tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33423954726834417772024-03-13T06:40:19.472-07:00Tachyon - Saving the World One Good Book at a TimeTachyon is an independent publisher of smart science fiction and fantasy. Visit us on the web at www.tachyonpublications.com.Tachyon Publicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713849639527968127noreply@blogger.comBlogger446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-36718248624594743562012-12-26T16:34:00.001-08:002012-12-26T16:34:14.282-08:00Blog down!Good news! Tachyon is relaunching our website and blog. For the time being we'll be posting updates on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tachyon-Publications/188071218595?ref=hl">Facebook page</a>. Happy holidays to all - we'll see you in 2013.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Tachyon Publicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713849639527968127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-3188775805213141602012-12-13T14:14:00.003-08:002012-12-13T15:12:09.565-08:00Donate to the SFWA medical fund (or risk the wrath of Gandalf) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); line-height: 22.100000381469727px;">Nebula Award winning author and NCSU professor John Kessel once offhandedly </span>quipped,<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); line-height: 22.100000381469727px;"> “I know the world does not care, but nobody could pay me enough money to go see ‘The Hobbit.’ Well, maybe someone could, but nobody is going to.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); line-height: 22.100000381469727px;">In exchange for <a href="http://sfwa-news.com/Default.aspx?pageId=308450" target="_blank">donations to the SFWA Emergency Medical Fund</a>, which </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">offers interest-free loans to members facing unexpected medical expenses: </span></span><br />
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<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$250 — Prof. Kessel goes to see <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;">The Hobbit</a> (the upcoming Peter Jackson version, in a movie theater before the end of the year, no cop-out home screenings of the Bass-Rankin animated classic) </span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$500 — Prof. Kessel will write 500 words on the film </span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$750 — Prof. Kessel will either before or after the film eat Denny’s The Hobbit-themed <a href="http://io9.com/5954327/the-hobbits-second-breakfast-being-served-at-dennys-is-something-that-is-happening" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;">Ring Burger</a> </span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$1000 — Prof. Kessel will dress as Gandalf when watching the film - REACHED as of 2:15 p.m. (PST)</span></b></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NEW: $1500 — Prof. Kessel will watch the entire Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy and write 500 words on this experience</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NEW: $2000 — Prof. Kessel will channel his inner Leonard Nimoy and perform 30 seconds (on video, of course) of “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;">The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins</a>“</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$2500 — Prof. Kessel will dress as Galadriel when watching the film (and yes there will be documentary evidence)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); line-height: 22.100000381469727px;">But wouldn'</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); line-height: 22.100000381469727px;">t you rather see him as Galadriel? You've only got until Monday morning, so go donate!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Tachyon Publicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713849639527968127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-54150775964070440082012-11-20T14:14:00.004-08:002012-11-20T14:15:43.931-08:00Tor.com on The Emperor's Soul<a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Emperors_Soul.html?Session_ID=new" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EPKwc1n3zyw/UKvfsRYg4fI/AAAAAAAAATw/dzB4V2Cpblk/s1600/EmperorsSoul_Bookpge.png" /></a>Happy (almost) Thanksgiving, everyone! This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for food, family, and a long weekend I can spend curled up with a good book.<br />
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Tor.com was kind enough to get the holiday season off to a good start with their review of <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Emperors_Soul.html">The Emperor's Soul</a> by Brandon Sanderson. Here's a slice:<br />
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the much larger picture he’s been painting for years. <a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/book-review-the-emperors-soul-brandon-sanderson#more">(read the rest here.)</a></blockquote>
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Check out <a href="http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/10/the-emperors-soul-excerpt">this excerpt</a> of The Emperor's Soul if you haven't already. If you're new to Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul is a great place to start. It's just the right size for a busy holiday, and will definitely whet your appetite for the rest of his work. And if you're a fan, you already know Sanderson does not disappoint!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px;">The forgery was a masterpiece, an almost perfect replica of a priceless work of art. The minor inconsistencies were all but impossible for even an expert to detect. However, Shai had been betrayed. Now awaiting execution, Shai would be reprieved if she could do the impossible. As a Forger, Shai is a skillful artist who can apply complex magical glyphs to rewrite the history of the item to change it completely. Although Forgers are despised, the Empire needs Shai to accomplish the unthinkable: to Forge a new soul for the Emperor. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">Verdict</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"> Sanderson, the best-selling author of the “Mistborn Trilogy” and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">The</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">Way of Kings</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">, has set this novella in the same world as </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">Elantris</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">, one of his earlier novels, but it is totally independent. Fantasy fans will love both the compelling story and the creative magical setting."</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Tachyon Publicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713849639527968127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-74156173500218779892012-11-12T09:46:00.000-08:002012-11-12T09:49:58.986-08:00Steampunk Party at the World Fantasy Convention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1UfeA6J2z1g/UKE08udLSVI/AAAAAAAAAXY/XIJBib7jSxQ/s1600/8172889308_ae501b3e3d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1UfeA6J2z1g/UKE08udLSVI/AAAAAAAAAXY/XIJBib7jSxQ/s200/8172889308_ae501b3e3d.jpg" width="200" /></a>Courtesy of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, we bring you <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderworld/sets/72157631975574587/with/8172859403/">incriminating photos</a> of their infamous Steampunk party at the 2012 World Fantasy Convention. Pictured here are, to the left, the amazing <a href="http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Steampunk_Revolution.html">Steampunk Revolution</a> cake and to the right, Karen Tidbeck and Genevieve Valentine's extremely appropriate reaction to it.<br />
