Max Brooks’ novel, WORLD WAR Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, published by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, has now sold more than 1 million copies in print and digital formats combined.
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Ace Acquires Graphic Novel Series from Charlaine Harris
October 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Ace Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced today the acquisition of an all-new trilogy of graphic novels entitled Cemetery Girl by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris and dark fantasy writer Christopher Golden.
Win An Autographed Copy of “Dead of Night”
October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
St. Martin’s Griffith is giving away 10 signed hardcover copies of the novel. You can enter to win the book HERE.
All Hallow’s Read
September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Gaiman has started the All Hallow’s Read to encourage sharing of “scary books” during the upcoming Halloween season. Gaiman says that you can give the book the week of Halloween or on the actual Halloween night itself.
NASA Teaming Up With Tor/Forge
August 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We’ve all heard stories about how many of NASA’s scientists and astronauts were inspired by the worlds of science-fiction. Now, the space agency is teaming up with Tor books to create a new line of science-fiction novels that will highlight concepts relevant to current and future NASA missions and operations.
2011 Hugo Award Winners Announced
August 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This weekend, the winners of the Hugo awards were announced. Connie Willis picked up another Hugo for best novel and Doctor Who won for its two-part series five finale.
NPR Releases Top 100 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book List
August 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about NPR’s summer project to assemble a list of the top 100 sci-fi and fantasy books.
After nominations, voting and compiling, the results are in. The full list is available on NPR.
NPR Looking for Top Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels
June 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
Got a favorite genre novel? NPR wants to hear about it. The news broadcaster is looking to compile a list of nominees that can be whittled down into the best examples of the genres. Here’s the guidelines for nominating: 1. Limit yourself to five titles per post. Don’t hesitate to nominate a book that someone [...]
Vote for “Cinco de Mayo” in the Alberta Reader’s Choice Awards
May 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Michael Martineck’s Cinco de Mayo, published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy, is a finalist for the Alberta Readers Choice Award, and the only fiction work vying for this mainstream $10,000 award. This is the first time that a Science Fiction novel has made it to the finals. Although one has to be an Alberta [...]
“A Dance With Dragons” Release Date Announced
March 3, 2011 By 1 Comment
Fans of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Fire and Ice” mark your calendars. The fifth installment in the epic fantasy series has a release date. “A Dance With Dragons,” the fifth volume in the series will hit stores on July 12, 2011. Entertainment Weekly broke the news on their site and says the latest [...]
“Dracula” Goes Interactive
October 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The king of vampire is rising from the grave again–and this time he’s going interactive. One of the icon’s of the horror genre, “Dracula” will get a new make-over for the 21st century when an interactive version of the classic Bram Stoker novel is released for iPads next week. According to USA Today, the new [...]
2010 World Fantasy Award Nominees
September 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The nominees for the 2010 World Fantasy Awards for works published in 2009, were announced last week: Novel Blood of Ambrose, James Enge (Pyr) The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc) The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey) Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland) In Great Waters, Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey) [...]
McIntyre Talks about Writing “Trek” Novels
July 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Best-selling and award-winning author Vonda N. McIntyre has penned some of the best loved original “Star Trek” novels as well as the adaptations for several of the big-screen adventures. “David Hartwell invited me to write a ‘Star Trek’ book for Pocket Books, which had recently obtained the license to publish original ‘Star Trek’ novels. He [...]
Naked Heat preview now on ABC.com
May 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
For all the Castle fans out there, there’s a preview of the next book in the Nikki Heat series, Naked Heat, available at ABC.com As of today, Chatper 1 is available for a free download: http://abc.go.com/shows/castle/naked-heat Last year, ABC and Hyperion books gave us the first 10 chapters for free, prior to the book’s release [...]
“Twilight” Novels Among ALA’s “Most Challenged” Books
April 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The latest survey of banned books indicates that the “Twilight” series ranks as the fifth most requested books to be banned by public libraries. The latest report on “challenged books” by the American Library Associations indicates that Meyer is in good company along with the Harry Potter novels and several other classics for the most [...]
Brooks Sells New Shannara Trilogy
March 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
If you’re a fan of Terry Brooks’ Shanara universe, we have good news for you. (On the other hand, if you’re like me and behind on the books, you may let out a sigh of despair at ever catching up…) Brooks has sold the next Shanara trilogy to Del Rey, who will publish the books [...]
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