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LAND OF MIST AND SNOW, Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald

Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald's alternate Civil War story, LAND OF MIST AND SNOW, is on sale now.  If you like Naomi Novik's Temeraire books, Horatio Hornblower, or Patrick O'Brien (with less pages on knots and mizzens and half-masts), definitely check out this riveting naval adventure.

Check out their New Hampshire Public Radio interview podcast in either MP3 Player Stream or Windows Media. (Our first podcast links--we're so proud...)

And if you're in Massachusetts or New Hampshire, don't miss their signings!

Reading and Booksigning: Pandemonium Books, Cambridge, MA, Thursday, 30 November 2006, 7:00-9:00 PM

Reading and Booksigning: Toadstool Bookshop, Milford, NH, Friday, 01 December 2006, 7:00 PM

Want more? They'll be Eos Author Guest Bloggers the week of December 11th.

-- Diana

Lois McMaster Bujold on SCI FI Wire

Lois McMaster Bujold has a short interview up at SCI FI Wire, in which she talks a little bit more about The Sharing Knife as well as what she'll be working on next . . .

Check it out here.

(And we've still got the first three chapters of The Sharing Knife: Beguilement available here.  And you've only got till the end of the day TODAY to invite Lois to call in to your book group!)

-- Kate

Secret Histories and Con-Artists, Part the Last

TP: Jim wrote: "I also think of Isaac Asimov, avatar of scientific rationalism, and his unhappy relationship with airplanes."

            And Raymond Chandler, who in real life was a fastidious recluse, and Lovecraft, who wrote great supernatural stories but was a hardcore atheist/rationalist!

            I outline very thoroughly before I start writing a book, and revise everything, but still if I try to explain why I did something in some book, it's like trying to explain why I did something while drunk. (Jerry Pournelle says, "It's bad enough when you have to say 'It seemed like a good idea at the time,' but the worst is when you have to say, 'I guess it must have seemed like a good idea at the time.'")

Happy Thanksgiving

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday weekend to everyone in the US celebrating.  We'll be back on Monday, 11/27.

All best,

-- Diana

Secret Histories and Con-Artists, Part the Second

JM: Tim says, "I suspect not everybody will agree with me on this last point [namely that]  I always at least hope that I have nothing 'to say' in my fiction. No relevance to here and now. If I see myself starting to write something that's perceptibly a metaphor for something going on in the world today, I hope I always have the discipline to cut it out. " Well, Tim, you've come to the right place--I'm going to disagree with you, partly because I dissent from what I take to be your Poetics, partly because all of this mutual corroboration is starting to get on my nerves. Time to stir the pot, gentlemen.

Secret Histories and Con-Artists: A Roundtable discussion with John Crowley, Jeff Ford, James Morrow, and Tim Powers

Dramatis Personae:

John Crowley (JC:) The recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, John Crowley lives in the hills above the Connecticut River in northern Massachusetts with his wife and twin daughters. He is the author of Daemonmania; Love & Sleep; Aegypt; Three Novels; The Translator, and, most recently, Lord Byron’s Novel. His acclaimed novel Little, Big celebrates its 25th anniversary this fall.

Jeffrey Ford (JF):  Jeffrey Ford is a professor of writing and early American literature at Brookdale Community College in New Jersey and the author of four previous novels: the award-winning New York Times Notable Book The Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, and The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque. His most recent novel, A Girl in the Glass, was a New York Times Editor's Choice, and his short story collection, The Empire of Ice Cream, was just chosen as one of Publishers Weekly's best 100 books of 2006.

James Morrow (JM): James Morrow's most recent novel, a critically-acclaimed historical epic called The Last Witchfinder, was a New York Times Editor's Choice. His earlier novels include This Is the Way the Worlds Ends, Only Begotten Daughter, and a cycle of Nietzchean satires known as the Godhead Trilogy. A two-time winner of both the World Fantasy Award and the Nebula Award, he lives with his wife and son in State College, Pennsylvania. 

Tim Powers (TP): The author of numerous novels including the World Fantasy Award Winner Last Call, Expiration Date, Earthquake Weather, and The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers lives in San Bernardino, California. His most recent novel, Three Days to Never, explores a secret chapter in Einstein's past, and spent three weeks on the LA Times Bestseller list.

