I'm in this huge CYBERPUNK book, along with William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic and lots more.
The Big Book of Cyberpunk arrives September 26. Editor Jared Shurin tells File 770, “As with any attempt at a definitive collection, I suspect (and hope) it will provoke conversation!”
At over a thousand pages it is the largest anthology of the genre, with authors from over two dozen countries. #bookstodon#sff#scifi#books
Last night, I broke down & read the last chapters of Ancillary Mercy. I had been listening to it to help me fall asleep because I already knew it so well, but I just ... got impatient. I read so much faster than I can listen. My brain missed the WHOLE point! 🤣
So I started listening to Becky Chambers' A Closed and Common Orbit to fall asleep to, only now I want to finish it ... but luckily I need to read Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea for my SF book group tonight.
@suzisteffen@bookstodon totally missed there were other Ancillary books, loved the first one. Put holds on the others.
The Mountain in the Sea was ok. The story telling was a little disjointed I felt.
It's been years in the making, but today our debut novel A SECOND CHANCE FOR YESTERDAY finally hits the shelves. It's a dream come true for both @rachelcleves and @aram. We've fantasized about being novelists since we were kids, and today that fantasy becomes reality.
We hope you love Nev, Airin, Jim Bone, and all the people we dreamed into this book.
Charles has been thinking about that for half and hour. The Watcher, a giant statue honoring the former owners of this planet, "watch" him while he muses about his future.
He's been training for years. He knows the world will change soon, and he wonders if he should be part of that change, or just its instigator.
Everything depends on his decision. To jump or not to jump.
A memory of his late wife flashed through his mind.
@whknott ... If they'd have asked - "Yes", on active duty after a planetary invasion, but partnering with a humongous dufus machine with a mini reactor in its chest might have made me pause on being so positive.
Brawn? More than plenty. Brains? As much cranial activity as a hand-held clicker for training cats. There's one overwhelming trait working in its favor. It's a room full of tail wagging pups when it comes to loyalty, so not all bad.
!!! Sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter for this super cool Ukrainian SFF anthology launches! Many stories, both translated from Ukrainian and written originally in English.
Yesterday I got author copies of my most recent book, a collection of short stories titled Where Rivers Go To Die. They look lovely and the red tones make me want to change my favourite colour from blue to red. You can find yourself a copy of this book on online stores.
These are stories I've written over twenty years, since the earliest I first wrote circa 2003-4
I loved SCARLET so much that I read it last night in one sitting then came to work today and grabbed another Cogman, THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY. I didn't know I needed a Scarlet Pimpernel retelling with vampires, but this novel is oodles better than it sounds! What a ripping yarn! @bookstodon#bookstodon#sff#fantasy
@jillrhudy@kimlockhartga@likewise@bookstodon Yes! Why that as the foundation, as opposed to all the other stories she wove in as… um… texture and flavour alongside. Apparently her next one will be about water-based mythologies. Can’t wait.
@DarkMatterZine@kimlockhartga@likewise@bookstodon I keep forgetting that AFTER THE FOREST just came out since I read ahead. Kell Woods and water-based mythology, huh? Mermaids maybe? Will grab an ARC the day it is available. #KellWoods
Just popping in to remind everyone in the #sff#scifi community that our art contest ends soon! Send us your work by Thursday Aug 10 and it will be entered into the contest.
Artists may submit up to 2 pieces each. Image size must be 2250x3000 pixels.
1st prize wins $45 & work featured as cover art for Aug. 2023 issue. Everyone submitting receives a free copy of our Aug. 2023 issue.
NO AI art!
NO ENTRY FEES! Simply email up to two
pieces of artwork to [email protected]
Hallo, shop! Yesterday I didn't much care for 'The Cartographers', but today you can read about why I LOVED Starling House, by Alix E Harrow, on Nerds of a Feather!
Look, just do what the nice sentient house wants, all right?
@ergative@bookstodon That just arrived late last week and I just want to say ‘honeysuckle?!? SEYMOUR IS HONEYSUCKLE???” Which tells you where I’m at.Thanks for the review copy @torbooks aka Macmillan Aus.