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Publishers Weekly has released its <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2012/sf-fantasy-horror#book/book-5">list of the Best Books of 2012</a>.
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Patricia A. McKillip's Wonders of the Invisible World. You can read PW's original starred review of Wonders <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781616960872">here</a>.<br />
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So remember, election day is over, and whether your guy won or lost, the best celebration/remedy is to curl up with a good book. <br />
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While you're waiting for your copy to arrive (or re-reading the one you have), here's a quick roundup on what reviewers have said about The Bible Repairman.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Powers knows the ways we get haunted - by ambition, loss, greed, and heartbreak" </span><span style="background-color: white;">-Locus </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"Powers' first new collection since 2005 assembles five stories and a novella, where he exhibits his extraordinary talent as a fantasist and his uncommon imaginative power." </span><span style="background-color: white;">-SF Site </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"Superb.... Here, in potent, distilled form, you will find Powers's trademarked secret histories, heroically damaged (or damagedly heroic) losers, creepy supernatural phenomena, and macabre humor." </span><span style="background-color: white;">-Barnes & Noble Review</span></span><br />
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Is it possible to create a forgery of a soul so convincing that it is better than the soul itself?<br />
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From Brandon Sanderson, the bestselling author of the Mistborn Trilogy and co-author of the final three books of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, comes the tale of Shai, a heretic thief who is the only hope for the survival of an empire. Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its history with skillful magic. Though condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor’s scepter, she is given one opportunity to save herself.
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Epic fantasy is storytelling at its biggest and best, from the creation myths and quest sagas of ancient times to the mega-popular fantasy novels of today. Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams (Wastelands, The Living Dead) brings you seventeen tales by today's leading authors of epic fantasy, including George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire), Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea), Robin Hobb (Realms of Elderlings), Kate Elliott (Crown of Stars), Tad Williams (Of Memory, Sorrow & Thorn), Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle), and more.<br />
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<i>Emperor's Soul</i> could not wait to get on shelves, so as soon as it was printed it escaped from the warehouse for an early release. That means it's available now! Good news, because once you check out the excerpt you will <i>need</i> to keep reading. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-56446248506447388312012-10-15T11:37:00.000-07:002012-10-15T11:55:10.466-07:00Wonders of the Invisible World starred Library Journal review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's Library Journal features a rave review for Patricia McKillip's new collection, Wonders of the Invisible World:<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">A researcher goes back in time to visit Cotton Mather and finds the preacher’s visions are not what he expected in the title story of McKillip’s (The Bards of Bone Plain) latest collection of mesmerizing short fiction. From the deliciously macabre retelling of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” to the elegant story of courtship and obsession depicted in “The Kelpie,” the 16 stories collected here display the author’s talent for creating tales both delicately beautiful and heartbreakingly cruel. The text of her Guest of Honor speech at WisCon 2004, included within, offers valuable insight into the mind of the writer. </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">VERDICT: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Any collection of McKillip’s short stories will be a valuable asset to any library and a joy to her many fans."</span><br />
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Are you ready for an EPIC<i> </i>night?<br />
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This week's <a href="http://www.sfinsf.org/" target="_blank">SF in SF</a> is going to be legendary! Legendary as in Tachyon's anthology, <i>Epic: Legends of Fantasy. </i>We're going to have three epic fantasy authors to read and answer your questions. Come see Tad Williams, Ken Scholes, AND Andrew Mayer for a fantastic night of classic adventures.<br />
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<b>Tad Williams</b> is the author of <i>The War of the Flowers</i> and the Otherland series, which is being adapted into an MMO game. His most recent novel is<i> The Dirty Streets of Heaven</i>. <br />
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<b>Ken Scholes</b> is the author of the Psalms of Isaak saga. <i>Publishers Weekly</i> called book one, <i>Lamentation</i>, a "mesmerizing debut novel" in a starred review. <br />
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<b>Andrew Mayer</b> is the author of The Society of Steam trilogy, which is currently at book two: <i>Hearts of Smoke and Steam</i>. When he's not writing he works as a videogame designer and digital entertainment consultant.<br />
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Litquake! This SF in SF a special Litquake event. Litquake is a celebration of books and booze and Bay Area writers. Check out their <a href="http://www.litquake.org/">website</a> for more events.<br />
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EPIC: Legend of Fantasy<br />
Friday October 12th<br />
The Variety Preview Room Theatre<br />
The Hobart Bldg., 1st Floor — entrance next to Citibank on Market St.
