Simon & Schuster plans to create a new imprint specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror books “for readers of all ages.” Jon Anderson, executive vice president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, will oversee the not-yet-named imprint. In an interview with Publishers Weekly, he revealed that this imprint […]
From the Diverse Worlds Grant’s crowdfunding page: Science fiction and fantasy fans are a diverse bunch of people: male, female, black, white, Asian, Hispanic, gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, cisgender, queer, with and without disability; from all classes, geographical regions, and backgrounds. Especially now, when speculative fiction has taken over pop […]
We adore her and couldn’t be happier for our friend, Queen of steampunk and all around grand writer, Cherie Priest. Priest announced on her blog that she has scored a deal for two more books published by Tor. MORE STEAMPUNK? No. Fiddlehead will wrap up the major arc of The Clockwork Century, and […]
Congratulations to the winners and nominees of the 2013 Hugo Awards, held at LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio on Sunday night. There were a few hiccups with the Ustream live feed of the ceremony, but host Paul Cornell made the night delightful with many gentle jibs and jokes at the expense […]
We love this list from Buzzfeed (14 Things You Didn’t Know About Neil Gaiman), but as huge fans of the NYT best seller’s work, we particularly loved this little tidbit on the “genders” of his books. “Books have sexes; or to be more precise, books have genders. They do in […]
From NPR: Author Richard Matheson, whose injection of humanity into science-fiction tales engaged audience for more than five decades, has died. Matheson’s work included The Shrinking Man, I Am Legend, and numerous other movie and TV scripts, including episodes of The Twilight Zone. Matheson was 87. His death Sunday was […]
From The Ranting Dragon: I think we can all agree that 2012 was a pretty great year for fans of speculative fiction. Well, we’re here to tell you that 2013 will be even better. No, seriously, it will be! If you don’t believe us, just look at the list below. […]
There are books we love. There are, of course, books that resonate with us. There are books that make us laugh, make us outraged, motivate us to effect change. And then, there are books with the transformative power to alter the paths of our lives, that speak to us so […]
On this day, December 3, in 1857, Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Imperial Russia (modern
Ukraine, then a part of Poland). While he settled in England and wrote in English, he always considered himself a Pole. Heart of Darkness, one of the most famous of his 20 novels (which explores colonialism and the attitudes regarding what constitutes a barbarian versus civilized society) is considered one of the best English novels of the 20th century, as is his novel Lord Jim, which chronicles a crew’s abandonment of its disabled ship. Conrad died in England in 1924 at age 66.