TiconderogaOnline: a ticonderogapalooza of gonzo sf in the tradition of Bester, Waldrop and Womack. Fiction, non-fiction, reviews and interviews. Australia's best gonzo sf for free! Latest Issue Spring 2006 http://ticonderogaonline.org/009TOL/index.html You can now read commentary on each story by the writer. http://ticonderogaonline.org/009TOL/index.html The latest issue of TiconderogaOnline is now available. Features fiction by Shane Jiraiya CUmmings and Martin Livings, plus reviews and a whole lot more. http://ticonderogaonline.org/009TOL/index.html In order to give more people the opportunity to donate and receive a fantastic ebook, the TiconderogaOnline-ASiF Donation Drive has been extended to 15 October. Total donations received now totals over $1,000. We are seeking a total of $2,000 which will ensure the strength of two of Australian SF's most important websites. http://ticonderogaonline.org/donationdrive.html The donation drive website has been updated to include the names of the generous donors. Total donations presently received totals $636.61. We are seeking a total of $2,000 for the month of September. http://ticonderogaonline.org/donationdrive.html Confirmed contents for the special donor-only TiconderogaOnline e-book include: "The Teacher of Righteousness" - Simon Brown, "Dwar7es" - Martin Livings, "Souls of our Sons" - N. Joy Dodds, "The Art of Suffering" - Martin Livings, "Fade" - Lee Battersby, "The Grief Doll: - Lily Chrywenstrom, "Colossus of Roads" - Shane Jiraiya Cummings, "...at half past four" - Peter McGregor, "Imagining Ajax" - Simon Brown. http://ticonderogaonline.org/donationdrive.html In September 2006, two Australian SF web projects are asking their readers to show their appreciation through small donations, and offering prizes and limited-edition rewards for doing so. TiconderogaOnline and ASif! have teamed up in a spirit of co-operation in order to launch September as Donation Month. In addition to a warm, fuzzy feeling, donors will receive a limited edition PDF chapbook and the chance to win several prizes. The goal is to raise $2,000 which will cover operating costs for both sites for a year. http://ticonderogaonline.org/donationdrive.html TiconderogaOnline has updated its guidelines to reflect two significant changes in the publication. From 2007, TiconderogaOnline will be accepting submissions from international writers. These submissions must be received during a strict period of 1-31 January. The second major change is the payment offered, which has increased to $49 per story. http://ticonderogaonline.org/guidelines.html Simon Brown's Iliad-inspired collection TROY will be available at the World Science Fiction Convention being held at Anaheim, California. It will be on sale at the Wheatland Press Dealer's table for a convention price of US$20. Copies are limited so get in fast. http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/troy.html Ticonderoga Publications editor Russell B. Farr has promised to clear the slush pile for all current Ticonderoga projects by 30 September. He made this promise on his livejournal: "I hereby pledge to clear all my slush reading by 30 September 2006. This applies for all submissions received up to and including 31 August 2006. After this, normal transmission will resume and I hope to get back to responding in less than 28 days." http://punkrocker1991.livejournal.com/99940.html The guidelines page at Ticonderoga Publications has been updated. Details include the guidelines for a new anthology on immigration and migrants titled "Belong: a place called home". All current Ticonderoga Publications Projects are listed including three anthologies in addition to novels and novellas. http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/index.html Due to suspected hacker activity the TiconderogaOnline forum has been taken down. Someone got in, created a bunch of bogus admin accounts and deleted all the messageboards. Why anyone would want to do this is beyond the comprehension of the editorial staff. The dead links to the forum will be removed later today. People wishing to comment on anything TiconderogaOnline related are more than welcome to use the TiconderogaOnline livejournal. Kind regards - The rather pissed off editors. http://ticonlivefeed.livejournal.com/ Simon Brown's collection Troy, published by Ticonderoga Publications, is available for purchase through Dymocks Belconnen and the Australian National Library Bookstore, thanks to the hard work of Donna Hanson. These books are too good to stay on the shelves for long so buy one today. http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/troy.html Simon Brown's collection Troy, published by Ticonderoga Publications, will be available for sale at the Continuum 4 convention taking place in Melbourne this weekend through the Mirrordanse dealer's table. Both the reglar and the signed limited edition are available. http://www.continuum.org.au/ Simon Brown's collection Troy, published by Ticonderoga Publications, is featured this month at Anna Tambour's website. Includes an electronic reprint of "Why my wife left me and other stories by Diomedes" from the collection. http://annatambour.net/ "Both a website and a magazine, Ticonderoga is something of a strange entity, made even stranger by the fact that they actually pay for fiction." Note: review contains no less than 3 factual errors. http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk/articles/books/2006/nz10404.php Four more reviews now available: + Through Soft Air : Lee Battersby : review by Russell B. Farr + Through Soft