Novosti iz sveta Fantastike

[PTY]

i do ovoga je dalek put, ali... ako bude dovoljno para za posteno uradjene efekte... 
http://io9.com/5800488/nnedi-okorafors-who-fears-death-to-become-a-feature-film

[Melkor]

kad smo kod toga

from tor.com / frontpage_full by Stubby the RocketVariety has just reported that Tor Books's very own Boneshaker is headed to the big screen. Cherie Priest's steampunk novel has been picked up for production by Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, and Hammer Films.
Boneshaker is the first title in the Clockwork Century series and is followed by Clementine, Dreadnought, and the recently released Ganymede. (Two more books are due in this series: Inexplicables in 2012 and Fiddlehead.)
No word yet on casting or a release date. With this news comes the question: Is Boneshaker poised to be the first high profile steampunk film? Will its release be considered a benchmark for the subgenre's growth?
You can read an excerpt from Priest's Dreadnought here.

[Melkor]

i da nastavimo:

by JohnIt is a good week for science fiction books, isn't it?
Hot off the heels of the announcement that Zoo City by Lauren Buekes, Boneshaker by Cherie Priest, and Grahame-Smith's Unholy Night are headed to the big screen, comes word that Chris Columbus' production company, 1492 Pictures, has acquired the rights to Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.

Columbus and 1492 principals Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce and Brendan Bellomo is set to direct.

The novel centers on a time travel machine repairman -- also named Charles Yu  -- who has spent the past 10 years traveling back and forth in time in search of his father, who has disappeared. When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop he must find a way to change the future.See also: our review of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.

[Melkor]

Ha, sjajno!

http://www.sfsignal.com/interactive/2011HolidayGiftGuide/SFSHolidayGuide.htm

[PTY]

In a week that has already seen four separate science fiction books get optioned for film, it shouldn't be a surprise that there's a fifth...especially when the author is philip K. Dick, the author whose novels have more film adaptations than any other writer I can think of.The newest PKD book to be optioned is 1966's Now Wait for Last Year. According to Variety, Lila 9th and Electric Shepherd Productions have optioned the novel with Ted Kupper adapting. Barrie M. Osborne (Lord of the Rings), Cameron Lamb and the author's daughter Isa Dick Hackett are producing along with Dan Keston, Laura Leslie, Christopher Tricarico and Kathy Morgan as executive producing.
Storywise, as variety puts it:

Story is set in the distant future in a war between "the starmen" and earth and revolves around an organ transplant doctor who gets mixed up in the politics between both groups.

By comparison, here is the book's plot summary:

Dr. Eric Sweetscent has problems. His planet is enmeshed in an unwinnable war. His wife is lethally addicted to a drug that whips its users helplessly back and forth across time -- and is hell-bent on making Eric suffer along with her. And Sweetscent's newest patient is not only the most important man on the embattled planet Earth but quite possibly the sickest. For Secretary Gino Molinari has turned his mortal illness into an instrument of political policy -- and Eric cannot tell if his job is to make the Male better or to keep him poised just this side of death.

Now Wait for Last fear bursts through the envelope between the impossible and the inevitable. Even as ushers us into a future that looks uncannily like the present, it makes the normal seem terrifyingly provisional -- and compels anyone who reads it to wonder if he really knows what time it is.
Production is to begin in 2012. Fingers crossed...

[Nightflier]

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[PTY]

Gardner Dozois has posted the TOC for his upcoming anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection:

   
   
• "The Choice" by Paul Mcauley

   
   
• "Silently And Very Fast" by Catherynne M. Valente

   
   
• "The Man Who Bridged The Mist" by Kij Johnson

   
   
• "The Ants Of Flanders" by Robert Reed

   
   
• "A Soldier Of The City" by David Moles

   
   
• "The Invasion Of Venus" by Stephen Alan Baxter

   
   
• "Laika's Ghost" by Karl Schroeder

   
   
• "The Beancounter's Cat" by Damien Broderick

   
   
• "The Vicar Of Mars" by Gwyneth Jones

   
   
• "Dolly" by Elizabeth Bear

   
   
• "Martian Heart" by John Barnes

   
   
• "Ascension Day" by Alastair Reynolds

   
   
• "The Smell Of Orange Groves" by Lavie Tidhar

   
   
• "After The Apocalypse" by Maureen Mchugh

   
   
• "A Long Way Home" by Jay Lake

   
   
• "What We Found" by Geoff Ryman

   
   
• "The Incredible Exploding Man" by Dave Hutchinson

   
   
