The June reading in the SF in SF series will take place on Tuesday 13th and will feature Peter S. Beagle (The Last Unicorn) and Katherine Kerr. As usual the venue is New College Valencia Theatre, 777 Valencia St, SF. The reading starts at 7:00pm and there is a $4 charge on the door.

Let me know if anyones going, I will carpool to go

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By that, I take it tomorrow's (Tuesday's) game of Magic: The Gathering is called off?

Or is it relocated?

Hmm, is he reading from Two Hearts? I saw that got nominated for a Hugo. I'll be interested to see what the true Last Unicorn sequel is like, it's scheduled to be released (late?) next year.

You can read Two Hearts here:

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I am so happy! He was easy to talk to and he spoke a little about some of his upcoming works.

Official Announcement: Rebecca Soyer Beagle, 1905-2006

A note to Peter's fans, everywhere.

Sad news. Peter's mother, Rebecca Soyer Beagle, finally passed away on the evening of Saturday, June 24th, after several years of declining health. She was 100 years old. She went in her sleep, which was good, leaving behind her two sons, Peter and Daniel, and many people who loved her.

If you would like to learn more about this remarkable woman, without whose loving support and childhood influence Peter would never have become a writer, go to

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Messages of condolence should be sent to Peter c/o Conlan Press, 2565 3rd Street, suite 306, San Francisco, CA 94107.

The family has asked that anyone wishing to make donations in Rebecca Beagle's memory do so by giving to one of her favorite institutions, the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, California. Rebecca was a docent there before she became too frail to continue, and always supported the museum and its mission. Contact information below:

Judah L. Magnes Museum
2911 Russell Street
Berkeley CA 94705
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STOLEN FROM THE RAVEN, HIS NEWSLETTER. I READ THE STORY TWICE, IT WAS GREAT. THE BOOK WILL BE AVAIL AT BOOKENDS AS SOON AS ITS BACK IN STOCK CALL 254-7323 TO PREORDER THIS NEW RELEASE:

And there you have it: "Two Hearts" is the 2006 Hugo Award winner for Best Novelette. Next stop, the World Fantasy Award?

We don't have any photos yet, so text will just have to do. We'll run pictures in a few days, after Peter comes back from Anaheim and we can take a bunch of shots of him grinning at his shiny new toy. Every year the Hugo Award looks a little different. We can't wait to see what the 2006 version is like.

What we do have is a cell phone message that came in from Peter at about 1 AM. We have never heard him this giddy, not ever, and we were grinning pretty seriously too. (One of us on this end had done the Peter-Won-The-Hugo Dance when the news came over the blogwire, and a true shame there was no video camera handy to catch it.) Anyway, Peter said this...

"I can't believe it. I still can't believe it. I'd convinced myself it wasn't even faintly possible, that there was no way I could win. But I swear I don't think my feet are touching the floor. I keep saying 'Son of a female dohgiie, I won' to myself. Over and over."

There was more to the call, but we'll save that for Peter's own account of the evening. What really made it great for him was the fact that an 89 year-old Betty Ballantine was there last night as well, to receive a special award from the Worldcon. Betty was the woman who in 1969 first published The Last Unicorn in paperback, and was a major force behind the book becoming famous. To be able to stand side by side with her at the end of the ceremony, both holding their awards, made Peter feel quite over the moon.

More soon!

There's a lot of news yet to share, including everything that is happening on the film front.