Archive for November, 2010

Yarn by Jon Armstrong">Yarn by Jon Armstrong

November 27th 2010 at 10:29 am

Following up on his highly acclaimed and Philip K. Dick Award-nominated “fashionpunk” novel Grey, Jon Armstrong explodes back on the scene with Yarn.

Darkwar by Glen Cook">Darkwar by Glen Cook

November 27th 2010 at 10:25 am

From Glen Cook, author of the Black Company and Dread Empire novels, comes Darkwar, collecting for the first time, the stunning science fantasy epic that originally appeared as Doomstalker, Warlock, and Ceremony.

The Collected Fantasies, Volume 5: The Last Hieroglyph by Clark Ashton Smith">The Collected Fantasies, Volume 5: The Last Hieroglyph by Clark Ashton Smith

November 27th 2010 at 10:20 am

The Last Hieroglyph is the fifth volume of the five volume Collected Fantasies series. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith’s notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

News & Notes

November 19th 2010 at 1:00 pm

PopMatters reviews THE LIVING DEAD 2: – "Almost without exception, the stories here are quite good. The assembled writers know where zombie fiction has been, and either mine existing conventions for more substance, or take the genre in new directions entirely."

News & Notes

November 18th 2010 at 1:00 pm

SF Signal reviews PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES by Paolo Bacigalupi: – [FIVE STAR REVIEW] "Pump Six and Other Stories is a fascinating series of short stories that look not only to the dark future that Bacigalupi conceptualizes, but it goes a level deeper, and looks at the primary cause of this future: it is [...]

Holiday Hours

November 17th 2010 at 11:09 am

The Night Shade offices will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday from Wednesday, November 24 through Sunday, November 29. We will return Monday, November 30. Happy holidays!

News & Notes

November 16th 2010 at 1:00 pm

School Library Journal reviews WINGS OF FIRE: – "The editors have pulled together an amazing work that does just what a great collection should do–it whets the appetite and makes readers ravenous for more." Library Journal reviews THE ZOMBIES OF LAKE WOEBEGOTTEN by Harrison Geillor: – "At first, this seems like nothing more than a [...]

News & Notes

November 10th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Shelf Awareness reviews THE HABITATION OF THE BLESSED by Catherynne M. Valente: – "As Valente's audience in the fantasy community continues to grow, her expert handling of the historical legends surrounding Prester John may be just the thing for readers who shun genre but embrace magic realism in their literary fiction."

News & Notes

November 2nd 2010 at 1:00 pm

Catherynne M. Valente discusses THE HABITATION OF THE BLESSED on The Big Idea: – "I want to tell you is that this is not a fantasy novel. This is a science fiction novel. What? (I imagine you say. I also imagine you with a very fetching smoking jacket and crystal goblet full of morning coffee, [...]