http://www.nightshadebooks.com An independent publisher of quality science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Thu, 08 May 2008 03:40:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's a new interview with me up at Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews, in which I discuss Wastelands, The Living Dead, and other projects. And over at Graculus’s blog, there's a nice review of Liz Williams's Snake Agent. http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/05/07/an-interview-and-a-review/ Over at The First Book, Scott William Carter profiles Nathalie Mallet, author of The Princes of the Golden Cage. http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/05/05/interview-with-nathalie-mallet/ In the June issue of F&SF, Charles de Lint has a nice review of The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter, about which he says "Easily one of the better books I've read in a long time." And over at SF Signal, John Denardo reviews Majestrum by Matthew Hughes, and says ... http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/05/05/fsf-on-baxter-sf-signal-on-hughes/ John Berkey, A Remembrance http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/05/05/a-view-from-corona-20/ “The solitary, steep hill called Corona Heights was black as pitch and very silent, like the heart of the unknown. It looked steadily downward and northeast away at the nervous, bright lights of Downtown San Francisco as if it were a great predatory beast of night surveying its territory in ... http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/05/05/a-view-from-corona-20-john-berkey-a-remembrance/ Over at Intergalactic Medicine Show, Tobias S. Buckell calls Implied Spaces his "favorite book of the year so far," then goes onto say: "This is a romp through a novel of wild ideas, pocket universes in which D&D like environments exist for the titillation of their inhabitants being just the ... http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/05/01/rave-review-for-implied-spaces/ Congratulations are due to Andy Duncan and Laird Barron, both nominees in this year's Shirley Jackson Awards. Andy Duncan's "Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse", which appeared in Eclipse One, has been nominated in the category of Short Story (you can read "Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse" for free at this ... http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/05/01/congratulations-to-shirley-jackson-award-nominees-andy-duncan-and-laird-barron/ Peter Heck's review in Asimov's of The Spiral Labyrinth, which I mentioned here a while ago, is now online: "Hughes somehow catches the trick of combining dry understatement with a colorful, almost baroque, vocabulary that characterizes much of Jack Vance’s best writing. If you enjoy the latter as much as ... http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/04/30/new-reviews-2/ Book Love has a nice review of Pump Six, which sums up: "Pump Six and Other Stories is a superb collection of dark science fantasy which should be a must read for fan of the genres." Locus Online is featuring Russell Letson's review of Incandescence by Greg Egan. And for ... http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/04/28/two-new-reviews-and-a-new-cover/ I want to send a big thank you to everyone who voted for Night Shade in the Locus Award's poll. For the second year running Night shade has made the finalist list. This means a lot to me, as the Locus Awards are popular vote. I've always said I wanted ... http://www.nightshadebooks.com/2008/04/24/locus-awards-finalists/