lius lasahido

March 9, 2019

Happy birthday to the amazing Hannu Rajaniemi

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized birthday, elizabeth story, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, lius lasahido, summerland

The Finnish writer Hannu Rajaniemi holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Oulu, a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics from the University of Edinburgh. While in Edinburgh, he joined Writers’ Bloc, a writers’ group whose membership also included Charles Stross.

Rajaniemi’s debut science fiction novel The Quantum Thief (2010) introduced thief Jean le Flambeur received almost universal praise, winning the Tähtivaeltaja Award for best science fiction book published in Finnish and garnering a John W. Campbell Memorial Award nomination. The following two novels The Fractal Prince (2012) and The Causal Angel (2014) also featured le Flambeur. His latest novel Summerland appeared in 2018. Words Of Birth and Death (2006) and HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION (2015; later reprinted as Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction [2016])compiled much of his short fiction.

All of us at Tachyon wish the charming Hannu a happy birthday, full of wonder and amazement.

For more info on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido
Design by Elizabeth Story

March 9, 2018

Happy birthday to the amazing Hannu Rajaniemi

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized birthday, elizabeth story, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, lius lasahido, summerland

Hannu flanked by Tachyon project editor Rachel Fagundes and book designer Elizabeth Story. (Photo by Jill Roberts)

Rajaniemi’s debut
science fiction novel The Quantum Thief introduced thief Jean
le Flambeur received almost universal praise, winning the
Tähtivaeltaja Award for best science fiction book published in
Finnish and garnering a John W. Campbell Memorial Award nomination.
The following two novels The Fractal Prince (2012) and The
Causal Angel (2014) also featured le Flambeur. His latest novel Summerland, appeared this past summer. Words Of Birth
and Death and HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION
compiled much of his short fiction.

All of us at Tachyon
wish the charming Hannu a happy birthday, full of wonder and
amazement.

For more info on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

March 9, 2017

Happy birthday to the amazing Hannu Rajaniemi

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized birthday, elizabeth story, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, lius lasahido

Hannu flanked by Tachyon project editor Rachel Fagundes and book designer Elizabeth Story. (Photo by Jill Roberts)

Rajaniemi’s debut science fiction novel THE QUANTUM THIEF introduced thief Jean le Flambeur received almost universal praise, winning the Tähtivaeltaja Award for best science fiction book published in Finnish and garnering a John W. Campbell Memorial Award nomination. The following two novels THE FRACTAL PRINCE (2012) and THE CAUSAL ANGEL (2014) also featured le Flambeur. WORDS OF BIRTH AND DEATH and HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION compiled much of his short fiction.

All of us at Tachyon wish the charming Hannu a happy birthday, full of wonder and amazement.

For more info on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

September 16, 2016

Tachyon tidbits featuring Bruce Sterling, Joe R. Lansdale, Hannu Rajaniemi, and Patricia A. McKillip

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The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

Bruce Sterling, Joe R. Lansdale (photo: Karen Lansdale), Hannu Rajaniemi (Soppakanuuna [CC BY-SA 3.0 ]/Wikimedia Commons), and (Stephen Gold/Wikimedia Commons)

SPECULICTION praises Bruce Sterling’s forthcoming alt history, dieselpunk adventure PIRATE UTOPIA.

George Orwell’s HOMAGE TO CATALONIA is a wonderful piece of journalism recounting the civil conflicts in Spain prior to WWII. Detailing the plights of the communists, marxists, fascists, anarchists, nationalists, and the conservative and liberal sub-units each consist of, it provides a fascinating view into how complex political ideologies can be in practice. The Spanish civil wars something little discussed globally in the years since, they have become almost a footnote to the world war erupting soon after. Another politically complex conflict nearly elided by time is the happenings in the Free State of Fiume in the years directly following the first world war. Likewise a milieu of anarchists, liberals, fascists, etc., the small region was a hotbed of human political interest for a short period of time, and almost as a natural expansion, military tension. The 1920s simultaneously blustering for the wonders of the future modernism seemed to promise, it was wild times in Europe. Satirically glamorous, Bruce Sterling’s PIRATE UTOPIA (2016, Tachyon) captures a comically refined view of the proceedings as only Bruce Sterling can.