582 Market Street @ 2nd and Montgomery
San Francisco, CA 94104<br />
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Doors and cash bar open at 6 PM<br />
Event starts at 7 PM<br />
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All proceeds go to Variety Children's Charity <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-88980731168393313442012-10-04T14:59:00.001-07:002012-10-04T15:04:37.693-07:00Ann VanderMeer calls upon Steampunk Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hurrah! It's <a href="http://www.tor.com/features/series/steampunk-week-2012">Steampunk Week</a> on Tor.com. Today you can get a
<a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/steampunk-iii-steampunk-revolution-excerpt">preview</a> of <a href="http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Steampunk_Revolution.html">Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution</a>, in the introduction by our Intrepid Editrix and Global Adventuress Ann VanderMeer. This is NOT your Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother's Steampunk: The Revolution has Begun!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Tachyon Publicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713849639527968127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-30944968144715294562012-10-03T20:17:00.001-07:002012-10-03T20:17:18.027-07:00October Fiction: Wonders of the Invisible World <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Wonders.html?Session_ID=new" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdEin4fmYvQ/UGzE1WfUqWI/AAAAAAAAASg/iwmsUqqB_NY/s1600/Wonders_Bookpge.png" /></a>Patricia A. McKillip's <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Wonders.html?Session_ID=new">Wonders of the Invisible World</a> is live and <strike>in concert</strike> on shelves now! This collection features some of McKillip's best short fiction yet, and it just made io9's <a href="http://io9.com/5948353/all-the-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-you-cant-afford-to-miss-in-october">"can't afford to miss" list</a> for October. <br />
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More praise for <i>Wonders</i>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Endlessly astonishing and impressive fantasist McKillip (<i>The Bards of Bone Plain</i>) travels the shadowy twilight realm between worlds and returns with the raw stuff of dreams." </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">—</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"A casket full of wonders. I think each one is my favorite, until I read the next. McKillip has the true Mythopoeic imagination. Here lies the border between our world and that of Faerie." </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">—</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">P. C. Hodgell, author of the Kencyrath series </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"This brilliant new collection puts on display the audacity, the warmth, the intelligence, and depth of [McKillip's] huge and magnificent talent." </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">—Peter Straub, author of <i>Ghost Story</i> and <i>A Dark Matter </i></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">"I loved all the stories in this collection and if I still have to tell you to try this out, well, you haven’t been reading my review.... Patricia Mckillip is a master at what she does. Strongly recommended." </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">—<i>Locus</i> </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-47039735297602151382012-09-18T13:37:00.000-07:002012-09-18T13:37:07.421-07:00Wonders of the Invisible World in Starburst<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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"McKillip's prose — compact and poetical, yet also tough and humorous — is ideally suited to capturing the fragile visions that occasionally haunt, but just as often uplift, her characters. As a result, this is one to dip into, savour and place on that special shelf for books to be cherished."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-77583857335161436062012-09-17T11:55:00.000-07:002012-09-17T11:55:53.486-07:00Wonders of the Invisible World in Locus, Shades of Sentience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Patricia McKillip's story collection <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Wonders.html">Wonders of the Invisible World </a> is out next month, but this month's <i>Locus</i> magazine will give you a long, detailed list of reasons to check it out, for example:<br />
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"I loved all the stories in this collection and if I still have to tell you to try this out, well, you haven’t been reading my review.... Patricia Mckillip is a master at what she does. Strongly recommended."<br />
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To read the full review you'll have to pick up the magazine, and if you're a science fiction/fantasy fan, you should definitely be reading <i>Locus.</i> It's a fantastic source of book reviews, author, and artist interviews, and the latest SF/F publishing news, so you'll always know what books to look forward to. <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2012/09/september-2012-table-of-contents/">Preview the September issue here</a>, then pick up a copy or request it at your local bookseller.<br />
