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THE SOMNAMBULIST

I could not be more excited for THE SOMNAMBULIST by Jonathan Barnes, a wonderful debut novel that Morrow will publish in February 2008.  It's a wonderful, fantastic, and utterly bizarre tale set in turn-of-the-century London, featuring stage magician and amateur detective Edward Moon.

I'll be talking more about this in the next few months, but the redoubtable Peggy Hailey of Bookpeople has just posted an early blog post for THE SOMNAMBULIST, and it's a doozy.

Check out what she thinks here.

-- Diana

NPR--Nancy Pearl picks sf/f

Librarian Extraordinaire Nancy Pearl picks her favorites for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy on NPR, including two of our titles:

CRYPTONOMICON, Neal Stephenson

THE FOREVER WAR, Joe Haldeman

Woohoo!

The full article and podcast are here.

-- Diana

HOLIDAYS ARE HELL--NY Times Bestseller

HOLIDAYS ARE HELL, featuring Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Marjorie M. Liu and Vicki Pettersson, is an instant New York Times bestseller!

It debuted at #21 on the mm list (just below the printed list), which is wonderful for an anthology. Plus it will be on the list for at least two weeks--woohoo!

CONGRATULATIONS Kim, Lynsay, Marjorie and Vicki!

-- Diana

New Bujold interview!

Because not only can we not get enough of Lois Mc Master Bujold's books, but we also can't get enough of listening (or, rather, reading) her talk about her books . . . new interview, with Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles, here, in which you can find out a) what you can expect in the next two novels of The Sharing Knife series, b) what Lois may or may not have coming after she wraps things up with Fawn and Dag, and c) how pedestrian-friendly midwinter in Minneapolis is (SPOILER: not very!).

-- Kate

Fourteen science fiction writers — all on one, crazy night!

Eldon Thompson, author of THE OBSIDIAN KEY and THE CRIMSON SWORD, will be at Powell's Books in Orgeon for a NW Sci-Fi Authorfest with 14 other authors!

Come join in the fun Wednesday, November 14th @ 7:00pm

at:

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing

3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd

Beaverton, OR 97005

(800) 878-7323

Other authors in expected to be in attendance include Lilith Saintcrow, Saint City Sinners (Orbit); Ken Scholes, Best New Fantasy 2 (Prime Books); Andy Mangels and Michael Martin, the Star Trek: Titan series (Pocket Books); Kay Kenyon, Bright of the Sky (Pyr); Phyllis Radford, the Dragon Nimbus series (Daw); Jay Lake, Mainspring (Tor); David Levine, Year's Best Science Fiction 24 (St. Martin's); Eldon Thompson, Legend of Asahiel series (Eos); Mike Shepherd, Audacious (Ace Books); Dal Perry, Gangster Conspiracy (Roc); Mary Rosenblum, Horizons (Tor); Ru Emerson, a contributor to the Bard's Tale universe (Baen Books) and multiple anthologies; and John Bunnell.

An Interview with Steph Swainston

Steph Swainston recently sat down with critic John Berlyne to discuss her latest book DANGEROUS OFFSPRING (aka The Modern World).  Watch the interview, and find out what makes Swainston's books stand out in fantasy.... 

Great review for A DARK SACRIFICE

We've gotten in our first review for A DARK SACRIFICE by Madeline Howard, and it's a good one! Book Two of the Rune of Unmaking, A DARK SACRIFICE will be out in December, and Publisher's Weekly has given it a great review:

"Gripping...Swift pacing, well-crafted characters and vivid battle scenes lift this well above the average Tolkien-inspired fantasy."

ILARIO Best Book of the Year

GREAT NEWS! Mary Gentle's ILARIO: THE LION'S EYE has been chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by Publisher's Weekly!

CONGRATULATIONS MARY!

HEART-SHAPED BOX was also chosen in general fiction, and the complete list is here.

Library Journal review for HOLIDAYS ARE HELL

We've gotten in a great Library Journal review for HOLIDAYS ARE HELL:

"In this unusual paranormal collection by some of the genre's best-known authors, readers are treated to a surfeit of holiday romances that range from Thanksgiving to Chinese New Year. A fledgling witch invokes a spirit with frighteningly unexpected results in Harrison's winter-set "Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel"; a woman on the run from the madman who turned her into a shape-shifter finds unexpected love in Lynsay Sands's "Run, Run, Rudolph"; a Chinese undercover antiterrorist operative and a renegade necromancer join to stop a band of life-stealing vampires in Marjorie M. Liu's exotic "Six"; and a superheroine returns to the real world to fight for children and finds love as well in Vicki Pettersson's "The Harvest." These fast-paced, off-beat tales will pique the interest of sophisticated readers."

PODCAST: Kim Harrison & HOLIDAYS ARE HELL

Our latest podcast is from an Eos author who needs no introduction, Kim Harrison.  In this podcast, Kim discusses HOLIDAYS ARE HELL with Diana Gill.  Click here to listen.