A book may ultimately be just words on the page, but Tachyon’s investment into the production of PIRATE UTOPIA makes a strong case for books being something more. The story’s ideology rooted in radical Futurism, it’s only appropriate that the art fit the scene. And the work of John Coulthart is spot on. The edgy, advertisement/propaganda-style page inserts and chapter breaks, as well as bits of real-world Futurist art, flesh out the story in abstract style. Emphasizing the era while providing great eye candy, his art makes PIRATE UTOPIA a visual treat. (See examples here.) And not only does Coulthart provide art, he also provides a commentary on his work in the book in the reference material. The novella likewise featuring an Introduction by Warren Ellis and Afterword by Christopher Brown, topping matters off is a lengthy interview with Sterling, himself. In short, what was a roughly 130 page story becomes almost 200 pages of rich, varied content—art to fiction to non-fiction.

It is unfortunate
when first impressions form final expectations. For many readers in
science fiction, Bruce Sterling, with his novels THE ARTIFICIAL KID
and ISLANDS IN THE NET, and perhaps most particularly due to editing
the MIRRORSHADES anthology, will forever be tied—anchored, even—to
the aesthetic of cyberpunk. Wary of the artistic limits of the
sub-genre, however, Sterling took steps away in the 90s. Trying new
ideas and combining politics and technology in deceivingly satirical
fashion, Sterling has since singularized his m.o.. No longer part of
a larger wave of sub-genre, there is absolutely nothing like
DISTRACTION, THE CARYATIDS, and LOVE IS STRANGE: A PARANORMAL ROMANCE
in genre. A Bruce Sterling story is now identifiable by style alone.
With its idiosyncratic sense of humor, abstracted reality, political
depth, and overall peanut-gallery perspective, PIRATE UTOPIA is
another perfect example.

Denise Petski at DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD reports that Brian Dennehy and others have joined the cast for the second season of SundanceTV’s HAP AND LEONARD.

Brian Dennehy has joined the Season 2 cast of SundanceTV’s HAP AND LEONARD in a recurring role. He’ll play Valentine Otis, a sheriff and all-around boss-hog in Marvel Creek.

Along with Dennehy,
the network announced additional cast as production begins on the
second season. Irma P. Hall (A FAMILY THING) joins as recurring,
along with Dohn Norwood (ALL THE WAY, HELL ON WHEELS) and Evan Gamble
(THE VAMPIRE DIARIES), and Tiffany Mack (WICKED LOVE) and Cranston
Johnson who board as series regulars. Episodes will be directed by
Maurice Marable (VEEP), Abe Sylvia (NURSE JACKIE) and Tim Southam
(HELL ON WHEELS).

James Purefoy and Michael K. Williams as the titular HAP AND LEONARD (James Minchin/SundanceTV)

HAP AND LEONARD was
created by director-writer Jim Mickle and writer Nick Damici based on
Joe R. Lansdale’s novels. Season 2 will be based on Lansdale’s
1994 book MUCHO MOJO, the second in the Hap and Leonard series, which
revolves around the death of Leonard Pine’s Uncle Chester.

WIRED’s GEEK’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY interviews Hannu Rajaniemi.

Hannu Rajaniemi is a science fiction author, a self-described “recovering string theorist,” and co-founder of the biotech startup Helix Nano. Recently he and his friend Sam Halliday got their hands on an EMOTIV Epoc headset—a very simple brain scanner—and started wondering how it might be used to tell stories. The result was a piece of experimental writing called “Snow White is Dead.”

