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Apr
8
Free download: ‘The Wasp Factory’ by Iain Banks, full audiobook
Posted in: Press Room on 8th April 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The Independent and Audible.co.uk have teamed up to make a very special offer that Iain Banks fans will love: you can currently grab yourself a FREE download of the audiobook version of Iain Banks' seminal debut novel The Wasp Factory.
Mar
31
Raymond E Feist on ‘Wrath Of A Mad God’, ‘Darkwar’ Book Three
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 31st March 2008 by Sandy Auden
Raymond E Feist's Darkwar trilogy has now concluded with the release of Wrath Of A Mad God.
Magician Pug has travelled with his son Magnus, the mysterious Nakor and a god-touched soldier called Bek to the world of the militaristic Dasati. The Dasati, misled by an insane God and driven by the evil magician Leso Varen, are preparing to invade the Tsurani planet.
Meanwhile, Pug's wife, Miranda, desperately tries to muster the troops on the home worlds but a clever and bloody first strike by the Dasati might have already tipped the invasion's outcome too far in the wrong direction...
Feb
13
Guy Adams on ‘Deadbeat: Makes You Stronger’ and ‘Deadbeat: Dogs of Waugh’
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 13th February 2008 by Sandy Auden
As we mentioned yesterday, UK independent publisher Humdrumming are currently in the last couple of days of their website-relaunch sale. Two of the titles on offer are Guy Adams' zombie series Deadbeat, books one (Makes You Stronger) and two (The Dogs of Waugh).
Deadbeat: Makes You Stronger introduces freshly dead (and re-animated) zombie Max, a regular in the Deadbeat nightclub and a man with a sense of curiosity that can get him killed (again). Enlisting the help of his dead nightclub friends he sets off to discover why you would be taking a full coffin away from a graveyard and, more importantly, why is the occupant still breathing?
Feb
12
‘Basil Copper: A Life in Books’ launch, BFS Open Night, London, Feb 23rd
Posted in: What's On on 12th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Hosted by the British Fantasy Society and PS Publishing, the bio/bibliography Basil Copper: A Life in Books, compiled and edited by Stephen Jones, will be launched on Saturday, February 23rd at The Upstairs Bar, Ye Olde Cock Tavern, 22 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AA from 6.00 p.m. onwards.
Among those signing copies will be: Basil Copper, editor/co-designer Stephen Jones, artists Randy Broecker and Les Edwards, co-designer Michael Marshall Smith and publisher Peter Crowther. Special Guests (subject to commitment) will include legendary anthology editors Hugh Lamb, Michel Parry and David A. Sutton.
Feb
12
Two days left to grab yourself a Humdrumming bargain
Posted in: Press Room on 12th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Guy Adams of UK independent publisher Humdrumming has been in touch to let us know that there's still time (according to the count-down on their homepage) to grab yourself a bit of a bargain in the Humdrumming Sale.
Guy tells us: "Here at Humdrumming we've been steadily gathering a name for ourselves over the last three years, publishing attractive books by such respected authors as Mark Morris, Garry Kilworth, Gary Fry, Gary McMahon and James Cooper.
Jan
27
Manga night at Forbidden Planet International, Belfast, February 6th
Posted in: What's On on 27th January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
"All manga in the store will be on sale at 10% off during the event. Tickets are available from the store (52-54 Ann Street, Belfast, phone 028 9043 8744) for the tiny sum of £1 - contact the branch for details."
More info: Forbidden Planet International
Source: Forbidden Planet Blog Log
Dec
19
Lavie Tidhar on his pulp adventure collection ‘HebrewPunk’
Posted in: Press Room on 19th December 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Earlier in the year, Apex Publications, publishers of Apex Magazine, released Lavie Tidhar's unique collection of four linked novelettes, HebrewPunk, which has been described by Ellen Datlow as "a Judaic mystical alternative history" and by Kage Baker as "Hardboiled Kaballah".
The four stories include Tidhar's SF story 'The Dope Fiend', taking place in the drug underworld of 1920s London; 'Transylvanian Mission', set in World War II Transylvania; the origin story 'The Heist' and the brand-new novelette 'Uganda', exploring the strange fate and true but unknown story of the Zionist expedition to East Africa in 1905.
Dec
18
TTA Press launches electronic edition of ‘Interzone’ via Fictionwise.com
Posted in: Press Room on 18th December 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The UK's TTA Press, publisher of the UK's longest-running original science fiction short story magazine Interzone, as well as Black Static, Crimewave and The Fix, have announced that as of yesterday, electronic issues of Interzone are available to download from e-book e-tailer Fictionwise.com.
In an announcement on the TTA Press website, Electronic Editions Editor Pete Bullock explains: "Beginning with Fictionwise's regular release of new titles on Monday, December 17th, 2007, readers will have the option of purchasing single issues or a one-year subscription.
Nov
29
Chris Roberson’s ‘Three Unbroken’: Solaris online serialisation launches
Posted in: Press Room on 29th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Solaris Books' European Sales & Marketing manager George Mann explains how the serialisation will develop: "Chapters will now be posted twice a week, on a Wednesday and a Friday, accessible for free to anyone who stops by. The novel is the second book in Roberson's extraordinary Celestial Empire sequence, with the events described taking place at the same time as those in The Dragon's Nine Sons [Amazon], which will be published by Solaris in paperback in February 2008."
