Monthly Archives: November 2004

Jeremy and Jason over at Night Shade have announced their list of 2005 titles. As with all of the lists I’ve been producing here, not every book appeals to me, but they all look good. In the case of Night Shade, I love their books and most of their titles are exceptional. Of the list … Continue reading »

A friend gave me a copy of Kevin Brockmeier’s novel The Truth About Celia when I was in Boston in August. I’ve had it sitting in my office ever since. It’s the story of the disappearance of the narrator’s seven-year-old daughter and how he deals with his grief by writing. I’ve avoided the book these … Continue reading »

Following on from my posts on forthcoming titles from Tachyon and Golden Gryphon, I’ll try to get something here on PS Publishing, Sub Press and Night Shade soon. It’s not bias, it’s laziness that prevents me being even-handed. I’ll try to fix that.

I was talking to the good people at HarperCollins Australia, who advise me that a mass market paperback edition of The Locus Awards will be published in July of 2005, which is wonderful news. That means my 2005 publishing schedule currently looks like this: February Science Fiction: Best of 2004 (with Karen Haber, ibooks) Fantasy: … Continue reading »

I’ve spent a lot of time – too much time – looking at books from small presses and the books that they produce. One that looks definitely to be on the improve, and expanding, is Jacob Weisman’s Tachyon. They’ve been around for a long time, but just in this last year have improved their production … Continue reading »