“‘Snow White is Dead’ is what we ended up calling ‘neurofiction,‘” Rajaniemi says in Episode 220 of the GEEK’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY podcast. “It’s an interactive fiction piece, like a Choose Your Own Adventure, but without conscious choice.”

It appears that Barnes and Noble has new copies of the out of print HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION for sale on their site. We at Tachyon have no idea where those copies came from since we sold out of the 2,000 limited copies shortly after its publication last year. So if you’re looking for copies of this amazing collection, head over there and get yourself a copy. Just be warned that YMMV.

For TOR.COM, Ilana C. Myer revisits Patricia A. McKillip’s classic short story, “Snow Queen.”

Once upon a time, in a metropolis in deep winter, a girl had her heart broken. She gathered her things from a high-end rental overlooking Times Square into a wheelie suitcase. She took the subway back to the basement apartment she shared with two other women, looked ahead to a plethora of winter days, and wondered how to go on. That was when she discovered a short story, “The Snow Queen” by Patricia McKillip. The girl was saved for another day. One day followed the next. And the winter did pass—eventually.

Cover by Thomas Canty

So I admit that when I first discovered this short story about heartbreak, self-reliance, and healing, I was probably its ideal audience. I came across it in SNOW WHITE, BLOOD RED, an anthology of fairy tale retellings edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow. Returning again more than a decade later and in quite a different frame of mind, I was wondering how it would hold up to scrutiny. It turns out, so many lines and phrases stuck in my head down the years, not only due to emotional resonance but because the story is exquisite, luminous and delicate as the tracery of ice filaments on a windowpane. Masterful rhythms make it into a prose poem, laced with knife-edge wit and psychological insights. Take for example the Snow Queen’s assessment of a girl’s face: “How sweet, Neva thought, to have kept that expression, like one’s first kiss treasured in tissue paper.”

For more info on PIRATE UTOPIA, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover and image by John Coulthart

For more info about HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

August 18, 2016

Tachyon tidbits featuring Alastair Reynolds, Hannu Rajaniemi, Peter Watts, Bruce Sterling, and Rudy Rucker

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized alastair reynolds, beyond the rift, bruce sterling, elizabeth story, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, Hugh Sicotte, lius lasahido, matt cates, omni, paul grenyer, Peter Watts, review, richie pope, rudy rucker, short story, slow bullets, Thomas Canty, tor.com, totem poles, wsfa small press award

The latest reviews and mentions of Tachyon titles and authors from around the web.

Alastair Reynolds (Photo: Barbera Bella), Hannu Rajaniemi (Uránia Filmszínház), Peter Watts (Inhabitat), Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker (RudyRucker.com)

On his eponymous site, Paul Grenyer praises Alastair Reynolds’ Hugo nominated SLOW BULLETS.

I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be able to say that, in my opinion, Alastair Reynolds is back on form! Slow Bullets is a very short book and it’s written in the first person, which isn’t my favourite style, but that’s about the only criticism I have of it.

The story is great, well thought out and very much of our time and what could happen in the future as we rely more and more on electronic storage of data.

Hannu Rajaniemi’s short story “The Haunting of Apollo A7LB,” which first appeared in HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION is nominated for the WSFA Small Press Award.

The WSFA Small Press Award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2015). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.

“The Art of
Deception” by Stephanie Burgis, published in INSERT TITLE HERE,
edited by Tehani Wessely (Fablecroft Publishing, April 2015)
“Burn Her”
by Tanith Lee, published in DANCING THROUGH THE FIRE, edited by Ian
Randal Strock (Fantastic Books, September 2015)
“Cat Pictures
Please” by Naomi Kritzer, published in CLARKESWORLD MAGAZINE,
edited by Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace (January 2015)
“The Empress in
Her Glory” by Robert Reed, published in CLARKESWORLD MAGAZINE,
edited by Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace (April 2015)
“The Haunting
of Apollo A7LB” by Hannu Rajaniemi, published in HANNU
RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, edited by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tachyon
Publications, May 2015)
“Headspace”
by Beth Cato, published in CATS IN SPACE, edited by Elektra Hammond
(Paper Golem LLC, December 2015)
“Leashing the
Muse” by Larry Hodges, published in SPACE AND TIME MAGAZINE,
edited by Hildy Silverman (May 2015)
“Leftovers”
by Leona Wisoker, published in CATS IN SPACE, edited by Elektra
Hammond (Paper Golem LLC, December 2015)
“Today I Am
Paul,” by Martin L. Shoemaker, published in CLARKESWORLD
MAGAZINE, edited by Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace (August 2015)