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For something you can read right away, <i>Shades of Sentience</i> calls <i>Wonders</i> "Highly recommended," in a review <a href="http://sentientonline.net/?p=3641">here. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-9102912689484120262012-09-13T16:45:00.003-07:002012-09-13T17:01:00.875-07:00Look, up in the sky!<span style="font-family: inherit;">We're truly excited to announce the summer 2013 release of our anthology <a href="http://lostmyths.net/superstories/" target="_blank">Super Stories of Heroes & Villains</a>,</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> edited by the known foiler of </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STeVTzWelns&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Super Geniuses</a> everywhere, </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">Claude Lalumière. </em><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">In addition to being super-cool, </em><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Claude is the editor of eleven previous anthologies, including Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic, Lust for Life: Tales of Sex & Love, Bibliotheca Fantastica, Masked Mosaic: Canadian Super Stories, and the Aurora Award nominee Tesseracts Twelve: New Novellas of Canadian Fantastic Fiction. He’s the author of two books: the collection Objects of Worship and the mosaic novella The Door to Lost Pages, and is the co-creator of the multimedia cryptomythology project <a href="http://lostmyths.net/" target="_blank">Lost Myths</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If you have any <a href="http://lostmyths.net/superstories/?page_id=10" target="_blank">suggestions</a> or would like to </span></span><a href="http://lostmyths.net/superstories/?page_id=16" target="_blank">submit</a> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">a story to Super Stories of Heroes & </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Villains</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, now's your chance. Up, up, and away... </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Tachyon Publicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713849639527968127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-29310053184842893362012-08-29T14:09:00.002-07:002012-08-29T14:17:16.121-07:00Publishers Weekly Reviews Digital Rapture and Wonders of the Invisible WorldI've got two reviews to share today: One for a book you can enjoy now, and one for a book to look forward to.<br />
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<a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Digital_Rapture.html?Session_ID=new" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OeXqvbv8LxE/UD1LlHxQhTI/AAAAAAAAARc/EPX47fq9sX4/s1600/DigitalRapture_BoM_final.png" /></a><i><a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Digital_Rapture.html?Session_ID=new">Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology </a></i>is on shelves now and is "full of compelling and controversial stories" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61696-070-4">read the full review here</a>) to prepare you for the upcoming technopocalypse.
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<a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Wonders.html?Session_ID=new" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 2em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GnbzssZaKrw/UD1Lxr_xfdI/AAAAAAAAARk/41iPrFhUg30/s1600/Wonders_Bookpge.png" /></a><span id="goog_2107040990"></span><span id="goog_2107040991"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>And this October you will finally be able to get your hands on Patricia A. McKillip's new collection, <i><a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Wonders.html?Session_ID=new">Wonders of the Invisible World</a></i>. <i>Publishers Weekly</i> gives this book a starred review, because it's just that fantastic:
"Endlessly astonishing and impressive fantasist McKillip (<i>The Bards of Bone Plain</i>) travels the shadowy twilight realm between worlds and returns with the raw stuff of dreams." (<a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61696-087-2">read the full review here</a>) <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-77111737127420940032012-08-29T11:23:00.002-07:002012-08-29T11:23:33.064-07:00Digital Rapture: Haiku-Fu!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">Congratulations to the winners of the Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology Haiku contest!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">Pro-Singularity - Richard Lack </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">It's happening now</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.981481552124023px;">Like slowly boiling a frog</span><br />
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We just can't feel it<br /><br />Con-Singularity - Darron Moore<br /><br />The perfect copy<br />To the very last neuron<br />Still will not be you.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Runners-up (to receive a copy of Digital Rapture)<br /><br />Pro-Singularity<br /><br />-George-Antoine Kosmo<br /><br />One mind to unite<br />As God but of wires and lights;<br />Kingdom of bits come<br /><br />-Rebecca Adams Wright<br /><br />Pays to be prepared:<br />Surge Protector. Power cord.<br />Please upload the dog.<br /><br /><br />Con-Singularity<br /><br />-Kathryn Allan<br /><br />Cyber-brain, hardwired.<br />Will we wake in techno dream?<br />Not bloody likely!<br /><br />-James Endres Howell<br /><br />Exponential growth<br />within a finite system<br />always leads to crash.</div>
