Cloud Atlas
The 2nd trailer. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFAPeaJOf8&fs=1&source=uds&w=320&h=266] Squeeeee!
Rothfuss Plans Ahead
As pointed out by Aidan over on A Dribble of Ink, Patrick Rothfuss has been listed in the September Locus as having sold a new trilogy to DAW. Cool. Quite frankly I never believed he’d complete the tale he began in The Name of The Wind in 3 books – not with all the stuff he wrote about […]
End Game
As Raymond E. Feist gets closer to Magician’s End and says farewell to Midkemia and Pug et al HarperVoyager are updating the cover of Magician the book that started it all and one of my absolute faves. MagicianRiftwar #1By Raymond E. FeistBUY IT And his back catalogue will at last be available in ebook format. Hopefully that will include the […]
Saga of the Exiles
I cannot tell you how many times I fielded enquiries about these books over the years I was working at Galaxy. Next January Tor UK are bring them back into print with brand new covers, and into eBook for the first time. Looks like I might get to give them a go and see what […]
Richard Morgan – excerpt
Richard Morgan, not a new writer but a fairly new – and awesome – voice still in epic fantasy has put up an excerpt of his WiP on his blog. Squee!:_____________________________________________________Visitation Rites He felt the change as soon as he stepped over the threshold of the croft. It came on like icy water, sprinkling across the […]
The Hugo Awards
And congratulations goes to: Best Novel: Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor) Best Novella: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, September/October 2011) Best Novelette: “Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com) Best Short Story: “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2011) Best Related […]
Step by step
I spent the weekend going over the last two chapters I had worked on last weekend. It seems I had forgotten a rather large thing I had meant to change (I really must go over my notes before I start writing) – so I had to go back and change it. I am now facing two or […]
Tad Williams and Booktopia’s 10 Terrifying Questions
The Dirty Streets of HeavenBobby Dollar #1By Tad WilliamsBUY IT BOBBY DOLLAR ISN’T YOUR AVERAGE ANGEL. Sure, he takes the occasional trip to Heaven, but his job as an advocate – arguing the fate of the recently deceased – keeps him pretty busy on Earth, and he’s more than happy to spend the rest of […]
Sam Bowring and Booktopia’s Ten Terrifying Questions
The Legacy of Lord RegretStrange Threads #1By Sam BowringBUY IT Book One of the STRANGE THREADS duology. Centuries have passed since the Wardens slew the tyrant Lord Regret, but while the Wound that he ripped in the sky remains open, the earth trembles and the sun vanishes without warning. The great warrior Rostigan wanders Aorn, […]
The Iron Wyrm Affair – A Review
The Iron Wyrm AffairBannon & Clare #1By Lilith SaintcrowBUY IT For Queen, for country, for staying alive . . . The game is afoot! London’s geniuses are being picked off by a vicious killer, and Emma Bannon, a sorceress in the service of the Empire, must protect the next target, Archibald Clare. Unfortunately he’s more […]
