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Women in Horror and Remic in Fur
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February was Women in Horror Month, and our very own Kaaron Warren was one of those interviewed over at eneit Press:
EP: You’ve said previously that the human form of dark fiction is your favourite. What is it about this that fascinates you?
KW: I’ve never really been able to answer this question. My fascination is almost instinctive, it really is. I prefer a bad ending in a story to a happy one, perhaps because there is more surprise that way.
I’ve spoken before about a story which resonated with me when I was a child, about a young man murdering his sister. I can still remember the way it was described; her skull cracked open. These are the stories I remember and want to write about.
And for those of you (and there are many) looking forward to Andy Remic’s next installment in the Clockwork Vampire Chronicles, we’ll have a promotional video to show you very soon, but for now, enjoy this teaser poster for Soul Stealers.
We wish you a Remic Christmas…
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We’ve just received this photo of Andy Remic, all Christmasified, and peering out from behind his huge axe. Well, with a weapon that size, we just had to share it!
Click on the photo for a bigger version.
Lavie Tidhar has a new website & blog
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That fine fellow and friend to Robots, Lavie Tidhar, has a new website and blog. At least some of this surge of activity is because of his upcoming Angry Robot novel. The Bookman, that fabulous steampunky mix of bombs, books and … um… giant lizards on the throne of Great Britain, is due from us in January 2010.
Check out his site for a few more clues as to the delights in store for you all in that volume, plus first news that book 2 in the series will be called Camera Obscura (love it!). And we can match that revelation with the news that that second volume will be in your stores November 2010. Yup, two chunky slabs of steampunk goodness in one year. We are so good to go.
Interviews with some Angry Robot stars
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Andy Remic at the Angry Robot launch event
On Saturday we held our official UK launch at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London. Marc Gascoigne and myself were joined by a bunch important people (Angry Robot authors), a bunch of other important people (Liz and Mark from My Favourite Books - watch out for an exclusive Angry Robot competition on their site, soon), a whole host of Angry Robot friends and supporters, and (of course) the book-buying public!
It was the first time I had been to this branch of Forbidden Planet (I live oop north) and I am so glad I didn’t bring all my credit cards with me! What a fantastic selection of graphic novels and books! I could have spend thousands, there. Well, if I had thousands…
So, a huge thanks to everyone listed above who attended, and an even bigger thanks to Nick from loudmouthman.com who not only recorded the event, and conducted a series of interviews with some of those present, but who also took the time and effort to craft it into a smart little video, which is presented below.
Move over, Spielberg!
Posted by: | CommentsAuthor, lover, bon viveur – Andy Remic is a man of many, many talents!
As well as the author of the violent epic, Kell’s Legend, Rem has turned his hand to film-making.
In this first clip, Rem reads from his latest book:
and in this second, he’s the camera-chap – he’s not a limelight-seeker, you see. It’s a clip from a panel at the recent FantasyCon 2009, during which some of the world’s finest minds discuss the legend of David Gemmell.
While we’re on a Remic post, here’s a snippet from the latest review of Kells Legend from those fine people over at Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review (when I say “fine people”, I do, of course, mean Graeme).
‘Kell’s Legend’ is a roller coaster ride of a book that grabbed me right from the first page and tore off at a rate of knots like I hadn’t seen in a long time. The only chance anyone gets to take a breather is when Kell removes his axe from a corpse that hasn’t had the time to realise that it’s dead! Before you’ve had a chance to take a proper breath, it’s back into the fray again… Here is a man who has become a hero yet knows full well that he has done nothing to deserve such accolades. In fact, he has done entirely the opposite and is ready to commit the worst atrocities to protect what he loves. Life has eaten all the best bits of this man and left nothing but bitterness behind…
Eight out of Ten
Genreville TV premieres with an interview with Kaaron Warren
Posted by: | CommentsPublishers Weekly recently relaunched Genreville – their excellent blog centred on all things genre. Today they launch Genreville TV – and their first item is an interview with Angry Robot debut novelist, Kaaron Warren.
I talk a little bit—a lot about the outsiders, in my fiction, what kinds of people sit within the worlds that I’m creating and talking about and trying to make that world seem very real and natural, rather than—I don’t usually write as an outsider, I usually write as an insider, but within that world I’m often talking about the person who’s separate, and feels separate, for various different reasons. I’m just fascinated by the way some people are isolated and other people aren’t, and what sort of behaviors that we do separate us from others.
Read the rest of the interview here, or just click on the Play button, below.
Superb Kell’s Legend promo video by Andy Remic
Posted by: | CommentsThat Remic chap – not content with writing some of the best SF around, and now moving onto some truly excellent epic fantasy with Kells’s Legend – Book One of the Clockwork Vampire Chronicles*, he’s also now a budding film director!
The following film was written, directed, and stars our dear Mr Remic, and gives a good taste of the flavour of Kell’s Legend, which is launched in the UK and Australia next week. Music by th3 m1ss1ng.
*Seriously – clockwork vampires! You have to be dead inside to think that’s not cool!
Dan Abnett on writing for Angry Robot
Posted by: | CommentsDan sat down and answered a bunch of questions from his fans about his work and his writing processes. Here, he talks about his forthcoming books for Angry Robot.
Video by Adelie High.
More wise words on eBooks
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While you’re sitting at home or work, waiting for the day we announce our books are available as eBooks (should be ultra soon, now – will update when we have further info), why not sit back and pop on over to the SFX website and read about eBook pricing – why some companies charge the prices they do, and what the costs of producing an eBook are compared to a paperback or hardback. Feel free to comment while you’re there, by the way…
Slights: the soundtrack
Posted by: | CommentsThis reposted from Kaaron Warren’s blog, cos we thought it was well worth repeating. Obviously we couldn’t do anything like offer a copy of KW’s next novel, Walking the Tree, to the first person to post a link to this as a mix-tape in our Comments…
When Hollywood calls, I already have the soundtrack to “Slights”, as devised by our High Commissioner to Fiji, Mr James Batley, who hosted the Fiji launch on Wednesday night. Here is his list. Wonderful stuff!
“Stephanie Says” – The Velvet Underground
“Devil in Disguise” – Elvis Presley
“Devil in her Heart” – The Beatles
“Double Life” – The Cars
“Bones” – The Killers
“Beauty and the Beast” – David Bowie
“Crippled Inside” – John Lennon
“Psycho Killer” – Talking Heads
“Into the Night” – Julee Cruise
“Twilight” – Antony and the Johnsons
“Blackbird” – Sarah McLachlan
“Bird on a Wire” – Leonard Cohen
“Happiness is a Warm Gun” – The Beatles
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” – Bob Dylan
“I Float Alone” – Julee Cruise
“Breathe Me” – Sia