• "The Copenhagen Interpretation" by Paul Cornell

   
   
• "The Way It Works Out And All" by Peter S. Beagle

   
   
• "The Dala Horse" by Michael Swanwick

   
   
• "Earth Hour" by Ken Macleod

   
   
• "The Ice Owl" by Carolyn Ives Gilman

   
   
• "Digital Rites" by Jim Hawkins

   
   
• "Cody" by Pat Cadigan

   
   
• "Ghostweight" by Yoon Ha Lee

   
   
• "A Response From Est17" by Tom Purdom

   
   
• "Digging" by Ian Mcdonald

   
   
• "A Militant Peace" by David Klecha & Tobias S. Bucknell

   
   
• "For I Have Laid Me Down On The Stone Of Loneliness And I'll Not Be Back Again" by Michael Swanwick

   
   
• "The Iron Shirts" by Michael Flynn

   
   
• "The Boneless One" by Alec Nevala-lee

   
   
• "Canterbury Hollow" by Chris Lawson

   
   
• "The Cold Step Beyond" by Ian R. Macleod

   
   
• "The Vorkuta Event" by Ken Macleod

   
   
• "Dying Young" by Peter M. Ball

[Nightflier]

Sa Stirlingovog profila na FBu:

The whole Emberverse series (plus the Nantucket books) has been optioned for possible development as a TV miniseries.   And no, THE GIVEN SACRIFICE probably won't be the last.

[PTY]

Melkore, reaguj!    Zna se koliko voliš kolektors ajtems papir...


Offered: 25% of all sales from the Philip José Farmer Estate - through 12-15-11 go to Magick4Terri!


Seller: The Philip José Farmer Estate

Philip José Farmer, the legendary iconoclastic Science Fiction Grand Master, who passed away in 2009, was a lifelong reader and book collector. He left behind a vast library of not only his own books (many of them signed), but many of the books that influenced his career. A nice part of this library is for sale at his website.

Many of the books in the Estate Sale are signed. Except where noted, every book was owned by Phil Farmer (the exceptions are newer books that have been sent to his Estate by his publishers). Over half of the books we started with have been sold, but there are still over forty signed Farmer titles, over forty signed anthologies, and nearly forty books signed by other authors, many of them association copies inscribed to Farmer by his peers (Joe R. Lansdale, Charles Willeford, Ed Gorman, Fender Tucker, and James Crumley just to name a few). There are also unsigned Farmer titles, a few audio books, a couple of items left from Farmer's Edgar Rice Burroughs collection, a sampling of some of the antiquarian books Farmer owned and a Sir Richard Francis Burton collection that will knock your socks off.

If you are overwhelmed by the selection and can't decide what to buy, note that volume discounts are available:

Order 3 to 6 books and save 15%
Order 7 to 10 books and save 20%
Order 11 or more and save 25%
Order 16 or more and save 30%

But here is the best part ladies and gentlemen: 25% of all sales from the Estate, from this moment through December 15th, 2011, will go to Magick 4 Terri. So, visit the estate sale page and treat yourself to some classic science fiction, or perhaps a rare signed book, and do some good at the same time.

[Melkor]

 

Sta znam, zavisi kako sam raspolozen, a sa Farmerom sam se zestoko ispromasivao u zivotu i procitao sam samo neke od prica objavljenih kod nas. SCI&FI Fan Filip je veliki obozavalac, inace.

Bacio sam pogled na knjige, najjeftinije izdanje koje bih eventualno posedovao je 150$. Kad sam dosao do 300 i 500$ prestao sam da browsujem.

[Melkor]

Ne mogu da nadjem gde smo ovo kacili a prepeglao sam cele "Gluposti"

Star Wars is SOOO Much Better than Star Trek

Dearest Carrie...

George Takei is the Broker of Star Peace

[Gaff]

Ovde:

http://www.znaksagite.com/diskusije/index.php/topic,582.msg383032.html#new

[Melkor]

Top 10 Sci-Fi Epic Fails Of 2011

&

10 Great Bars in This Universe (and the Next)

[PTY]

Here's the table of contents for Haunts: Reliquaries of the Deadedited by Stephen Jones, an anthology of new and reprinted ghost stories:

