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Vampire Warlords, Embedded and The Damned Busters
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Don’t forget – we’ll be launching all three of these titles at Waterstones Birmingham High Street tomorrow at 12.30, and repeating the signing at Camp Stulag EasterCon at 4.00pm, for those of you incarcerated for the weekend. Dan and Andy will be on-hand to sign (unfortunately, Matthew Hughes will be stuck in Italy – when he could be in Birmingham!).
Also signing their books, of course, are: Lauren Beukes, Thomas Blackthorne (John Meaney), Aliette de Bodard, Colin Harvey, Ian Whates and Lavie Tidhar.
And to get you in the mood (not saying what mood), there’s a trailer below for Vampire Warlords made by the author.
Advent Calendar Day 7 & More Un:Bound Video News
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Today’s Advent Calendar surprise is courtesy of Tim Waggoner (author of Nekropolis and Dead Streets). It may not be the most uplifting Christmas message you’ll read, but it’s certainly one of the most honest!
Un:Bound Video
After a few teething problems, the team at Un:Bound have launched their pilot video magazine, Un:Bound Video Editions. There’s a lot crammed into the half-hour, including a behind-the-scenes at Tor, some author interviews, Alasdair Stuart being kind and mean at the same time, and yours truly, giving the first in a series of publishing tips.
Author Signings and New Reviews
Posted by: | CommentsA few signings coming up:
First up, Andy Remic (author of Kell’s Legend and Soul Stealers as well as a bunch of stuff for other folk). Andy will be popping into Waterstones, Lincoln this Friday (12th November) to sign some stock. He’s not doing a formal signing, as Katie Price (the model formerly known as Jordan) is doing one, instead. So, do pop along – he’ll be happy to chat and sign something for you.
Staying with Rem for the moment, he’s also involved in a three-way (signing) with Frazer Hines and Sam Stone at Bookmark - an independent bookstore on The Crescent in Spalding. That’s from 11am-1pm on Saturday 20th November.
A little further down the line, Pretty Little Dead Things author Gary McMahon will be signing with fellow horror scribes, Paul Kane and Joseph D’Lacey at Waterstones, Nottingham on Friday 10th December. Tickets are £3 (redeemable against books bought on the night) – and the first 20 ticket purchasers will receive a free book on arrival! Gore-off is at 6.30pm! To reserve tickets call: 0115 948 4499 or email:events@nottingham.waterstones.com
And a new review has just come in:
SFX Magazine says of Pretty Little Dead Things:
“A scene where Usher is menaced by hooded figures is vividly executed… there’s some genuinely revolting material.”
the mood in Gary McMahon’s Pretty Little Dead Things is heavy with grief, foreboding, and the taint of weird magic, and it’s so thick you can stir it with a spoon. It’s the taste of ash in your mouth, and it’s absolutely delicious…
It’s the graveyard atmosphere and the strong, credible emotions of the main character that will leave Thomas Usher indelibly inked on your consciousness.
5 *****
Angry Robot at FantasyCon
Posted by: | CommentsThis coming weekend sees FantasyCon once more in Nottingham, with special guests Lisa Tuttle, Peter F Hamilton, Bryan Talbot and Garry Kilworth.
Angry Robot will (again) be out in force. Literally, in Rem’s case.
As well as Publishing Director Marc Gascoigne and Editor Lee Harris (that’s me – hi), the following Angry Robot authors will be around:
Colin Harvey (Winter Song, Damage Time)
Andy Remic (Kell’s Legend, Soul Stealers)
Mike Shevdon (Sixty-One Nails, The Road to Bedlam)
Ian Whates (City of Dreams and Nightmare)
Guy Adams (The World House)
Gary McMahon (Pretty Little Dead Things)
We’ll have a table in the Dealer Room, where you can buy any of our titles, and at 12.00 on Saturday we’re having a special launch and signing session for Colin Harvey, Andy Remic and Mike Shevdon. Ian and Guy will be around throughout the weekend, so you’ll be able to get your books signed by them, and Gary’s first Angry Robot title isn’t published until November. We also have pre-signed copies of books from some of our other authors.
