Well, that was an experience and a half! I love conventions, and usually I love curry (but not necessarily this time!)
For more inside information on my EasterCon 2009 experience, head on over to the SFX Website where those lovely magazine types have uploaded my blog of the weekend.
In all the excitement of EasterCon, I forgot to post a link to this excellent interview with our very own Kaaron Warren. It’s a fascinating read, and you’ll get to find out what Kaaron was talking about when she wrote:
“any zombies which come will be so fascinated by the sea monkeys they’ll leave us alone.”
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While we’re away not being bought beer and wine by prospective authors (yeah, thanks for that, Lee), feel free to feast your eyes on this new cover for Nekropolis, the first of several Matt Richter novels for us by your man Tim Waggoner.
Immense tip of the fedora to the mightily talented Vincent Chong – it’s like
It’s convention time again, which means that after today there’ll be no-one in the Angry Robot office until after Easter, so if you’re waiting for an email from us, it’s probably going to be after Tuesday 14th.
Marco and I will both be at EasterCon for the entire event, sitting on panels, and sitting on stools. Please come over and say “Hi”.
If you’re an author it’s an absolute categorical truth that we can’t be bought with beer and wine. Honestly.
ANGRY ROBOT have been busy signing more brilliant authors for its upcoming SF/F/WTF?! imprint, due to launch in July 2009. No flannel, here they are…
Award-winning US author J ROBERT KING has been snapped up for two novels brimming with wild creativity and extraordinary ideas. He calls his books “metaphysical suspense” — don’t worry, that just means they blow your imagination apart while at the same time freezing your blood.
Rob’s debut for Angry Robot, the fabulously
We like Robots (obviously), and we like them angry. They don’t get much angrier than this:
We are absolutely delighted to announce our first truly crossover novel. We’re a huge fan of the crossover, and have been working hard behind the scenes to bring you something truly special and innovative. Something that will make other publishers think Why didn’t I think of that?
Novels that cross genre boundaries are not new, but with the release of Perl One (1 December, 2009) we’re not just crossing genres, we’re crossing media! Perl One is a space opera, huge in scope,
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Well, if you’ve got it, you should definitely flaunt it. Photo by the lovely Stefan Kopinski, design by Argh!, cute little girl-demon second right from the depths of some hell you really don’t want to end up.
Slights will be published in the UK on 1st July 09, with a US edition following in September.
That incredible quote,
I’m currently on holiday in the wilds of Wales (have you seen the Torchwood episode “Countrycide”? I think they based it on the locals). It’s currently raining, and if the wind was any faster they’d be giving it a name.
So, I logged on and checked
Today, we are delighted to announce we’ve signed noted SF & Fantasy author Dan Abnett for three original novels, for a substantial five-figure advance.
Dan made his name in the tie-in SF and Fantasy fiction field, selling more than 1.2 million copies in English language of his Warhammer 40,000 novels for Games Workshop’s Black Library imprint. They’ve also been translated into ten other languages. He’s also recently made the UK fiction
That sinister purveyor of secrets crepuscular and cadaverous, Lord Waggoner has published a long but entertaining piece on his own website wherein he attempts to explain the tortuous origins of Nekropolis.
As he reveals, what a long, strange journey it’s been so far… But that is as naught compared to where it’s going…
The first review copies of our 4 launch titles will be hitting the doormats of some of the nation’s reviewers today and tomorrow, with more to follow.
Electronic review copies will also be winging their way towards our Robot Army in the next day or two, as well, though some Robot Army recruits will also be given the opportunity to receive physical copies.
It’s all go here, you know… 🙂
As you may have picked up, we adore the writing of Kaaron Warren, to such an extent that we bought three novels from her without so much as a pause for breath. But Kaaron currently lives in Fiji, which is great for her but not so hot for meet’n’greet promotion.
However there’s now a way to find out a lot more about her, with a her upcoming appearance at Flycon 2009 – an online sf/fantasy convention and it’s
Writes itself, really. Piece of cake, this blogging lark. I don’t why people make such a fuss about it.
What we can tell you that isn’t blindingly obvious? Yes, that’s a corporate proof design based on our logo and not the actual finished book covers. These are super-limited and you haven’t got a prayer of snagging one — unless you go join our Robot Army of bloggers and reviewers, and help spread
Not content with launching our new website today, we also have news of our first four books!
Angry Robot launches in the UK in July 2009, and in the US and the rest of the world from September. Ebook editions will be available worldwide from July. Our first titles are a mix of genres, from street smart neat-future thriller to ultradark horror to wild modern fantasy. Our authors, too, fulfil our mission: two men and two women, two new writers
For those of you who have been following us at our previous site, and to every new reader, welcome!
We’ve been beavering away behind the scenes for many months (well, I have for two, but Marco and Chris have a significant head start on me), and you can now read copious details of our first books and our authors.
Tomorrow we receive our first ARCs, and they’ll be sent out over the next week or so to UK-based reviewers – we launch in the UK in July (actually, our July books are out on June 25th) and in
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