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Date Archive: March 2007
Mar
29
Books Received Feb 26th - Mar 29th 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 29th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
About time we posted another batch of books received... We've seen new titles in the past month from from Michael Marshall, Joe Hill, Tad Williams, Ken MacLeod, John Meaney, Karen Miller, Toby Litt and Celia Friedman, among many others.
As always, many thanks to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.
Mar
28
New Manga range from Titan Books launching in April
Posted in: Press Room on 28th March 2007 by Sandy Auden
April 27th 2007 should be a day for manga fans to remember because (according to the press releases we've received) on that Friday morning Titan Books are launching UK editions of some of the world's favourite manga series. They've got a good selection of initial titles coming up including Megatokyo and Eden: It's An Endless World! but first, let's take a look at...
Mar
27
Interzone celebrates with Silver Anniversary issue
Posted in: Press Room on 27th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The UK's longest-running professional sf fiction magazine, Interzone is 25 years old with its current issue, #209. Shortlisted for the Hugo Award many years running, winning in 1995, it has kept its high reputation worldwide and appears bi-monthly. Interzone can justifiably claim to have kick-started the careers of many of today's best known speculative / science fiction authors and is one of Britain’s leading short story showcases.
Mar
26
Neil Gaiman signing, FP London, March 30th
Posted in: What's On on 26th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
A press release in from Forbidden Planet informs us that: "Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Neil Gaiman to promote the paperback release of his new book, Fragile Things. He will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Friday 30th March 5.00 - 6.30pm.
Mar
25
Justin Thorne on debut collection ‘In the Shadows’
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 25th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Justin Thorne, denizen of Jersey, is that seemingly rare combination: a genre writer who is also a musician - a guitarist and singer / songwriter to be precise - who performs regularly with his band The Chiefs.
His first collection of short fiction, In the Shadows is due to be published by Kedzie Press in May and is a blend of some of his previously published work and a number of brand new stories written for the collection. Intrigued by the mixture of creative outputs, we sent over a few questions about how he blends his music and prose writing.
Mar
23
Heads-up from Steve Aylett: Lint invades Oxford Street
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 23rd March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Steve Aylett sent us a pic of a rather superb window display in the London Oxford Street branch of Waterstone's, promoting the succinctly-entitled Lint [Amazon], his recently-published biography of Jeff Lint; one of the truly great sixties beat-legends and all-round literary cult-figures.
Mar
22
Short story conference issues call for papers
Posted in: What's On on 22nd March 2007 by Sandy Auden
Short story fans should get their diaries out and book in for
The Story Shall Be Changed: Tales and Re-tellings in the Short Story an event that will take place on Saturday July 21 2007 at Edge Hill University. While the event is sometime away yet, the conference have issued a call for papers so if you feel moved to write a non-fiction presentation about fantastic short stories, here's the inside information from Edge Hill University…
Mar
20
Newsbites round-up Mar 20th 2007
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 20th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Our latest round-up of shorter news items, including word of a free Dan Simmons audio extract, a free online Andy Heidel piece, 2K's performance of Alice at Foyles, Carol Anne Davis on serial killers, a couple of web-related launches, and more...
Mar
19
Richard Morgan on new novel Black Man
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 19th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Brit SF-noir author Richard Morgan's new novel, Black Man is a skillful blend of investigative drama, serial killer thriller and high-octane science fiction action-blockbuster. It's driven by incredibly strong characterisation and a multi-layered plot that takes on a wide range of sociological and psychological themes. And without a doubt it's his strongest novel to-date.
While the book isn't published until May 17th, I managed to get my hands on an advanced reading copy and, having enjoyed the book immensely, I thought I'd strike while the iron was hot and ask Mr Morgan a few questions about some of the ideas he's chosen to explore in the book.
Mar
18
Chaz Brenchley’s ‘A Cold Coming’ goes on stage in early April
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 18th March 2007 by Sandy Auden
Author Chaz Brenchley dropped us a line about his new play…
Mar
16
PS Publishing wins HWA Best Specialty Press 2006
Posted in: Press Room on 16th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The Horror Writers' Association - the international writers' collective that promotes the work of horror writers and publishers across the globe - has announced the winner of this year's HWA Award for Best Specialty press: the UK's very own multiple BFS Award-winning PS Publishing.