Congrats to all the nominees.

Matt Cates of OMNI includes Peter Watts among his Greatest Sci-Fi Authors of All Time.

Peter Watts has a knack for describing the darkly profound. He’s also pretty keen on marketing, having made the risky move to give away his work for free under Creative Commons rather than see it wither unsold. This bold move gained him an invigorating dose of much-needed exposure which kept him going, and soon he was able apply those PhD smarts of his to even greater literary achievements. Writing of the deep sea and its inhabitants with the expertise of a marine mammal biologist (which he is), Watts was able to deftly submerge (some might say “drown”) his readers in a totally immersive and, at times, claustrophobic experience. Sometimes jestingly castigated for his bleak tone of prose, one thing Watts never gets criticized for is lack of imagination…or attention to spellbinding detail.

Illustratation by Richie Pope

TOR.COM features “Totem Poles,” a new story by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling.

Dirt Complaining and Dirt Harkening were a long-buried married couple.

“I haven’t minded being dead one bit,” said Dirt Complaining. “But now we’ve got space aliens nosing around. And they’re curious about totem poles? Why did you men even make those things?”

“We were great artists,” said Dirt Harkening.

“Fools conjuring up cosmic forces.”

“I miss potlatch,” said Dirt Harkening. “That’s what I’ve missed most, down here in the Earth’s dirt.”

“Potlatch again,” said Dirt Complaining. “Ha! All you big chiefs, pretending to be above all wealth, so spiritual, so potent! Whose robes and amulets were you burning and throwing into the sea? Women’s crafts, women’s treasures!”

“Easy come, easy go,” said Dirt Harkening. “With flying saucers in the sky, our whole Earth is in play. But come what may, dear wife—our squabbles don’t matter anymore.”

“The heirs of our dead flesh still walk the Earth, husband.”

“The living take no account of us. People have forgotten that sacred truth was captured in the mighty symbolism of our totem poles. Even though the saucers understand.”

“Your totem poles were vulgar,” said Dirt Complaining. “Big phallic brags !”

“We artists like that sort of thing. A totem pole that stands up good and stiff—very fine.”

“Let’s see how this ends,” said Dirt Complaining.

For more info about SLOW BULLETS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about BEYOND THE RIFT, visit the Tachyon page

Cover art by Hugh Sicotte

Design by Elizabeth Story

July 22, 2016

Forthcoming Tachyon events with Michael Swanwick, Hannu Rajaniemi, and Richard Klaw

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It’s going to be a week a full of Tachyon author appearances.

Michael Swanwick (photo: Beth Gwinn), Hannu Rajaniemi, and Richard Klaw

Michael Swanwick at Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, 1000 Fourth Avenue in conjunction with University Book Store and Clarion West.

Tuesday, July 27 @ 7 PM

Hannu Rajaniemi will be interviewed live for the the fourth episode of ARS TECHNICA LIVE by ARS editor Annalee Newitz and writer Tiffany Kelly at Longitude tiki bar at 347 14th St., Oakland, CA.

Wednesday, July 27. Doors open at 7pm, and the discussion starts at 7:30.

Richard Klaw at Malvern Books (613 West 29th Street, Austin TX) discussing Tarzan as part of their Fantastical Fictions series of events.

