Archive for September, 2011

A review: The Emperor’s Knife

September 30th 2011 at 3:41 pm

“One of the most important decisions an author has to make is how much to tell, how much to imply, and how much to show. In fantasy this even more true in creating a secondary/alternate world. For a debut fantasy author it’s triply difficult, because no one (editor or consumer) is going to buy an [...]

Listen to a fantastic short story by Will McIntosh

September 28th 2011 at 3:27 pm

“She came wandering down the sidewalk like any other corpse, her herky-jerky walk unmistakable among the fluid strides of the living. She was six or seven, Southeast Asian, maybe Indian, her ragged clothes caked in dried mud. Pedestrians cut a wide berth around her without noticing her at all…” Listen to the full story on [...]

J.M. McDermott guest posts at SF Signal

September 28th 2011 at 3:19 pm

J.M. McDermott Says Our Digital Future is Already A Few Months Behind Us, So What Is It, Exactly, and What Should We Do About It? “Welcome to the Future, Which Will Be Evenly Distributing Itself Sooner Than We Think, But Not That Soon… The digital age is already here. It is not evenly distributed, but [...]

Publishers Weekly give Seed a STARRED REVIEW!

September 27th 2011 at 7:31 am

Seed, the amazing novel from first time author Rob Ziegler, has received not just a great review from Publishers Weekly but a STARRED review. They say, “Fans weary of common postapocalyptic tropes will greatly appreciate Ziegler’s imaginative world-building, vivid writing, and compelling and racially diverse cast full of unique voices.” Read more. Seed is released [...]

A review: Necropolis

September 27th 2011 at 7:10 am

Justin Landon over at the Staffer’s Musings blog gives yet another awsome review of a Night Shade title! Necropolis, the debut novel by renowned screen writer and playwright Michael Dempsey, is out early October. Justin says, “Demsey successfully takes components of film, science fiction, melodrama, and crime fiction and puts them together in what is [...]

St. John of the Throwdown

September 26th 2011 at 3:24 pm

Violet Blue reads a short story set in the wonderful world of The Panama Laugh. In case you didn’t know, as well as being an award winning author, Violet is also a sex educator and makes reference to this in the first few minutes. Don’t say I didn’t warn you Now go listen to St. [...]

A review: Infidel

September 26th 2011 at 3:15 pm

Justin Lanon reviews Infidel, the second book in the awesome Bel Dame Apocrypha series by Kameron Hurley, “There’s a fine line between dark and compelling and horrifying and off-putting. When a story comes right up to the line without crossing it a certain dichotomy comes into existence whereby I want to look away and forget [...]

A review: Southern Gods

September 26th 2011 at 2:57 pm

The reviews for Southern Gods, the deliciously dark debut novel by John Hornor Jacobs, just keep getting better! Check out this awesome review from the My Bookish Ways blog, “It’s getting closer and closer to my favorite time of the year. October is just around the corner (which of course means Halloween),and the weather is [...]

Celebrate Banned Books with The Book of Cthulhu

September 25th 2011 at 4:52 pm

It’s Banned Books Week (September 24-October 1, 2011 ). Founded in 1982, Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read, and focuses on books that challenge the status quo, which have, in turn, been challenged, banned, or restricted. Many classic works of literature have suffered under these restrictions, including George Orwell’s 1984, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Slaughterhouse Five, William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, and J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

While H. P. Lovecraft’s works haven’t often fallen under the ban-hammer, he did create the ultimate banned book, the dreaded Necronomicon.

A review: The Book of Cthulhu

September 22nd 2011 at 2:44 pm

Paul Goat Allen has called The Book of Cthulhu the, “ultimate Cthulhu anthology”! He continues, “Whether you know it or not, if you’re a hardcore H.P. Lovecraft fan, chances are good that you’ll be sending Ross E. Lockhart a heartfelt “thank you” letter sometime soon – I’ve already added him to my Christmas card list. [...]

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