If you can’t find us, we’re likely to be in the bar getting absolutely ~ahem~ conducting serious business on behalf of our authors.
In the words of the immortal Barnster, this weekend is going to be Legen- wait for it…
dary!
Send us a photo of you in B&N and Win!
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See the display in the photo? Angry Robot displays are in Barnes and Noble stores across the USA. This one was taken in a B&N store in Springfield, New Jersey.
What we’d like you to do is to take a photograph of you, holding one of our books, standing next to one of our displays in a Barnes and Noble*. The display should be clearly in shot with you. It’s probably a good idea to get permission from the store before you start taking snaps, though.
Send your photo to us at: INCOMING @ ANGRYROBOTBOOKS.COM
We’ll blog some of our favourite photos (so by entering you’re giving us permission to use the photo in this way). And one lucky winner will receive some random Angry Robot stuff from the Angry Robot Cupboard of Win. We’ll get one of our authors to choose the outright winner, so we don’t get the blame. The prizes won’t be books this time around, though – they’ll be something… else.
Competition closes midnight Saturday 4th September (that’s midnight, wherever you are). No purchase necessary to enter (though we’d obviously like you to).
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*Thinking about it a little more logically, it might be easier to get someone else to take a photo of you, standing next to the display. If either Mr Fantastic or Elastic Man happen to be reading this, you can obviously make your own arrangements.
In the USA? Win some Angry Robot goodies!
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This will be our last blog entry of the day – we think you deserve a rest.
Today (as you will have gathered by now) we launched in the US and Canada. Our books are being carried by many bookshops (chains and independents), but in Barnes and Noble for the next three months our titles will be presented in freestanding Angry Robot displays.
Which is cool.
We’d quite like to see these displays, but we’re thousands of miles away. {sad face} So, we’d like to see some photos of them! {happy face}
What we’d like you to do is to take a photograph of you, holding one of our books, standing next to one of our displays in a Barnes and Noble. It’s probably a good idea to get permission from the store before you start taking snaps, though.
Send your photo to us at: INCOMING @ ANGRYROBOTBOOKS.COM
We’ll blog some of our favourite photos (so by entering you’re giving us permission to use the photo in this way). And one lucky winner will receive some random Angry Robot stuff from the Angry Robot Cupboard of Win. We’ll get one of our authors to choose the outright winner, so we don’t get the blame.
Competition closes midnight Saturday 4th September. No purchase necessary to enter (though we’d obviously like you to).
Meet Dan Abnett next week!
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If you’re in the London area (or can travel to it) next Wednesday (25th August), it’s well worth popping into Belgravia, where I will be interviewing multi-million-selling novelist, comic-writer and screenwriter, Dan Abnett for the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA).
Dan is a great speaker, and with over 20 years’ experience in the business, he’s always fascinating to listen to.
So, whether you’re a fan of his comic work, his Black Library novels, his TV tie-ins, or his new, original fiction, pop along. It’s free to come along, and you don’t have to be a member of the BSFA to attend. What larks!
I have plenty of interesting questions lined up for him, but if there’s something you’re dying to ask Dan, put it in the comments section, here – the interview will be recorded, and podcast, later.
Venue:
Upstairs Room
The Antelope Tavern
22, Eaton Terrace
Belgravia
London
SW1W 8EZ
Nearest Tube: Sloane Square (District/Circle)
All welcome! (No entry fee or tickets. Non-members welcome.)
Interview will commence at 7.00 pm, but the room is open from 6.00 (and fans in the downstairs bar from 5).
There will be a raffle (£1 for five tickets), with a selection of sf novels as prizes.
Lauren’s interview at the BSFA (podcast)
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If you missed the (extremely well-attended) British Science Fiction Association get-together last week, with special guest Lauren Beukes, you can listen to it here.
