Robot Round-Up, 25.01.13
• Karissa at Karissa’s Book Reviews: “I just absolutely loved this book. The characters are spot on, the writing is beautiful, the pacing is deliberate but still absolutely engaging.”
You still need to be convinced? Here, read a few sample chapters, that should help.
We’ve spotted a bunch of fresh reviews of 
Ramez Naam‘s kick-ass debut Nexus this week as well:
• Matthew S. Dent in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Interzone magazine: “a very readable book … deals with real world ramifications of next-generation technology in a believable, if somewhat scary, fashion. It’s accurate without being boring, and action-packed without being trite or vapid.”
• Char at Apocalypse Mama: “Basically, it’s made of awesome … I LOVED this book and highly recommend it to fans of near-future science fiction, action/adventure, explosions, spies, and adrenaline rushes.”
• Sarah at And The I Read a Book: “The story is tense and exciting, with that ‘just one more chapter’ addictive quality to it.”
• C. Michael Miller: “Wow. I mean seriously, wow. This book is seriously science fiction, but like most good sci-fi reads, it is also a fantastic story outside of the science.”
Congratulations to Chris F. Holm, whose debut novel Dead Harvest made the preliminary ballot for this year’s Bram Stoker Awards in the Best First Novel category.
Anne Lyle is running another giveaway on her blog, this time for one of two US copies of The Merchant of Dreams. The closing date is January 28th.
Emma Newman‘s latest Split Worlds short story, ‘Tourists’ is now available from Hub Magazine.
Chris F. Holm, Lee Battersby and Paul S. Kemp were all invited to participate in the latest SF Signal Mind Meld, on the topic of “How SFF Influences Your Life”.
Speaking of loveable Aussie curmudgeon Lee Battersby, he’s launched a new feature on his blog: Room 102, in which a series of guest grumpy bastards write about their pet peeves and peccadilloes. A direct rip-off of hit TV concept ‘Room 101?’ you susepect? Why, yes. Yes, it is.
A collection of Chuck Wendig‘s writing advice – multiple volumes of which can be purchased as ebooks from Chuck’s website and the usual online ebook retailer-types – is going to be published in print form by Writer’s Digest, under the title The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published, and Earn Your Audience.
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