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SF Signal on Implied Spaces
JP at SF Signal has a nice review of Walter Jon Williams’s Implied Spaces, which he gives four out of five stars. Here’s a snippet: "All in all, Implied Spaces is a darn fine SF book, filled with a ton of interesting SF-nal ideas. I can only hope that there is more stories to come in this universe."
The Agony of Interviews
The Agony Column has a podcast interview with Night Shade editor-in-chief Jeremy Lassen. [MP3]
Curled Up With Good Reviews
Curled Up With a Good Book gives a rave, five-star review to Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams. Here’s a snippet: "If you like your science fiction epic in scope, with hard science mixed with philosophical, existential pondering about the ultimate meaning of the universe and life, and if you like to read novels that are not afraid to ask the Big Questions and attempt to answer them, Implied Spaces
Curled Up reviewers also curled up with Eclipse One edited by Jonathan Strahan [review] and Snake Agent by Liz Williams [review].
A Sale and a Review
Shocklines.com is offering 50% off all in-stock Night Shade Books titles. At checkout, enter the coupon code: SHADEFIFTY.
Over at SFF World, there’s a nice review of Liz Williams’s The Demon and the City. Here’s a snippet: "Part of the fun of these novels is the journey, because with most mysteries and mysteries masquerading in other genres, the outcome is known – the mystery is solved. As Williams did in the previous Chen novel, she explores the ambiguities of good and evil and the thin line that separates the motivations of those in Heaven from those in Hell. Subtle nuances are employed to further enrich and develop an already imaginative universe where you may be rooting for a Demon from Hell."
Recent Releases
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan
The depth and breadth of science fiction and fantasy fiction continues to change with every passing year. The twenty-five stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully map this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2 features stories by Stephen Baxter, Peter S. Beagle, Holly Black, Ted Chiang, Greg Egan, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Susan Palwick, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, and many others.
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Baciglaupi
Paolo Bacigalupi’s debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo’s work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning, and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience. The eleven stories in Pump Six represent the best of Paolo’s work, including the Hugo nominee “Yellow Card Man,” the Nebula-and Hugo-nominated story “The People of Sand and Slag,” and the Sturgeon Award-winning story “The Calorie Man.” With this book, Paolo Bacigalupi takes his place alongside SF short fiction masters Ted Chiang, Kelly Link and others, as an important young writer that directly and unabashedly tackles today’s most important issues.
The Demon and the City by Liz Williams
Now available in Mass Market Paperback! When inspector Chen goes on Holiday, Chen’s demonic partner Zhu Irzh finds himself alone in Singapore Three. The missing body of a brutally murdered socialite and the strange experiments of a well connected, beautiful young heiress leads Zhu into a maze of murder and corruption. Liz Williams (Snake Agent) delivers another Inspector Chen novel that further explores the mystical worlds that surround the near future city of Singapore Three. The convoluted politics of Hell marked the central conflict of Snake Agent, but in The Demon and the City, the Celestial Realms and their less-then-perfect social and familial relationships take center stage.
The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures by William Hope Hodgson
Now in its second printing. The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures is the first installment in our five volume set collecting the works of one of the great fantasists of the 20th Century. This volume concentrates on Hodgson’s nautical fiction, the material that first helped him achieve commercial success, and includes tales that range from the weird and fantastic, to humorous, to straight adventure stories.
The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook
Glen Cook delivers a masterpiece of galaxy spanning space opera. For four thousand years, the Guardships ruled Canon Space with an iron fist. But now the House Tregesser believes they have an edge; a force from outside Canon Space offers them the resources to throw off Guardship rule. Their gambits precipitate an avalanche of unexpected outcomes, the most unpredicted of which is the emergence of Kez Maefele, one of the few remaining generals of the Ku Warrior race - the only race to ever seriously threaten Guardship hegemony. Maefele must chose which side he will support; the Guardships, who defeated and destroyed his race, or the unknown forces from outside Canon Space that promise more death and destruction.
Snake Agent by Liz Williams
John Constantine meets Chow Yun-Fat in Snake Agent, the first in Liz Williams’ acclaimed series of near-future occult thrillers. Detective Inspector Chen is the Singapore Three police department’s snake agent, in charge of supernatural and mystical investigations. Now available in Mass Market Paperback! Liz Williams delivers the first in a series of near future occult thrillers that feature an audaciously textured mix of magic and futuristic technology in a far eastern setting that is iconic and thrilling.
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