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Apr
3
Out Now: new Block, Evans and Zivkovic editions from PS Publishing
Posted in: Press Room on 3rd April 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Multi award-winning UK independent PS Publishing has announced the publication of three new titles this week - all of them full-length novels - by Lawrence Block, Christopher Evans and Zoran Zivkovic.
Mar
30
Stage version of Iain Banks’ ‘The Wasp Factory’ touring Scotland, April - June
Posted in: What's On on 30th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The Cumbernauld Theatre Company will be touring Malcolm Sutherland's stage adaptation of the classic Iain Banks novel The Wasp Factory from mid-April to mid-June.
The tour begins with a ten-day run at Glasgow's Tron Theatre and Tron's Press and Marketing Officer Douglas Martin has sent through the following information on the production.
Mar
22
Titan Books acquires licence to publish British Comics Classics from Egmont
Posted in: Press Room on 22nd March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
From a Titan Books press release:
"In an extensive deal for worldwide book publishing rights, Titan Books has acquired a licence to publish an exciting range of classic comic strip collections from Egmont UK Ltd, in what promises to be the beginning of a winning range of title series, revelling in nostalgia.
Mar
16
Books Received March 2nd - 16th 2008
Posted in: Books Received on 16th March 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Another round-up of the books and magazines that have been sent in to UKSFBN in the past couple of 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.
Feb
26
Out Now: ‘24: The Official Companion: Season 6′ from Titan Books
Posted in: Press Room on 26th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Titan Books have sent through a press release to announce the publication of their latest Official Guide to the hit TV series 24. Titan informs us: "Over the past seven years, millions of viewers have avidly followed the adventures of LA Counter-Terrorist Unit's Special Agent Jack Bauer through labyrinthine plots and nail-biting suspense.
"With top ratings and bestselling DVDs, millions of viewers on both sides of the Atlantic are anticipating the show's return to Sky One and Fox in 2008. 24: The Official Companion: Season 6 celebrates the show's dramatic sixth season, as author Tara DiLullo Bennett provides in-depth breakdowns for each episode, behind-the-scenes secrets and interviews with the shows stars - including Bauer himself, Kiefer Sutherland, and Mary-Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) - replete with unseen pictures and episode stills.
Feb
24
Out Now: Three new graphic novel titles from Titan UK
Posted in: Press Room on 24th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The UK's largest graphic novel publisher, Titan Books UK, have announced the publication of three new titles at the end of last week: Pride of Baghdad, Criminal: Lawless and Jeff Hawke: Overlord. Read on for the low-down on all three.
Feb
23
Second Justin Gustainis ‘Quincey Morris’ novel due from Solaris
Posted in: Press Room on 23rd February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
Solaris Books have announced a new deal for Amercian supernatural mystery author Justin Gustainis: Solaris will be publishing Evil Ways, the second book in Gustainis' Quincey Morris series.
Solaris' Mark Newton tells us: "Hot on the heels of Black Magic Woman, Justin Gustainis' breakthrough dark fantasy novel, comes the second Quincey Morris investigation.
"In a story that ranges from Baghdad to L.A., Evil Ways sees eccentric billionaire, Walter Grobius, attempt to unleash a devastating magical apocalypse. Quincey Morris, and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain, are drawn into their deadliest case yet..."
Feb
22
Out Now: ‘Black Static’ issue #3, from TTA Press
Posted in: Press Room on 22nd February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
The third issue of Black Static: Transmissions from Beyond - the magazine of dark, edgy short fiction from TTA Press - is out now and available from the TTA website and all good bookstores and magazine outlets.
TTA's Roy Gray dropped us a line to tell us about the line-up for this latest issue: "Black Static is for readers who enjoy horror that's a little more obscure and mysterious than usual. And we have a great line-up of seven short stories from a good mix of familiar names and rising stars.
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
6
Books Received January 1st - 31st 2008
Posted in: Books Received on 6th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
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.
Feb
5
Solaris buys Simon R. Green’s ‘Nightside’ series for UK publication
Posted in: Press Room on 5th February 2008 by UKSFBN admin
From a Solaris Books press release: "Solaris is very excited to announce the purchase of the first six books in Simon R. Green's Nightside series for UK publication.
