Category Archives: News

Uh-oh: Amazon announces Kindle Worlds

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Emily

Club Jade clued us in this morning to Amazon’s new plan to pay fanfic authors to publish their works via Kindle.  Introducing Kindle Worlds, which is getting around the fuzzy legal grey area of fanfiction by officially licensing these Worlds, … Continue reading →

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Think Geek wins at listening to customers

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Emily

It made the rounds this week that Fox started sending cease and desist orders to Etsy sellers who were producing their own version of the iconic ‘Jayne hat’ from Joss Whedon’s cult TV show Firefly. Both Ripple Junction, who now … Continue reading →

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DVR watch: Mark Hamill will guest-star on Criminal Minds

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Emily

TV Guide at Yahoo! is reporting that Mark Hamill will be guest-starring in the two-part season 8 finale of CBS’ procedural drama Criminal Minds. While there’s no word yet on exactly who Hamill will play, TV Guide speculates that he … Continue reading →

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Lucasarts Shuttered, Employees Laid Off

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Brian

Kotaku is reporting that Disney has officially shut down Lucasarts and laid off all employees. Given the lingering hard feelings over Lucasfilm Animation and the cancellation of The Clone Wars, it’s easy to get upset at Disney. I would caution against … Continue reading →

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Just Keep Swimming: Pixar Announces Release Date for “Finding Dory”

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Emily

Just when we thought Disney couldn’t get any more awesome: Disney and Pixar announce that Dory, Nemo, and Marlin will be swimming back into theatres in 2015 in Finding Dory. Lest you think that this is an April Fool’s joke … Continue reading →

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Harry Markov, Science Fiction Frequency Launches ‘Women in Genre’ Month

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Brian

Too frequently fans and the people involved with genre fiction are asking where the women are. This has confused speculative fiction author Harry Markov, who regularly interacts with women who write, edit, and represent genre fiction. He and Science Fiction … Continue reading →

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Boomberg Profiles George Lucas, Lucasfilm Sale. Says Hamill, Fisher, and Ford are all but Signed

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Brian

Over at Bloomberg Businessweek today is an all-new profile of post-retirement George Lucas and some interesting details about the Sequel Trilogy and the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney. Off the bat, they discuss why Lucasfilm was a prime target for … Continue reading →

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