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January 4, 2017

A look back at 2016 continues

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized Ann Monn, blood and lemonade, bruce sterling, central station, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, goro fujita, hap and leonard, hap and leonard: blood and lemonade, invaders, invaders: 22 tales from the outer limits of literature, jacob weisman, Joe R. Lansdale, john coulthart, julie dillon, kate elliott, lavie tidhar, michael swanwick, nightmares, nightmares: a new decade of modern horror, nihil, not so much said the car, pirate utopia, recap, sarah anne langton, the asylum of dr caligari, the stress of her regard, the very best of kate elliott, Tim Powers, year in review

On Monday we started the Tachyon playback of 2015. Now we continue in July much as we ended June with yet another outlet naming Lavie Tidhar’s dazzling, unsettling vision of the future CENTRAL STATION as one of the Best New Science Fiction Books of the Year (So Far).

We offered award-winning, superstar editor Ellen Datlow’s new anthology NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR for review via Netgalley.

Praise for the book lasted throughout the rest of the year.

[STARRED REVIEW] “Ten years of short horror fiction plucked from previous anthologies, plus some original works, come together in these 24 tales, in which “what goes bump in the night” ranges from ghosts to madmen to what lurks inside the human psyche. One actor’s last hope for reconstructive surgery resides within television itself. A horror writer creates a story come to life, only to get caught in the middle of it. Renowned authors such as Caitlin R. Kiernan, Robert Shearman, Garth Nix, and Kaaron Warren vividly capture the darkness, evil, and fear found in great horror fiction. VERDICT: Noted anthologist Datlow (The Best Horror of the Year) once again draws upon her curating skills to highlight the best the genre has to offer. The variety of stories shines a light on the depth and breadth of this sometimes marginalized literary form.”
—Library Journal

“[STARRED REVIEW] Building off her indispensable Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror (2010), which covered the years 1985–2005, Datlow has here collected the 24 stories that she has most enjoyed from 2005–15. Her task is aided greatly by the fact that the last decade has been a fertile one for the genre, with the emergence of incredible new voices and the decision by nongenre writers to give horror a try. Arranged in chronological order by year of publication, these tales represent the breadth of horror from psychologically chilling to all out terrorizing and feature just about every type of monster or ghost imaginable. As a result of this range, however, not every reader will like every story, but that is not this book’s goal. Rather, it should be taken as an exemplary and accurate representation of what readers can expect from horror today, in general, in one concise volume. Of particular note are the stories by rising stars Laird Barron and Stephen Graham Jones and Australian Kaaron Warren, and a refreshingly original entry into the crowded field of zombie stories by literary-fiction author Dan Chaon. This volume is not only the perfect discovery tool for readers looking for the very best of modern horror, it should also be used as a collection-development tool by library staff.”

—Booklist

“Nightmares is a dream come true anthology for those who love the darker and twisted side of speculative fiction and want to be entertained by beautifully written, dark and imaginative stories that give readers something to think about”
—Risingshadow

“Editor Ellen Datlow has compiled works that display her ability to cull quality horror fiction, as well as her enthusiasm and esteem for the genre. Published by Tachyon, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror is a pleasant reminder that horror’s short fiction “golden age” is ongoing.”
—Diabolique

And many more…

Tachyon well represented at the legendary Readercon with co-Guest of Honor Tim Powers, Jacob Weisman, Suzy McKee Charnas, Ellen Datlow, Daryl Gregory, James Patrick Kelly, James Morrow, Gordon Van Gelder, and Rick Wilber all in attendance.

Ellen Datlow, James Morrow, Julie Dillon, and James Tiptree Jr. all receive World Fantasy Award nominations.

Beelzebub drags Michael Swanwick to Buzzard’s Bay

Tachyon invades Armadillocon with Jacob Weisman, Rick Klaw, Joe R. Lansdale, and John Picacio.

Peter S. Beagle attends ComicCon and joins Neil deGrasse Tyson on his SPACE ODYSSEY.

Photo: Paul Todisco

In August, we offered Hugo Award winner, pioneering Bruce Sterling’s quasi-alt Futurist history PIRATE UTOPIA for review via Netgalley.

Positive reviews for the text and John Coulthart’s extraordinary illustrations emerged quickly.

An io9 16 Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for November

[STARRED REVIEW] “Cyberpunk progenitor Sterling’s alternate history novella is bizarre, chock-full of famous people in improbable situations, and wildly entertaining, even when the world-building seems to go a little off the rails. Lorenzo Secondari, a veteran of the recently ended Great War and forever changed by it, is the head engineer of the titular utopia, the Italian free state of Fiume. He and his compatriots build flying boats and fight communism while dealing with American secret agents, including Harry Houdini and Howard Lovecraft (who’s now working as Houdini’s publicity agent after going into advertising). Hitler died saving another man’s life in a bar fight, Wilson was poisoned, and Mussolini’s been disabled by a pair of bullets aimed “where a man least likes to be shot,” so the Europe in which Secondari is attempting to create his radio-controlled airborne torpedoes and other gizmos is already massively different from ours. An introduction by Warren Ellis and an interview with Sterling sandwich the novel, both bearing an air of false gravitas, but the actual story is wacky and fun what-if-ing at its finest.”
—Publishers Weekly

