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The anthology Rocket Science (Mutation Press) edited by Ian Sales is now available.  It has 17 stories and five non-fiction articles, including my essay "Making Mars a Nicer Place to Live".  Find out more at Ian's blog.

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Announced at the SFContario 2 science fiction convention in Toronto last month, The Dragon and the Stars won the 2011 Aurora Award in the category of Best Related Work in English.  The Aurora is Canada's fan-voted national science fiction and fantasy prize.  A great big THANK YOU to the reading audience, the Canadian and international SF community, and those who made the book possible:  Wu Yan, Julie Czerneda, John Helfers, Sheila Gilbert, my co-editor Derwin Mak and (I can't say this enough) all the fantastic authors who contributed their wonderful stories.  Pictured above are Derwin, Tony Pi (author of the lead story "The Character of the Hound") and myself at the Aurora ceremony.  Xie xie!  

The Dragon and the Stars is available on Amazon.ca.  Stories and excerpts can be read here, or view the press release.

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Four stories from The Dragon and the Stars made the Honorable Mentions 2010 of Gardner Dozois' 28th Annual Year's Best Science Fiction:  "The Character of the Hound" by Tony Pi, "Across the Sea" by Emily Mah, "The Water Weapon" by Brenda Clough and "The Son of Heaven" by Eric Choi.  Tony also made the list for three other stories ("The Curse of Chimère" in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, "The Gold Silkworm" in Fantasy and "Night of the Manticore" in Abyss & Apex) as did Melissa Yuan-Innes ("Iron Monk" in Interzone) and Ken Liu ("The Literomancer" in Fantasy & Science Fiction).  Congratulations to everyone!