It's pimpin' time

[threemonkeys]

Next week at the Phoenix club meeting we plan to look at the year ahead including the publications to look forward to. I'm doing this bit and am structuring it in an "Amazon says...", "Dymocks say" structure with stuff taken from web sites or local book sellers. But I thought I could have a "My flist says" page. So what do you think I should tell the local sf fans about. Give me some authors/titles etc. Don't be afraid to promote your own work or the work of friends. Don't assume I already know. Make the scope as wide as you like - books, zines, webzines, comics, plays, musicals and so on. Go on, don't be shy.

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[cat-i-th-adage.livejournal.com]

For new books, I'd pimp the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, and anything by Kage Baker.

Er, don't have time to write an explanation now. Do you want/need one?

[lobelet.livejournal.com]

Can't argue with any of that. I really enjoyed "Temeraire".

As far as Kage Baker goes there's a new collection of company-based short stories out (Gods And Pawns), and the very last (ie concluding) company novel is scheduled for July. It's called "The Sons Of Heaven". Subterranean Press are also publishing an over-priced collection called "Rude Mechanicals" in May.

Although "The Sons Of Heaven" will finish off the long story arc that Kage Baker has been developing for donkey's years now, it probably won't be that last Company book ever. There are still a lot of uncollected short stories and the nature of the format is such that she could go on writing stories and novels for ever if she wanted to.

Tor have just (re-)published Avram Davidson's "Adventures In Unhistory" which may be of interest. Personally I've lusted after it for many years and it's nice to see it available in a mass market edition at long last. Even I draw the line at paying umpteen hundred dollars for a second hand book, on the rare occasions that you even see a second hand copy of the original small-pres edition.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Thanks, this is what I need. Today, Matt told me the that the third Novik book has been released locally rather than as an import (which Dymocks have been doing). I'm glad Baker is finishing The Company - it has run its course really. I really want to see what she does next.