Thursday, July 28 @ 7PM

For more information on NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

For info on THE APES OF WRATH, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Alex Solis

Design by Elizabeth Story

June 8, 2016

Tachyon artists nominated for Chesley and British Fantasy Awards

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized asfa, bfsa, british fantasy award, central station, chelsey awards, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, John Picacio, julie dillon, kate elliot, lavie tidhar, lius lasahido, reiko murakami, sarah anne langton, the very best of kate elliott

Both the Chesley and British Fantasy Awards announced their nominations with Tachyon artists Julie Dillon, Sarah Anne Langton, Lius Lasahido, Reiko Murakami, and John Picacio, not to mention editor Ellen Datlow all receiving recognition.

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Best Cover
Illustration: Hardcover Book

Richard
Anderson THE DINOSAUR LORDS by Victor Milan (Tor, July 2015)
Lius
Lasahido HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION by Hannu Rajaniemi
(Tachycon, May 2015)
Todd
Lockwood VOYAGE OF THE BASILISK by Marie Brennan (Tor, March 2015)
Cynthia
Sheppard KAREN MEMORY by Elizabeth Bear (Tor, February 2015)
Sam Weber DUNE
by Frank Herbert (The Folio Society, April 2015)

Best Cover
Illustration: Paperback Book

Julie Dillon THE
VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT by Kate Elliott (Tachycon, February
2015)
Tyler
Jacobson BEYOND THE POOL OF STARS by Howard Andrew Jones (Tor,
October 2015)
Jeffery Alan
Love WOLFHOUND CENTURY by Peter Higgins (Gollancz, May 2015)
David
Palumbo BINTI by Nnedi Okorafer (Tor, September 2015)
John
Picacio INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS by Jack Finney (Simon &
Schuster, October 2015)

Best Cover
Illustration: Magazine

Maurizio
Manzieri ASIMOV’S, Oct/Nov 2015
Reiko
Murakami LIGHTSPEED #63, August 2015
Tran
Nguyen UNCANNY #4, May/June 2015
Greg
Ruth ALABASTER: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BIRD #1, Dark Horse
Comics, Dec. 2015
shichigoro-shingo CLARKESWORLD #109, October 2015

Best Interior
Illustration

Galen
Dara “Tuesdays with Molakesh The Destroyer” by Megan Grey
(FIRESIDE MAGAZINE #19)
Marcel
Mercado SOUTHLANDS RPG (Kobold Press, July 2015)
Peter
Mohrbacher ANGELARIUM: BOOK OF EMANATIONS by Peter Mohrbacher &
Eli Minaya
Tran
Nguyen “Transition Management Survey” (CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER,
September 2015)
Sam Weber DUNE
by Frank Herbert (The Folio Society, July 2015)

Best Color Work:
Unpublished

Joseph
Bellofatto STAR SHIP, Oil
Donato
Giancola BERON AND LUTHIEN IN THE COURT OF THINGAL AND MELIAN, Oil
Wayne
Haag DESERT WRECK, Oil
Jessica TC
Lee ENCHANTED, Digital
Elizabeth
Leggett AFTER HOURS, Digital
Mark
Poole MEMORIES, Oil
Eric
Velhagen FELINES, Oil

Best Monochrome
Work: Unpublished

Rovina Cai COLD
WIND
Jeremy
Enecio PROGENY, Graphite on Moleskin
Travis
Lewis SYMBIOSIS, Graphite
Mark
Molchan RETURN, Graphite
Ruth
Sanderson INVOKING THE DRAGON, Ink/Scratchboard
Chris
Seaman FAMILY PORTRAITHAUSEN, Acrylic
Allen
Williams BOUND, Graphite & Gold leaf accent

Best
Three-Dimensional Art

Devon
Dorrity FLIGHT OF THE MERROW, Clay & Bronze
Thomas
Kuebler ADELPHA AND HER SISTER, Mixed
Stelios
Mousarris INCEPTION COFFEE TABLE, Wood
Forest Rogers THE
MORRIGAN, Mixed
Virginie
Ropars OKUNOSHIMA, Mixed
Vincent
Villafranca DARK DAY FOR THE METAL HEADS, Bronze

