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One of the best parts of a recurring freelance gig I do (writing catalogue copy for a Canadian publisher) is getting to read books before almost anyone else, and today I read a really good one. I can’t say anything about it now, but when the book is announced (although the author has announced the [...]
News from SFScope that an anthology of science fiction for a YA audience publishes today. The collection sounds great, which annoys the hell out of me, because a year or so ago, I started thinking “Hmmm… there’s not a whole lot being published in science fiction for YA that isn’t techno-distopia or eco-themed. I’ve got [...]
I’m nearly finished reading The Man from the Diogenes Club , an anthology of stories by Kim Newman. It’s good. Really, really good. I started it a while back and didn’t get into it but I picked it up from the bedside table again recently and have just been racing through. I’ve just read “The [...]
For your browsing pleasure: the back jacket copy for The Doom of Kings, now finalized!
EVEN MIGHTY EMPIRES FALL
Darguun. Nation of goblins.
Built on the vision of a single warlord, Lhesh Haruuc.
But Lhesh Haruuc grows old, and Darguun
threatens to tear itself apart. With the help of Geth,
a lordless shifter, he’ll seek an ancient relic with which
he can [...]