[STARRED REVIEW] “Noted sci-fi maven and futurologist Sterling (Love Is Strange, 2012, etc.) takes a side turn in the slipstream in this offbeat, sometimes-puzzling work of dieselpunk-y alternative history. Resident in Turin, hometown of Calvino, for a dozen years, Sterling has long been experimenting with what the Italians call fantascienza, a mashup of history and speculation that’s not quite science fiction but is kin to it. Take, for example, the fact that Harry Houdini once worked for the Secret Service, add to it the fact that H.P. Lovecraft once worked for Houdini, and ecco: why not posit Lovecraft as a particularly American kind of spook, “not that old-fashioned, cloak-and-dagger, European style of spy,” who trundles out to Fiume to see what’s what in the birthplace of Italian futurism-turned-fascism? Lovecraft is just one of the historical figures who flits across Sterling’s pages, which bear suitably futuristic artwork, quite wonderful, by British illustrator John Coulthart. Among the others are Woodrow Wilson and Adolf Hitler, to say nothing of Gabriele D’Annunzio and Benito Mussolini. “Seen from upstream, most previous times seem mad,” notes graphic novelist Warren Ellis in a brief introduction, but the Futurist project seems particularly nutty from this distance; personified by Lorenzo Secondari, a veteran of World War I who leads the outlaw coalition called the Strike of the Hand Committee in the “pirate utopia” of the soi disant Republic of Carnaro, its first task is to build some torpedoes and then turn them into “radio-controlled, airborne Futurist torpedoes,” not the easiest thing considering the technological limitations of the time. A leader of the “Desperates,” who “came from anywhere where life was hard, but honor was still bright,” Secondari and The Prophet—D’Annunzio, that is—recognize no such limitations and discard anything that doesn’t push toward the future. So why not a flying pontoon boat with which to sail off to Chicago, and why not a partnership with Houdini to combat world communism? A kind of Ragtime for our time: provocative, exotic, and very entertaining.”
—Kirkus, starred review

“A fantastic, comical, alternate historical dieselpunk affair … filled with astonishing characters, fine dialogue, and an abundance of ideas and is packaged with John Coulthart’s cool Futurist-Constructivist-inspired graphics, an introduction by graphic novelist Warren Ellis, and an interview with the author.”
—Booklist

“VERDICT: The fused edge between alternative history and historical fact elevates this shorter work by cyberpunk pioneer Sterling (Love Is Strange).”
—Library Journal

“Fritz Lang directing Buckaroo Banzai.”
—Locus

And many more…

Also in August, we offered award-wining Lauren Beukes’ debut collection SLIPPING: FICTION, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING for review via Netgalley.

Abundant praise flooded in.

“An art installation so tactile as to feel alive, a ghost that lurks alongside a promising architecture student, a girl gutted from the inside to make a premiere athlete: all stitched together into a punk tapestry of stories and other short pieces. Cape Town author Beukes (Zoo City, 2016, etc.) makes good use of her South African homeland, though she often turns Johannesburg and Cape Town into futuristic wastelands, as in “The Green,” a sci-fi militaristic nightmare of a short story, or “Riding with the Dream Patrol,” an unsettling look at where our cyberfuture could be headed (hint: bad places). There are also more straightforwardly bizarre entries, bordering on pure science fiction but never losing Beukes’ dark comedic edge, particularly “Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs,” wherein a fighter pilot (a woman, of course) must save Tokyo. Also, there are talking cats to spice things up (where there are hairballs, there must be cats). Some of the most effective pieces are the shortest, such as “Dial Tone,” where Beukes evokes the lonely desperation of her nameless narrator in less than four pages, as the character places crank calls and is often simply soothed by the dial tone. Or “Confirm/Ignore,” in which the narrator berates readers, and society at large, for their obsession with pop culture: “One day I get Bette Davis and Bettie Page confused. This is not my fault. It’s yours.” Her brief autobiographical pieces—on her first forays into journalism and a letter to her young daughter on the meaning of beauty—wrap up the slim volume nicely. Utterly bizarre and equally addictive, these pieces demonstrate that Beukes has only tapped the surface of her prodigious and wide-ranging talent with her novels.”
—Kirkus

“Whether they’re set in modern-day Johannesburg or on a planet circling a distant star, these powerful, beautifully written stories are always about today and the darkness of the human soul.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A fantastic, comical, alternate historical dieselpunk affair … filled with astonishing characters, fine dialogue, and an abundance of ideas and is packaged with John Coulthart’s cool Futurist-Constructivist-inspired graphics, an introduction by graphic novelist Warren Ellis, and an interview with the author.”
—Booklist

“South African writer Beukes (Zoo City; Broken Monsters) showcases her evolution as an author with these 26 pieces—mostly short stories with a few nonfiction entries at the end. Stories such as “Branded” recall Beukes’s debut, Moxyland, with its combination of cyberpunk elements and South African patois. That distinct regional flavor gets sanded out of some of the later tales, which hop among genres deftly. One of the more bizarre, “Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs,” features a cameo by magical realism author Haruki Murakami. Some selections are more likely to appeal to readers unfamiliar with Beukes. For example, “The Green” is a fantastically creepy sf story of grunt soldiers on a planet with invasive local flora. Another good starting point is the title story “Slipping,” which tells of a runner who has undergone extensive physical modifications. VERDICT Even the early stories, many set in Beukes’s native Johannesburg, have a rough energy and imagination that shows why she remains an author to watch.
—Library Journal

And many more…

Tachyon well represented at MidAmeriCon II, the 74th WorldCon with Guest of Honor Michael Swanwick, Jacob Weisman, Ellen Datlow, Kate Elliott, Sheila Finch, Lisa Goldstein, Daryl Gregory, James Patrick Kelly, and John Kessel.

