Hail Robots,
It’s GenCon weekend, which we’re all very excited for. If you’re there then make sure to catch a few Angry Robot panels and signings; you can find all the details here.
If you’re not at GenCon and are in the UK, it’s just one week until the beginning of Nine Worlds. We’ll be there, will you? If you spot us come and say hi, we just love to chat with you guys!
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Years ago, when Jay Posey started down the path of his The Legends of the Duskwalker series, he was joined by two mighty allies: Ramez Naam – brilliant technologist and author of the Nexus trilogy – and Wesley Chu – martial arts master and author of the Tao trilogy. Together they embarked upon a quest to produce three books each, all epic in their own way, and all set to take over the world of sci-fi.
On August 4 (USA/Can) / August 6 (UK/R.o.W) the release of Jay’s Dawnbreaker will mark the end of the journey of the Trilogy of Trilogies.
With a hip hip hooray, today we are celebrating the US & digital book birthdays of Susan Murray, Rod Duncan, and Ramez Naam. Whether it’s a brand new title, the continuation of an award-winning series, or the explosive conclusion of (yet another of our) award-winning series, our May titles have something for everyone. Fear not, UK & ROW readers, your copies will be released this Thursday.
Piqued your interest? Here’s the titles we’re releasing today with all important buy links:
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We are delighted to announce that Ramez Naam‘s Nexus has won the 2014 Prometheus Award from the Libertarian Futurist Society, tying with Cory Doctorow‘s brilliant Homeland!
Ramez was short-listed for both Nexus and its sequel Crux with Nexus described thusly in the awards announcement:
Nexus offers a gripping exploration of politics and new extremes of both freedom and tyranny in a near future where emerging technology opens up unprecedented possibilities for mind control or personal liberation and interpersonal connection.
Ramez Naam: “I’m absolutely honored and thrilled to be receiving the Prometheus Award for Best Novel, and
It’s been a busy start to the awards season for Angry Robot: Ramez Naam is enjoying 6 placements on 4 awards short-lists and NPR’s best-of list, including the Arthur C. Clarke award; Cassandra Rose Clarke was short-listed for the Philip K. Dick award; The Age Atomic won the Inky Tentacle at the Kitschies; Kaaron Warren and Jo Anderton won at the recent Aurealis Awards; aaaaand Wesley Chu, Aliette de Bodard, Kameron Hurley, and our own Lee Harris and Mike Underwood are up for Hugos.
But that’s not enough for us. We want MORE.
Luckily enough, we now also have Freya Robertson, winner of the
ALL the award nominations. We want them ALL.
Ramez Naam is certainly doing his best to bring them to us. We recently had Nexus in The Golden Tentacle category at the Kitschies, and Nexus is also shortlisted for the soon-to-be-announced Arthur C. Clarke Award. We are delighted to now announce that both Nexus AND Crux have been shortlisted for the Prometheus Award for Best Novel.
Here’s the full shortlist:
January’s issue of Total Film not only features on-set exclusives for Spider-Man 2, interviews with Colin Farrell, and reviews of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug but excitedly, there is a FREE eBook of Ramez Naam‘s Nexus for every reader!
In 2013, the screen rights to Nexus, Ramez’s nanotech mind-control novel, were acquired by Paramount Pictures, with the project to be produced by Mary Parent and Cale Boyter through their Disruption label and More →
Ever wondered about the science behind Ramez Naam‘s Nexus and Crux? This video’s definitely for you: Ramez giving his TedxRainier talk on the science of linking human minds.
Ramez also has a brief post on this talk over on his site, and here’s your handy link.
(Hanky alert: just wait until you see the baby’s face when he hears for the first time…)
Ramez Naam‘s Nexus has been getting rave reviews since its release at the beginning of this year, as has its sequel Crux, with some of the biggest attention focusing on Paramount Pictures acquiring the screen rights to Nexus. As is traditional at this time of the year, book round-ups are appearing, and we’re delighted to see that Nexus has been included in NPR’s 2013’s Great Reads! (more…)
If you didn’t think sci-fi books came much better than Ramez Naam‘s Nexus, you need to get your hands on Crux, the dazzling sequel!
Released in January of this year, Nexus was a hit with reviewers and readers alike, and with a Paramount Pictures movie deal announced in March, readers were excitedly looking towards the sequel, Crux. The wait is over, friends, for today is the US & ebook
What a busy few weeks it’s been here at Robot HQ; so busy in fact, that I’ve been shamefully slow since my last Round-Up! But what better to cheer up a rainy Friday (in Nottingham, at least) than a good look back over our recent highlights:
Let’s start with yesterday’s exciting news that Michael Boatman has