This month, the special guest is Dan Abnett – well worth attending (August 25th, London). I’ll be interviewing Dan about his writing career – his comics, his novels, his screenwriting. And Dan is always worth listening to.
Venue details here. It’s free, and you don’t have to be a member!
Beukes rocks the BSFA
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A fine time was had by all in London last night, when an unusually packed BSFA meet played host to the one and only Lauren Beukes.
Following a day spent shopping, sightseeing and discussing top secret projects with a Certain Big Movie Producer, I’d thought I’d perhaps worn Lauren out. But faced with an attentive crowd hanging on her every word, Lauren rose to the occasion. Following a reading from Zoo City, Lauren was interviewed by blogger Jonathan McAlmont, and then took questions from the floor on Moxyland, Zoo City, future projects, 
the future of South Africa, all the usual stuff. As well as BSFA regulars, Lauren had attracted a fair number of South African ex-pats, one of whom even arrived bearing a genuine cuddly Moxy! The heavily illustrated Del Lakin-Smith had kindly brought his podcast mic to capture the whole thing, so all being well you’ll be able to hear it all as an online download in a few days.
Tonight it’s the turn of Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue to host Ms B. It all starts at 6pm, but do get there early – the word is that those limited edition copies of Zoo City won’t hang around for long.
Meanwhile, the massive interest in Zoo City in Lauren’s native South Africa has produced another interview, this time in the form of a podcast with the (South African) Times. Well worth ten minutes of your time.
And may we just remind you all, cannibal penguin FTW!
Lauren Beukes and Angry Robot are in London later this month
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A brief reminder – Lauren Beukes (author of the fantastic, critically-acclaimed Moxyland) is making a rare visit to the UK this month from her native South Africa, and we’ve lined up three events where you can meet her, and get your books signed.
Not only that, to celebrate her visit we’ve teamed up with Forbidden Planet to bring you an Angry Robot first – a limited edition hardcover of her forthcoming novel, Zoo City. It’s already attracted a lot of attention, and for very good reason!
You can order a copy of Zoo City from Forbidden Planet, here. Better still, come along to her signing. There are just 100 copies being sold through Forbidden Planet, so you’re going to have to get one soon to avoid disappointment! This is a very limited limited edition.
Lauren will be signing Zoo City at the London Forbidden Planet Megastore from 6.00-7.00pm on Thursday July 29th. Come along and say “Hi” and pick up a copy of the book. I’ll also be there (Lee) despite my wife’s protestations (she doesn’t object to Lauren – the signing is halfway through our holiday, so I’ll be leaving our cottage in Wales to come along to the event). :-D
British Science Fiction Association
The night before Lauren’s signing at Forbidden Planet she will be the special guest at the July meeting of the British Science Fiction Association, where she will be reading from Zoo City, prior to an interview. There will be a Q&A session at the end, and you don’t have to be a member of the BSFA to attend. There may be one or two other Angry Robot authors there, too, as well as Marc Gascoigne – Angry Robot’s Publishing Director.
The reading / interview will be at the upstairs bar of:
The Antelope Tavern, 22 Eaton Terrace, Belgravia, London SW1W 8EZ (nearest tube station is Sloane Square on the District and Circle lines).
The reading will commence around 7.00pm, but people usually start gathering in the downstairs bar from 5.00pm onwards.
British Fantasy Society
Lauren will also be the guest at the first BFS Open Night of the year. Well, not Open Night so much as Open Afternoon. For those of you who might find it hard to get to central London on a weekday evening, Lauren’s BFS event is on Saturday 31st July from 1.00pm until 5.00pm at The George pub on The Strand, WC2R 1AP (nearest tube station: Temple). And again, you don’t have to be a member to attend, though you can join on the day if you wish.
So, those dates again:
Wednesday 28th July: BSFA meeting - 7.00pm onwards (but any time from 5.00 for general chit-chat and beerage)
Thursday 29th July: Forbidden Planet signing – 6.00pm until 7.00pm (see here for details)
Saturday 31st July: BFS meeting – 1.00pm until 5.00pm
