Books Received: September 2009
Books received for review during the month of September 2009. This page is updated throughout the month.
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Author Archives: Ian Randal Strock
Tor’s “Fantasy Firsts” giveaway, and a chance to meet Brandon Sanderson
Tor is giving away 1,000 copies of both Mistborn and The Eye of the World to introduce new readers to their big fantasy series. Sanderson has also announced the titles of the final two Wheel of Time books, and a chance to meet him personally on his signing tour (deadline is this weekend)...
Read more [...] Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead appearing in “director’s cut” hardcover edition
Radical Publishing is producing a "director's cut" hardcover edition of the first four issues of Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead. The series follows detective exorcist Alice Hotwire, and this new version includes new pages, art...
Read more [...] ISFiC Press sale honoring FlashForward
ISFiC Press is offering discounts on many of its limited edition hardcover books in combination with Robert J. Sawyer's collection Relativity, all in honor of the tv series based on Sawyer's novel Flashforward...
Read more [...] Agent Barbara Bova Dies
We've received reports that agent Barbara Bova has died. More information when we have it...
Read more [...] A spooky, but gorgeous, little book—a review of Isis by Douglas Clegg
The story is darkly haunting, and will stick with you, but the artwork is downright amazing, and will demand a place in your home...
Read more [...] Publicity Director Rina Gill moving from Century to Corvus
After seven years with Century, Rina Gill is joining new imprint Corvus books at Grove Atlantic...
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Joe Haldeman Hospitalized
Joe Haldeman was hospitalized in Cincinnati, Ohio, several days ago for a twisted bowel and severe pancreatitis...
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Haldeman and Varley win Robert A. Heinlein Award
Joe Haldeman and John Varley are this year's winners of the Robert A. Heinlein Award for works that inspire human exploration of space...
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Sarah Gray sells Wuthering Heights mash-up to Kensington
The classic and gruesome mash-ups continue. Now comes word that Sarah Gray has sold Wuthering Bites to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Books for a high five-figures advance, via agent Evan Marshall. The book is to be "a retelling of Wuthering Heights in which Heathcliff is a vampire."
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Market Maven #18 is out; new mailing address
Editor Cynthia Ward reports the release of Market Maven #18, providing writers' guidelines for speculative fiction writers. She also reports a new mailing address for herself and the magazine...
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2009 British Fantasy Award Winners
The British Fantasy Society announced the winners of their annual awards, which are...
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Forrest J Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland returns as a web site
The iconic fan magazine covering all things monster movie returns in an updated form for a modern audience. The Famous Monsters web site features news, reviews, interviews, and a store...
Read more [...] OSC’s Intergalactic Medicine Show publishes issue #14
The fourteenth issue of Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show features fiction by Saladin Ahmed, Orson Scott Card, Jon Crusoe, Aliette de Bodard, J.F. Lewis, Philip Powell, Joan Savage...
Read more [...] Circlet celebrating Bisexuality Day with a new ebook collection
Circlet Press, speculative fiction's erotic publisher, is recognizing "Celebrate Bisexuality Day" with the release of a new electronic anthology, Like Twin Stars, featuring the work of N.K. Jemisin, Giselle Renard, and Neil Hudson...
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