Michael Swanwick, Jacob Weisman, and Martha Millard in the Dealer’s Room at MidAmeriCon II

We offered two ways to win a signed copy of Michael Swanwick’s brilliant NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT and one way to win Beelzebub.

We announced that select Tachyon titles are available via Edelweiss.

Editor extraordinaire Ellen Datlow wins Hugo Award.

Ellen Datlow and her new Hugo Award (photo: MIDAMERICON II)

The winner of Beelzebub and a signed copy of Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT is…

And the winner of a signed copy of Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT is…

Editor Rick Klaw at The Geek Curmudgeon revealed info and the cover for Joe R. Lansdale’s forthcoming HAP AND LEONARD: BLOOD AND LEMONADE.

First look at the cover for James Morrow’s forthcoming THE ASYLUM OF DR. CALIGARI

We wished the award winning editor Gordon Van Gelder a happy 50th birthday.

NYRSF 20th Anniversary, South Street Seaport September 9, 2009 (Photo: Houari Boumedienne)

We offer a first look at the legendary Peter S. Beagle’s new novel IN CALABRIA.

We shared the cover of Nebula Award winner Ellen Klages’ new collection WICKED WONDERS.

We bid a tearful goodbye to the iconic W. P. Kinsella.

Photo: Ed Steer

Guest of Honor Tim Powers and James Morrow attended Capclave 2016.

Tim Powers (photo: Roberta F./Wikimedia) and James Morrow

Tachyon creators participate in the Litquake/Crawl San Francisco 2016.

Charlie Jane Anders (photo: Tristan Crane), Jacob Weisman, and Daryl Gregory

World Fantasy Award winner Nalo Hopkinson received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Anglia Ruskin University.

Nalo Hopkinson and Farah Mendlesohn

Tachyon well represented at the annual World Fantasy Convention with Ellen Datlow, Daryl Gregory, Eileen Gunn, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Ellen Klages, Patricia A. McKillip, and Gordon Van Gelder.

In celebration of the recently released NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR, Tachyon and editor Ellen Datlow presented glimpses into terror from five of the volume’s horrifying tales.

In early November, the first of the best of year mentions appeared with the KIRKUS best fiction book of 2016 inclusion of NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT.

We offered the beloved Peter S. Beagle’s IN CALABRIA via Netgalley and Edelweiss. Shortly after, the glowing reviews began to appear.

A Top 10 Publishers Weekly Spring 2017 Featured Title

[STARRED REVIEW] “Acclaimed fantasist Beagle (Summerlong) sets this charming, lyrical tale of unicorns and love on a poor little hillside farm in the toe of boot-shaped Italy, where 47-year-old Claudio Bianchi scratches out a meager existence for himself, old dog Garibaldi, goat Cherubino, three cows, a pig, and three cats. Claudio writes poetry, too, and one day a golden-white unicorn appears to him as a gentle reminder of the freedom animals and humans have lost. The unicorn becomes the one miracle of Claudio’s life—and the ultimate tourist attraction. He protects her as best he can from hordes of reporters, television crews and helicopters, animal rights activists, yearning yokels, and even the Calabrian ’Ndràngheta mob. After Claudio helps the unicorn deliver her colt, his heart, frozen by an earlier tragedy, warms to Giovanna, the intrepid 20-ish sister of the postman. Neatly playing the strictures of Claudio’s simple rural life against the shimmering wildness of the unicorn, Beagle’s kindly fable shows how a man who seems to have nothing can really have everything—with just a touch of magic.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A novella about love in a world of hardship, loss, magic, and recovery. Beagle’s unicorns have never been more bewitching, impossible, and genuine. I cherished every page.”
—Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and After Alice

“For me, Peter S. Beagle is one of the essential voices in American literature, so essential that I approach each new book he writes not only with excitement but also with trepidation. Can he possibly do it again? Today I read In Calabria from cover to cover. He does it again.”
—Kevin Brockmeier, bestselling author of The Brief History of the Dead

“Peter S. Beagle is a master of the magical, but also of the little details of day to day existence that root his characters in the soil, sweat and everyday breezes of their worlds, and make the magical all the more magical when it touches them. It’s deep and powerful magic that stirs things to life in the gentle fable of In Calabria, but what it stirs—greed, peril, beauty, grief, love, publicity, sorrow, poetry and more—are very much matters of the human heart. Beagle once again explores the magic within us and the magic around us, and does it in unmatched style.”
—Kurt Busiek, author of Astro City and The Avengers

And many more…

We proudly announced a new collection from Science Fiction and Fantasy Grand Master Jane Yolen.

