Letters, News, and Notes

Publications Received:

The Geis Letter #78-#87, an online fanzine addressing a variety of topics. For information e-mail Richard E. Geis at RERWINGEIS@cs.com

Publishing News:

Gauntlet Press (wwm.gauntletpress.com) is now taking orders for a signed limited edition of F. Paul Wilson's new Repairman Jack novel The Haunted Air. This installment of the popular series finds Jack investigating a haunted house. Readers will learn more abut the Otherness that Jack has tween combating throughout the series. The Gauntlet edition has cover art by Harry 0. Morris (approved by the author). The numbered edition isf $50; the traycased lettered edition (with two additional Harry Morris interiors) is $150. Both editions of the book come with a free chapbook with noted interviewer William Simmons interviewing F. Paul Wilson abut Repairman Jack. Publication will be in late May or early June.

A graphic novel whiten by David Brin will appear in mid-2002, based on a novella of his that came in second for a Hugo Award. "Thor Meets Captain America." Brin describes this as "the darkest thing I have ever written." It portrays an alternative history where the Nazis won the Second World War, helped by dark, occcult rituals based on Nordic neopaganism. The adaptation will be called "The Life Eaters."

Walt Thiessen is seeking fiction,f especially fiction by libertarian authors for online publication. Further information is available at www.storiesByEmail.com

The Web publication Nuketown is "actively seeking libertarian-themed science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories." For more information see http://www.nuketown.com/.

Film News:

According to an online news report (http:// filmforce.ign.com/lotr/, posted January l6), the DVD re1ease of "The Fellowship of the Ring" will be a "director's cut" version over four hours long. Material that was omitted from the theatrical release (reviewed in the Winter 2001 Prometheus, included scenes in Lothlorien, a conversation between Gimli and Galadriel among them. Which scenes will be restored has not been announced.

Awards:

A survey of readers of the popular libertarian e-newsletter "Miss Liberty's Film and TV Update" chose "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" as best libertarian film of 2001 by a landslide. Other nominees included "Censor," "The Majestic," and "Uprising." The award for best libertarian documentary of 2001 went to "John Stossel Goes to Washington" for its clear and comprehensive documentation of government waste and inefficiency. Another nominee "Tampering with Nature," was also made by Stossel; the third strong contender was "The F.L.I.R. Project." The MissLiberty.com film awards were created to identify and promote films and documentaries of interest to libertarians. More information is available at http://www.missliberty.com.

Events:

Science fiction novelist David Brin has been chosen as the keynote speaker at the Libertarian Party convention for this year. Brin's address, scheduled for July 5. will discuss "treating votes with the respect they deserve" and will address some of the same themes as Brin's Prometheus column "confessions of a Cheerful Libertarian" (summer 2000).