Best Product
Illustration

Linda
Adair ADOLESCENCE – Promo art for IlluXcon 2016
Mitchell
Bentley MITCHELL DAVIDSON BENTLEY 2015 CALENDAR – Albon Lake &
Atomic Fly Studios
Rovina Cai BLACK
HOLE – card for COSMOS TAROT & ORACLE DECK, The Light Grey Art
Lab
Jacob Murray A
GAME OF THRONES: THE CARD Game – 2nd edition box art, Fantasy
Flight Games
John Picacio EL
ARBOL – Loteria card, Lone Boy
Magali
Villeneuve GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: SONG OF ICE AND FIRE – 2016
calendar, Bantam

Best Gaming –
Related Illustration

Clint
Cearley MIND ROT – Dragons of Tarkir Magic Card, WotC
Vincent
Proce GUARDIAN AUTOMATON – Magic Origins Magic Card, WotC
Anna
Steinbauer BLESSED SPIRITS – Magic Origins Magic Card, WotC
Ryan Yee FRUIT
OF THE FIRST TREE – Fate Reforged Magic Card, WotC
Min Yum
SANDBLAST – Fate Reforged Magic Card, WotC

Best Art Director

Neil
Clarke CLARKESWORLD magazine
Irene Gallo Tor
Books & Tor.com
Jeremy
Jarvis Wizards of the Coast
Elizabeth
Leggett LIGHTSPEED magazine
Lauren
Panepinto Orbit Books & Muddy Colors contributor
Betsy Wolheim &
Shelia Gilbert DAW Books

Lifetime Artistic
Achievement

Kinuko Y. Craft
David A. Hardy
Greg Manchess
Iain McCaig
Wendy Pini
Drew Struzan

Best anthology

AFRICAN MONSTERS,
ed. Margrét Helgadóttir and Jo Thomas (Fox Spirit Books)
AICKMAN’S HEIRS,
ed. Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications)
BEST BRITISH HORROR
2015, ed. Johnny Mains (Salt Publishing)
THE DOLL COLLECTION,
ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
THE 2ND SPECTRAL
BOOK OF HORROR STORIES, ed. Mark Morris (Spectral Press)

Best artist

Ben Baldwin
Vincent Chong
Julie Dillon
Evelinn Enoksen
Sarah Anne
Langton
Jeffrey Alan Love

Best collection

GHOST SUMMER:
STORIES, Tananarive Due (Prime Books)
MONSTERS, Paul Kane
(The Alchemy Press)
PROBABLY MONSTERS,
Ray Cluley (ChiZine Publications)
SCAR CITY, Joel Lane
(Eibonvale Press)
SKEIN AND BONE, V.H.
Leslie (Undertow Publications)
THE STARS SEEM SO
FAR AWAY, Margrét Helgadóttir (Fox Spirit Books)

Best
comic/graphic novel

BITCH PLANET, Kelly
Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter
(Image Comics) (#2–5)
MS. MARVEL, VOL. 2:
GENERATION WHY, G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona
(Marvel)
NIMONA, Noelle
Stevenson (HarperTeen)
RED SONJA, Gail
Simone and Walter Geovani (Dynamite Entertainment) (#14–18)
SAGA, Brian K.
Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics) (#25–32)
THE SANDMAN:
OVERTURE, Neil Gaiman, J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart (Vertigo)

Best fantasy
novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

GUNS OF THE DAWN,
Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor)
HALF A WAR, Joe
Abercrombie (HarperVoyager)
THE IRON GHOST, Jen
Williams (Headline)
SIGNAL TO NOISE,
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
SORCERER TO THE
CROWN, Zen Cho (Macmillan)
UPROOTED, Naomi
Novik (Macmillan)

Best
film/television production

INSIDE NO. 9: THE
TRIAL OF ELIZABETH GADGE, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (BBC
Two)
JESSICA JONES: AKA
WWJD?, Scott Reynolds (Netflix)
JONATHAN STRANGE &
MR NORRELL, Peter Harness (BBC One)
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD,
George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris (Warner Bros.
Pictures et al.)
MIDWINTER OF THE
SPIRIT, Stephen Volk (ITV Studios)
STAR WARS: THE FORCE
AWAKENS, by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt (Lucasfilm
et al.)