Photo: Jason Stemple

SUNDANCETV released a teaser trailer for HAP AND LEONARD: MUCHO MOJO, the second season of the hit show based on the books by Joe R. Lansdale.

The week before Christmas, we offered Edgar Award-winning Joe R. Lansdale’s HAP AND LEONARD: BLOOD AND LEMONADE for review on Netgalley.

Year end accolades for Tachyon titles:

Lavie Tidhar’s CENTRAL STATION

Patricia A. McKillip’s DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES

Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT

Lauren Beukes’ SLIPPING: STORIES, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING

Ellen Datlow’s NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR

Thank you for being part of our adventure. Happy new year to everyone out there.

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

Cover by Sarah Anne Langton

For more info on NIGHTMARES: A NEW DECADE OF MODERN HORROR, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Nihil

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more information on THE STRESS OF HER REGARD, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Ann Monn

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 INVADERS: 22 TALES FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF LITERATURE, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Goro Fujita

Design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover and images by John Coulthart

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about HAP AND LEONARD: BLOOD AND LEMONADE, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Elizabeth Story

For more info on THE ASYLUM OF DR. CALIGARI, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Elizabeth Story

For more info about IN CALABRIA, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on WICKED WONDERS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

January 2, 2017

A look back at 2016

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized bruce sterling, central station, chuma hill, clara bacou, elizabeth story, Ellen Datlow, falling in love with hominids, goro fujita, hap and leonard, invaders, invaders: 22 tales from the outer limits of literature, jacob weisman, Joe R. Lansdale, john coulthart, katherine dunn, lauren beukes, lavie tidhar, michael swanwick, nalo hopkinson, not so much said the cat, peter s beagle, pirate utopia, recap, sarah anne langton, slipping, slipping: stories essays & other writing, slow bullets, summerlong, the monstrous, Thomas Canty

It was a hectic and amazing year at Tachyon.

2016 started much like 2015 ended with more rave reviews for Nalo Hopkinson’s strong FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOMINIDS. This would become a norm as the book continue to garner fantastic reviews throughout the year.

Los Angeles Public Library: Best of 2015 Fiction
The Conversationalist: Best Books of 2015
Open Letters Monthly, Top 2015 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Read, Steve Donoghue, editor
A Locus 2015 Recommended Reading List: Best Collection
A Bustle Recommendation “20 Books Every Star Wars Fan Will Love”
Featured in Strange Horizons – the Nalo Hopkinson featured issue

“Falling in Love with Hominids is a wonderful treat for Nalo Hopkinson fans and a fantastic introduction for new readers.”
—New York Journal of Books

“Falling in Love With Hominids is yet another extraordinary collection of short stories that is well worth your time and rapt attention. The writing is beautiful, the message important, and its delivery is page-turning.”
—The Warbler

“Falling in Love with Hominids is truly a magical collection of short stories which brings the reader completely different and new worlds to explore.”
—A Universe in Words

“Falling in Love with Hominids is an entertaining and humane book that affirms why Junot Díaz refers to Hopkinson as “one of our most important writers.”
—Room Magazine

“I can’t wait to read more of [Hopkinson’s] work in the future because I loved the speculative worlds in this short story collection.”
—Paper Wanderer

And many more…

We offered Lavie Tidhar’s mosaic CENTRAL STATION for review through NetGalley in early January.

Excitement for the book was almost immediate. Andrew Liptak at IO9 typified the response.

We loved Lavie Tidhar’s novel VIOLENT CENTURY a couple of years ago, and we can’t wait to see what he does with his science fiction novel, CENTRAL STATION. In a worldwide diaspora, Boris Chong returns home to Tel Avivi from Mars, where the virtual and the real mix.

The abundant acclaim for the novel became a yearlong affair.

A May 2016 My Bookish Ways Must Read in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
A Kirkus Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Books You’ll Want to Read in May
An io9 May Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Book That Will Blow Your Mind
An Amazon Featured Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of May
A Publishers Weekly Staff Pick
A Bookskill Recommended Book
A Tor.com Five Mosaic Novels You Should Read

[STAR] “World Fantasy Award–winner Tidhar (A Man Lies Dreaming) magnificently blends literary and speculative elements in this streetwise mosaic novel set under the towering titular spaceport. In a future border town formed between Israeli Tel Aviv and Arab Jaffa, cyborg ex-soldiers deliver illicit drugs for psychic vampires, and robot priests give sermons and conduct circumcisions. The Chong family struggles to save patriarch Vlad, lost in the inescapable memory stream they all share, thanks to his father’s hack of the Conversation, the collective unconscious. New children, born from back-alley genetic engineering, begin to experience actual and virtual reality simultaneously. Family and faith bring them all back and sustain them. Tidhar gleefully mixes classic SF concepts with prose styles and concepts that recall the best of world literature. The byways of Central Station ring with dusty life, like the bruising, bustling Cairo streets depicted by Naguib Mahfouz. Characters wrestle with problems of identity forged under systems of oppression, much as displaced Easterners and Westerners do in the novels of Orhan Pamuk. And yet this is unmistakably SF. Readers of all persuasions will be entranced.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

