Archive for September, 2011
Sample Chapters – King’s War and Master of the House of Darts
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Both books will be published as eBooks worldwide on October 25th, and in the US and Canada on the same day. They are published in the UK on November 3rd.
Dan Abnett brings you… Monstercide!
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New York Times-bestselling Science Fiction author Dan Abnett has sold two more original novels to Angry Robot. Huzzah!
MONSTERCIDE, due next year, is an epic future thriller of city-stomping creatures and the shadowy band of heroes sworn to defeat them. It will be followed the year after by an as-yet untitled sequel to his acclaimed 2011 planetary war novel, Embedded. Frankly, we can’t wait. We want them now.
Dan was kind enough to say: “Angry Robot is going to be publishing my third original novel next year. And my fourth, but that’s a story for the year after. I’m delighted that my relationship with them is continuing, and they’ve made me feel very welcome indeed. Monstercide is a huge and seething idea that’s been in my head for a while now, busting to get out, and I’m very grateful to the Robots of Rage for providing me with a venue for my brain to explode in. Uhm, that didn’t come out quite right…”
Maidstone, Kent-based Abnett made his name in the tie-in SF and Fantasy fiction field, selling more than 2 million copies in English language of his Warhammer 40,000 novels. He’s also made the UK fiction charts with original Doctor Who and Torchwood novels. His comic book scripts, for major publishers such as DC Comics, Marvel and the UK’s 2000 AD, have attracted critical plaudits and strong sales on both sides of the Atlantic.
Meet us at FantasyCon
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It’s that time of the year, again – FantasyCon is once more upon us.
As ever, Angry Robot will be out in force. If you’re in Brighton this weekend, do pop along and say “Hi.” It’s well-worth attending.
Here’s where we’ll be (other folk will also be on these panels, of course):
Friday
2.00pm
Adam Christopher and Lee Harris on the panel Maintaining Your Online Presence
3.00pm
Guy Adams in Making a Living as a Writer
4.00pm
Gary McMahon in Has Crossover Overtaken Genre?
Adam Christopher – Reading from his debut novel, Empire State
10.30pm
Gary McMahon Reading
Saturday
10.00am
Marc Gascoigne in Judging a Book by its Cover
11.00am
Peter Crowther – Book Launch: Darkness Falling
(Pre-order your copy of the Limited Edition Hardback here with FREE eBook!)
1.00pm
Dan Abnett in Where Next in SF?
2.00pm
Adam Christopher in New Genre Voices
2.30pm
Anne Lyle Reading
4.00pm
Dan Abnett in Comics: Indies vs Majors
4.30pm
Mike Shevdon Reading
5.00pm
Ian Whates interviews Guest of Honour, Gwyneth Jones
9.00pm
Peter Crowther in Favourite Books
10.00pm
Guy Adams in Tie-In and Series Fiction
11.00pm
Guy Adams – guest DJ in Sarah Pinborough’s Disco of Doom*
Sunday
10.00am
Ian Whates in How to Market your Novel/Book
11.30am
Guy Adams Reading
1.00pm
BFS Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Includes Best Novel category, in which Pretty Little Dead Things by Gary McMahon is shortlisted.
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*Might not be the actual title
Darren Turpin joins Angry Robot
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We have fresh flesh! We are delighted to announce that Little, Brown’s Online Marketing Manager Darren Turpin will be joining SF & fantasy imprint Angry Robot from 7th November, as Marketing & Digital Manager.
Turpin will report to Angry Robot publishing director Marc Gascoigne, and work on promoting the full range of Angry Robot titles, as well as developing some currently unannounced new digital initiatives. (Yay, secret stuff!) Turpin had been at Little, Brown for three and a half years, originally working for the company’s science fiction and fantasy list, Orbit. He was also previously manager of the (legendary!) SF department at Waterstone’s Deansgate, Manchester, editor of their in-house SF magazine The Alien Has Landed, and one of the compilers of The Waterstone’s Guide to SF & Fantasy.
Darren said, without any coercion: “I’m hugely excited by the prospect of working for Angry Robot; they’re a cutting-edge independent publisher with a great reputation, an enthusiastic fan-base and a fantastic author roster… what’s not to love? It will be great to get back to genre publishing as well, it’s where my roots lie and where my heart has always been. I can’t wait to get started.”
Marco added, as you do: “Darren’s made quite a name for himself in both science fiction bookselling and publishing. It’s our tremendous good fortune to find a role for him that truly plays to all of his strengths. Angry Robot is growing in leaps and bounds both in the UK and US, and Darren is just who we need to take our message further than ever before.”
Look out for him popping up here as soon as he’s gone through the implantation procedures.
Angry Robot Hour!
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Well personally I think we should have one of these every week.. but I’m told this is, for now, a one-off special event for all our Antipodean chums.
