reported by Peter Wyle, FictionFanatic.com

Extracts from a long taped interview with Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams ? recorded 28 years ago and never before published ? have given a huge boost to the launch issue of Darker Matter, a new online science fiction magazine.

The long lost interview dates back to the days when Douglas Adams was tasting the first fruits of fame ? and celebrating by taking out a ?20,000 mortgage to buy his first apartment.

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reported by Nancy Sperling, FictionFanatic.com

After selling thousands of copies of his debut novel, The Elder Staves, Sci-Fi Fantasy author Steven Oliverez changef focus.

In the year and a half since The Elder Staves hit the market, it has consistently surprised industry watchers with its continued success, despite a reading audience reluctant to trust work from self-published authors. Since becoming available on Amazon.com in August of 2005, The Elder Staves has constantly found its way onto Amazon's Top 100 Bestseller List for Fantasy, breaking many barriers for self-published works. The book has been the topic of much debate, especially among publishing circles, precisely because self-publishing isn't supposed to work.

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