News for September 2008

The J.R.R. Tolkien estate and HarperCollins, current publishers of JRR Tolkiens works, have been refused the right to seek punitive damages in their lawsuit against New Line Cinema for failure to pay royalties for the film versions of The Lord of the Rings.

Tolkiens estate claimed that New Line Cinema breached the agreement...

Author Brian M Thomsen, who was also a consulting editor for Tor Books, has passed away after a sudden heart attack.

Tomsen was a great Science Fiction and Fantasy writer, publishing several fantasy novels including the Forgotten Realms series novels Once around the Realms, Realms of Magic, Realms of the Arcane and The Mage in the Iron Mask. He was also a great writer of short stories and an editor of many Anthologies.

He also...