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The haiku contest<br />
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I don't think my haiku is a winner, but yours could be! The Singularity Haiku Contest ends Tuesday, August 28th, so get your syllables in line and go for it. Your haiku can either be pro-Singularity (it's happening, you guys!) or con (Nah-UH!) and there will be a winner from each category.<br />
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Both winners and top three finalists will get free copies of <i><a href="https://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Digital_Rapture.html">Digital Rapture: the Singularity Anthology</a></i> signed by editors John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, and the winners themselves will be treated to a FREE lunch with Kessel and Kelly at Worldcon in Chicago (lunch seat is transferable to a friend if you are not attending the convention). I've eaten with these guys, and they are some savvy sci-fi fellows, as well as a delight. Trust me, you want to win this.<br />
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Check out our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tachyon-Publications/188071218595">Facebook page</a> to see our favorites so far, and good luck!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-35826710735515532392012-08-20T15:28:00.003-07:002012-08-20T15:30:20.276-07:00Digital Rapture on Coode Street Podcast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan host <a href="http://www.jimkelly.net/">James Patrick Kelly</a> and <a href="http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/index2.html">John Kessel</a> in a discussion of <a href="http://www.tachyonpublications.com/book/Digital_Rapture.html?Session_ID=new">Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology</a>, Jim and John's anthology work generally, and whether science fiction has a mission (odds are even here in the Tachyon home office.) <span style="font-family: inherit;">Check it out on the </span><a href="http://jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/2012/08/19/episode-113-live-with-gary-k-wolfe-james-patrick-kelly-and-john-kessel/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Coode Street Podcast</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-80827994863293732592012-08-08T11:46:00.001-07:002012-08-08T11:46:08.823-07:00The Bible Repairman and Other Nominations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The World Fantasy Award nominations are in! Tim Powers has been nominated twice, for his Tachyon collection <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/BibleRepairman.html">The Bible Repairman and Other Stories</a> and the story "A Journey of Only Two Paces" published in <i>The Bible Repairman</i>. Congratulations Tim!<br />
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<a href="http://www.wfc2012.org/pr-wfawards01.html">You can find the full nomination list here.</a> There's some great reading, and you have time to make a dent in it before the winners are announced in November at the 2012 World Fantasy Convention.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-30663097132985955662012-08-02T12:43:00.003-07:002012-08-02T15:43:27.998-07:00Come the Singularity there WILL be such a thing as a Free Lunch!<br />
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<b>Digital Rapture: The Haiku Contest Comes to the World Science Fiction Convention</b><br />
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Watch the morons march.<br />
Heaven becomes cyberspace.<br />
No going back now.<br />
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Look at my new brain:<br />
Who needs a freakin' body?<br />
Computonium!</div>
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Is the Rapture of the Nerds just around the corner? Or
is the Vingean posthuman technological Singularity the biggest myth since
Y2K? You know<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">—</span>and you can prove it in verse.
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tachyon-Publications/188071218595?ref=hl">Post</a> or email (tachyon@tachyonpublications.com) us a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku">haiku</a>
that is either pro- (it's totally gonna happen) or con- (as if!)
Singularity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be two winners,
one for each argument. Attendees at Chicon 7, the World Science Fiction
Convention, will be treated to A FREE LUNCH with James Patrick Kelly and John
Kessel, the esteemed editors of <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Digital_Rapture.html">Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology</a>.</div>
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At Worldcon, the winners and the editors will meet and try to convince one
another; Jim believes (sort of) and John says no way. If you win but will
not be attending Chicon, you can designate a friend to defend your position (or
eat your lunch). Winners and top three entrants will also receive a copy
of Digital Rapture signed by the editors and several contributors and will be
immortalized (until the Singularity) on Tachyon’s Facebook page.<br />
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Remember, the future of transhumanity depends on <i>your</i> seventeen syllables...