Moderator: Diana Gill, Senior Editor, Morrow/Eos (DG)

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DG:  Looking at your most recent books, they all deal with secret histories of a sort, whether it's a lost piece from the mad, bad poet Byron, books warring against themselves, Einstein's hidden past, or the mysteries behind Long Island's Gold Coast. What drew you to these themes, and/or these particular time periods? Are history and speculative fiction a natural match? Is it easier to write fantastical elements in period novels, or harder?

Beginning to look a lot like... Ah Crap!

Are you getting an early jump on holiday shopping? Want someone to give you great ideas to make life a bit easier for you? Check out the holiday edition of www.eosbooks.com for some great gift ideas. Also click here to read the science fiction and fantasy titles the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review recommends - including our very own Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman and Three Days to Never by Tim Powers. <P>

- KC

Author Guest Bloggers

We're thrilled that you have enjoyed our author guest bloggers to date, and are very happy to announce the next set of victims--I mean, Author Guest Bloggers.

In December, Debra Doyle and James Macdonald will blog about their new book, LAND OF MIST AND SNOW.  In January, Fiona McIntosh will be blogging about her Quickening trilogy , and USA-Today bestselling author (and knitting maven) Trudi Canavan will add to her list of blogs by stopping by in February.  We're hoping to have others as well, so stay tuned.

Also, I'm very pleased to announce that Eos will post a roundtable discussion next week between John Crowley, Jeff Ford, James Morrow and Tim Powers on conspiracy theories and secret histories, why authors have to be con-artists, and whether Tim Powers really knows everything. 

-- Diana

Publishing blogroll

Since I'm still behind from World Fantasy, this post is a shout-out to the many fabulous publishing and sf/f blogs that are out there, since without them I would, well, get more work done, but more importantly, be much less informed and entertained.

Galleycat has the insider scoop on lots of publishing news, events, and gossip. and the Hotties of Publishing contest. Today they have a nice recap of the Orbit launch party last night (though they don't mention the incredibly wonderful/evil Balvenie scotch...).

Gawker sometimes has very funny pieces on publishing (their profile of the various species of editor is very amusing, and sometimes all too true).

TNH and PNH's Making Light is the home of the brilliant Slushkiller, among other news of note.  Locus Online and the SFBC blog are always up-to-date on all the sf/f news and events, and their creator's blogs (Views from Medina Road and Antick Musings) are equally interesting and entertaining.  SF Signal also has useful round-ups and notices about the sf/f field.

For great information on sf/f art, artists, and covers, check out Irene Gallo and John Picacio's blogs.

If you're looking for good advice on publishing, Miss Snark is always worth reading, not just for being fabulously snarkalicious, but for sound, pertinent advice on publishing, getting an agent, and more. Other agents also have useful blogs--check out Literary Agent X, Kristen Nelson, and Jennifer Jackson, among others.  If you are looking for an agent, make sure to also check the list of the 20 Worst Agents.  Carl Lennertz of Publishing Insider has been a font of publishing info for decades, and there are a number of other publishing blogs of interest.

And if you want hours and hours of interesting commentary, and (of course), bacon on cats, there are many sf/f author blogs worth reading.  Rather than trying to list all of them (though all of the Eos and HC/Morrow blogs are conveniently linked on your left, hint hint), check out the lists at Making Light, the SFBC blog, and John Scalzi's Whatever.

And speaking of bacon and cats, the wonderful sf/f bookstore Borderlands is having a contest to find out what they should put on their store cat, Ripley. 

There are many other useful and interesting publishing and sf/f blogs, but how much procrastination aids do you really need, after all?   But speaking of procrastination--Eos has embraced our inner teenager, so come be our friend at www.myspace.com/eosbooks!

-- Diana

Ipod and Eos Library Contest Winners

We're very pleased to announce the winners of our Ipod Shuffle and Eos Library contests.  Thanks to everyone who signed up for our newsletter--we'll continue to do our best to provide entertainment and information about all of our books every month.

Brianne Wargo won the Ipod shuffle and an Eos 2007 library (aka every sf/f book Harpercollins will publish in 2007). Judy Yamada, Amy Dubiel, Lisa Rees, Richard Shapiro, and Warren Bowles have all won Eos 2007 libraries.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Not one of the lucky recipients?  Don't worry--we have more contests planned. And right now, you can win a signed copy of FAREWELL SUMMER by Ray Bradbury.  Just send us a question about the book for Ray to answer (email: eosbooks at harpercollins.com), and the top 10 questions will win a signed copy. So ask away!

-- Diana