Filed in Books, Paying forward, Publishers | Steven H Silver, November 11, 2014 11:30 am | Comments (0)
Tags: Baen Books, David Weber, Eric Flint, Joe Buckley, John RIngo, Operation Baen Bulk, ReadAssist, Sarah A. Hoyt, Travis S. Taylor
Baen Books has announced that in honor of Veteran’s Day, they are releasing an e-book entitled The Many Deaths of Joe Buckley. Half of the proceeds from the volume will go to Operation Baen Bulk, which provides reading material for US troops. The other half of the proceeds will go to ReadAssist, which provides access to books for disabled readers. Joe Buckley is a character who has appeared in numerous books published by Baen and almost always is either killed or comes close to death. He has appeared in works by David Weber, John Ringo, Eric Flint, Sarah Hoyt, Travis Taylor, and others. This charity volume collects a variety of Joe Buckley death scenes.
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Filed in Awards, Fan, Industry | Steven H Silver, June 20, 2012 4:46 am | Comments (0)
Tags: Becky Zielke, Bill Zielke, DeepSouthCon, Fencon, John RIngo, Linda Zielke, Phoenix Award, Rebel Award, Robert Zielke, Rubble Award
Two awards were presented at DeepSouthCon 50 on June 17. The Rebel Award is presented to a fan who has done things for Southern fandom and the Phoenix Award is for an SF professional who has done things for Southern fandom.
- Rebel Award: John Ringo
- Phoenix Award: Shelby Vick; and The Zielke Clan: Robert & Becky Zielke and Bill & Linda Zielke
In addition, the Rubble Award was presented to a fan for doing things to Southern fandom. This year’s Rubble Award was presented to Bob Jennings for his work as OE on SFPA.