If you’re going to Conflux, Australia’s premier SF convention, at the end of the month, be sure to join a trio of our best authors for some metallic fun and games. Out in force and pressing the flesh of all you grateful meat-things will be local Robot representatives Jo Anderton, Trent Jamieson and Kaaron Warren, for a full hour of meet & greet & readings plus (we’re told/warned) some appropriately AR-themed refreshments.
Oh, if only we could be there too… (don’t finish that sentence).
New Cover Art – Giant Thief
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Click image to see giant version (see what we did there?)
Meet Easie Demasco. That’s him at the front. You’ll often see him running. He’s a rogue, you see – a thieving swine and a total charmer.
Behind him? Oh, we’re glad you asked – that’s Saltlick. He’s a giant. Simple, some might say, but perhaps not to his face. And why’s he with Easie? Because he’s been stolen – and he’s none too pleased about it.
You see, Easie has somehow managed to make off not only with the treasure belonging to the local warlord, but also the special stone that controls the giants. Which means he now has an entire army on his tail, intent on his capture. And probably death, if we’re being honest.
So, yeah – that’s Easie. You’ll meet him in February. Watch your purse.
Our titles through to June 2012
Posted by: | CommentsHere are the titles you can look forward to between now and June 2012. Woo-hoooooo!
October
Debris / Jo Anderton
Darkness Falling / Peter Crowther
Dead Bad Things / Gary McMahon (US/Canada)
November
Master of the House of Darts / Aliette de Bodard
King’s War / Maurice Broaddus
January
Empire State / Adam Christopher
City of Light and Shadow / Ian Whates
Embedded / Dan Abnett (UK B-format edition)
February
Giant Thief / David Tallerman
The Great Game / Lavie Tidhar
March
Dead Harvest / Chris F Holm
Carpathia / Matt Forbeck
The Clockwork Vampire Chronicles (omnibus) / Andy Remic
April
The Alchemist of Souls / Anne Lyle
Omega Point / Guy Haley
Costume Not Included / Matthew Hughes
May
Blackbirds / Chuck Wendig
Evil Dark / Justin Gustainis
The Nekropolis Archives (omnibus) / Tim Waggoner
June
Strangeness and Charm / Mike Shevdon
Night’s Engines / Trent Jamieson
Sixty-One Nails (reissue) / Mike Shevdon
The Road to Bedlam (reissue) / Mike Shevdon
Darkness Falling – Limited Edition Hardback – Pre-order yours, now!
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On Saturday 1st October at FantasyCon in Brighton, England, we’ll be launching Peter Crowther’s sensational new apocalyptic novel, Darkness Falling. As we sometimes do, we’ve decided to create a limited edition hardback of this novel – only 100 are being printed for sale, making this a truly collectible book. And at just £20 it’s a real bargain, too!
Peter will be at the FantasyCon launch to sign your copy, as will cover artist Vincent Chong.
If there are any left, copies will be on sale at the launch event, but you can guarantee yourself a copy by pre-ordering, now.
You can collect your copy at FantasyCon, or if you prefer, we’ll ship anywhere in the world (though shipping charges apply). If we’re mailing your copy, it’ll be straight after the launch so we can get yours signed for you.
Pre-Order Exclusive Offer for eBook Fans
If you pre-order your copy, we’ll also send you a copy of the eBook, free of charge!
Sample Chapters – Darkness Falling and Debris
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Both books will be published as eBooks worldwide on September 27th. Paperbacks on September 27th (US/Canada) and October 6th (UK).
Some things you may have missed
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Dead Bad Things by Gary McMahon (UK only)
Roil by Trent Jamieson (worldwide)
The Crown of the Conqueror by Gav Thorpe (US/Canada)
Reality 36 by Guy Haley (US/Canada)
For those of you eagerly awaiting the conclusion to the Knights of Breton Court trilogy by Maurice Broaddus (the final volume, King’s War, is out in November), Maurice has crafted a novella set on the same streets (between books 1 and 2) and it is being published as a limited edition hardback by Delirium Books. This is Maurice in full-on horror mode (as opposed to the street-savvy urban fantasy of the novels). Pre-order yours here.
Talking of other people’s books – if you like steampunk, be sure to pick up a copy of The Immersion Book of Steampunk, which features tales from Angry Robot’s very own Lavie Tidhar and Aliette de Bodard.
Trent Jamieson will be having a book launch on September 15th (presented by Kylie Chan). More details from his blog, as it’s posted.
Lauren Beukes has a swanky new website over at
LaurenBeukes.com.
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Some Interviews:
Aliette de Bodard
Aliette, again
Adam Christopher
Lauren Beukes (podcast).
Lee Harris and Mur Lafferty
And it’s Angry Robot Week over at The Secret Lair!
And they’ve just published the results of their haiku competition!
