Archive for January, 2008
Eclipse One at Stainless Steel Droppings
January 21st 2008 at 11:09 am
Carl V. over at Stainless Steel Droppings has some nice things to say about Eclipse One: “This book sat on my to-read shelf for all of two days before I began reading it. My intention was to savor the stories, reading one or two at a time in between other novels I was reading. It […]
Bloggers Praise Snake Agent
January 20th 2008 at 11:40 am
Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review has a nice review of Snake Agent by Liz Williams, which he calls “a fascinating look at a near future world where Heaven and Hell are more tangible than they have ever been,” and gives an 8.5 out of 10 rating.
Meanwhile, some other bloggers had nice things to say about the […]
Grey on SCI FI Wire…
January 18th 2008 at 9:45 am
SCI FI Wire has posted a short interview with Jon Armstrong, the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated author of Grey, wherein Jon discusses teenage rebellion, high-fashion dystopia, and the novel’s twenty-five year gestation period. Well worth a look!
New Books!
January 17th 2008 at 6:02 pm
We’ve had a couple of brand-spanking new books show up in the warehouse lately, and we’re really excited about it.
The first is Liz Williams’ near-future occult thriller Snake Agent, the first book in the Detective Inspector Chen series, now available in mass market paperback. If you’ve already encountered the John Constantine-meets-Chow Yun-Fat adventures of Detective […]
Nebula Preliminary Ballot
January 17th 2008 at 4:43 pm
“Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse,” by Andy Duncan, from the Eclipse One anthology has been selected for the Preliminary Nebula Awards Ballot. Remember, all you Night Shade Posse who happen to be SFWA members. vote.. and vote often
The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook">The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
January 17th 2008 at 11:50 am
Glen Cook delivers a masterpiece of galaxy spanning space opera. For four thousand years, the Guardships ruled Canon Space with an iron fist. But now the House Tregesser believes they have an edge; a force from outside Canon Space offers them the resources to throw off Guardship rule. Their gambits precipitate an avalanche of unexpected […]
Snake Agent by Liz Williams">Snake Agent by Liz Williams
January 15th 2008 at 3:12 pm
John Constantine meets Chow Yun-Fat in Snake Agent, the first in Liz Williams’ acclaimed series of near-future occult thrillers. Detective Inspector Chen is the Singapore Three police department’s snake agent, in charge of supernatural and mystical investigations. Now available in Mass Market Paperback! Liz Williams delivers the first in a series of near future occult […]
The Latest and the Greatest… Site Update, Wastelands, and The Sword-edged Blonde
January 15th 2008 at 8:55 am
We’re still tinkering behind the scenes, and should have nearly everything up and running at full steam within the next few days. Thanks to everybody that’s written in to tell us when things aren’t working for them.
Well worth checking out is this interview with Wastelands editor John Joseph Adams over at The Fix. Not only […]
…and we’re live!
January 11th 2008 at 10:36 am
Welcome to the new-and-improved Night Shade Books webpage. We’re still patching a few holes behind the scenes (including one that prevents cover images from showing), but we’re confident that these changes will offer you a better, more secure Night Shade experience.
Unfortunately, customer information did not carry over from the previous version of the webpage (considering […]
Night Shade titles nominated for prestigious awards…
January 10th 2008 at 5:07 pm
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron has been short-listed for the 2008 Crawford Award, for the best first book by a new fantasy writer. The award is sponsored by International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, and will be presented March 22 at the association’s annual conference in Orlando, Florida.
And Grey by Jon Armstrong […]
