Archive for July, 2010
News & Notes
July 28th 2010 at 1:00 pm
The Barnes & Noble Book Club reviews OCCULTATION by Laird Barron, calling him "Horror's New Messiah" – I have never come across a contemporary writer who even comes near to [H. P. Lovecraft's] dark, bowel-loosening storytelling brilliance—until now. And his name is Laird Barron. … Laird Barron is horror’s new messiah. If you want to [...]
Sympathy for the Devil edited by Tim Pratt">Sympathy for the Devil edited by Tim Pratt
July 27th 2010 at 12:55 pm
The Devil is known by many names: Serpent, Tempter, Beast, Adversary, Wanderer, Dragon, Rebel. His traps and machinations are the stuff of legends. His faces are legion. No matter what face the devil wears, Sympathy for the Devil has them all. Edited by Tim Pratt (Hart & Boot & Other Stories, The Strange Adventures Of [...]
House of Windows by John Langan">House of Windows by John Langan
July 27th 2010 at 12:54 pm
Now available in Trade Paperback, John Langan’s debut novel, House of Windows, which Strange Horizons called, “a haunted house story of the highest order.” When a young writer finds himself cornered by a beautiful widow in the waning hours of a late-night cocktail party, he seeks at first to escape, to return to his wife [...]
PW & Booklist Review THE BEST OF KIM STANLEY ROBINSON
July 27th 2010 at 12:28 pm
Publishers Weekly The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson [starred review] Edited by Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $27.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-59780-184-3 Robinson’s award-winning novels (the Mars Trilogy, Galileo’s Dream) often unjustly overshadow his brilliant short stories, an error that this impressive collection will do much to correct. “Venice Drowned” chronicles Carlo Tafur’s heartbreak as he [...]
Booklist names THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi to The Reading List: Best Adult Genre Fiction, 2010
July 27th 2010 at 12:16 pm
The Windup Girl. By Paolo Bacigalupi. Night Shade, $24.95 (9781597801577). Bacigalupi constructs a sobering and nuanced vision of a future Bangkok teetering on the edge of disaster. In this inhospitable environment, a disparate group of characters calculates how to survive. The novel’s gritty tone, provocative story line, and sympathetic characters evoke a world that is [...]
News & Notes
July 26th 2010 at 1:00 pm
Some Recent Publishers Weekly Reviews at Night Shade Books – Living Dead 2, Starred Review: "You don’t have to be a zombie-lover to enjoy this outstanding follow-up to 2008’s The Living Dead. Anthologist extraordinaire Adams has assembled 43 stories that showcase strong writing and imagination. … Readers will hope for many further additions to the [...]
Some Recent Publishers Weekly Reviews
July 25th 2010 at 8:28 pm
The Living Dead 2 [starred review] Edited by John Joseph Adams, Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $15.99 paper (504p) ISBN 978-1-59780-190-4 You don’t have to be a zombie-lover to enjoy this outstanding follow-up to 2008′s The Living Dead. Anthologist extraordinaire Adams has assembled 43 stories that showcase strong writing and imagination. Unexpected settings include a lost world [...]
News & Notes
July 23rd 2010 at 1:00 pm
Innsmouth Free Press interviews John Joseph Adams (WASTELANDS, THE LIVING DEAD) – "I guess I’m most proud of Wastelands. It was my first anthology and I had no track record as an anthologist at that point, no experience putting together an anthology, and yet, I feel like I put together an excellent book – which [...]
News & Notes
July 22nd 2010 at 1:00 pm
SF Signal interviews Amelia Beamer, author of THE LOVING DEAD: – "I spent months watching zombie movies and reading zombie fiction (notably The Living Dead anthology). I also toured Alcatraz, thinking that the case can be made that it is the safest place in the Bay Area, even if one of the creepiest. Favorite zombie [...]
News & Notes
July 20th 2010 at 1:00 pm
Barnes & Noble.com reviews THE LOVING DEAD by Amelia Beamer: – Looking for an original zombie novel with some real literary weight? Seek out and read Amelia Beamer’s debut novel. You’ll never look at the undead the same way again… SF Signal reviews HESPIRA by Matthew Hughes – Excellent and intriguing world building … Another [...]
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