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About the Singularity:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vernor Vinge </b></div>
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“In thirty years [2023], we will have the technological means to
create superhuman intelligences. Shortly after, the human era will be
ended.” </div>
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and John Kessel (in Digital Rapture)</b></div>
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“If you believe in evolution (as well you should!), then it
follows that, one day, something might come along to replace you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the early masters of science fiction
thought so. Isaac Asimov was certain that we wouldn’t need to worry much before
the year 30-bazillion <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">a.d.</span> or
so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Asimov wrote in an era before
iPads and the Internet, an innocent time when mere humans still ruled the
worlds of chess and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jeopardy</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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At the turn of the twenty-first century, Vernor Vinge warned
that we might already be inventing our successor species through technological
advances. That just maybe the advent of the post-humans wasn’t in the far
future but was, in fact, scheduled for next Thursday. He called this (possibly)
apocalyptic event the Singularity—and the future would never be the same. </div>
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When the Singularity comes, will humans be enslaved by
artificial intelligence, or will there be an ecstatic Rapture of the Nerds?”</div>
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<b>Wikipedia </b></div>
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“The technological singularity is the hypothetical future
emergence of greater-than-human <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence" target="_blank" title="Superintelligence">superintelligence</a> through technological means.
Since the capabilities of such intelligence would be difficult for an
unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity
is seen as an intellectual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_horizon" target="_blank" title="Event horizon">event horizon</a>, beyond which events
cannot be predicted or understood. Proponents of the singularity
typically state that an "intelligence explosion", where
superintelligences design successive generations of increasingly powerful
minds, might occur very quickly and might not stop until the agent's cognitive
abilities greatly surpass that of any human.”</div>
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Full entry <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity">here</a>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Tachyon Publicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713849639527968127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-60964714142727323062012-08-01T15:24:00.000-07:002012-08-02T13:11:15.844-07:00Digital Rapture, now at a node near you...<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LpZUpGoUxJI/UBl0hkGOnhI/AAAAAAAAAQM/HkaNqbDQBt4/s1600/DigitalRapture_bookpge_final.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LpZUpGoUxJI/UBl0hkGOnhI/AAAAAAAAAQM/HkaNqbDQBt4/s1600/DigitalRapture_bookpge_final.png" /></a>The Singularity (Anthology) is here!<i> Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology</i> is on sale now. You can <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/Digital_Rapture.html?Session_ID=new">buy it directly from us</a> or from your local bookstore/internet retailer (find an indie one <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/">here</a>).<br />
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And what IS the Singularity, you ask? The Rapture of the Nerds or the Techno-apocalypse? Well... <br />
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If you believe in evolution (as
well you should!), then it follows that, one day, something might come along to
replace you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the early masters
of science fiction thought so. Isaac Asimov was certain that we wouldn’t need
to worry much before the year 30-bazillion <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">a.d.</span>
or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Asimov wrote in an era before
iPads and the Internet, an innocent time when mere humans still ruled the
worlds of chess and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jeopardy</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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At the turn of the twenty-first
century, Vernor Vinge warned that we might already be inventing our successor
species through technological advances. That just maybe the advent of the
post-humans wasn’t in the far future but was, in fact, scheduled for next
Thursday. He called this (possibly) apocalyptic event the Singularity—and the
future would never be the same. </div>
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When the Singularity comes,
will humans be enslaved by artificial intelligence, or will there be an
ecstatic Rapture of the Nerds? In this far-reaching anthology, award-winning
science-fiction writers and acclaimed futurists come together to ponder the
question of who—or what—comes after us. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Digital
Rapture</i> traces the history of transhumanity from Charles Darwin to Charles
Stross, from Frederik Pohl’s day million to Ray Kurzweil’s almost-now, from Elizabeth
Bear’s fusion of woman, machine, God, and shark to Bruce Sterling’s brutal meditation
on the superfluity of humanity. </div>
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As intelligence figuratively
(and possibly literally) explodes, these writers have braved the leap over the
edge of the event horizon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you dare
to join them?<br />
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Stay tuned for our exciting <i>Digital Rapture</i> giveaway... </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342395472683441777.post-16764650599975269182012-07-31T12:04:00.002-07:002012-07-31T12:07:40.655-07:00SF in SF: John Carter<div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-family: times new roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH<br />
Join SF in SF for a screening of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/" target="_blank">JOHN CARTER</a> (of Mars!) </span><span style="font-family: arial narrow,sans-serif; font-size: small;">(PG-13, 132 mins.)</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />Truly, we don't feel this can POSSIBLY be as bad as Disney's spin
doctors claimed...it promptly disappeared from the theatres, but gee, we
know a lot of people in the field of science fiction literature that
really liked it! We're going to let you make up your mind yourself -
any fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs should find something enjoyable in
there!