Best horror novel
(the August Derleth Award)

A COLD SILENCE,
Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
THE DEATH HOUSe,
Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)
LOST GIRL, Adam
Nevill (Pan Books)
RAWBLOOD, Catriona
Ward (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
THE SILENCE, Tim
Lebbon (Titan Books)
WELCOME TO NIGHT
VALE, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor (Orbit)

Best independent
press

The Alchemy Press
(Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards)
Angry Robot (Marc
Gascoigne)
Fox Spirit Books
(Adele Wearing)
Newcon Press (Ian
Whates)

Best
magazine/periodical

BENEATH CEASELESS
SKIES, ed. Scott H. Andrews (Firkin Press)
BLACK STATIC, ed.
Andy Cox (TTA Press)
HOLDFAST MAGAZINE,
ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee (Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee)
INTERZONE, ed. Andy
Cox (TTA Press)
STRANGE HORIZONS,
ed. Niall Harrison (Strange Horizons)

Best newcomer
(the Sydney J. Bounds Award)

Becky Chambers, for
THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET (Hodder & Stoughton)
Zen Cho, for
SORCERER TO THE CROWN (Macmillan)
Peter Newman, for
THE VAGRANT (HarperVoyager)
Steven Poore, for
THE HEIR TO THE NORTH (Kristell Ink)
Marc Turner, for
WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL (Titan Books)

Best non-fiction

THE ART OF HORROR:
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, ed. Stephen Jones (Applause Theatre &
Cinema Books)
FANTASY-FACTION, ed.
Marc Aplin and Jennie Ivins (Fantasy-Faction)
GINGER NUTS OF
HORROR, ed. Jim Mcleod (Jim McLeod)
KING FOR A YEAR, ed.
Mark West (Mark West)
LETTERS TO TIPTREE,
ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
MATRILINES, Kari
Sperring (Strange Horizons)

Best novella

Albion Fay, Mark
Morris (Spectral Press)
Binti, Nnedi
Okorafor (Tor.com)
The Bureau of Them,
Cate Gardner (Spectral Press)
The Pauper Prince
and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com)
Witches of
Lytchford, Paul Cornell (Tor.com)

Best short
fiction

The Blue Room, V.H.
Leslie (SKEIN AND BONE)
Dirt Land, Ralph
Robert Moore (BLACK STATIC #49)
Fabulous Beasts,
Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
Hippocampus, Adam
Nevill (TERROR TALES OF THE OCEAN)
Strange Creation,
Frances Kay (TENEBRIS NYXIES)
When The Moon Man
Knocks, Cate Gardner (BLACK STATIC #48)

For more information on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Julie Dillon

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about CENTRAL STATION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Sarah Anne Langton

March 9, 2016

Happy birthday to the amazing Hannu Rajaniemi

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized birthday, charles stross, elizabeth story, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, lius lasahido, rachel fagundes, science fiction, tähtivaeltaja award

Hannu flanked by Tachyon project editor Rachel Fagundes and book designer Elizabeth Story. (Photo by Jill Roberts)

Rajaniemi’s debut science fiction novel THE QUANTUM THIEF introduced thief Jean le Flambeur received almost universal praise, winning the Tähtivaeltaja Award for best science fiction book published in Finnish and garnering a John W. Campbell Memorial Award nomination. The following two novels THE FRACTAL PRINCE
(2012) and THE CAUSAL ANGEL
(2014) also featured le Flambeur. WORDS OF BIRTH AND
DEATH and HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION compiled much of his short fiction.

