By Rocket Kapre on Feb 4, 2013 in:
News, Slider, Alexander Osias, Andrew Drilon, Angelo R. Lacuesta, Anne Lagamayo, Apol Lejano-Massebieau, book launch, Carljoe Javier, Charles Tan, Dean Francis Alfar, Eliza Victoria, FH Batacan, Geronimo Pocholo Goitia, Ian Rosales Casocot, Isabel Yap, Jose Elvin Bueno, Joseph F. Nacino, Joshua L. Lim So, Kate Osias, Kenneth Yu, Marguerite Alcazaren de Leon, Mia Tijam, Nikki Alfar, Noel Tio, Paolo Chikiamco, PSF, Rebecca Arcega, Rica Bolipata-Santos, Ronald Cruz, Russell Stanley, The Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2005-2010, Timothy James M. Dimacali, Vincent Michael Simbulan, yvette tan
“The Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2005-2010″ edited by Dean Francis Alfar & Nikki Alfar, and published by UP Press, will have a book launch on Feb 28, 2013, 5:50PM, at the UP Bahay Kalinaw. Making the cut is my science ficti...
By Rocket Kapre on Jan 21, 2013 in:
News, Slider, 2012 British Science Fiction Association Awards, 2013, Awards, British Science Fiction Association, Philippine Genre Stories, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, shortlist, Song of the Body Cartographer, World SF, World SF Travel Fund
Filipina author (and Alternative Alamat contributor) Rochita Loenen-Ruiz has just been short-listed for the 2012 British Science Fiction Association Awards for her story “Song of the Body Cartographer”” (published in country’s ver...
The editor-publishers of the Philippine Speculative Fiction anthology (available now in digital format at Amazon, iTunes, Flipreads, Barnes and Noble…) have released a free sampler (not to be confused with the Philippine Speculative Fiction Sam...
By Rocket Kapre on Dec 2, 2012 in:
News, Slider, Amal El-Mohtar, and Fritz Swanson, Andrew Knighton, Ann Vandermeer, Austin Sirkin, Ben Peek, Bruce Sterling, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Carrie Vaughn, Catherynne M. Valente, Cherie Priest, Christopher Barzak, Christopher Rowe, David Erik Nelson, Filipino steampunk, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Hannah Buena, High Society, J.Y. Yang, Jaymee Goh, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Ford, Karin Tidbeck, Lavie Tidhar, Leow Hui Min Annabeth, Lev Grossman, Malissa Kent, Margaret Killjoy, Margaret Ronald, Morgan Johnson, N.K. Jemison, Nick Mamatas, On Wooden Wings, Paolo Chikiamco, Philippine steampunk, Samantha Henderson, steampunk, Steampunk 3, Steampunk anthology, Steampunk III, Steampunk Revolution, The Wooden War, Vandana Singh
While it’s been available in some places for a while now, December 1 was the official release day for Steampunk III: Steampunk Reloaded, the Ann Vandermeer edited anthology which reprints “On Wooden Wings”, my steampunk story from P...
By Rocket Kapre on Nov 6, 2012 in:
News, Slider, 2012, anthology, fantasy, gender bending, gender change stories, Kambal Kulam, Michael Jones, Michael M. Jones, Science Fiction, specfic, speculative fiction, tg, tg stories, transgender
Scheherazade’s Facade, the U.S. anthology of gender-bending/cross-dressing/transformation spec fic that I’m a part of, is now out in digital form. You may remember it from the successful Kickstarter or the positive Publisher’s Weekl...
By Rocket Kapre on Nov 6, 2012 in:
Slider, Alexandra Trese, Alexandra x Maliksi, budjette tan, celebrity look-alikes, FPJ, interview, interviews, kajo baldisimo, komikon, komikon 2012, komiks, Maliksi, Marvel style, Midnight Tribunal, preview, romance, shipping, Trese 5, Trese Book 5, Trese x Maliksi
Trese 5 will be available nationwide very soon, so as has become something of a tradition for each launch, I shot a few questions out to Trese scribe Budjette Tan. I wanted to make the interview accessible to those who haven’t yet read the book...
By Rocket Kapre on Oct 30, 2012 in:
Slider, 2012, Aaron Felizmenio, Alyssa Mortega, Good Criminals Wear White, heist comic, heist komik, komik, komik review, komikon 2012, komiks, komiks review, Manila Accounts 1081, martial law, RH Quilantang, superhero, Wan Mananita
Let me get this out of the way first: Manila Accounts 1081: Good Criminals Wear White #1 [Wan Mañanita, Aaron Felizmenio, Alyssa Mortega, RH Quilantang], is worth your money. It stands beside Crime Fighting Call Center Agents and Tatsulok: A Vision...