This month we’re publishing the mass-market (regular sized) paperback of Charles Stross ’s near-future novel of crime and computer gaming, Halting State .
A whole bunch of reviewers rather enjoyed it when it first came out last year in the US and we think BoingBoing’s Cory Doctorow summed it up pretty darn well in his review :
“Charlie Stross’s latest novel Halting State starts out as a hilarious post-cyberpunk police procedural, turns into a gripping post-cyberpunk technothriller, and escalates into a Big Ideas book about the future of economics, virtual worlds, the nation state and policing, while managing to crack a string of geeky in-jokes, play off a heaping helping of gripping action scenes, and telling a pretty good love story.”
But don’t just take Cory’s word for it (or ours)… you can sample the opening section of the story for yourself, courtesy of this extract from Halting State that we&#...
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The November issue of Locus Magazine, mailed October 30th to subscribers, features interviews with Greg Bear, Paul Melko, and Gardner Dozois, a new column by Cory Doctorow, short fiction 5 Vote(s)... more
little brother From: harce.wordpress.com Post Date: 2008-11-03 04:21:31
zbieram się do napisania o tej książce od kiedy ją przeczytałem, czyli dobrych parę miesięcy od lipca więc chyba najwyższy czas wrzucić chociaż minimalną notkę mimo że zasługuje na dużo więcej…
po kolei - Cory Doctorow, aktywista i pisarz science fiction, laureat prestiżowej Nebula oraz paru innych, wykłada na Uniwersytecie Południowej Kalifornii. przeciwnik restrykcyjnych praw autorskich, [...]... more
Biting the Bullet — book three in Jennifer Rardin’s Jaz Parks series — is out, and over at Jaye Wells’ blog there’s a memo from Jaz about the challenges of working for a vampire boss . Be sure to bookmark Jaye’s blog (blahg?) while you’re there. Her urban fantasy debut — Red-Headed Stepchild –- will be out from Orbit in 09. ... more
This week, 11 of the Top 20 Fantasy bestsellers in the US are urban fantasy titles, including the Top 3. Most people are aware of the growth of urban fantasy over recent years, but I wonder how many are aware of the degree to which it now dominates the fantasy bestseller lists? This week’s chart shouldn’t be a surprise, either. Looking back over the fantasy bestseller charts of recent years, there’s a clear trend:
2004: 1 urban fantasy title in the Top 20.
2005: 4 urban fa... more
We’re happy to announce that Brian Ruckley , Charles Stross , Mike Carey and Philip Palmer are going to be at this year’s Alt.Fiction event, taking place at the Assembly Room in Derby on Saturday, April 26th.
If you’re not familiar with Alt.Fiction it’s a fantastic weekend of writers, writing and all things genre. The schedule of events and more information is available here and here . Hope to see you all there! ... more
Over at her livejournal Jo Graham discusses the “Warrior Princess” archetype in fantasy, and explains how she aimed to make Gull – the priestess in Black Ships – distinct from it.
“I think it’s important that our stories talk about the full range of human experience. Throughout human history important and interesting things have been done by people of both genders, playing a variety of gender roles. Our popular fiction chooses to focus on a few. Why not talk about Ruling... more
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