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To Tweet or Not To Tweet

Gollancz Team: - January 12th, 2012
News, Other, Social Networking

Social Media is a wonderful thing. At last! A way in which we can all talk directly to each other. At last! A way in which people can communicate quickly and easily to say they loved something, to ask questions, and to get all the latest news.

At last, as a friend pointed out to me, a way to tell the world what you had for lunch. And forget drunken-texting of ex-partners. Now the world is your oyster in 140 characters … More

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RIP Anne McCaffrey

Gollancz Team: - November 23rd, 2011
Fantasy, News, Other, Science Fiction

anne mccaffrey

Gollancz is very saddened to hear the news that Anne McCaffrey has died, aged 85.

Her true achievement was her writing. Her books will be read and reread for years to come, as people grow up and are introduced to her deceptively-easy-to-read writing style and her astounding imagination. We all know of the Pern books, of course, and they have become part of the folklore of SFF. But it is worth remembering how radical and complete her world was. From the … More

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