[STAR] “… a fascinating future glimpsed through the lens of a tight-knit community. Verdict: Tidhar (A Man Lies Dreaming; The Violent Century) changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.”
—Library Journal, starred review

“It is just this side of a masterpiece — short, restrained, lush — and the truest joy of it is in the way Tidhar scatters brilliant ideas like pennies on the sidewalk.”
—NPR Books

“A marvellous, multi-faceted story that flows gently from one character to another like an intimate private tour of Tel Aviv and the spaceport at its centre.”
—SF Crowsnest

“A fantastic mosaic novel.”
—New York Review of Science Fiction

And many more…

James Purefoy and Michael K. Williams as the titular characters in SundanceTV’s HAP AND LEONARD

After months of speculation, an air date for the premiere season of Sundance TV’s HAP AND LEONARD was finally announced. All the while, reviews for the book HAP AND LEONARD kept coming in.

“Seven laid-back adventures, one of them brand new, for “freelance troubleshooter” and good old boy Hap Collins and his gay black Republican partner Leonard Pine… . No one currently working the field demonstrates more convincingly and joyously the deep affinity between pulp fiction and the American tall tale.”
—Kirkus

[STAR] “Last seen in the novel Honky Tonk Samurai, Lansdale’s incomparable East Texas crime fighting duo show their chops in this remarkable story collection. Hap Collins, a straight, white liberal, and Leonard Pine, a black, gay conservative, have long challenged genre conventions, and the friendship and camaraderie between these two hard cases as they suit up against injustice and hypocrisy is at the heart of these seven tales. In the novella “Hyenas,” the boys help save a client’s impressionable younger brother from the clutches of a group of psychotic robbers. “Dead Aim” finds the pair taking on the Dixie Mafia after a seemingly straightforward cheating spouse case gets a tad more complicated. “Not Our Kind” is set against the backdrop of the late 1960s, when a teenage Hap first befriends Leonard and faces the racism and intolerance of his peers up close. Readers can also look forward to the debut of the TV show Hap and Leonard on the Sundance Channel in March.
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“An essential Hap and Leonard addition”
—The Novel Pursuit

“… it’s great to have all of these wonderful stories together in one nifty volume”
—Horror Drive-In

“It has all the hard to find short stories featuring Hap & Leonard, the most enjoyable mismatched pair of private eyes since Spenser and Hawk.”
—Son of Spade

And many more…

In January, we said goodbye to the legendary David G. Hartwell.

David Hartwell with Jacob and Rina Weisman at James Cummins Bookseller (photo: Ellen Datlow)

Later that month, we announced Lauren Beukes’ debut collection SLIPPING: STORIES, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING.

In early February, we offered Patricia A. McKillip’s new collection of lyrical and powerful stories DREAMS OF DISTANT SHORES for review via Netgalley.

The effuse praise was almost instantaneous.

[STAR] “McKillip (Wonders of the Invisible World), winner of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, collects nine dazzling shorter pieces (both originals and reprints) in this outstanding collection. The brief, creepy “Weird” opens the volume, merging an oddly romantic picnic in a bathroom and a mysterious threat outside into something that exists in a darkly beautiful interstitial place. The longest piece, “Something Rich and Strange,” which appeared originally as a standalone novella in Brian Froud’s Faerielands series, is an ecological fairy tale that contains the most gorgeous of McKillip’s prose (“her blind stare of pearl and wormwood”)—and the weakest of her plots, but even weaker McKillip is well worth reading. The newer stories also shine. “Mer” is a small gem about a nameless witch, a fishing village, and a mermaid statue. “Edith and Henry Go Motoring” features a toll bridge that leads travelers on an unexpected journey. Beyond the short fiction, the volume finishes with an essay on writing high fantasy, and an appreciation of McKillip’s work by renowned fantasist Peter S. Beagle. Fans of exquisite prose and ethereal fantasy will need to own this.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A young couple trade odd stories in a bathroom as something rages outside. An artist calls upon his muse, who answers him through an unfinished painting. A musical band of witches takes on a dark force during their bar performance. The seven ethereal tales (including three new ones), collected here touch on people’s dreams and desires. Also featured is McKillip’s 2002 essay on writing high fantasy and Peter S. Beagle’s afterword, “Dear Pat,” an appreciation of McKillip’s work. VERDICT: McKillip (Wonders of the Invisible World) once more enchants with this volume, which fantasy readers will devour as they are transported into multiple realities.”
—Library Journal

“VERDICT This collection of fascinating and haunting tales that will linger with readers is a strong addition to short story and fantasy collections; hand to fans of Holly Black, Robin McKinley, and Donna Jo Napoli.”
—School Library Journal

“Elegant and absorbing, [McKillip’s] work never reads as stiff or formal, as some fantasy stories can lean toward, and the language, while beautiful, never loses the reader, but instead remains both lyrical and deeply visceral.”
—Manhattan Book Review

“Absolutely spellbinding. It has been a very long time since we read a gathering of short stories as perfect and beguiling as these.”
—Starburst, 10 of 10 stars

And many more…

We announced the forthcoming of the new Michael Swanwick collection THE DALA HORSE, which saw publication under the title NOT SO MUCH SAID THE CAT.

