2022 Hugo Award Finalists

Three cheers for our fantastic 2022 Hugo Award finalists! Best Novel A DESOLATION CALLED PEACE by Arkady MartineLIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS by Ryka Aoki A MASTER OF DJINN by P. Djèlí ClarkSHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan Best Novella ACROSS THE GREEN GRASS FIELDS by Seanan McGuire ELDER RACE by Adrian TchaikovskyFIREHEART TIGER by Aliette Know More » […]

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2019 Hugo Award Finalists (and Winners!)

2019 Hugo Award Finalists (and Winners!)

Three cheers for our fantastic 2019 Hugo Award finalists! Best Novel Finalists THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal–WINNER! Best Novella ARTIFICIAL CONDITION: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells–WINNER!BENEATH THE SUGAR SKY by Seanan McGuire BINTI: THE NIGHT MASQUERADE by Nnedi Okorafor THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS by P. Djèlí Clark GODS, MONSTERS, AND THE LUCKY Know More » […]

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Kirkus Best Books of 2018–Fiction

Kirkus Best Books of 2018–Fiction

Kirkus released the first round of their year-end best-of lists, starting with their best fiction titles of 2018! Mystery/Thriller EIGHTEEN BELOW: A Fabian Risk Novel by Stefan Ahnhem NEWCOMER: A Mystery by Keigo Higashino; Translated by Giles Murray KINGDOM OF THE BLIND: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny Science Fiction and Fantasy STATE Know More » […]

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2018 Locus Award Finalists

2018 Locus Award Finalists

Congratulations to our out-of-this-world 2018 Locus Award finalists! Best Science Fiction Novel WALKAWAY by Cory Doctorow LUNA: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald SEVEN SURRENDERS by Ada Palmer THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE by John Scalzi BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer Best Fantasy Novel THE STONE IN THE SKULL by Elizabeth Bear THE RUIN OF ANGELS by Max Gladstone Know More » […]

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2017 Goodreads Choice Awards

2017 Goodreads Choice Awards

Goodreads launched their annual Choice Awards yesterday and Macmillan has a whopping 47 nominees in the running! Click here to vote for your favorites and we’ll keep you updated as the tournament progresses. Voting Schedule Opening Round: Oct. 31 – Nov. 5 Semifinal Round: Nov. 7 – 12 Final Round: Nov. 14 – 27 Winners Know More » […]

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#bookbday (07/11/17)

#bookbday (07/11/17)

Happy #bookbday! Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong A July Indie Next List Selection! “In her tender, well-paced debut novel, which spans Ruth’s year at home, Khong writes heartbreaking family drama with charm, perfect prose, and deadpan humor.”–Booklist (starred review) “A heartfelt family dramedy in a debut novel that ruminates on love, loss, and memory.”–Kirkus Reviews Know More » […]

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Monday Fun Day! (9/17/2012 Edition)

Monday Fun Day! (9/17/2012 Edition)

Happy Monday, librarian buddies!

opens in a new windowChihulyI'm back from my mini-vacation to the West Coast (photo on the right from Seattle's Chihuly museum) and I'm so ready to talk about Fall titles.

- You're invited to the AAP's annual Librarians' Sneak Peek Book Preview on Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 at Random House in NYC! See the official invitation for more details and a reservation link (RSVP by October 5th). 

- Two very different novels of ours made Kirkus Reviews' list of 10 Must-Read September Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books:

JANE: THE WOMAN WHO LOVED TARZAN by Robin Maxwell

"In this centennial celebration of Edgar Rice Burroughs' original TARZAN story, Maxwell retells the classic from the perspective of Jane Porter. [...] JANE is the first version of the Tarzan story written by a woman and authorized by the Burroughs estate."

THE RAPTURE OF THE NERDS by Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross

"What do you get when you cross the tech-savvy minds of Doctorow and Stross? You get the mind-warping, near-future THE RAPTURE OF THE NERDS, where a group of humans known as the Tech Jury Service are tasked with assessing whether new, possibly disruptive inventions should be released to the general public."

See their full SF/F recommendation list here. Also, there's a #TorChat on Twitter this Wednesday at 4pm Eastern. Moderator @pnh will be chatting with Cory @doctorow and Charlie Stross @cstross! Details here.

- We updated our Man Booker Prize shortlist post to include SWIMMING HOME by Deborah Levy which will be published in the U.S. by Bloomsbury USA in October! We also added links to MediaBistro's Man Booker Prize longlist excerpt "playlist" and downloadable posters for libraries.

- And finally: ARCTIC FOX PUP!

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Monday Fun Day! (9/10/2012 Edition)

Monday Fun Day! (9/10/2012 Edition)

We're kicking off the week with some award-nominee announcements (yay!) and a few articles by some of our favorite science-fiction authors.

- The 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury has announced the 2012 longlist and we're excited to see the following titles on their list:

RU by Kim Thúy (Bloomsbury, 11/2012)

THE IMPOSTER BRIDE by Nancy Richler (St. Martin's Press, 2/2013)

Finalists will be announced in October. See the full longlist here!

- The Crime Writers' Association shortlisted GOOD PEOPLE (Minotaur Books, April 2013) by Ewart Hutton for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award! The winner will be announced on October 18th. See the full shortlist here!

Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross spent nine years working together on what ultimately became THE RAPTURE OF THE NERDS and there's a great article on the Tor/Forge blog in which they interview one another. Read it now!

"So we began emailing the story back and forth, adding around 1000 words each time, building on each other's work (and, I think, trying to provoke each other by periodically adding preposterous elements—'here, write your way out of this!'). And at the end of the day we wound up with a novella, which Ellen Datlow bought for SciFi.com. And there matters rested in 2003 or 2004 or thereabouts, until..."

- John Scalzi was interviewed in Locus and you can read part of that interview online.

"I’ll be blunt about it: humor is one of the great taboos of science fiction. It’s not just an issue of being able to write it well. When I first started writing, I was told, 'You can’t sell a humorous science fiction novel.'"

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Geek Week Event Recap & Trade of Queens GIVEAWAY!

Geek Week Event Recap & Trade of Queens GIVEAWAY!

You guys remember Ben, right? Oh, you know, Ben! From waaay back when (a month ago)?

He's agreed to be my unofficial Tor liaison: slipping me galleys hot off the press and passing on whispers about upcoming Tor excitement, so I can pass it on to you! Last night Ben was gentleman enough to escort the new girl (me) to that super awesome Tor reading and concert at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe I told you all about. 

It's beyond me how Jo Walton and Charles Stross have escaped reading in New York for this long since they were both eloquent and hilarious readers. If you get the chance to see either of them read, do it. 

I also managed to scrounge up two copies of Stross' latest, THE TRADE OF QUEENS, for you librarians! If you would like to be entered into the drawing, send an email this week to: library at macmillanusa dot com (subject: Stross Giveaway!).

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Geek Week at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Geek Week at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Geek Week FlierTonight I'll be at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in NYC with a slew of my fellow Tor fanatics chatting up authors Jo Walton (AMONG OTHERS) and Charles Stross (THE TRADE OF QUEENS), scoping out the giveaways, jammin to Ninja Sex Party, and wearing a pair of wicked red galaxy leggings. If you're in the area, stop on by!

TONIGHT, Tuesday, February 22 at 7:00 PM
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012

And after the event, when you're all geeked out, get your drink on with the Tor.com team at the Botanica Bar.

Geek Week

Tor.com event announcement and details here
RSVP to the Facebook event here

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