Mar
16
Steven Savile on the inaugural Scribe Awards
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 16th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
This year, the inaugural Scribe Awards will be presented to specifically mark the achievements of writers of media tie-in novelisations; original fiction based on characters and story-lines that have already been developed in other media and other milieu, such as TV shows and comics. We dropped British author Steven Savile - nominated in the 'Best Novel - Adapted' category for his first novel set in the world of 2000AD's Slaine the Barbarian - to ask him about the awards, and what being nominated means to him.
Mar
15
Area 51 radio station launching on mobile platform
Posted in: Press Room on 15th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
We've received a press release from the folks at UK sci-fi radio station Area 51, with news of a new venture: "Wherever you are in the UK, you will soon be able to hear the likes of Spock and Dr Who directly on your mobile phone - thanks to Area 51 Radio Station."
Our latest round-up of shorter news items, including an extract from Terry Brooks' new novel, Ian Hocking gets to interview David Mitchell, Obi Wan's cloak fetches £54k at auction, a long-lost William Gibson graphic novel adaptation reappears online, the Tolkien Estate clamps down on filesharers, and more...
Mar
12
Hal Duncan on new Book of All Hours novel Ink
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 12th March 2007 by Sandy Auden
When Hal Duncan's Vellum [Amazon] was released, its highly distinctive - and unusual - narrative structure, coupled with its mythological richness and symbolic power quietly stunned many of its readers. Now Duncan's tale of war and angels continues in the The Book of All Hours' concluding instalment, Ink…
Mar
10
Ian Edginton on Scarlet Traces 2: The Great Game
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 10th March 2007 by Sandy Auden
Scarlet Traces[Amazon] is a dark graphic novel set in a Victorian era. After surviving the Martian invasion (in War of the Worlds), the world is coming terms with the fact that their closest planetary neighbour wants to conquer their continents. Skilfully scripted by Ian Edginton, with artwork by D'Israeli, Scarlet Traces sadly stood alone, with no sign of sequel. Until now...
Mar
8
Joe Abercrombie on new novel Before They Are Hanged
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 8th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Joe Abercrombie's debut novel, The Blade Itself[Amazon] made quite an impact when it was first published this time last year, and with the sequel, Before They Are Hanged [Amazon] hitting the bookshelves on March 15th, courtesy of UK publisher Gollancz, we thought it was a good time to drop the author a line and quiz him on his follow-up novel.
Mar
7
Forbidden Planet London signings this March
Posted in: What's On on 7th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Three FP author signing events for us to tell you about, all coming up in the next few weeks, all of them taking place at the Shaftesbury Avenue Megastore in London.
Mar
7
Michael Marshall on new novel The Intruders
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 7th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
British horror, science fiction and, latterly, serial killer thriller writer Michael Marshall (Smith)'s seventh full-length novel, The Intruders, [Amazon] will be published by Harper Collins on April 2nd. The book features all the elements of a classic Michael Marshall novel - a stone-cold killer, a desperate fight for survival, shoot-outs, pursuits, shadowy secret societies... you name it - and the novel plays on some of Marshall's favourite themes: the thin line between life and death, what makes us who we are as people, mental and social paranoia and decay.
Mar
6
Justina Robson at Birmingham SF Group, March 9th
Posted in: What's On on 6th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
A quick reminder that Brit SF author Justina Robson will be visiting the Birmingham Science Fiction Group on Friday, March 9th (this coming Friday), from 7.30 p.m.
Mar
6
Newsflash: Iain Banks on BBC R6 tomorrow a.m.
Posted in: Press Room on 6th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
A quick heads-up via our good friend Joe Gordon at the FPI Blog: best-selling Scots author Iain Banks will be a guest on the Phill Jupitus Breakfast Show tomorrow morning.
Mar
5
Joe Gordon on Bryan Talbot’s Alice in Sunderland
Posted in: What's On on 5th March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Joe Gordon, head blogging honcho at the stupendously contentful Forbidden Planet International Blog Log, is getting rather over-excited about a forthcoming title from Brit comics legend Bryan Talbot.
Mar
1
Write Fantastic Signing, FP Bristol, March 17th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 1st March 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Four members of UK fantasy writers' collective The Write Fantastic will be joined by two special guests for a lunchtime signing session at the Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore on Saturday March 17th, from 1.00 to 2.00 p.m.