• "The Revenant" by Richard L. Tierney

• "A Warning to the Curious" by M.R. James

• "The Door" by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

• "Hand to Mouth" by Reggie Oliver

• "Two O'Clock Session" by Richard Matheson

• "Inheritance" by Paul McAuley

• "Grandmother's Slippers" by Sarah Pinborough

• "The Mystery" by Peter Atkins

• "Poison Pen" by Christopher Fowler

• "Return Journey" by Ramsey Campbell

• "Grandfather's Teeth" by Lisa Tuttle

• "Ill Met by Daylight" by Basil Copper

• "The Place " by John Gordon

• "The Bridegroom" by R.B. Russell

• "Is There Anybody There?" by Kim Newman

• "Wait" by Conrad Williams

• "City of Dreams" by Richard Christian Matheson

• "A House on Fire" by Tanith Lee

• "Party Talk" by John Gaskin

• "The Hurting Words" by Simon Kurt Unsworth

• "The Church at Monte Saturno" by Robert Silverberg

• "The Hidden Chamber" by Neil Gaiman

• "Good Grief" by Robert Shearman

• "Blue Lady, Come Back" by Karl Edward Wagner

• "The Naughty Step" by Michael Marshall Smith

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[PTY]

Product Description
Here There Be Monsters: The fifteen stories of Drink for the Thirst to Come lead the reader into the darkest corners of the imagination. The people who inhabit these places are demons or angels; here, life ends horribly or stretches to the darkest eternity. Here, the world dies whimpering, ends with a bang, or goes down with the clack of a billion tiny teeth. Here, you'll find all the standard tropes, vampires, zombies, ghosts, ghouls. You may not recognize them, not right away. They might be standing in a quiet corner or walking in a sunny field or seated next to you on a bus, they might be pulling up to the gas pump or, hell, they might be you, sitting there, reading the book.


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[Melkor]

Lokusov Roundtable: The Silliest Thing... 

[PTY]

...na neke stvari se i dandanas čudom čudim... 












It is eighty-three years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new Imperium. Great changes are brewing that will shape and twist all of humankind.
The war hero Vorian Atreides has turned his back on politics and Salusa Secundus. The descendants of Abulurd Harkonnen Griffen and Valya have sworn vengeance against Vor, blaming him for the downfall of their fortunes. Raquella Berto-Anirul has formed the Bene Gesserit School on the jungle planet Rossak as the first Reverend Mother. The descendants of Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva have built Venport Holdings, using mutated, spice-saturated Navigators who fly precursors of Heighliners. Gilbertus Albans, the ward of the hated Erasmus, is teaching humans to become Mentats...and hiding an unbelievable secret.
The Butlerian movement, rabidly opposed to all forms of "dangerous technology," is led by Manford Torondo and his devoted Swordmaster, Anari Idaho. And it is this group, so many decades after the defeat of the thinking machines, which begins to sweep across the known universe in mobs, millions strong, destroying everything in its path.
Every one of these characters, and all of these groups, will become enmeshed in the contest between Reason and Faith. All of them will be forced to choose sides in the inevitable crusade that could destroy humankind forever....




...a ima i trejler!

[PTY]

Trailer: Peter Jackson's The Hobbit

[Gaff]

...na neke stvari se i dandanas čudom čudim... 

Nije to ništa, pazi ovu kombinaciju Tvajlajta i čega ne:


Twilight, True Love and You: Seven Secret Steps to Finding Your Edward or Jacob



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Twilight-True-Love-You-Finding/dp/1849531404

Kaže Amazon:

"Stephenie Meyer's gripping supernatural romance saga has inspired millions of people worldwide with its tale of a young girl torn between two apparently perfect loves. Many fans are now on the hunt for their own real-life Edward or Jacob - but can such a love truly exist? Luckily for all the Twilight fans out there, psychologist Louise Deacon has uncovered seven secret steps towards true love. Inspired by the saga, these secrets reveal the relevance of Bella's experiences to your own love life, explain your feelings for Edward and Jacob and expose the perils of Twilight's powerful, romantic messages. So for all you girls who adore vampires or werewolves, read on to learn how to find lasting love and loyalty with a human"


A ima i trejler:

Twilight True Love and You - teaser for new book about Twilight

[Melkor]

Top 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Quotes of 2011

The wit and wisdom of our sci-fi faves, collected by Will Salmon

[PTY]

...čoveče, pa ovo je stvarno vrh svih otkačenih vrhova.... 

[Melkor]

Ima stvarno sjajnih, Grant Morison je bas bio veseo ove godine npr.

[PTY]

Eh, da. A vidim da je i Miler upao u izbor, sa svojim Occupy WS rantom.... 

