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Advance Reader Giveaways!

Richard Kadrey's third novel in the Sandman Slim series ALOHA FROM HELL goes on sale on 10/18, but email us now for a chance to have an early look and write us a review.

In Sandman Slim Stark came back from hell for revenge. 
In Kill the Dead he tackled both a zombie plague and being Lucifer’s bodyguard.

Once again all is not right in LA. Lucifer is back in Heaven, God’s on vacation, and an insane killer mounts a war against both Heaven and Hell.

Stark must head back down to his old stomping grounds to rescue his long-lost love, stop an insane serial killer, prevent both Good and Evil from completely destroying each other and stop the demonic Kissi from ruining the party for everyone.

Even for Sandman Slim, that’s a tall order. And it’s only the beginning.

If you are interested in reading the book early AND writing a short review for us, email us at [email protected] with your name and address.

Sandman Slim in new Blondie song!

Just how cool is Richard Kadrey? Well, his antihero Sandman Slim makes a guest appearance in "Sleeping Giant," a bonus track on Blondie's new PANIC OF GIRLS. http://t.co/oA8EswUe

ALOHA FROM HELL will be out 10/18.

“Richard Kadrey’s next Sandman Slim book will be out in OCTOBER, so mark your calendars if you’re as much a fan of these incredibly visionary and savage books as I am....These books are incredibly hard-boiled, and the endings are not H.E.A. But Kadrey’s a fascinating writer and no matter how vicious Sandman Slim gets, we’re rooting for him to win.”   — Charlaine Harris

“I’ve been reading Kadrey since his days as one of the original Mirrorshades-era cyberpunks, and this bad-ass supernatural horror stuff is clearly the material he was born to write. Kadrey has an ungodly (literally) amount of fun with Stark’s wryer-than-wry and violenter-than-violent observations and dialog. … And don’t let the ‘supernatural’ label throw you off: Kadrey isn’t reboiling the thrice-brewed tea of Stoker or Rami or Crowley in these books. He goes back to the old grimoires and the Ur legends and plunders them for monsters, demons and metaphysics that are so ancient they’re fresh.”
   — Cory Doctorow

-- Diana

Sara Douglass

We are all so very sorry to hear of Sara Douglass's passing.  She was one of the greats of Australian fantasy, and we've been thrilled to publish her over the last few years. She was a joy to work with, a gifted storyteller, tenacious and funny in facing her greatest battle, and she will be missed indeed.

--Diana

Free Margaret Ronald story!

Beneath Ceaseless Skies has just released a free steampunk fantasy story by Margaret Ronald, author of our Evie Sclean urban fantasy series. The title of the story is "Salvage", we suspect it is fantastic, and you can get it here.

And just a reminder, click through to read the first 80-ish pages of any of the Evie Scelan novels: Spiral Hunt, Wild Hunt, Soul Hunt!

NYC: Neal Stephenson is reading and signing REAMDE tonight, 7:00pm at the Union Square B&N on 14th Street! Don't miss this awesome author!

Another lovely review for GHOSTS BY GASLIGHT, edited by Jack Dann & Nick Gevers! http://bookpage.com/feature/haunting-halloween-horror

NZ SpecFic Blogging Week

Did you know it's New Zealand Speculative Fiction Blogging Week? Join the conversation with Helen Lowe, Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, Voyager authors all.

Helen Lowe is the author of The Heir of Night, the first volume in her epic fantasy quartet (and winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel!). Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris are the authors of Phoenix Rising, the first volume in their Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences steampunk series.

Read Helen's interview with Pip and Tee here.

And please visit our Browse Inside program to read the first 20% of both Phoenix Rising and The Heir of Night for free! (Then, of course, we believe you'll want to go out and buy them.)

 

Richard Kadrey/ALOHA FROM HELL tour

Richard Kadrey will be touring  California, Texas, Washington and Oregon for his third Sandman Slim book, ALOHA FROM HELL. Don't miss it!

October 15 7:15pm, BORDERLANDS BOOKS, 866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

October 18 7pm, MYSTERIOUS GALAXY, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111

October 19 7:30 pm, MYSTERIOUS GALAXY, 2810 Artesia Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278

October 20, BARNES & NOBLE, 1201 3rd ST, Santa Monica, CA 90401

October 21 7pm, DARK DELICACIES, 3512 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505

October 22 5pm, POISONED PEN BOOKSTORE, Ste 101 4014 N Goldwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251

October 23 2pm, MURDER BY THE BOOK, 2342 Bissonnet ST, Houston, TX 77005

October 24, UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE, 4326 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105

October 25 7pm, POWELL'S BOOKSTORE, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005

October 27 7pm, BOOKS INC., 301 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94041

November 5 3pm, BORDERLANDS BOOKS, 866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Neal Stephenson on his new book REAMDE

Neal Stephenson's new book REAMDE goes on sale Tuesday, so in preparation we sat down with him to ask a few questions. Here's what he had to say...

Q:      Reamde is an adrenaline-fueled, non-stop action adventure thriller with a large international cast of compelling characters. How did you come with the idea?  

NEAL STEPHENSON: It's been banging around in my head for years. We've all grown accustomed to stories about computer viruses that come out of nowhere and sweep across the world in days. I thought it would make a good plot hook to imagine a situation in which a powerful and vengeful person was seriously inconvenienced by such a virus, and decided to track down the hacker who created it and get even.

Amazing paper sculptures made from books

Left for librarians and other literary people as thank-yous.

Many thanks to Elizabeth Bear for linking to this spectacular, heart-warming article.  The sculptures are simply beautiful, and the sentiment wonderful. Don't miss this.

http://bit.ly/nhes2u