Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
We’ve just added two new books to our schedule, both already well into production: – Returns (Peter S. Beagle) — a return to the world of The Inkeeper’s Song. Given we’re only printing 1000 copies of this original novella, we expect sales to be brisk. – Swords & Dark Magic (edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders) [...]
Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Penguin recently released a new short story collection centered around dragons. It's edited Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. The table of contents follows along with my quick reviews for each story. The author line-up in The Dragon Book is a bit unusual for a collection by "the masters of modern fantasy", especially considering that some of the authors in the book would likely not appreciate...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
IDW Publishing will adapt Peter S. Beagle's 1968 novel The Last Unicorn as a comic series.
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
With the Holidays just around the corner, I invited publishers to come up with special prize packs for the biggest giveaways of the year. In the next couple of weeks, you'll see similar contests cropping up, all of them a mix of autographed copies, bestselling titles, and Advance Reading Copies. The idea is to offer something that everyone will want to win. Tor Books, Orbit US, Del Rey and Bantam Spectra...
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Media Release -- Enchanting, dark, and whimsically magical, Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn has delighted fans for more than forty years. Now this enduring tale will be lushly transformed into a six-issue comic mini-series by IDW Publishing, launching in April 2010. Adapted from Beagle's original novel by writer Peter B. Gillis, and lovingly illustrated by Renae De Liz with colors by her husband...
Subterranean Press (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Just a quick note to let everyone know that Peter S. Beagle’s mammoth (over 200,000 words) Best of volume, Mirror Kingdoms, is easily on pace for its February release. We’ve just received the signature page art from Michael Wm Kaluta — one of the best such images we’ve ever seen — and will have the [...]
badgerblog (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
maegwynn and I went to the Carolina for the Escapism Film Festival Friday and Saturday. Friday night: Doctor Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb - Nice print, only a bit scratchy and choppy in the middle, but the first half-hour and the last half-hour are very clean. So dark a movie maegwynn honestly wasn't sure it was supposed to be a comedy despite the presence of Slim...
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Dybbuk painting possession. 3 out of 5 http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1597801496/1597801496___4.htm
The Written World (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
This book won't be out until next year, but it looks really good! Warriors - Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois It includes: George R.R. Martin (Will read one day...) Cecilia Holland (Will be reading a book by her in October) Joe Haldeman (Never heard of him) Robin Hobb (Yay!) Lawrence Block (Been meaning to read) Tad Williams (Been meaning to read) Joe Lansdale (Never heard of) Peter...
Gossamer Obsessions (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Some of the awards have been given out already (congratulations Book Smugglers !) but Book Blogger Appreciation Week continues. Today, bloggers will interview other bloggers about blogging (and other things). Today, I will be interviewing Beatrice from My Kingdom for a Book . She comments and reviews on fantasy novels (which I love) and paranormal romances (which I am slowly, gradually coming to love)....
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
More free goodness from top-tier talent -- this time in audio form -- from an excellent resource: Free Speculative Fiction Online : Mike Allen: " An Invitation via Email " (Weird Tales, July 2008) Kevin J. Anderson: " Newts " (Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007) Steve Aylett: " Gigantic " (Disco 2000 Anthology, 1998) Paolo Bacigalupi: " Pump Six " (Pump Six and...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Check out the latest issues of Ideomancer and Clarkesworld (bonus points for the interview with Shweta Narayan, Angela Slatter, Genevieve Valentine, etc.) and the Diet Soap Podcast . And just a reminder: The Manila International Book Fair starts on September 16 so you know where those paychecks should be going to (sorry, here in the Philippines, book fair = book sale). Must plug Sheila Finch on The...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
Interviews & Profiles: John Scalzi turns the Whatever mike over to Malinda Lo , author of Ash . Agony Column podcast-interviews Peter S. Beagle, Karen Joy Fowler, Michael Swanwick, and M. Rickert . War Rocket Ajax podcast-interviews Jess Nevins . The latest BookBanter podcast features Seanan McGuire ( Rosemary and Rue ). AWARDS NEWS: Pawel Dembowski writes in to tell us that the Polish Janusz...
In Spring It Is the Dawn (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
As if to celebrate the fact that it's almost time for Carl's 4th annual R.I.P. Challenge , it's been slightly cooler here the last couple of days. It's certainly been a nice respite from the usual heat and humidity. I can't wait to read some gothic, spooky, chilly reads so I'm signing up for Peril the First , of which the goal is to "read Four books of any length, from any subgenre of scary stories...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
The website for the anthology Best American Fantasy 3 , guest-edited by Kevin Brockmeier with series editor being Matthew Cheney, has just posted the table of contents : "Safe Passage" by Ramona Ausubel (One Story, Issue 106) "Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel" by Peter S. Beagle (Strange Roads) "Cardiology" by Ryan Boudinot (Five Chapters, 2008) "The Pentecostal...
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