[PTY]

"I'm not a fan of Twilight, but then again I'm a 40 year-old heterosexual." Toby Whithouse

[PTY]

"2011 was a surprisingly - I would say even shockingly - good year for science fiction."
Paul Goat Allen, B&N.com

This week Barnes and Noble.com reviewer Paul Goat Allen published his list of The Best Science Fiction Releases of 2011 and we were thrilled to see that six Night Shade titles made the selection!



Soft Apocalypse, the awesome debut novel by Will McIntosh, came in at number 2! When Paul Goat Allen reviewed this apocalyptic tale of a world ending not with a bang but with a whimper, he said, "If Soft Apocalypse isn't nominated for a Hugo or Nebula Award, I will eat the entire book page by page..." You can read the full review here.
Amazon          IndieBound          B&N.com

Seed claimed the number 3 spot. Rob Ziegler's entrancing novel is set at the dawn of the 22nd century, and the world has fallen apart. Decades of war and resource depletion have toppled governments. The ecosystem has collapsed. A new dust bowl sweeps the American West. Paul Goat Allen says, "Brilliant world building, an impressively thick storyline, and some powerful social speculation make this another must read."
Amazon          IndieBound          B&N.com   


Katy Stauber grabbed the 5^th spot with Revolution World. Paul Goat Allen describes this fantastic debut as, "a darkly nuanced novel about a future America collapsing under the weight of it's own ineptitude and paranoia." Read his full review at B&N.com.
Amazon          IndieBound          B&N.com 



Richard Cox and his terrific novel Thomas World made it to number 6. Thomas World explores what happens when the borders of reality start seeming a bit porous... when things start bleeding through the edges, challenging ones perceptions of the universe. The grand tradition of Dickian, New Wave SF is explored by Richard Cox in this 21st century thriller!
Amazon          IndieBound          B&N.com 



Acclaimed author Rudy Rucker came in at number 11 with his novel Jim and the Flims. Paul Goat Allen says of Rucker, "Reading Rudy Rucker is like doing hardcore drugs - once you start, it's very hard to kick the habit without an intervention." Jim and the Flims is the Orphic myth retold for the twenty-first century. Will there be a happy ending this time? You can read the full review online.
Amazon          IndieBound          B&N.com 



At number 13 came the fantastic offering from John Joseph Adams, Brave New Worlds. Paul Goat Allen calls it, "a simply magnificent anthology of short-form dystopian fiction that features dozens of cacotopian classics." Read more here. Brave New Worlds collects 33 of the best tales of totalitarian menace by some of today's most visionary writers, including Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Ursula K. Le Guin.
Amazon          IndieBound          B&N.com

[PTY]

Soft Apocalypse bi se definitivno morao naći u užim nominacijama, tu apsolutno držim palčeve. Ostalo mi je promaklo skroz... 

[Melkor]

Evo te liste:

1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

2. Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh

3. Seed by Rob Ziegler

4. The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi

5. Revolution World   by Katy Stauber

6. Thomas World by Richard Cox

7. Tattoo by Kirsten Imani Kasai

8. WWW: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer

9. The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge

10. March in Country by E.E. Knight

11. Jim and the Flims by Rudy Rucker

12. Mind Storm by K.M. Ruiz

13. Brave New Worlds edited by John Joseph Adams


HONORABLE MENTION

• Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
• Leviathans of Jupiter  by Ben Bova
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
• Embassytown by China Mieville
• Basilisk by Rob Thurman
• The Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell
• Count to a Trillion by John C. Wright
• The Worker Prince by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
• The Apocalypse Gene by Suki Michelle and Carlyle Clark


5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 i 12 su totalni zbun. Za ovo ostalo sam jos i cuo.

[PTY]

   čoveče, meni je i više ovde totalni zbun, ko će sve to da pohvata... ima dosta naslova objavljnih tek sad pred kraj godine, Seed je izašao pre nepun mesec dana, to je sve Božićni talas knjiga...  koja divota, pa kad izađu liste šireg izbora za nominacije, neću na njima moći ni polovinu naslova da prepoznam... 

[PTY]

Weekly Bestsellers, 26 December— posted Monday 26 December 2011 @ 11:42 am PST

Stephen King's 11/23/63reamins in the #1 spot on both the New York Times and Publishers Weekly fiction hardcover lists, and bumps one or more notches on the other three print lists compiled here too.Holiday shopping, perhaps, bumped other titles as well, even after many weeks on the charts. Murakami's1Q84 is as high as #3 on four print lists, and several titles by George R. R. Martin also rose in rankings.

[Nightflier]

Evo te liste:

5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 i 12 su totalni zbun. Za ovo ostalo sam jos i cuo.

