Gary Gibson's The Thousand Emperors cover art, synopsis and release date
Gary Gibson's The Thousand Emperors will be released next month by Tor UK books. Set in the same world as his previous novel Final Days, The Thousand Emperors threads the same ground and sounds really interesting.
Neal Stephenson's The Mongoliad Book One available for $0.99
As part of their Daily Deal feature, Amazon is offering Neal Stephenson's The Mongoliad for mere $0.99 (via SFSignal)
Offer is valid only today so don't be late. Get you copy here
Pamela Freeman wins this year's Aurealis Award, other winners inside
The winners of this years Aurelis Award have been announced. Congratulations to all!
What's most interesting is that Pamela Freeman won the best fantasy award for her epic fantasy novel Ember and Ash,
Bob R Bogle's critical biography Frank Herbert: The Works now available
We have just received press release announcing new book about Frank Herbert and his work. The book is written by Bob R Bogle and is available now.
Stephen Hunt's Sliding Void and In The Company Of Ghosts available for free
One of our favorite writers, Stephen Hunt is offering two of his novellas for free. On offer are "Sliding Void" as well as "In The Company Of Ghosts".
George R R Martin's A Dance with Dragons US paperback release date, cover art
Details of the US paperback edition of A Dance with Dragons have been released. Paperback will come out on 26th August and contrary to UK edition of the same book, the entire book will be published in a single volume as one massive 1152 page tome.
2012 Seiun Award nominees announced
2012 Seiun Award is an award voted by Japan's national SF convention. Winner are to be announced at Varicon 2012 in July and Science Fiction Awards Watch reports the nominees:
Foreign Novel
- The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
- The City and the City, China Miéville
- The Chronoliths, Robert Charles Wilson
- Dhalgren, Samuel Delaney
- Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
- Millennium People, James Ballard