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An Evening with Marian Call

nelilly — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:07:52 +0000

Space Westerns Magazine is hosting an evening with Marian Call at Lucy’s Hat Shop at 7pm on October 15th, 2010 in Philadelphia as a part of her 49>50 tour—featuring humorous and moving original songs plus some creative and unexpected cover tunes.

Her 2008 album Got to Fly was commissioned by Quantum Mechanix, Inc.—friendly to all listeners, but especially for geeks. The songs are inspired by Joss Whedon’s Firefly (2003) and Battlestar Galactica (2004).

The private room at Lucy’s Hat Shop will be available beginning at 7pm and is a 21+ environment. Lucy’s Hat Shop is located at 247 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 (convenient to SEPTA: just a short distance from the #33 bus or from 2nd Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line).

Tickets are $15, $10 for students, seniors, military, disabled, or starving artist (honor system), available at http://mariancall.com/

Marian Call delivers whimsical Alaskan folk funk for the Coffee Counter-Culture. She sounds a little like Joni Mitchell & Regina Spektor raising the child of Jason Mraz & Erin McKeown. Call’s sound is always soulful, honest, and clever, loved by all types—computer geeks, church ladies, teenage thugs, NPR listeners, and urban hipsters worldwide. Marian is currently touring all 50 states and hopes to play for you soon — find more information at http://mariancall.com.

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Gastropods: feeding the hungry

nelilly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:50 +0000

I have to give credit to Jason Andrew for his predictive powers in “Mathematics of Hunger,” one of the first works of fiction to appear on SpaceWesterns.com. We’re trying to solve the hunger crisis in Africa with Giant Snails.

More Influential Space Westerns?

nelilly — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:20 +0000

Since running the 10 Most Influential Space Westerns article I’ve been contacted about a number of other works that should probably be included on the list (if not in the top 10, then at least in the top 20). Works have been recommended such as Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love, and Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, as well as the movies Outland and Pitch Black, among others. So… if there were to be an expanded list of the Most Influential Space Westerns, which works would you nominate to be on it?

The Return of Fight Girl Battle World

nelilly — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:17:26 +0000

Fight Girl Battle World will be returning to the stage July 14-18, 2009. Read the our review of the original performance in our Fight Girl Battle World Two-headed Review with Darrell Schweitzer and N.E. Lilly.

Highly recommended, tickets are on sale HERE.

The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

nelilly — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:01:43 +0000

While the magazine has languished these past few months, we’re feeling much better.

We mean to clear out our old slush just as soon as we possibly can, and get back onto our weekly publishing schedule. To this end, we’re looking for a Deputy Editor, and an Art Scout. If you’re interested in one of these volunteer positions send an e-mail to the editor@spacewesterns.com with the following information: your name (full, penname, and/or online handles), your relevant experience, your 10 favorite Space Westerns (stories, novels, games, movies, etc.), and the answer to this question: What is a Space Western?

SpaceWesterns.com on a top 100

nelilly — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:51:11 +0000

Distance Learning Net has just posted their list of the Top 100 Science Fiction Blogs. SpaceWesterns.com finds itself at #25. Yay!

100 Space Western Features

nelilly — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:38:04 +0000

SpaceWesterns.com has published 100 articles, and we are proud to make “Kin” by Bruce McAllister that 100th article. We’ve also doubled our rates for fiction, articles, illustrations, and comics, and are still actively seeking audio and video content.

AMC’s SciFi Scanner “Site of the Week”

nelilly — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:23:43 +0000

I’m pleased to announce that SpaceWesterns.com was recently featured in AMC’s SciFi Scanner Site of the Week.

SpaceWesterns.com Traffic Report

nelilly — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:50:39 +0000

I’m very pleased to announce that for a second month in a row SpaceWesterns.com has had high traffic. Personally I was expecting a big dip in the month of May, but the traffic didn’t fall-off nearly as much as I had anticipated.

April: 20,279 page views/15,415 visits/13,529 unique visitors
May: 17,012 page views/13,811 visits/12,023 unique visitors

From what I’ve been told that’s comparable to the major magazines… But don’t just take my word for it: Check out the Alexa graph comparing the traffic of SpaceWesterns.com to Asimov’s website and Analog’s website for the last three months.

Let’s just say that I’m entirely stoked by the fact that I can place SpaceWesterns.com on the same chart with Asimov’s and Analog.

On SyFy Radio

nelilly — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:50:20 +0000

I was interviewed on SyFy Portal’s SyFy Radio about The Battlestar Galactica Code: The Last Cylon article.