Archive for December, 2010

News & Notes

December 31st 2010 at 1:00 pm

io9 names Paolo Bacigalupi (THE WINDUP GIRL) to its "Power List: 20 people who rocked science fiction and fantasy in 2010" – "His adult novel The Windup Girl has won almost every major science ficiton award and "stomped the competition" (as Locus puts it) on the trade paperback bestseller list five months running. More than [...]

Brave New Worlds edited by John Joseph Adams">Brave New Worlds edited by John Joseph Adams

December 31st 2010 at 10:14 am

When the government wields its power against its own people, every citizen becomes an enemy of the state. Will you fight the system, or be ground to dust beneath the boot of tyranny?

Agatha H and the Airship City by Phil and Kaja Foglio">Agatha H and the Airship City by Phil and Kaja Foglio

December 31st 2010 at 10:12 am

Adventure! Romance! Mad Science!

The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare. It has been eighteen years since the Heterodyne Boys, benevolent adventurers and inventors, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Today, Europe is ruled by the Sparks, dynasties of mad scientists ruling over–and terrorizing–the hapless population with their bizarre inventions and unchecked power, while the downtrodden dream of the Hetrodynes’ return.

The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson by Kim Stanley Robinson">The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson by Kim Stanley Robinson

December 31st 2010 at 10:09 am

Adventurers, scientists, artists, workers, and visionaries–these are the men and women you will encounter in the short fiction of Kim Stanley Robinson.

News & Notes

December 23rd 2010 at 1:00 pm

Rob Bedford of sffworld.com reviews DARKWAR by Glen Cook – "Glen Cook is a rare beast of a writer – he can vacillate between military fantasy, space opera, epic fantasy, mystery, and science fantasy with great ease. His writing is often marked by a purity; that he is depicting life in its most real sense, [...]

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December 22nd 2010 at 1:00 pm

Barnes & Noble names the Best Zombie Releases of 2010 – and the list includes THE LOVING DEAD by Amelia Beamer (#2), ZOMBIES OF LAKE WOEBEGOTTEN by Harrison Geillor (#7), and THE LIVING DEAD 2 edited by John Joseph Adams (#8). Left Overs reviews THE LIVING DEAD 2 edited by John Joseph Adams – "All [...]

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December 21st 2010 at 1:00 pm

Quiet Earth reviews BRAVE NEW WORLDS edited by John Joseph Adams – "Brave New Worlds is one of the best primers of dystopian literature you'll find on shelves today. A perfect blend of classic and contemporary short stories about government control, technological subjugation and corporate espionage, each story offers a unique position on how we're [...]

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December 19th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Monsters and Critics reviews PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES by Paolo Bacigalupi – "Bacigalupi’s outstanding debut collection of ten short stories explores the darker side of progress and humanity’s future with inventive, thought provoking twists that exemplify quality science fiction. … These deep, cautionary tales will stay with readers long after the last page is [...]

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December 18th 2010 at 1:00 pm

The San Francisco Chronicle names THE LOVING DEAD by Amelia Beamer one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2010 – "Beamer's first novel, the undead uprising finally comes to our own East Bay. When their house party in the Oakland Hills is interrupted by a couple of flesh-chomping zombies, Trader Joe's co-workers [...]

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December 16th 2010 at 1:00 pm

The Speculative Scotsman names THE HABITATION OF THE BLESSED by Catherynne M. Valente the best book of 2010: – "Short, sweet and utterly sumptuous, The Habitation of the Blessed – volume one of A Dirge For Prester John – is my find of the year, without a doubt, and The Speculative Scotsman's favourite novel, genre [...]

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