Jan
21
Michael Marshall’s ‘Straw Men’ - comic book adaptation due June ‘08
Posted in: Press Room on 21st January 2008 by UKSFBN admin
News in from Michael Marshall [Smith]'s news feed: "Michael has teamed up with Zenescope Entertainment, the company behind the critically acclaimed graphic novel SE7EN (based on the film of the same name) to adapt his best-seller, The Straw Men, into a comic book and graphic novel format."
"Zenescope president Joe Brusha said: 'We are extremely excited to be working with Michael on this project, his book was one of the best and most thrilling reads I've had in a very long time and I always thought it would make for an incredible comic.
Dec
31
Books Received December 1st - 31st 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 31st December 2007 by UKSFBN admin
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.
Dec
17
Paul McAuley on dimension-hopping alt-history SF-thriller: ‘Cowboy Angels’
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 17th December 2007 by Sandy Auden
The idea for Paul McAuley's latest thriller, Cowboy Angels [Amazon], came from an unlikely source: "The key to the novel," McAuley explained, "was a vision of a huge railroad yard with trains rushing out of tunnels far too short to contain them, like so many scarves from a magician's sleeve. When I had that, I had the book."
This vision lead to the creation of Cowboy Angels, a fascinating alternate history novel set in America, 1984. Not our version of America, though, but an America that calls itself The Real, an America in which the invention of Turing Gates has allowed it access to sheaves of alternate histories.
Dec
14
Jo Fletcher makes ten-book Charlaine Harris acquisition for Gollancz Romancz
Posted in: Press Room on 14th December 2007 by UKSFBN admin
More Info: Gollancz Books
Source: www.sfscope.com
Nov
27
Design Stephen King’s next ad campaign, win unique ‘Duma Key’ proof
Posted in: Press Room on 27th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Stephen King's UK publisher, Hodder & Stoughton, are currently running a competition that offers a unique opportunity to design the advertising for his new novel Duma Key [Amazon], which will be published in January 2008.
Hodder & Stoughton's Will Hill explains what they're are looking for in the winning entry and what's up for grabs: "The winning designer will see their work in print on the London Underground and in city centres and have a hand in promoting a fantastic book by an internationally-renowned author.
Nov
23
David Lloyd mini-tour of Ireland, Nov 27th - Dec 1st
Posted in: What's On on 23rd November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The details of the appearances are as follows:
- Tuesday, Nov 27th, 7.30 p.m., talk and signing, Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin.
- Wednesday, Nov 28th, 4.00 - 7.00 p.m., signing, Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, Dublin.
- Thursday, Nov 29th, 8.00 p.m., talk and signing, The Roisin Dubh, Dominick St, Galway.
- Saturday, Dec 1st, 12.00 - 3.00 p.m., signing, Other Realms, Paul St Shop Centre, Cork.
More Info: www.lforlloyd.com
Source: David Lloyd, via Joe Gordon
Nov
10
‘Dresden Files’#12 and #13 acquired by Orbit UK
Posted in: Press Room on 10th November 2007 by UKSFBN admin
"In the rather nearer future, White Night [Amazon] is out in paperback in January '08, then we move to two editions as Small Favour starts out in hardback a few months later."
More info: www.orbitbooks.net.
Source: Orbit Books website
Oct
25
Andy Remic interviewed on SFX website
Posted in: Press Room on 25th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
More info: www.andyremic.talktalk.net
Source: Andy Remic
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.
Oct
7
Ebook edition of Crimewave #9 available at Fictionwise.com
Posted in: Press Room on 7th October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Roy Gray of TTA Press tells us: "Crimewave #9 is available as a 'MultiFormat' ebook which means it is unencrypted and available in a variety of formats for handheld devices and computers. At present the e-edition is not available direct from the TTAPress website."
More info: www.fictionwise.com / www.ttapress.com
Source: Roy Gray, TTA Press
Oct
3
Jim Butcher’s ‘Dresden Files’ graphic novel adaption due
Posted in: Press Room on 3rd October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
"Working together with Dabel Brothers Productions, the Dresden Files are going to be translated into a graphic novel format. The current plan is to lay out the Dresden Files storyline at the rate of one of the novels every twelve to sixteen monthly issues, with occasional side-trips and independent stories thrown in."