Prior to book’s “official” announcement, John Coulthart’s iconic cover to Bruce Sterling’s forthcoming PIRATE UTOPIA was revealed.

The mesmerizing HAP AND LEONARD premiered on March 3 amid glowing reviews.

Michael Swanwick began sharing a series of travel photos with Beelzebub.

Beelzebub at a whiskey tasting party at Roscon, Russia’s national science fiction convention. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that he’s clutching a bottle of Writers’ Tears.

Beelzebub, preparing for his trip to Russia. He was named in homage to Mikhail Bulgakov, who put a similarly attired cat in THE MASTER AND MARGARITA.

Legato, distributor of Tachyon titles, was acquired by Ingram.

We offered World Fantasy Award winner Michael Swanwick’s NOT SO MUCH, SAID THE CAT for review via Netgalley in April. Magnificent reviews rolled in quickly.

[STARRED REVIEW] “Another collection of speculative fiction from Swanwick (Chasing the Phoenix, 2015, etc.), one of a handful of writers whose short pieces are as impressive as their novels. Versatility, craftsmanship, a dollop of weird, and a delightfully askew sense of humor are key to the 17 pieces here, all of which appeared between 2008 and 2014, together with an introduction that illuminates the contents without revealing too much. Certain themes, of course, are authorial favorites, such as time travel, aliens, and artificial intelligence. There’s a man who, having suffered a crushing loss, finds solace after accidental contact with a time traveler; a group of time travelers hunkered down at the end of the Cretaceous period—where, oddly, nobody’s interested in the dinosaurs; and a scientist who finds a partner worthy of her genius. We also get a fascinating glimpse (which feels like a novel fragment) of a far future populated by humans and centipedelike aliens, narrated by the intelligent space suit of a woman who’s dead as the story begins; and another future where human lives resemble those in fairy tales while advanced, hidden AIs battle for supremacy. Elsewhere, in a literary-games vein, the characters in a fairy tale discuss whether they prefer to remain in books, and immortal, or enter history; there’s a famous Gene Wolfe story stripped down, turned inside out, and rebuilt to perfection; and, in a marvelous conceit, the writer Alexander Pushkin appears as he may have been—in an alternative universe. To round out the collection, we meet a dutiful young woman who, entering hell to challenge the devil to return her father, discovers that things are not as she assumed; Darger and Surplus, those good-hearted rogues with a propensity to shoot themselves in the foot, make an appearance, as does “The House of Dreams,” an entry from Swanwick’s splendid Mongolian Wizard e-book series. Tales that, through their extraordinary clarity of thought and expression, showcase precisely why this multiaward-winning author is held in such high regard.”
—Kirkus

“Michael Swanwick shows his extraordinary range in Not So Much, Said the Cat (Tachyon) … Swanwick’s stories are wistful and weird, at times tragic yet still hopeful as the mythic and scientific intertwine.”
—Washington Post

“Swanwick excels at satisfying conclusions that cause readers to take pause and consider the actions of the characters. Thoughtful, witty, and, at times, disturbing, this collection will appeal to those who enjoy short fiction, no matter the genre.”
—Booklist

“An entertaining read from beginning to end, with plenty of tales to amuse, making for a great collection of short stories. Besides, who wouldn’t want to spend some time with a sly seductive circus performer, some con artists and a robotic scarecrow with a conscience, and all without leaving the comfort of your sofa!”
—Starburst

And many more…

Reviews for Jacob Weisman’s visionary and thought-provoking anthology INVADERS: 22 TALES FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF LITERATURE began appearing.

A Kirkus Science Fiction and Fantasy Book You’ll Want to Read in July
A 2016 Publishers Weekly Best Summer Read
A Foreword 4 Great Indie Sci-Fi Titles for Summer 2016

[STAR] “In this very fine reprint anthology, Weisman has brought together 22 SF stories by authors who, although not generally associated with the genre, are clearly fellow travelers (not the ominous invaders suggested by the title). Among the major names are Pulitzer Prize–winner Junot Díaz, George Saunders, Katherine Dunn, Jonathan Lethem, Amiri Baraka, W.P. Kinsella, Steven Millhauser, Robert Olen Butler, and Molly Gloss. Among the best of the consistently strong stories are Díaz’s “Monstro,” the horrifying tale of a disease outbreak in Haiti; Gloss’s near-perfect first-contact story, “Lambing Season”; Kinsella’s totally bizarre “Reports Concerning the Death of the Seattle Albatross Are Somewhat Exaggerated”; Ben Loory’s fable-like “The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun”; and Saunders’s “Escape from Spiderhead,” a deeply sexy tale of wild experimental science. In general, the stories tend toward satire and emphasize fine writing more than hitting genre beats—technology is usually a means to an end rather than the center of the story—but most of them could easily have found homes in SF magazines. This volume is a treasure trove of stories that draw equally from SF and literary fiction, and they are superlative in either context.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Further proof, if any more were necessary, that the line between genre and literary fiction is simply speculative.”
—Library Journal

“Invaders is a playful and imaginative exploration of what it means to write in the field of science fiction”
—AV Club

“Well, damn. From the first page to the last, Invaders surprised and intoxicated me, offering one stirring, visionary, warm-hearted, funny, probing story after another. Reading them in quick succession made me feel as if the world was flickering before my eyes, ricocheting from one possible reality to another, beneath a dozen different suns. It would be hard to devise a better survey of those contemporary short fiction writers, both celebrated and undersung, who have worked to smuggle the methods of science fiction into the mainstream.”
—Kevin Brockmeier, author of A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip

And many more…

Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS, Ellen Datlow, John Joseph Adams, and Sheila Williams garner Hugo Award nominations.