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><i>As a special bonus only for SF in SF attendees</i>
</span><span style="font-size: small;"> - we're delighted to have a Burroughs scholar on hand to introduce the film! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Lupoff" target="_blank">Author Richard A. Lupoff</a> was the editor at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaveral_Press" target="_blank">Canaveral Press</a> in the early 1960's, when they issued many of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs" target="_blank">Edgar Rice Burroughs</a>'
novels. This included first editions based on unpublished manuscripts
and previously uncollected magazine stories. Lupoff also briefly served
as a consultant to Pixar Studios on the John Carter motion picture.
Ironically, he has never seen the finished film, so it will be as new to
him as to anyone else in the audience! He is also the author of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Adventure:_The_Worlds_of_Edgar_Rice_Burroughs" target="_blank">Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs</a>. <br /><br />5:30PM - doors and cash bar open
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />6:30PM - Event begins - <i>free popcorn for the movie</i>!<br />$5-$10 suggested donation at the door. <br />All
SF in SF events are held as fundraisers for Variety Children's Charity
of Northern California - to date, we've helped raise over $30,000 for
the kids in our community! <br /><br />Seating is limited, and is first come, first seated.
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.varietync.org/screening-room" target="_blank">The Variety Preview Room Theatre</a><br />The Hobart Bldg., 1st Floor — entrance next to Citibank on Market St.<br />
582 Market Street @ 2nd and Montgomery<br />San Francisco, CA 94104<br /><br /><i>Don’t Drive — Seriously.</i>
Parking sucks in this area. We are directly adjacent to the Montgomery
Street BART/MUNI station! Street parking ($3.50 per hour) is metered
M-Sat., til 6PM; otherwise, <a href="http://sanfrancisco.bestparking.com/index.php" target="_blank">find a parking garage here</a>. <br /><br />Email
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:sfinsfevents@gmail.com" target="_blank">sfinsfevents@gmail.com</a>, or call <a href="tel:415-572-1015" target="_blank" value="+14155721015">415-572-1015</a> (night of event only)</span><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR FUTURE SF IN SF EVENTS!<br />
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<ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">
<li><span style="font-size: small;">SF in SF will be on hiatus in August,
with no author event due to our participation at the World Science
Fiction Convention in Chicago </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Saturday, September 15th with authors MALINDA LO, CINDY PONS and ROZ KAVENEY</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Friday, October 12th - LITQUAKE!! authors
KEN SCHOLES, ANDREW MAYER, and TAD WILLIAMS join us for EPIC! Legends
of Fantasy. Epic fantasy is storytelling at its biggest and best --
from the creation myths and quest sagas of ancient times to the
mega-popular fantasy novels of today </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Saturday, November 10th with authors KIM STANLEY ROBINSON and CECELIA HOLLAND</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Films in Sept., Oct., and Nov. to be announced closer to the dates</span></li>
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I couldn't think of anything clever to say involving the Olympics, so I'll just skip ahead to pointing you towards this juicy review of <a href="http://tachyonpublications.com/book/SwordandSorcery.html"><i>The Sword & Sorcery Anthology</i></a>. There's a rundown of each story in the book that is near-but-not-actually spoilery, so if you aren't sure if <i>Sword & Sorcery</i> is for you, this is the review to check out.<br />
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"Hartwell and Weisman’s choices are top-notch, and provide both an
excellent introduction to the subgenre for new readers, and exciting
reading for long-time fans."<br />
—<i>Grasping for the Wind</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.graspingforthewind.com/2012/07/24/book-review-the-sword-and-sorcery-anthology-edited-by-david-hartwell-and-jacob-weisman/">Read the full review here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//www.tachyonpublications.com/zblog/atom.xml"><img border="0" alt="Add to Google" style="padding-top:5px;" width="104" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" height="17"/></a></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.com1