Archive for October, 2009
NSB @ WFC
October 28th 2009 at 3:24 pm
Night Shade Books is attending the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose this weekend. If you’re there too, stop on by our table in the dealers’ room and say hello. Several new books, including Graham Joyce’s How to Make Friends with Demons, Jay Lake’s Madness of Flowers, John Langan’s House of Windows, and the anthologies [...]
Night Shade News & Notes
October 26th 2009 at 1:00 pm
The Washington Times reviews HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH DEMONS by Graham Joyce: – "An episodic domestic comedy raised to a high narrative power, as Joyce keeps finding ingenious ways to demonstrate how real our presumably irrational fears can become."
Night Shade News & Notes
October 21st 2009 at 1:00 pm
Grasping for the Wind reviews The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi – "The Windup Girl is a story of social revolution and few of the characters leave this near-future Bangkok unscathed. It is a fascinating tale, unusual both in its content and location. Few others, save perhaps Ian McDonald, have used the opportunity presented by [...]
Night Shade News & Notes
October 20th 2009 at 1:00 pm
The District Messenger (The Sherlock Holmes Society of London newsletter) reviews The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: – “A satisfyingly chunky 450-page anthology… [features] twenty-eight curious accounts by a remarkable array of authors. … The contributors seem to be drawn equally from the worlds of crime fiction and science-fantasy, so it’s no real surprise to [...]
Eclipse Three edited by Jonathan Strahan">Eclipse Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
October 19th 2009 at 3:12 pm
To observe an eclipse is to witness a rare and unusual event. Under darkened skies the sun becomes a negative image of itself, its corona transforming the landscape into a strange space where anything might happen, and any story may be true…
In the spirit of classic science fiction anthologies such as Universe, Orbit, and Starlight, [...]
PW reviews ECLIPSE THREE and HESPIRA
October 19th 2009 at 2:01 pm
Publishers Weekly reviews ECLIPSE THREE edited by Jonathan Strahan: “Australian editor Strahan continues his wide-ranging and occasionally controversial anthology series with 15 boundary-pushing stories. … Strahan continues to secure his place as a top anthologist. “
Publishers Weekly gives a starred review to HESPIRA by Matthew Hughes: “Hughes continues to carve out a unique place for [...]
Night Shade Imperial Stout and Other Intoxications to Debut at World Fantasy
October 19th 2009 at 12:22 pm
Three special, hand-brewed Night Shade-branded beers will be made available at the Friday evening Night Shade party at the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose, CA, Oct. 29. – Nov. 1.
Night Shade News & Notes
October 15th 2009 at 10:07 pm
Library Journal reviews MALL OF CTHULHU by Seamus Cooper & MADNESS OF FLOWERS by Jay Lake:
MALL OF CTHULHU: “Cooper’s debut is both homage to the Cthulhu mythos and a darkly comedic spoof of the modern horror story. He excels at injecting just the right amount of mayhem into this tale about two unlikely heroes. VERDICT [...]
Night Shade News & Notes
October 15th 2009 at 1:00 pm
The December issue of SCI FI Magazine has a review of The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, giving it an A+ rating: – “The improbable intersection between Sherlock Holmes and science fiction … is further demonstrated in this teeming collection of Holmes pastiches by contributors who include many who made their reputations working in the [...]
Night Shade News & Notes
October 14th 2009 at 1:00 pm
Strangelove for Science Fiction reviews The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi – "The economics and politics, expressed through the lives of the characters rather than as lectures, open out in ever-more complicated vistas. The fictionalized future Thai Kingdom is full of life, with new sights, sounds, and flavors around every corner. Bacigalupi's first novel, this [...]
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