Ne pratiš moje postove.  Na desetom mestu je jedan od mojih omiljenih pisaca postapokaliptične proze. Doduše, nikako ga ne bih stavio među najbolje pisce u žanru.

Iz honorable mentions čitao sam Turmana, koji piše osrednji urban fantazi, Kembela, koji piše lošnjikav military SF, dok sam Rajta i prevodio.

Sve u svemu, nije to meni ono najbolje što je žanr protekle godine pružio. Daleko od toga.

[Melkor]

Uostalom, ko je taj matori jarac!? 

[Melkor]

The Power List: 23 Movers and Shakers in Science Fiction and Fantasy

[Nightflier]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/12/20/scifi-books-for-people-who-hate-scifi-a-holiday-guide/

[Gaff]

I Emerald City (wiki: "As of 2011, Emerald City and Morgan as an individual have been nominated for a total of 10 Hugo Awards, with two wins.") ( http://www.emcit.com/ ) i Kempov fanzin eI (wiki: "Kemp won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 1961 for his publication Who Killed Science Fiction.") ( http://efanzines.com/EK/eI60/index.htm#over ) završavaju svoje karijere  

(navodno)

[Melkor]

Svim clanovima foruma zelim srecan danasnji praznik

[scallop]

Sv, Bogonosca?

[Melkor]

Genre in the Mainstream: Great Crossover Books of 2011

Though crossover between mainstream literature and the genres of science fiction and fantasy has been going on for quite some time, 2011 was a big year for books traveling from one genre dimension to another. But as Margaret Atwood said in her 2011 release In Other Worlds, "...the membranes separating these subdivisions are permeable, and osmotic flow from one to another is the norm..." There were a lot of books this year which took that action and Genre in the Mainstream has endeavored to be part of the ongoing conversation about genre divide and crossover. Here are a selection of books published last year which deserve the attention of anyone interested in this phenomenon. They're also all great reads too, regardless of your genre leanings!

[Melkor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b8wgUt5gO24#!

[Melkor]

China Miéville writes Dial H for DC Comics
by Samuel Roberts 

Book launches in May, as DC announces revamped JSA, Batman Incorporated and the first New 52 cancellations       

Sci-fi novelist China Miéville will write a new ongoing comic book for DC, starting this May. Dial H will be based loosely on the Sixties series Dial H For Hero, and will see the author creating new superhero characters. The concept of Dial H sees an ordinary man gaining extraordinary powers. Artwork will be provided by Mateus Santoluoco.

Meanwhile, Grant Morrison's Batman epic roars back into life during the same month, as Batman Incorporated sees the Dark Knight face off against the all-encompassing villain Leviathan in the final year of the writer's superb run, which started with the story Batman & Son all the way back in 2006. Chris Burnham provides the art.

Earth 2, written by Starman's James Robinson with art by Nicola Scott, sees the JSA reborn in an alternate reality to the rest of the DC Universe. Three other books, G.I Combat, World's Finest and teen book The Ravagers will also launch during the same month. Find more details here.

Meanwhile, the low-selling books O.M.A.C, Men Of War, Hawk & Dove, Static Shock, Mister Terrific and Blackhawks have all been canceled as part of the same announcement.

[PTY]

Nego, glede ovoga: jedan od prvih rivjua na koji sam naisla kad se knjiga pojavila bio je skroz uzdrzan, ali skroz. No dzaba sad, pojavila se tolika gomila odusevljenih rivjua u kojima se toliko utopio da ne mogu da ga danas uopste nadjem... eh, sto ti je hajp... 

[PTY]

Ovo je verovatno vec negde okaceno na forumu, ali ako!    Radi se ipak o jednom od mojih najnajnajomiljenijih romana i jednom od najnajnaj SF romana uopste i otkako sam nasla ovaj trejler stalno osciliram izmedju velike strepnje i jos veceg ocekivanja:


Kantikulum za Lajbovica

[Melkor]

Mislim da to nije for real.

[PTY]

najverovatnije, posto niti jedna scena nema ni malo veze ni sa cim iz romana... 

[Mica Milovanovic]

Hm. I ja sam pročitao taj isti so-and-so review pre dvadesetak dana...

[PTY]

Pa da, hajp je to... no dobro, overiću, ali smem da se na neviđeno danas kladim da je taj rani i sad raritetni rivju najbliži istini... 


nego, nešto novo:






Here's the table of contents for Westward Weird, an original anthology of weird west tales edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes available this month from DAW.

