The book fantasy fans have been waiting over five years for...will be on our shelves July 12th, 2011.
Author George R.R. Martin had this to say on his website:
Yes, I know. You've all seen publication dates before: dates in 2007, 2008, 2009. None of those were ever hard dates, however. Most of them... well, call it wishful thinking, boundless optimism, cockeyed dreams, honest mistakes, whatever you like.
This date is different. This date is real.
Barring tsunamis, general strikes, world wars, or asteroid strikes, you will have the novel in your hands on July 12. I hope you like it.
(For what it's worth, the book's a monster. Think A Storm of Swords.)
The dragons are coming. Prepare to dance.
And hey... thanks for waiting.
Categories: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy
The Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Horror have announced their shortlists in all categories. The Stokers are awarded for Superior Achievement rather than "best of year" and its rules are deliberately designed to make ties probable. Gemma Files is the lone Canadian represented in the novel categories for A Book of Tongues (reviewed here).
Winners will be announced at the Stoker Weekend in Long Island NY, June 16-19, 2011.
The nominees for Superior Achievement in a Novel:
- Horns by
- Rot and Ruin by
- Dead Love by
- Apocalypse of the Dead by
- Dweller by
- A Dark Matter by
The Nominees for Superior Achievement in a First Novel:
- Black and Orange by
- A Book of Tongues by
- Castle of Los Angeles by
- Spellbent by
A list of the complete final ballot.
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy, Horror
If you think you know Arthur, Merlin and the Lady of the Lake guess again. Ariane is a troubled teen, starting a new life with her aunt in Regina. A new school would be hard enough, but learning you're a descendant of the Lady of the Lake too?
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasy
In the best novel category:
- The Native Star by
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by
- Shades of Milk and Honey by
- Echo by
- Who Fears Death by
- Blackout / All Clear by
The nominees in all categories are up at the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website. Last year's award for Best Novel went to 's The Windup Girl.
Read McNally Robinson's interview with nominee M.K. Hobson
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
I've never thought too hard about science fiction and fantasy poetry. I knew it existed. I knew that Robert J. Sawyer's wife was one of the form's noted practitioners. But like many fantasy readers, I've been guilty of skipping the poems or the songs that inevitably find their way into fantasy epics.
So why am I talking about it now?
In October 2010, I attended the World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio. At one of the many parties, this one hosted by Canadian publisher ChiZine, a poetry reading broke out amidst the launch of 's In the Mean Time and 's Nexus: Ascension.
, ChiZine co-publisher declared we would listen to a poem because "she'd bought the beer". She read a poem from her first collection called "Frankenstein's Monster's Wife's Therapist."
Amazing.
Now, lo and behold, one of Canada's two major SF&F awards, the Prix Auroras, have added a poetry category. Both Clink and Kasturi published numerous poems in 2010, also notable is 's "Waiting for the Harrowing". Even the "Dean of Canadian Science Fiction", has an eligible work; his prose poem, "The Transformed Man".
No longer a category I'll be ignoring.
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