Archive for March, 2008
Paolo Bacigalupi reads “The People of Sand and Slag” at The Agony Column
March 6th 2008 at 3:16 pm
We’ve told you how you can read Pump Six author Paolo Bacigalupi’s “The People of Sand and Slag” for free, but would you be interested in listening to Paolo read it himself? Well, now you can, thanks to Rick Kleffel from The Agony Column, who recorded Paolo reading the story at SF in SF and […]
Fantastic Reviews reviews and interviews Paolo
March 5th 2008 at 3:15 pm
Fantastic Reviews has a new review of Pump Six as well as an interview with Paolo Bacigalupi. In the interview, Paolo talks about writing and rewriting, his novel-in-progress, what’s wrong with the world today, among other things. Here’s a snippet of the review, which includes a 9/10 rating: "There is no shortage of talented writers […]
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan">The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan
March 5th 2008 at 1:46 pm
The depth and breadth of science fiction and fantasy fiction continues to change with every passing year. The twenty-five stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully map this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy […]
Incandescence book trailers
March 5th 2008 at 8:08 am
Greg Egan, author of the forthcoming SF novel Incandescence, has posted two trailers for the book on YouTube:
Incandescence Incandescence 2
Go check ‘em out!
Stainless Steel Review of Wastelands
March 4th 2008 at 6:07 am
Review blog Stainless Steel Droppings has a rave review of Wastelands, giving it a 4.5/5 rating. The reviewer says: "Editor John Joseph Adams’ collection of 22 stories, representing a wide-variety of post-apocalyptic scenarios from some of the field’s most prolific authors, is a must-have volume for fans of the this subgenre of science fiction. What […]
Locus Reviews Wastelands
March 3rd 2008 at 8:09 pm
Rich Horton has a new review of Wastelands in the latest issue of Locus Magazine. In it, he has extensive commentary about a variety of the stories, singling out "The End of the Whole Mess" by Stephen King, "The People of Sand and Slag" by Paolo Bacigalupi, "Speech Sounds" by Octavia E. Butler, and "Killers" […]
Download Richard Kadrey’s Butcher Bird for free!
March 3rd 2008 at 4:33 pm
Back in 2005, a very different version of Richard Kadrey’s novel Butcher Bird began its life as a free download posted on The Infinite Matrix. At the time, it was called Blind Shrike, and we at Night Shade Books liked what we read. In 2007, Night Shade Books published our version.
Now, with the […]
More Wastelands Interviews
March 3rd 2008 at 7:37 am
Ideomancer has a looooong interview with me by Sean Melican, in which we talk about Wastelands, post-apocalyptic fiction and film, football, and death metal, among other things. Here’s a link.
Also, The Quiet Earth has a shorter interview, which includes some discussion of my forthcoming zombie anthology, with me here
Strange Horizons reviews Pump Six
March 3rd 2008 at 7:32 am
Abigail Nussbaum has a nice, very detailed review of Pump Six up in Strange Horizons today. Here’s a snippet: "Pump Six is effectively a retrospective of Bacigalupi’s career thus far, and as such offers us a chance to observe a writer growing, discovering his voice and dominant themes, and perfecting them. […] the collection as […]
New York Metro on Grey, More 2007 Recommended Reading
March 2nd 2008 at 9:20 pm
New York Metro has a brief review of Grey and an interview with Jon Armstrong.
In other news, critic Dave Truesdale has posted his 2007 Recommended Reading list of short fiction, which includes "Toother" by Terry Dowling, "Electric Rains" by Kathleen Ann Goonan, and "The Last and Only or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French" by Peter S. […]