SLOW BULLETS among several of the other nominations become embroiled in some controversy.

We announced Peter S. Beagle’s long awaited new novel SUMMERLONG.

Tim Powers and Jacob Weisman spoke at the Philip K. Dick Conference 2016.

Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS, Ellen Datlow, John Joseph Adams, David Hartwell, Julie Dillon, John Picacio, and Michael Whelan receive Locus Award nominations.

Ellen Datlow was a Guest of Honor for the first annual StokerCon.

Ellen Datlow with Robert McCammon at StokerCon

We said goodbye to the acclaimed Katherine Dunn.

Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images

Beelzebub made sure to make two votes for every candidate. He is a true lower-case democrat.

Tachyon’s resident social media maven and sometimes editor Rick Klaw sat down with the extraordinary Sarah Anne Langton to discuss working with Lavie Tidhar, the creative process, comics, and British Pop Art.

We offered review copies of the World Fantasy Award winner Peter S. Beagle’s new novel SUMMERLONG via Netgalley. The response was overwhelmingly positive.

A Kirkus September 2016 Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction Book You Won’t Want to Miss
A Washington Post Best Science Fiction and Fantasy to Read in September
A Verge Most Exciting Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Coming Out

“A rare story of summer that feels like the summer—like dreamy intense passions rising and arcing and then spinning away; like beauty underlaid with a tinge of sadness because it is ephemeral. Beagle has captured that seasonal warmth here, beautifully, magically.”
—New York Times

“[STARRED REVIEW] Retired history professor Abe Aronson and his longtime lover, Joanna Delvecchio, encounter an enigmatic young beauty, Lioness Lazos, waitressing in a local diner. Abe offers her his old garage as a temporary home. From the moment she becomes part of their lives, changes—some miraculous, some devastating—begin affecting Abe and Joanna. Lioness’s presence inspires Abe to fulfill his cherished dream of playing second harmonica with a small jazz band and Joanna to learn the dicey sport of kayaking, even though she can’t swim. As their heady summer phases into early autumn, Lioness’s mysterious husband appears on the ferry from Seattle, bringing with him the chilly and inevitable resolution to Beagle’s strange and lovely lyric vision.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Best-selling fantasy-author Beagle crafts a tantalizing picture of an atypical Pacific Northwestern couple whose lives are interrupted by myth and mystery. When Joanna and Abe meet a young waitress named Lioness, they are immediately drawn to her primavera aura and offer her a home in Abe’s garage. Life on Gardner Island blooms in an endless summer during Lioness’ stay. The couple’s lives and their relationship continue as usual until Lioness’ attempt to run from her past begins to unravel when her mother and husband arrive in town … Themes of love, loss, nurturing, and adapting are wrapped up in this deliberate and bittersweet tale of what it is to love in your own time, in your own way.”
—Booklist

“In his first new novel in more than a decade, Beagle creates an intimate drama … A beautifully detailed fantasy.”
—Kirkus

“A quietly glowing and elegantly written revelation of the magic beneath everyday life.”
—Chicago Tribune

And many more…

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.

Walk the plank with Michael Swanwick and Beelzebub.

On May 30th STRANGE HORIZONS ushered in a week long celebration of Nalo Hopkinson.

Beelzebub sitting atop a bomb that fell inside Fort McHenry during the naval bombardment and wondering if this was the best place to rest.

SLOW BULLETS, David Hartwell, James Tipree, Jr., Julie Dillon, and Michael Whelan win Locus Award.

The beloved Clyde, who filled the most important role at Tachyon Publications: reminding us of the foolishness of our own vanity, passed away at the ripe old age of 20.

Poetic CENTRAL STATION was named one of the Best Sci-Fi Books of 2016 So Far.

Join us tomorrow for the rest of our year long journey.

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

Cover art by Chuma Hill

Design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover by Sarah Anne Langton

For more info on HAP AND LEONARD, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Elizabeth Story

For more information about SLIPPING: STORIES, ESSAYS, & OTHER WRITING, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Clara Bacou

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about INVADERS: 22 TALES FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF LITERATURE, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Goro Fujita

Design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info on SUMMERLONG, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Magdalena Korzeniewska

Design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover by John Coulthart

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

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more on THE MONSTROUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Reiko Murakami

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

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

Cover art by Lius Lasahido

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

Cover art by Julie Dillon

Design by Elizabeth Story

January 4, 2016

A look back at 2015

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It was a hectic and amazing year at Tachyon.

Tachyon’s 20th anniversary year began with the unveiling of the commemorative logo.

Also in January, we joined NETGALLEY to better facilitate access to our titles by reviewers, booksellers, and librarians.

We released THE VERY BEST OF KATE ELLIOTT to almost universal acclaim.

