…ry nice writeup of the story over at Tor.com by Niall Alexander. The full list of finalists is as follows: SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart; Bloomsbury; Talese) Abaddon’s Gate, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Best of All Possible Worlds, Karen Lord (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher UK) Shaman, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK) FANTASY NOVEL The Ocean at the…
…Deep Ones. Read excerpts at tor.com| Buy at Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Indiebound We talk about how Ruthanna uses food to evoke memory in her book. What we didn’t realize is that we would also be talking about revising the Lovecraftian recipe, and exploring monster digestion. This podcast contains so much salt. Also a heads up about Ruthanna’s book party with her blog co-host Anne M. Pillsworth at Wiscon in a few weeks! Are you going? Pick up a…
…r http://franwilde.net/podcasts/031MalkaOlder.mp3 Recipe: Picadillo Ingredients: ground beef, onion, pepper (any kind), garlic, cumin, oregano, tomato sauce, raisins, olives, olive oil Sautée the onion and pepper in the oil. Add the ground beef and break it up to brown thoroughly. Add the garlic, minced or crushed. Add a lot of oregano (I am not kidding, a lot) and some cumin. Add tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Add raisins and olives, turn he…
…Jr. & Armando Bo (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Edge of Tomorrow, Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Warner Bros. Pictures) Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Interstellar, Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christop…
…he Detective. Finally, she is the author of the Dragons and Blades series, comedies of manners, murders and family shenanigans set in a Gothic Vietnamese court, which comprise Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders and Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances (2022 BSFA Award Winner). She lives in Paris, France. Aliette is represented by John Berlyne of the Zeno Literary Agency: for any enquiry, please contact the agency. Sign up for the newsletter here. Original…
…dcasts/034BoBolander.mp3 And here’s Bo’s recipe: COCKTAIL RECIPE: TOPSY’S ADIEU Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz gin 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse 3/4 oz Saler’s Apertif 1 oz lime juice 1 teaspoon ginger-lime curd (recipe below) 1 egg white 1 teaspoon simple syrup/rich syrup Mix all the ingredients in a shaker and dry shake (without ice) vigorously until combined. Add ice and shake some more until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass and enjoy! Lime-ginger curd: 3 e…
…rs, setting, and presentation, which has appeared in at least three (3) volumes consisting of a total of at least 240,000 words by the close of the calendar year 2016, at least one of which was published in 2016. If any series and a subset series thereof both receive sufficient nominations to appear on the final ballot, only the version which received more nominations shall appear. There are way more than 3 Xuya stories in existence, and the total…
…ing; nine months later, one of them is my agent, and one of them has offered me a deal for three books, starting with Servant of the Underworld, and going on to two sequels….
…th books.*cough* [2]) Where to Buy Hardback (US) Penguin Random House US indie stores Amazon US Barnes and Noble The Book Depository Trade Ppb (UK) UK indie stores Waterstone’s Amazon UK Blackwell’s WH Smith The Book Depository Ebook/audio Amazon US (Kindle) Amazon UK (Kindle) Mass Market Ppb (UK) Amazon UK Foyles Waterstones WHSmith The Book Depository Buy now [1]I put in the link for the preorder of the UK edition but I’m a little less sure abou…
…nd the United States have gathered together to create the World SF Travel Fund. The fund has been set up to enable one international person involved in science fiction, fantasy or horror to travel to a major genre event. The first recipient of the fund is genre blogger and activist Charles Tan, from the Philippines. Charles is a tireless promoter of speculative fiction. Besides his own Bibliophile Stalker blog, he contributes to the Nebula Awards…