More info: www.jim-butcher.com
Source: www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog
Oct
1
Genre writers at the Guildford Book Festival
Posted in: What's On on 1st October 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The whole festival runs from October 15th - 27th and other writers of genre interest appearing at various Festival events include: John Connolly, Juliet McKenna, Mike Carey and Paul Magrs.
More info: Guildford Book Festival
Source: www.michaelmarshallsmith.com
Sep
26
Simon Spurrier signing, FP London, October 6th
Posted in: What's On on 26th September 2007 by UKSFBN admin
FP says: "Contract has already gained rave reviews for Simon. SFX Magazine called it 'Crime fiction with a horrific twist that will certainly satisfy your faintly unnatural lusts.' Simon is still a bit amazed that he gets paid for doing something he loves and says that after being born, signing a publishing deal is the best thing that’s ever happened to him. He has also written numerous strips for 2000AD."
More info: www.forbiddenplanet.com
Source: Forbidden Planet press release
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.
Aug
29
BBC announces new historical mystery series: ‘Bone Kickers’
Posted in: Press Room on 29th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
One of the lead characters is engaged in "the hunt for the greatest treasure in the history of Man, a hunt that drove her brilliant mother insane..." What do you reckon? The Holy Grail, with a quick trip down the road to Glastonbury on the cards at some point? On that plot point hinges the question: will Bone Kickers turn out to be an intriguing new take on the Mythology of Britain, or just a thinly-veiled Da Vinci Code pastiche? Only time will tell...
Casting is as yet unannounced but filming is due to start in October / November for screening in Spring 2008.
More Info: BBC Press Office
Source: BBC press release
Aug
28
Subterranean press to publish debut prose novel by Warren Ellis
Posted in: Press Room on 28th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The Subterranean edition will be published in two limited states: 500 signed numbered hardcover copies priced at $75 and 26 lettered, signed, specially bound copies, housed in a custom traycase at $400. The regular hardcover edition of Crooked Little Vein [Amazon] will be published by William Morrow in the US on September 3rd.
More Info: Subterranean Press
Source: Subterranean Press e-bulletin
Aug
27
Books Received August 17th - August 27th 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 27th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Here's the latest batch of books that we've seen here at UKSFBN, which means we're now bang up-to-date. As always, many thanks indeed to the publishers concerned for bringing these titles to our attention.
Aug
19
Books Received July 21st - August 16th 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 19th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Following a titanic effort today, we've now caught up with all the books and 'zines that have been received here at the UKSFBN offices up to the end of Thursday August 16th. Another batch will follow shortly, but in the meantime, do check out the following to see what's new and interesting.
Aug
8
Philip Palmer’s radio drama ‘Breaking Point’, BBC Radio 4, August 10th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 8th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
'Breaking Point' will be broadcast on Friday, August 10th on Radio 4, at 9 p.m. and will be available for a week afterwards via the BBC website's 'Listen Again' facility.
More Info: www.philippalmer.net
Source: Philip Palmer
Aug
8
William Gibson signing, London, August 28th
Posted in: What's On on 8th August 2007 by UKSFBN admin
This is Gibson’s only London reading event, so Blackwell advises that you book tickets early to avoid disappointment. The event will take place at the Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London [Google], from 7.00 p.m. Tickets are £7, concessions £5, with at least £2 off the author's new publication on the evening of the event and 10% off your next purchase at Blackwell, Charing Cross Road.
More info: Blackwell Online
Source: Blackwell UK
Jul
24
William Gibson signing, FP London, August 29th
Posted in: What's On on 24th July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
We've just this minute received the following announcement from Forbidden Planet: "We are pleased to announce that William Gibson will be signing copies of his new novel Spook Country [Amazon] at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Wednesday 29th August from 1.00 to 2.00 p.m."
Jul
15
Richard Morgan West Coast US Tour, July 23rd - 29th
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To, What's On on 15th July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
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).
Jul
9
Penguin UK to mount William Gibson-themed Second Life expedition
Posted in: Press Room on 9th July 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Freshly posted over on the Penguin Books UK blog is news that the publisher is planning to host a series of activities within the virtual environs of Second Life to promote Spook Country [Amazon], the new novel by one of the founding fathers of Cyberpunk, William Gibson.
Spook Country is a modern-era thriller in which a freelance journalist is drawn (or is she actually being driven by her mysterious and possibly dangerous employers?) towards a mystery; a Cuban ex-pat is given orders that will change his life forever and a virtual-reality artist seems to be the eye of the growing storm.
