The American Library Association’s first Reading List Awards (winners as DOC link) for genre fiction includes the following finalists:
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) by Jim Butcher (ROC/Penguin, 2007)
by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear (Tor, 2007)From Publishers Marketplace
Elizabeth Bear’s Dust, the first in a new science fiction trilogy, plus Carnival and Undertow, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency
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French rights to Jim Butcher’s DEATH MASKS, to Stephane Marsan at Bragelonne, by Vincent Vichit-Vadakan at VVV, in association with Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.
Audio rights: Jim Butcher’s FURIES OF CALDERON, the first book in the Codex Alera series, to Susan Allison at Penguin Putnam, in a five-book deal, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.
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Also, check out Subterranean Press for Backup, a twelve thousand word novelette set in Jim Butcher’s ultra-popular Dresden Files series. This time Harry’s in trouble he knows nothing about, and it’s up to his big brother Thomas to track him down and solve those little life-threatening difficulties without his little brother even noticing. According to the publisher’s website: “Fewer than 24 hours after the limited edition was announced, it is well over half sold out.“
Full list of nominees here.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Bear and step-client Sarah Monette for A Companion to Wolves in the SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR category.
“Elizabeth Bear, I am sure, is familiar with most prior instances of this scenario, and she strives intelligently with much success to reinvigorate it and make it new. Her language is sharp and strong and playful. Her technology is up to date and cleverly deployed. The cultures she creates are a spiffy blend of futuristic and anachronistic. The plot is never totally predictable. And her characters, including the demiurges, are easy to get next to and relate to.
Taken all in all, this is a fine addition to the generation-ship canon, and will reward your attention with many delights. It strikes me as part of the new resurgence of ‘planetary romance’ SF, found in the work of such figures as Chris Roberson and Al Sarrantonio.”
Full review: here.