More Info: www.solarisbooks.com
Source: George Mann, Solaris Books
Oct
15
PS Publishing relaunches Website, holds 50% discount sale…
Posted in: Press Room on 15th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Award-winning, UK-based independent genre publisher PS Publishing has just re-launched its main website at store.pspublishing.co.uk and to mark the occasion is knocking 50% off the cover price of all its pre-2007 titles.
Sep
13
PS Publishing announces schedule update through to December 2008
Posted in: Press Room on 13th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Award-winning UK independent press PS Publishing has just unveiled its line-up of forthcoming titles in a schedule update that runs through to the end of next year, including 32 31 books that are brand new to the schedule today.
The PS Publishing News Room has a list of all the new titles with links to the relevant catalogue pages, and the forthcoming titles page of the main PS website is similarly endowed with the complete range of new titles, which includes newly-announced titles by Paul Di Filippo, Terry Bisson, Michael Bishop, Zoran Živković, Ian Cameron Esslemont, Jeff Vandermeer, Ed Gorman, Christopher Priest, and many more.
Sep
12
Simon Morden offers free ‘The Lost Art’ signed bookplates, on request
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 12th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
"I have therefore decided that I will post a signed, personalised, numbered bookplate to the first ninety-nine people who want one to put in their copy of The Lost Art. I will do this entirely free of charge, to anywhere in the world. The bookplate measures 10cm x 7cm and is printed on photo quality paper at 600dpi. It features entirely original (but hopefully quite decent) artwork by me. Terms and conditions (of which there are very few, not even proof you've bought a copy) apply..."
More Info: www.bookofmorden.co.uk
Source: Simon Morden
More info: The Maynard and Sims website
Source: Len Maynard and Mick Sims
Aug
6
Macmillan Ltd Edtn of Peter F. Hamilton’s ‘The Dreaming Void’
Posted in: Press Room on 6th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
More info: www.panmacmillan.com
Source: Steven North, Pan Macmillan
Jul
6
‘Falling From the Sky’: free pdf fiction anthology from Another Sky
Posted in: Press Room on 6th July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Short fiction writer Stephen J. Anderson dropped us an email to let us know about a new anthology project that includes one of his pieces. Falling From the Sky features 37 writers from around the world, half a dozen of them (including Stephen) from the UK.
The anthology of "grit-lit, urban, surrealist, raw, outsider, bizarro, fringe, experimental" fiction is edited by Craig Quackenbush and published by US publishing house Another Sky Press. They've developed a business model that seeks to take advantage of online promotion and distribution in order to create additional audience for its titles. They describe the model as a "pro-artist, pro-audience system" that they call 'neo-patronage'.
Jul
5
Fantasy Feast on offer from Reader’s Paradise bookstore, Cape Town, SA
Posted in: Press Room on 5th July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Thomas Bulpin of the Reader's Paradise bookstore (Kloof Street, Cape Town, South Africa) dropped us a line to let us know about a special promotion they're offering their customers through August and September.
Thomas tells us: "We are planning an event in August and September called the Fantasy Feast. If a customer buys any of the featured authors' books during the 2 month event will receive a signed bookplate to stick in the novel. We have over 40 authors in the promotion, including the likes of Terry Brooks, Trudi Canavan, David Brin, Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Moon and many more...
Jul
2
Les Edwards website update, plus summer sale: 20% off art prints
Posted in: Press Room on 2nd July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Multiple British Fantasy Award-winning artist of the fantastic, Les Edwards - who also creates under the nom de brosse Edward Miller - has just posted a big update of over 50 new images to his gallery websites at www.LesEdwards.com and www.EdwardMiller.co.uk.
To mark the update - and as an offering to the gods of British Summer Time (wherever the heck they might be hiding at the moment) - he's also holding a Summer Sale, with 20% off all art prints bought via the site.
May
27
FP Neil Gaiman Stardust preview comp. May 31st Deadline
Posted in: What's On on 27th May 2007 by Sandy Auden
News has arrived from Matt Watson at Forbidden Planet in London…
"We've just sorted out a great competition where we will be having a screening of the Stardust movie (based on Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name) followed by a thirty minute Q&A with Gaiman himself."
Apr
19
Terry Pratchett & Vadim Jeam, FP London, April 23rd
Posted in: What's On on 19th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Apologies for the short notice, but we only just found out about this particular event: "Forbidden Planet is pleased to announce a signing by Terry Pratchett and Vadim Jean to promote the release of Hogfather on DVD. They will be at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Monday April 23rd from 6.00 to 7.00 p.m.
Oct
31
Signed copies of Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth now available
Posted in: Press Room on 31st October 2006 by UKSFBN admin
Brian Ruckley, author of the well-received debut fantasy novel Winterbirth [Amazon] has been in touch to let us know how anyone who would particularly like to order a signed and (optionally) personalised copy of the book should go about it:
Sep
19
Penguin UK launches Victorian fantasy serial novel
Posted in: Press Room on 19th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin
A new publication venture that harks back to the glory days of the penny dreadful [wiki] - a Victorian fantasy adventure entitled The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist - is currently being sold exclusively to online subscribers in the UK.
Sep
14
Paul Cornell cuts FPI Wisdom distribution deal
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 14th September 2006 by UKSFBN admin
Paul Cornell has written to tell us about the very special UK distribution deal for his new Marvel comic series.