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Angry Robot Podcast #8
Posted by: | CommentsIn our February episode, we welcome our first solo interview, Guy Adams, author of The World House and the forthcoming sequel, Restoration.
Theme song courtesy of John Anealio, find more of his awesome/twisted science fiction-themed music at SciFi Songs.
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Angry Robot Podcast #7
Posted by: | CommentsSorry for the delay this month, folks! In our January episode, Lauren Beukes is back with a new book, bringing Aliette de Bodard and the second book of her trilogy with her.
Theme song courtesy of John Anealio, find more of his awesome science fiction-themed music at SciFi Songs.
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Link Soup
Posted by: | CommentsHere are a few things that have cropped up in my RSS Reader over the last few days:
First up – Pornokitsch reviews Zoo City by Lauren Beukes:
Beukes trusts her readers. She trusts us to pick up on unknown slang and languages; she trusts us to understand how her novel’s magical economy works without explaining its origins; she trusts us to like her protagonist despite introducing her as a murderer. She trusts us to care about a music scene we may be unfamiliar with, state-sponsored violence we may not have heard much about, a city we may never have visited.
Zoo City, in the final analysis, meets every Kitschie criteria – and then some.
Next up – The Eloquent Page reviews Thomas Blackthorne’s Point:
I knew nothing about Point by Thomas Blackthorne when it dropped through my letterbox. Within five pages… I was completely hooked.
Point is a sequel to last year’s novel Edge. I haven’t read the first novel but I should stress that this didn’t hamper my enjoyment of Point in anyway… Now that I have been introduced to this universe I can only hope that there will be more.
Listen to John Meaney (aka Thomas Blackthorne) reading from the first chapter:
The Functional Nerds podcast this week features our very own Lavie Tidhar, who talks about… well, pretty much everything, really. Head on over and listen.
Angry Robot Podcast #6
Posted by: | CommentsIn this episode we interview Matt Forbeck and Colin Harvey, Angry Robot authors who present dystopian futures.
Theme song courtesy of John Anealio, find more of his awesome science fiction-themed music at SciFi Songs.
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Advent Calendar day 3, Vote for the year’s best, Some podcast news
Posted by: | CommentsAdvent Calendar
It’s day 3 on our Advent calendar, and another of our authors has a festive treat for you!
(Oh, no, he doesn’t!) Stop that.
Vote for the Year’s Best
SFBook.com are having a vote – which of their Books of the Month do you think should win their Book of the Year? Every month they’ve chosen a title they enjoyed more than any other that month, and now they want you to tell them which is the best of the best!
3 out of the 12 are Angry Robot titles – pretty good when you consider we only published books in 6 months of 2010.
The Angry Robot books up for consideration are (with quotes from the SFBook reviews):
The World House by Guy Adams
The World House is a utterly original, quite crazy and simply brilliant piece of fiction.
The Road to Bedlam by Mike Shevdon
The Road to Bedlam is a rich, detailed and impressive sequel to one of the best novels of 2009 with a gripping plot, superb characterisation and is such an effortless joy to read.
Amortals by Matt Forbeck
Amortals is an action packed sci fi thriller full of fantastic tech and a great ending, highly recommended.
The books are up against some stiff competition, though – see the full list here, and go vote (on the front page)!
Podcast News
You can keep your gold and frankincense - but we’re hanging on to the Mur! Our monthly Angry Robot podcast, hosted by the queen of podcasting, the Mighty Mur Lafferty. was originally scheduled for just 6 episodes. Mur has done such an awesome job, though, we’ve asked her to do some more for us, and she’s agreed! Now that’s what I call a Christmas present!
Angry Robot Podcast #5
Posted by: | CommentsIn this episode we interview Tim Waggoner and Gary McMahon, Angry Robot authors who present urban fantasy and horror to our readers.
Our contest this month is for both of the books featured! Listen to find out how you can win! Entries should be emailed to podcast@angryrobotbooks.com.
Theme song courtesy of John Anealio, find more of his awesome science fiction-themed music at SciFi Songs.
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Angry Robot Podcast #4
Posted by: | CommentsIn this episode we interview Gav Thorpe and Andy Remic, Angry Robot authors who present epic fantasy to our readers. (Apologies for the quality, Andy is on a phone and difficult to hear at times.)
Our contest this month is for a USB drive with both of the books featured in ePub format! Listen to find out how you can win!
Theme song courtesy of John Anealio, find more of his awesome science fiction-themed music at SciFi Songs.
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The podcast competition ends November 15.
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Podcast Special! Conversation with Kaaron Warren from WorldCon!
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Lee and Marco respond to Kaaron Warren's Ditmar award
The latest Angry Robot podcast will be posted soon. In the meantime, here’s an extra treat.
I got to hang out with Kaaron Warren in Melbourne last month. We crashed the SFWA suite and took some of their gin and vodka and talked about the Ditmar-award-winning Slights, dentists, drinking from the Ganges, parenting, and many other things.
Congrats again, Kaaron!
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Free Samples – Pretty Little Dead Things & Amortals (with audio)
Posted by: | CommentsOh, we’re good to you, we really are. No, no – it’s ok, just buy us a pint when you see us. Here are a couple of new sample chapters from our next books. … wait, what are we saying? Couple of chapters? Hardly! Here, magnificently, are the first 50 pages of each book, for free, nothing, nada, zilch.
Click for full-screen. You can embed the free sample in your own site – just copy the code (by clicking on the “menu” button in the bottom right corner of the sample, and selecting “Copy embed code”) into your site.
First of all, Pretty Little Dead Things by Gary McMahon:
and now Amortals by Matt Forbeck:
and if your eyes are tired, and you’re too weary to read, how about listening to the dulcet tones of the author, Matt Forbeck, as he lulls you with the first exciting chapter of Amortals:
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Both titles are published in the UK on November 4th, and in the US and Canada on December 28th.
Angry Robot Podcast #3
Posted by: | CommentsIn this episode we interview Mike Shevdon and Dan Abnett, Angry Robot authors who both take a very different look at a fantastical London of the 21st century.
In the show we mention the Hugo Awards and Cheryl Morgan’s new magazine, Salon Futura.
Our contest this month is for a special treat from the Angry Robot Cupboard of Win (it’s a mystery!) Listen to find out how you can win!
Theme song courtesy of John Anealio, find more of his awesome science fiction-themed music at SciFi Songs.
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The podcast competition ends October 10.
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