: Drachar's Demons (by David and Andrew Burrows)
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
GIVEAWAY: Drachar's Demons (by David and Andrew Burrows)
Three paperback copies of Drachar's Demons (by David and Andrew Burrows) will be given to readers who participate in the giveaway. See conditions below.
In order to participate in the giveaway, all you have to do is:
1) Suggest a new character for a side story to the following excerpt from Drachar's Demons (see newfantasytrilogybydavidburrows.blogspot.co.uk).
2) Ask an interesting or amusing interview question from the authors.
Check out Risingshadow's review of Drachar's Demons at www.risingshadow.net/articles/214-a-review-of-david-and-andrew-burrows-drachar-s-demons.
Conditions
Send your character suggestion and interview question to this e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You must give a valid e-mail address, name and mailing address. Subject of the e-mail message must be: DRACHAR.
Three winners will be selected by the consensus between the authors and Risingshadow. Winners from both categories and one runner up will receive the book (the runner up will be selected randomly from all the participants who have submitted a valid character suggestion and an interview question). Winners will be contacted by e-mail.
This giveaway ends at February 28th, 2013.
Risingshadow’s virtual bookshelf now recommends personalized book picks for you according to your own taste in books!
- Written by Darkki
We here at Risingshadow have always been eager to help people find new absorbing science fiction and fantasy books to read. Our book database contains over 40.000 speculative fiction books with reviews and it’s growing all the time. We will also get you informed about released and coming books! So there’s a lot to read for any bookworm, both new picks and old hidden pearls. Finding a good book from an enormous selection like this is not always an easy task!
However, we are excited to reveal you guys this, as a Risingshadow member, it’s now easier than ever to find new books of your own taste! When you build your very own virtual bookshelf here on Risingshadow, our brand-new book recommendation engine will study your taste in books and start to recommend book picks carefully chosen for You! The more books you read and rate, the more apposite recommendations you’ll get! Pretty exciting, isn’t it?
And what’s more, you can also peek at other people’s public bookshelves to see how similar book tastes you have! This is an easy way to find people who have same kind of interests and see which books they have been reading lately. How great matches do you think we’re gonna find?
To get started, just get your own Risingshadow account if you don’t have one already, and pick the first 10 books to your own virtual bookshelf by rating them with 1-5 stars. It’s fun and easy!
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