I’m Pete Prellwitz, creator and author, and I’ll be your host while you’re here.
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Please… enjoy yourself!

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Term used by homo Magicus people when referring to the physical reality our universe resides in.

WHAT/WHERE/WHEN: Albacon (http://www.albacon.org/) will be held next weekend – October 19-21, 2012 – at the , Holiday Inn Express in Latham, just north of Albany.

WHY: A small, relaxed, and incredibly enjoyable science fiction literary convention, Albacon was also the first convention that ever invited me as a guest, back in 2004. I make a point of going to Albacon evey year that I can, and Bethlynne and I enjoy a little extra because it’s just us (no kids), we don’t have a table in the Dealers Room, and we’ve got some very good friends up there. And the drive up and back during the fall season in upper state New York is a wonderful trip of gorgeous, cool days and stunning, colorful leaves on every tree.

An the convention is a little extra special this year because my wife Bethlynne, is also a guest. Be sure to catch her panels, too!

 

 

 

MY SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

6:00-7:00pm:  What Do You Look For In A Superhero.    Pete Prellwitz (M); Charlene Brusso; Herb Kauderer;  Jackie Kessler; Andre Lieven

7:30-8:00pm: Reading by Pete Prellwitz.    For my selections, I’ll be reading excerpts from my work in progress, Redeeming The Plumb, my short story The Tigershark (Defending The Future vol. V, Dark Quest LLC), and my award winning novel, Horizons (Double Dragon Publishing). The three readings will give glimpses into the life of the character Pamela Carlson.

8:00pm: Ice Cream Social.  A signature event at Albacon, the Ice Cream Social is their mingling party and is a treat in so many ways!

 

SATURDAY

10:00-11:00am:  Anatomy of Dragons and Other Mythical Creatures.   Jan Dumas (M); Alan F. Beck; Bianca D’Arc ; Ron Drummond; Melissa Mead; Pete Prellwitz

3:00-4:00pm: Colonizing Space.  Ron Drummond (M); Edward Bishop; Toni Lay; Paul Park; Pete Prellwitz; George Zebrowski

10:00-11:00pm: The Messiest Way to Kill Zombies.   Jan “wombat” Finder (M); Bianca D’Arc; Jan Dumas; Bethlynne Prellwitz; Pete Prellwitz

 

SUNDAY

10:00-11:00am:  DC Movies vs. Marvel Movies  Pete Prellwitz (M); S.C. Butler; Keith DeCandido; Andre Lieven; Rick Ralston

12:00-1:00pm:    Catch ‘em Young.   Roberta Rogow (M); Pete Prellwitz; Joel Best; Jennifer Schwaback; Erwin Stauss

1:00pm-2:00pm:  Science Fact in Science Fiction.   Pete Prellwitz (M); Edward Bishop; Julie Czerneda; Jan Dumas; Peter Huston; Ian Strock

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Peter Prellwitz
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Hey, Guys!

Yeah, yeah… I know. Been just awful at keeping the website up to date. I haven’t forgotten you; I’ve just been busy and keep putting this off. I’ll continue to TRY to do better. My apologies to all. Anyway, here’s my tentative con schedule for the 2012-2013 “season”:

Oct 19-21: Albacon 2012 (http://www.albacon.org/) Albany, NY.  CONFIRMED
Nov 09-11: Philcon 2012 (http://2012.philcon.org/) Cherry Hill, NJ CONFIRMED
Jan 18-20: Marscon 2013 (http://www.marscon.net/) Williamsburg, VA CONFIRMED
Feb 22-24: MystiCon 2013 (http://mysticon-va.com/) Roanoke, VA CONFIRMED
Apr 05-07: RavenCon 2013 (http://www.ravencon.com/) Richmond, VA UNCONFIRMED (but invited by con chair)
May 24-27: Balticon 47 (http://www.balticon.org/) Hunt Valley, MD UNCONFIRMED (but most likely)

If any of you have thoughts or suggestions on other conventions I might attend, by all means drop me a note at PeterPrellwitz at this domain. I’d love to hear from you!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Peter Prellwitz
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Well, I’m slowly learning how everything works here, and starting to add content. The Short Stories page has a complete listing, but so far only Grandma’s Grandma is loaded in. Turns out none of the paragraph returns and Enters in the original stories are coming over, so I have to load the story and then space it all out. A little tedious, but not too bad.

Feel free to say, “Hi!” in the working chat box to the right. And continue checking in for more updates and more content.

Pete

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Peter Prellwitz
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Hey, guys!

Pete here.

As you can see, the old Shards Universe site is down and this one’s in the process of going up. Over the next couple weeks, you’ll see it continue to expand and grow, filling up with previous content, but also with new content and new features. It’s all so new and raw right now that I won’t go into too many details, but I will say you’ll be able to add comments and contribute to the Glossary/Reference, which is something I’ve been wanting to let my readers do for a long time now.

A couple quick answers:

  1. Yes, all the old content is coming back except the Old News Archive and maybe a couple small things. That means the returns of the tables, timelines, glossary, and probably most importantly, the Library.
  2. Yes, the main menu is showing off a few new things. We’re keeping them and adding to them, but the structure of the menu will be changing a bit as we update.
  3. Yes, if you want to email me with ideas and suggestions, I’d love to hear from you. I can’t promise I’ll implement your suggestion, but I will consider all reasonable ideas.

Feel free to poke around the site as much as you want, but I ask you don’t try to add anything until given the okay by either myself or Thomas F. Revor, Jr. (Call him “Thom Khatt”.) And the site will be pretty slow for the next few days; we’re working with my ISP to get that resolved.

Many thanks for hanging in there and checking up on me. I think the efforts and “under construction” period will be worth it.

PETE

PS: Bonus points for anyone who can tell me where this posts title comes from.

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Peter Prellwitz
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…that Horizons was my first published novel, but not the first one written?

I’d written all four books of Shards, first. (And it was from Book Four that I got the idea for Horizons.) But I knew I couldn’t submit a 300,000 word novel to a publisher, so I chose Horizons. I’m glad I did; it was selected by Mike Resnick as Best Science Fiction of 2003 and was the winner of the Draco award.

For twenty years Earth has been exploring the stars using faster-than-light stardrives whereby a manmade black hole pulls the ship through space. Dangerous to themselves and everything in the vicinity, the twenty-four starships, led by the flagship Horizon, have opened up new worlds to colonize.

Now mankind stands on the brink of a momentous breakthrough: Hyperidor drives; faster-than-light travel that is inexpensive, risk free, and available to all. All that stands in the way of vast exploration and colonization is a corporate behemoth that wants to see the hyperidor drive fail; no matter what the cost.

It is left to the Horizon’s Captain Pamela Carlson and Third Engineer Mahlon Stewart to decipher the means, motives and murders that threaten not only mankind’s future in space but the Horizon and its crew as well.