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July 6th 2009 at 4:57 am

Strange Horizons reviews Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"While there are plenty of risks taken and there is plenty of originality to be found in the book, this is ultimately a no-frills collection of pirate stories, not particularly fancy or revolutionary but rather undeniably solid, reliable, steady. No weak links or [...]

Fast Ships nominated for Shirley Jackson Award

April 15th 2009 at 8:22 am

Congratulations to Ann & Jeff VanderMeer whose anthology Fast Ships, Black Sails was just named a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Awards. Also nominated, from Fast Ships, is Conrad Williams’s story, “68° 07’ 15″N, 31° 36’ 44″W.” 
See the full list of nominees here.

Locus Recommended Reading

February 2nd 2009 at 9:21 am

Locus has announced their 2008 Recommended Reading list. The following Night Shade Books made the cut.
Incandescence, Greg Egan (Gollancz, Night Shade)
Implied Spaces, Walter Jon Williams (Night Shade Books)
How to Make Friends with Demons, Graham Joyce (Night Shade Books)
Pump Six, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books)
Eclipse Two, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade Books) [...]

Happy New Reviews

January 2nd 2009 at 5:18 pm

Clarkesworld Magazine just published an interview with several anthologists, discussing the art and craft of editing anthologies, including me, Jonathan Strahan, Ellen Datlow, James Lowder, and Jeff & Ann VanderMeer.
The Agony Column interviews Night Shade Books editor-in-Chief Jeremy Lassen about Jonathan Strahan’s Eclipse Two. [MP3]
io9 reviews Neal Asher’s Shadow of the Scorpion: “Neal Asher’s [...]

Best Lists, Dirda on NSB

December 22nd 2008 at 11:06 pm

Michael Dirda, in The Washington Post, includes Night Shade in his list of the best independent publishers on the scene today.
Adventures in Reading names its Top Nine Books Published in 2008, which includes two Night Shade titles: “#4: Wastelands, by John Joseph Adams (editor): A reprint anthology consisting of stories about life afte apocalypse, [...]

Pirate Reviews We’re Thankful For

November 28th 2008 at 10:09 am

Several new reviews of Ann & Jeff VanderMeer’s Fast Ships, Black Sails have rolled in:
Bibliophile Stalker: “Delivers eighteen stories marked with action, treachery, and a sense of wonder. … If you want pirates and adventure, go grab this anthology.”
Romantic Times: “Fast-paced and enthralling.”
Adventures in Reading: “A great anthology, one of the year’s best and chock [...]

Arrr! Thar Be Reviews!

November 17th 2008 at 7:11 pm

The Agony Column reviews Fast Ships, Black Sails: “The VanderMeer’s know how to pick ‘em. The genres are as varied as the authors; you’ve got horror, science fiction, slipstream, fantasy, mystery, and yes – Pirate stories. All with one core appeal, one commonality, that all humans share – we want to be masters of own [...]

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October 15th 2008 at 2:56 pm

Do you love the sound of a peg leg stomping across a quarterdeck? Or maybe you prefer a parrot on your arm, a strong wind at your back? Adventure, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, danger–and, yes, plunder. Oh, the Devil does love a pirate–and so do readers everywhere.
Swashbuckling from the past into the future and space [...]

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