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The Golden Compass

Hi!

I'm Diana's assistant, Emily, and I am taking a turn on the blog.  Just to warn you, you will be hearing a lot more from me in the coming weeks and months.  But first on the agenda is THE GOLDEN COMPASS!

Only 8 days! 

I don't know if you have heard about the controversial press/religious criticism that the book and the movie have been getting, but we're not buying it over here at Eos.  We think it is going to be GREAT and cannot wait to go see it!  Personally, my love of the genre can be directly attributed to two authors, and Philip Pullman is one of them (Madeleine L'Engle is the other--they both completely hooked me).  So the fact that this awesome book is now a movie with an all-star cast is pretty darn cool.  So here's hoping that another generation of readers will be hooked on THE GOLDEN COMPASS!   

If you are looking for a bit of distraction, check out the movie website and meet your daemon....

--Emily         

ENDEAVOUR AWARD/FOREST MAGE

We are thrilled to note that Robin Hobb's FOREST MAGE has won the 2007 Endeavour Award!

CONGRATULATIONS ROBIN!!

C. J. Cherryh's FORTRESS OF ICE was a finalist as well. Yay!

For the complete list of finalists and more information on the award, click here.

-- Diana

FOR A FEW DEMONS MORE--mm on-sale today

The mass market edition of Kim Harrison's New York Times bestseller, FOR A FEW DEMONS MORE, is on-sale today!

It contains both an exclusive short story (featuring Kisten Phelps) and a sneak peak at the cover for THE OUTLAW DEMON WAILS!

And that's not all today: Kim and the authors of HOLIDAYS ARE HELL (Lynsay Sands, Marjorie M. Liu and Vicki Pettersson) are guest-blogging on the Romance Novel TV message board.  They've even included a video with Kim from RWA last year.   Check it out at: http://romancenovel.tv/forum/index.php

Kristine Smith on human-alien hybrids

Courtesy of the prolific (and talented) John Scalzi and the Ficlets blog, Kristine Smith tackles the Big Idea--namely, human-alien hybrids.

Worst SF/F covers of all time?

There's an amusing article on Cracked.com about what one writer thinks are the worst sf/f covers of all time.

At some point I'll talk about covers in more depth--we're planning a number of posts on this, including interviews with artists and pieces from the art director, etc.)--but check out the link for your amusement in the meantime. (However, I do agree with the comments that there are many that are much worse, from both way back and more recent times...)

Diana

Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

--From all of us at Eos

FOR A FEW DEMONS MORE

The mass market edition of Kim Harrison's New York Times bestseller FOR A FEW DEMONS MORE will be on-sale in just a few days.

This edition contains a brand-new, exclusive short story, "The Bridges of Eden Park," featuring one of the most beloved characters of the Hollows, plus the first advance look at Kim's next book, THE OUTLAW DEMON WAILS.  You won't want to miss it!

For more information, click here.

ENDGAME Reader Reviews

     Thanks to everyone who volunteered to read and review Endgame by Kristine Smith.  For those of you that didn’t have the opportunity, make sure to check the Eos blog for more chances to win advance copies of other great titles. 

     With Endgame, award-winning author Kristine Smith delivers the explosive finale to her acclaimed Jani Kilian series, full of intrigue, military adventure, and first contact.

     Check out reader reviews for Endgame! (Warning…there are spoilers after the break.)

Advance Readers Wanted!

We're looking for 10 advance readers for Robin Hobb's newest book, RENEGADE'S MAGIC on sale January 8th, 2008!

From master fantasist, Robin Hobb, comes the thrilling conclusion to her Soldier Son Trilogy--an extraordinary adventure of love and intrigue, privilege and magic. 

Nevare Burvelle is an innocent man framed and convicted of unspeakable crimes.  Despondent and with nowhere to turn, he reluctantly surrenders hismelf to the Speck magic with which he has been cursed.  But the decision is not without consequence, for now Nevare is at the mercy of his Speck self: a powerful alter ego who will stop at nothing to drive the enemy Gernians away from Speck territories--and use his warrior’s insight to plan a vicious and horrifying attack on those who would do him harm.

But events unravel in unexpected ways, and now Nevare must bring his warring selves together to find lasting peace for himself and both his peoples.

If you're interested, send an email to [email protected] with your name and address.

SF Chronicle's Best Books of the Year

Via Locus Online, Michael Berry at the San Francisco Chronicle has picked his top sf/f books of the year, and Harper/Morrow has two of them:

20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, Joe Hill

BAD MONKEYS, Matt Ruff

They're both fabulous--Congrats!

-- Diana