Another quick round-up of some recent news snippets, including news of a possible Shannara movie, a couple of website (re)launches, a new Simon Spurrier promo short and Ian McDonald interviewed by Jeff Vandermeer:
Jun
26
Solaris announces Lou Anders SF/Crime anthology deal
Posted in: Press Room on 26th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Games Workshop / Black Library Publishing's Solaris Books imprint has announced details of a forthcoming anthology publication, to be compiled by author, editor, journalist and blogger Lou Anders; probably best known for his current work with US genre specialist Pyr Books.
Jun
19
New Titan TV Guides: The 4400, Supernatural and Bones
Posted in: Press Room on 19th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The UK's Titan Books have sent out a trio of press releases recently with details of a string of new TV series guides. Which means that over the next few months we can look forward to behind-the-scenes looks at three series: The 4400, Supernatural and Bones.
Jun
15
Books Received May 8th - June 15th 2007
Posted in: Books Received on 15th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
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.
Jun
13
Dean Koontz to participate in ‘LongPen’ remote-signing, June 23rd
Posted in: What's On on 13th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
News of a technological first, from UK genre publisher Harpercollins Voyager: "On Saturday 23rd June from 2 p.m. Dean Koontz will be signing copies of The Good Guy [Amazon] from his home in Newport Beach, California for customers at Waterstone’s Piccadilly.
Jun
4
New Jeffrey Thomas and Justin Gustainis books due from Solaris
Posted in: Press Room on 4th June 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Back in May one of the rising stars of the UK genre publishing scene, Solaris Books, announced the details of deals for two new titles, for publication at the end of 2007 and early 2008.
May
21
Simon Spurrier on his genre-bending new novel, ‘Contract’
Posted in: UKSFBN Talks To on 21st May 2007 by UKSFBN admin
British writer Simon Spurrier is probably best known as a regular in the pages of UK weekly science fiction comic 2000AD (Lobster Random, Bec and Kawl, Harry Kipling (Deceased), London Falling, Chiaroscuro among others) and for a string of shared-world novels for the likes of Black Flame, The Black Library and Abaddon Books.
From May 24th, Headline Books are publishing Contract, Spurrier's first novel set in a milieu entirely of his own creation. As we reported a couple of weeks ago, the release of the book will be backed by an online campaign that will see the novel released in via the website www.itsallaboutthemoney.co.uk.
We thought this would be an ideal opportunity to drop Simon Spurrier a line and ask him if he could tell us a bit more about the novel, and Headline's promotional campaign.
May
21
Michael Chabon signing, Foyles, London, June 7th
Posted in: What's On on 21st May 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Foyles bookstore in London will be hosting an event with Pulizter-prize winning author Michael Chabon on Thursday June 7th at 6.30 p.m. to promote his new novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union [Amazon], an alternate history / crime novel which John Clute described as "a lacrimae rerum paean to a world locked into false sacralizing while we continue to die" in a recent SciFi.com column.
May
2
Headline launches online campaign for Simon Spurrier’s ‘Contract’
Posted in: Press Room on 2nd May 2007 by UKSFBN admin
Becky Fincham, publicist with Headline Books has been in touch with some information about a new marketing campaign they've launched to support the new novel by regular 2000AD writer Simon Spurrier, Contract.
Becky tells us: "Headline Publishing Group is proud to announce a bold move into online publishing. From 24th May, in six weekly instalments, Headline will publish Contract, by Simon Spurrier, online, to download for free from dedicated website www.itsallaboutthemoney.co.uk. Whilst Science Fiction imprints such as Orbit have published novels online in the past few years, Headline is the first mainstream commercial UK publisher to enter this field.
Apr
11
BBC announces ‘Life on Mars’ sequel, set in early ’80s
Posted in: Press Room on 11th April 2007 by UKSFBN admin
The BBC reports this morning that the producers of popular time-travel (or is it?) series Life on Mars have announced that a sequel series will be made, with filming set to start in the Summer, for broadcast next year.
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
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
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.
Our latest round-up of shorter news items, including that Harry Potter release date (in case you managed to miss it), a couple of competitions, a Michael Marshall reading / Q&A, and news of a couple of forthcoming novel-to-TV adaptations.
One last quick selection of shorter news items before we take our Xmas break: