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Tag Archive: Richard [K] Morgan

Another quick round-up of links of interest elsewhere on T'Internets.

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The shortlist for this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award was officially announced today.

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A quick round-up of links to a selection of items of interest we've spotted elsewhere on T'Internet recently...

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Another round-up of the books that have been sent in to UKSFBN in the past few weeks. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.

Click on any of the book covers for ordering information from either Amazon.co.uk or the book's publisher.

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A while ago, Richard Morgan announced that for his next novel he'd be making something of a departure from the high-octane, adrenaline-fulled action-sf that has become the hall-mark of his five novels to-date, and would be setting out in a new direction; embarking on a work of epic fantasy. Switching genres tends to be an unusual move for a UK-based author, so this is a development that we've been keeping our eye on with interest.

His UK publisher, Gollancz Books, has just released a page or two of teaser text into the wild which suggests that, far from turning his back on his hallmark dark, gritty, visceral prose and themes of conspiracy, betrayal, honour and retribution, he'll be bringing the same worldview that characterises his Takeshi Kovacs and Karl Marsalis works to bear on his new subject matter... with what could turn out to be extremely interesting results, as far as this dark, gritty, epic / heroic fantasy fan is concerned.

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Another round-up of the books that have been sent to UKSFBN towers in the past few weeks. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.

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Last month saw the launch of a new promotion by Gollancz Books here in the UK: their Future Classics range. They've re-packaged eight current titles by some of the biggest names on their list - Stephen Baxter, Greg Bear, Greg Egan, Paul J. McAuley, Richard Morgan, Christopher Priest, Alastair Reynolds and Dan Simmons - with all-new cover art.

The new covers are certainly impressive. All eight are included in the article below, but to be honest the jpeg images really don't do them justice at all. For instance, Paul McAuley's Fairyland is printed with an iridescent ink, giving the patterning a holographic feel, Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space has a semi-mirrored finish with an embossed pattern, and the raised patterning on Stephen Baxter's Evolution cover is actually felt-textured.

The new designs are only intended to run for the duration of the promotion and then while stocks last; the revamped imagery won't be replacing the books' current covers in the long-run, and Gollancz won't be extending the concepts for any of the other titles in the relevant authors' series. Intrigued by the thinking behind the stand-alone concept, we sent an email to Gollancz editorial director Simon Spanton and asked him a few questions about the Future Classics.

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Richard Morgan's new novel, Black Man (UK) / Thirteen (US) has been out for just over a month in the US (two months in the UK) and it's certainly made the reviewers think; reactions have focused on the political, racial and social elements of the book's considerable layer of subtext, whilst acknowledging that this is still very much an action novel in the vein of Morgan's earlier Takeshi Kovacs novels and Market Forces, the deeply satirical bastard offspring of Mad Max and The Office.

Morgan will be jetting to the US next weekend for a mini-tour that takes in several major cities on the Pacific coast (or the 'Rim States', as they have become in Black Man / Thirteen). We dropped Richard a line to quickly ask him about the tour and his next book project; a (planned so far) three-volume fantasy saga entitled Land Fit For Heroes (tour dates follow at the end of the article).

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Issue #211 (July/Aug 2007) of Interzone, the UK's longest-running science fiction magazine, will be a Michael Moorcock special and goes on sale on July 12th.

TTA Press tells us: "Interzone #211's striking new cover design starts with Richard Marchand's 'Lunar Flare' and leads with a special feature on Michael Moorcock, the writer described by the late Angela Carter as 'a lord of misrule, whose work is the nearest thing we have in English to a never-ending carnival.'"

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Another round-up of the books that have arrived at the UKSFBN offices since early May. Brand new titles and / or news editions and re-releases from the likes of Katherine Kerr, Trudi Canavan, Natashe Mostert, David Zindell, Steph Swainston, David Anthony Durham, Alastair Reynolds, Kelley Armstrong, Scott Westerfeld, Eric Brown, James Maxey, Martin Millar, Charlie Huston, James Patterson, Paul Kearney, Alan Steele, Richard K Morgan, Laurell K. Hamilton, James Patterson, Ian Irvine, and more.

As always, many thanks to the publishers concerned for bringing all these titles to our attention.

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This just in from London's premiere specialist SF retailer, Forbidden Planet: "Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Richard K Morgan to promote his new novel Black Man [Amazon]. He will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Thursday 17th May from 6.00 to 7.00 p.m.

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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.

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Another three or four weeks' worth of arrivals at the UK SF Book News offices, presented for your perusing pleasure. Including new titles from Robert Holdstock, Charlaine Harris, Hal Duncan, Guy Gavriel Kay, Steve Aylett, James Barclay, G.W. Dahlquist, Minister Faust, Steven Utley, Dan Simmons and Liz Williams and as well as proofs from Michael Marshall, David Gunn and Richard Morgan.

As always, many thanks to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.

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