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I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.
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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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News
Critters is 25!
Last November, Critters turned 25 years old! Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
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
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
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 21-Sep-2022 (Crits due 28-Sep-2022):
SF Human Ivory [mpc] Russell Weisfield -#30731
F Living Fossils [mpc] Christopher Blake -#30732
F A Walk to Freedom, Prologue v2 [mpc] Dan Battey -#30733
F Departed Chapters 4-6 Laura Mortensen -#30734
F The Returned C.K. Butcher -#30735
F Girl on the Other Side Ron Fein -#30736
F Demon's Bargain, Chapter 1 Carla Hennes -#30737
SF The Quorg _new version_ Becky Neher -#30738
F Wilbur the Wide-Eyed Reindeer Patrick Tibbits -#30739
F Hand of the Thief Ash Kingery -#30740
Week of 28-Sep-2022 (Crits due 5-Oct-2022):
SF Emotive, Chapter 5 Jeff Naylor
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapters 8&9 Eric Wilson
H An Ill-Fated Ride Brian Sellnow
SF Under the Digital Reign Peter Tyler
SF The Uncertain Flight of The Butterfly, rev2 chapters 1 to 3 RFDR Viterbo Guedez
F The Rest of Heaven, Partial Chapter 1 Morgan
H Warped Brood Kevin Stadt
F Everlasting Marley Nox
SF Strange Bird Pete Koziar
SF The Sentience Deceit, Chapters 1-6 Tim Redden
Week of 5-Oct-2022 (Crits due 12-Oct-2022):
SF DAO x NOD, chapter 1 Matt Sahr
F Flower of Chaos Chapter 2 Curtis W. Berry
SF SpaceKitty #1: Space Kitty at Last! Marc Fleury
H Teeth and Nails Emmanuel Cardenas
SF TBD Lakshya Ganeriwala
SF Empath & Augur: Pages 1-10 Ezra Wu
SF Lissa, Last of Her Kind Sandra Keisling
F Breath of the Black Dragon King part 3 a rewrite James Brian Ross
SF Expedition to Verdantia Jordan Barr
H Worse than Demons; Chapter 1 Alec Manley
Week of 12-Oct-2022 (Crits due 19-Oct-2022):
F A Woman To Blame Chris Owens
F The Song of a Burning Sky Nathaniel Getahun
SF The Master Matt Britton
F The Law of Magic John Lee
SF The Palimpsest Will Riley
F Champions & Guardians, Chapter 1 _RFDR_ Shawn Brooks
F AllWorlds Anarchy Chapter Forty-Three Joel E. Roosa
SF A Cornucopia of Drabbles Gabe Grimes
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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 Wizards from Beyond: Chapters 10-12 Eric Wilson [5-Oct-2022]
SF Emotive, Chapter 6 Jeff Naylor [5-Oct-2022]
SF Emotive, Chapter 7 Jeff Naylor [?]
SF Emotive, Chapter 8 Jeff Naylor [?]
SF Emotive, Chapter 9 Jeff Naylor [?]
SF Emotive, Chapter 10 Jeff Naylor [?]
SF Song of the Kantari, Chapter 12 Brian Sellnow [5-Oct-2022]
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 13 Eric Wilson [?]
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 14 Eric Wilson [?]
F The Wizards from Beyond: Chapter 15 Eric Wilson [?]
SF Song of the Kantari, Chapter 13 Brian Sellnow [?]
F Demon's Bargain, Chapter 2 Carla Hennes [28-Sep-2022]
F A Dragon Looks at 4000 Ron Fein [28-Sep-2022]
H The Boiler Ash Kingery [28-Sep-2022]
H Trailer Park Fuckmeat Patrick Tibbits [28-Sep-2022]
SF Tunnel Rat, v2 Viterbo Guedez [5-Oct-2022]
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Held until participation ratio improves (then out that week):
H Fruiting Bodies Matthew McElhaney [07-Sep-2022]
SF The Land Of Kivanistaja, Bk1, Ch2 Travis Gruber [21-Sep-2022]
F The Glorious Illusion Tim McHugh [21-Sep-2022]
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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.]