Archive for July, 2010

News & Notes

July 14th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Fangoria reviews THE LOVING DEAD by Amelia Beamer – From start to finish, this novel is a true page-turner. The Wall Street Journal profiles Fritz Leiber and discusses SELECTED STORIES – Leiber was one of the most versatile writers of the 20th century and he left behind an impressive body of work—one that's now enjoying [...]

THE WINDUP GIRL wins the John W. Campbell Memorial Award!

July 11th 2010 at 4:54 am

At Readercon this weekend, it was announced that THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi is the winner of this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel. This is in addition to having already won the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Compton Crook Award, and currently being a finalist for [...]

News & Notes

July 9th 2010 at 1:00 pm

io9 names ZENDEGI by Greg Egan and THE BEST OF KIM STANLEY ROBINSON as two of the best science fiction and fantasy books for summer escapism –

News & Notes

July 8th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Michael Dirda reviews THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi for The Washington Post Book Review: – Readers of science fiction will recognize multiple influences on this excellent novel: Cordwainer Smith, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, China Mieville and even, possibly, Margaret Atwood, who proffers a similar vision of post-apocalyptic want, fanaticism and gene-manipulation [...]

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July 7th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Examiner.com reviews THE LOVING DEAD by Ameila Beamer – If Shaun of the Dead had been set in the Oakland hills, it would probably look a lot like The Loving Dead by Amelia Beamer.

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July 6th 2010 at 1:08 pm

Adventurers, scientists, artists, workers, and visionaries–these are the men and women you will encounter in the short fiction of Kim Stanley Robinson. In settings ranging from the sunken ruins of Venice to the upper reaches of the Himalayas to the terraformed surface of Mars itself, and through themes of environmental sustainability, social justice, personal responsibility, [...]

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July 6th 2010 at 1:00 pm

The Denver Post reviews THE LOVING DEAD by Amelia Beamer – Amelia Beamer's first novel is a surprisingly moving love story — surprising because it's a zombie story and doesn't back down from the blood and gore. Insatiable lust is a sign of zombie infection, and there is an unusual amount of sex and violence [...]

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July 5th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Listen to Paolo Bacigalupi on the Hour of the Wolf radio show – [audio link; interview begins at around the 12 minute mark]

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July 4th 2010 at 1:00 pm

The Green Man Review reviews SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL edited by Tim Pratt: – "A hell-blazin' good time."

News & Notes

July 3rd 2010 at 1:00 pm

Jonathan Strahan's Notes from Coode Street podcast features Night Shade Books editor-in-chief Jeremy Lassen – in which he discusses the Locus Awards and being in Seattle; Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl and understanding science fiction in 21st Century world; how science fiction still isn’t dying; rescheduling Eclipse Four; and a little bit on gender and [...]