Air : Lee Battersby : review by P Niski + Glow : Kathryn Deans : review by Liz Grzyb + Laughin' Boy : Bradley Denton : review by Russell B Farr Current Issue: TiconderogaOnline Issue 8 http://ticonderogaonline.org/008TOL/reviews008a.html#one Troy, by Simon Brown, is reviewed at the ASiF site by Tansy Rayner Roberts. "Just from looking at the outside, this is a book that deserves a wider audience than the attendees of a SF convention. It should be in every literary bookshop in the country ... Ticonderoga Publications are definitely up there with some of the better overseas indie press outfits as far as style, design and all that other shiny stuff goes ... Troy also provides an introduction to one of Australia's premier short story writers of the 1990's, and to some of the better fiction that the Australian SF magazines of that period were publishing." http://tinyurl.com/r8nwb TiconderogaOnline Issue 8 is now available. This issue will be uploaded in stages during July and August. Features fiction by Lee Battersby and Peter McGregor, an interview with Martin Livings, a column by Steven Utley and a pile of reviews. Follow the link for a Ticonderogapalooza experience, and watch this feed for details of additional features in coming weeks. http://ticonderogaonline.org/008TOL/index.html TiconderogaOnline will be including a list of forthcoming Australian titles for the period June 2006 to June 2007 in its June issue. This list will be updated on a frequent basis. To be included, please email the book's title, writer/editor, publisher and expected date and year of publication to the editor (details may be found at TiconderogaOnline's contacts page). If there is a URL for the work please include. This list seeks to compile genre or genre-related works written, edited or published by Australians. http://ticonderogaonline.org/ozbooksinprint.html Ticonderoga Publications are please to announce a new line of works of Australian long fiction. Commencing in 2007, TP will be publishing a new line fo novels and "Ticonderoga Doubles" - two novellas printed back-to-back the way they used to be. These books will be showcasing some of the finest genre fiction by Australia's newest talent, expanding the genre into areas neglected by mainstream publishers in Australia. http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/guidelines.html TiconderogaOnline offers a range of quality fiction and non-fiction completely free of charge to our readers. And we remain firmly committed to continuing this practice. Delivering this level of quality costs us money in writer payments, web hosting fees, postage and other incidentals. Furthermore we realise that while we pay our writers an amount that is fairly standard in this line of biz, it's a lot less than what our writers deserve. We dream of a day when we can offer a decent writer payment that doesn't come out of our own hip pockets. Obviously advertising is one answer, and we are continuing to pursue this avenue strongly. But every bit helps, and the editors at TiconderogaOnline have decided that we would make available a means for anyone so inclined to contribute to the continued vitality of our quality Australian webzine. http://ticonderogaonline.org/donations.html A bargain at only $20.58 (before postage). Check it out. http://www.bookworm.com.au/ A bargain at only $20.58 (before postage). Check it out. http://www.bookworm.com.au/ For $50 ($45 plus $5 postage and packaging) you can now purchase the Limited Edition directly from Ticonderoga Publications. Limited to 30 copies signed by all contributors and individually hand numbered. http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/catalogue.html This collection is available in two formats: a limited, numbered edition signed by all contributors (30 only) and a regular edition. Both editions may be ordered online at Australian Speculative Fiction http://www.austspeculativefiction.com.au/html/default.asp for immediate shipment. Other bookstores stocking this title now (or in the very near future): Western Australia Fantastic Planet: 8 Shafto Lane Perth 6000 New South Wales Galaxy Bookshop: 143 York Street Sydney 2000 Angus and Robertson: Shop 5 and 6 Rowen's Arcade Ulladulla 2539 Queensland Pulp Fiction: Anzac Square Arcade 265-269 Edward Street Brisbane 4000 Victoria Slow Glass Books: PO Box 1280 Carlton 3053 http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/troy.html Following a couple of technical issues TiconderogaOnline announces it now has an RSS feed that may be linked to, syndicated, etc. http://ticonderogaoline.org/news.xml Due to an influx of excellent submissions by some fine Australian writers TiconderogaOnline is now in a position where it has in excess of a year's worth of accepted stories in its story pool. Because of this, TiconderogaOnline has announced that it will close to submissions from 1 May to 1 August 2006. During this time writers are encouraged to submit to Ticonderoga Publications two print anthologies or the multitude of other markets available. http://ticonderogaoline.org/guidelines.html "Ticonderoga is one of those magazines that surprise me more every time I read it. This month it does so again with a great offering of articles, reviews and interviews, and lets not forget the main reason I love it so much, those far out short stories. This month the short stories take on a more somber tone, than those of last issue, and just like last issue they are both strange and thoroughly entertaining." http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2006/04/review-ticonderoga-online-issue-7.html