All of us at Tachyon wish the charming Hannu a happy birthday, full of wonder and amazement.

For more info on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

March 3, 2016

Meet Daryl Gregory and Hannu Rajaniemi at the March SF IN SF

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized american bookbinders museum, collection, daryl gregory, elizabeth story, event, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, horror, jacob weisman, lius lasahido, novella, podcast, rachel fagundes, san francisco, science fiction, SF in SF, short stories, signing, soma fm, we are all completely fine

SF IN SF, in partnership with the American Bookbinders Museum, welcomes Hannu Rajaniemi, author of acclaimed mind-bending works such as the Jean le Flambeur novels and the sold-out HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION and Daryl Gregory, author of genre-mixing novels, stories, and comics including the World Fantasy-winner WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE.

Daryl Gregory (with Tachyon Publisher Jacob Weisman) and Hannu Rajaniemi (with Tachyon’s Associate Editor Rachel Fagundes and Lead Designer Elizabeth Story) in the Tachyon offices (photos: Jill Roberts)

Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience, moderated by incomparable Terry Bisson. Signing and schmoozing follows, with books available for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books. Feel free to bring books from home for signatures.

Sunday March 6th
Doors and cash bar open 5:30PM
Event begins 6:30 PM
The American Bookbinders Museum
355 Clementina
San Francisco, CA

EVENT WILL BE PODCASTED BY S OMA FM, San Francisco’s listener-supported, commercial-free internet-only radio station.

Suggested $10 at the door to benefit the American Bookbinders Museum. No one turned away for lack of funds.

For more information on WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

February 18, 2016

Even more year end accolades

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized bestof2015, cheryl morgan, chuma hill, falling in love with hominids, faren miller, gardner dozois, gary k wolfe, graham sleight, hannu rajaniemi, hannu rajaniemi: collected fiction, jonathan strahan, julie dillon, karen burnham, kate elliott, lius lasahido, Locus, locus magazine, reiko murakami, russell letson, slow bullets, steven dziemianowicz, the monstrous, the very best of kate elliott, Thomas Canty, Tim Pratt

In the same LOCUS issue that revealed the annual 2015 Recommended Reading List, several of the magazine’s regular contributors announced their personal selections which included THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, Nalo Hopkinson’s FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS, HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS, and Ellen Datlow’s THE MONSTROUS.

Tim
Pratt

THE
VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT: “…demonstrate[s] Elliott’s
clear and insightful vision regarding social issues.”

HANNU
RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION: “Hannu Rajaniemi burst onto
the scene just over a decade ago with a series of mind-bending SF
stories and his COLLECTED FICTION is a welcome compendium
of almost his entire output of short fiction to date.

FALLING
IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS ”features 18 compelling
and memorable stories from one of the field’s most celebrated
writers…“

Graham Sleight

FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS: "Nalo Hopkinson’s FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS was, like [Neil Gaiman’s TRIGGER WARNINGS, an extremely varied collection of stories, experimenting with voice and register as widely as any book I’ve read this year.”

Karen Burnham

SLOW BULLETS: “…perfectly crafted…”

And without comment:

Gary
K. Wolfe

FALLING
IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS
THE VERY BEST OF KATE
ELLIOTT

Jonathan
Strahan

SLOW
BULLETS

FALLING
IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS

Russell
Letson

SLOW
BULLETS

Faren
Miller

THE
VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT

Cheryl
Morgan

HANNU
RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION

Steven
Dziemianowicz

THE
MONSTROUS

Gardner
Dozois

THE MONSTROUS
HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED
FICTION
THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT

For more information on THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Julie Dillon

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Chuma Hill

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information about SLOW BULLETS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on THE MONSTROUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Reiko Murakami

Design by Elizabeth Story

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