• "The Temptation of Eustace Prudence McAllen" by Jay Lake
• "The Last Master of Aeronautical Winters" by Larry D. Sweazy
• "Lowstone" by Anton Strout
• "The Flower of Arizona" by Seanan McGuire
• "The Ghost in the Doctor" by Brenda Cooper
• "Surveyor of Mars" by Christopher McKitterick
• "Coyote, Spider, Bat" by Steven Saus
• "Maybe Another Time" by Dean Wesley Smith
• "Renn and the Little Men" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• "Shadowdown at High Moon" by Jennifer Brozek
• "The Clockwork Cowboy" by J. Steven York
• "Black Train" by Jeff Mariotte
• "Lone Wolf" by Jody Lynn Nye

[Melkor]

 by Adam WhiteheadWarner Brothers have optioned the film rights to Tad Williams' Otherland sequence of SF novels. John Scott III is writing the script (he's also adapting Isaac Asimov's Caves of Steel for 20th Century Fox).

From the sound of the press release, the film producers are not planning a faithful adaptation, but will instead compress the 3,300-page story (in paperback) into a single two-hour movie. Expect about 5% of the plot from the books to end up on the screen.

An odd choice, it has to be said. Given Otherland's episodic nature, a 3-4 season TV adaptation is a much more logical way of adapting the series. Whilst the film may be entertaining, it will certainly not be a faithful adaptation of the books.

In the meantime, a free-to-play Otherland MMORPG will be released later this year by DTP Entertainment.

[Melkor]

Mike Resnick Told you I'd have some news this weekend. Bob Garcia and I will be editing an anthology, THE WORLDS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, for Baen Books. All new stories using ERB's characters and worlds, with one exception: we'll be running my novella, "The Forgotten Sea of Mars", which helped ERB-dom become the only Burroughs fanzine ever to win a Hugo back in 1966; this will be its first appearance in 47 years. As for the rest, we've got committments from a bunch truly outstanding writers. More details as they become available.

[Melkor]

David Brin's List of  Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Tales.

[PTY]

Ellen Datlow has posted the table of contents for After, the post-apocalyptic/Dystopia anthology she co-edited with Terri Windling (due in October 2012):

• "The Segment" by Genevieve Valentine
• "After the Cure" by Carrie Ryan
• "Valedictorian" by N.K. Jemisin
• "Visiting Nelson" by Katherine Langrish
• "All I Know of Freedom" by Carol Emshwiller
• "The Other Elder" by Beth Revis
• "The Great Game at the End of the World" by Matthew Kressel
• "Reunion" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
• "Faint Heart" by Sarah Rees Brennan
• "Blood Drive" by Jeffrey Ford
• "Reality Girl" by Richard Bowes
• "Hw th'Irth Wint Wrong by Hapless Joey @ homeskool.guv" by Gregory Maguire
• "Rust With Wings" by Steven Gould
• "The Easthound" by Nalo Hopkinson
• "Gray" by Jane Yolen
• "Before" by Carolyn Dunn
• "Fake Plastic Trees" by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• "You Won't Feel a Thing" by Garth Nix
• "The Marker" by Cecil Castellucci

[PTY]

Exclusive Interview: Thomas Ligotti on Weird Fiction Includes Ligotti's top picks for under-appreciated weird fiction!


Thomas Ligotti (1953 – ) is an iconic American writer of weird short fiction whose oeuvre has been as ground-breaking as, if not always as well-acknowledged as, that of Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and H.P. Lovecraft. His first collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1986), is an outright classic in the field, with a subsequent compilation from several collections, The Nightmare Factory (1997), cementing Ligotti's reputation. The influence of workplace experiences infused Ligotti's fiction with fresh energy, resulting in the masterpiece My Work Here Is Not Yet Done (2002). "The Town Manager" (2003), which we reprinted in our The Weird, showcases Ligotti in this phase of his writing. An underlying dark sense of humor is more prevalent in his fiction generally than is acknowledged by most critics, which becomes clear in the interview.

Two of the stories cited by Ligotti below are featured on WFR.com this week: Algernon Blackwood's classic "The Willows" and, in a new translation by Edward Gauvin, the Jean Ferry story on Ligotti's list of under-appreciated weird stories/writers.

Ligotti tells us that this is the first time that he has been asked specifically about weird fiction, "let alone did a whole interview on it." On a personal note, one our most prized possessions is the hardcover "In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land" by Thomas Ligotti, with soundtrack by Current 93, pictured above. - Ann & Jeff VanderMeer