[STARRED REVIEW] “Elliott’s delightful first collection contains pieces set in the worlds of her major fantasy series—the Spiritwalker Trilogy, the Crossroads Trilogy, the Crown of Stars series,and theJaran novels—as well as several standalone works and four essays about writing. No familiarity with any of the novels is required to understand the stories set in those worlds, but the existing settings lend depth, complexity, and intrigue to what might otherwise be simple tales. “Riding the Shore of the River of Death,” a bildungsroman about a young female horse-nomad who wants to be a warrior, benefit greatly from the depth of setting, as does the slapstick comedy “To Be a Man,” about a shape-shifting saber-toothed cat with an eye for the ladies. But the standalones especially shine, and the political intrigue and subtle humor that Elliott brings to the fascinating culture and government system of “The Queen’s Garden” make it perhaps the finest work in the book. This collection serves beautifully both as an introduction to Elliott and as a treat for fans who want more of her marvels.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Powerful, vivid, masterful—The Very Best of Kate Elliott is a touchstone for the legacy of women in writing and in history.”
—San Francisco Book Review

“The Very Best of Kate Elliott does an excellent job of displaying Elliott’s multi-faceted creativity, her huge talent for inventing a variety of worlds without ever sacrificing the sparkling little details in each one that make her writing so compelling.”
—Katherine Kerr, author of the Deverry Cycle

“Elliott (Cold Steel; Labyrinth of Stars) has built a career out of creating memorable worlds and populating them with strong, amazing women (and the men who love them). While the longer form gives her a bigger canvas, Elliott proves here she can make those same fantastic worlds and characters in short form…. Elliott excels at describing her brilliant worlds, employing a meticulous eye for the significant detail that illuminates a whole landscape.”
—Library Journal

“Collecting stories set in worlds both familiar (including the settings of the Spiritwalker books and her Jaran quartet) and new, as well as non-fiction essays about writing, it makes an excellent introduction to the work of one of epic fantasy’s most reliably fantastic writers.”
—Barnes & Noble

“Elliott is a writer of remarkable talent and sensitivity… . This is, truly, a demonstration of the very best of Elliott’s abilities.”
—Fantasy Literature

and many more…

In February, eight months before it’s release, we felt compelled to share the beautiful and creepy Reiko Murakami cover to Ellen Datlow’s anthology THE MONSTROUS.

March saw the publication of the acclaimed The Essential W. P. Kinsella.

“[Starred review] The career of the incomparable Kinsella (Shoeless Joe) is beautifully represented by these 31 short stories, including, of course, “Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa,” the haunting tale of a baseball fan’s obsession with a long-dead star that was developed into a bestselling novel and then the film Field of Dreams. Other charming baseball fantasies include “The Night Manny Mota Tied the Record,” in which a fan agrees to sacrifice himself to bring back the recently dead Yankees star Thurman Munson, and “Searching for January,” which concerns an encounter with the deceased Roberto Clemente. Alongside these stories are several more realistic and mostly gentle satires, such as “The Fog,” that present the escapades of several indefatigable members of Canada’s First Nations. “The Grecian Urn” concerns a couple who can inhabit the interior worlds of great works of art. “K Mart” is the touching tale of three boys who use baseball to escape from their unhappy lives. Kinsella is a masterly writer of short fiction. Though his first-person narrators, mostly men much like himself, can become a bit repetitive when the collection is read straight through, each of these works, whether fantastic or realistic, is individually a small marvel of the storyteller’s art.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“We are reading a writer here, a real writer, muses be praised. “
—Los Angeles Times

A Kirkus Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Read for March

“This book’s publication should bring readers back to the once very popular Kinsella, now 79, and one hopes it attracts new readers as well.”
—Booklist

“Mystery and homegrown magic realism at its best and most satisfying. Kinsella is a storyteller of the first order.”
—Joe R. Lansdale, author of Cold in July

“The baseball stories may magically touch on tragic figures such as Roberto Clemente and Thurman Munson, but the tales spend just as much time in the low minors with players who are unlikely ever even to sniff life in Triple A ball, much less the majors. The Indian stories portray the unexpected humor of life on the reservation – humor that is often more of the “sometimes you have to laugh so you don’t cry” variety, than not. There are likely to be surprises for everyone in The Essential W.P. Kinsella. But those who know Kinsella’s work only from his baseball stories are going to get the biggest and best surprise of all.”
—Book Chase

…and many more

Thanks to VARIETY, we at long last learned that Michael Kenneth Williams would play Leonard Pine in the Sundance TV’s HAP AND LEONARD, the adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale’s acclaimed crime series.

Three months prior to the book’s June release, glowing reviews for Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS began flooding in.

A UK Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2015

“What happens to survivors at the end of an interstellar war? In the latest from Reynolds (“Revelation Space” series), refugees, soldiers, and criminals are loaded aboard the same vessel and plunged into cryo-suspension. When Scur wakes in her capsule, she’s confused, as it seems far too soon and no one is in charge. With the ship’s computer in terminal decline and the only stable source of information the slow bullets injected into their bodies, Scur and the other passengers must decide what’s more important, their personal lives or the larger fate of humanity. VERDICT While shorter than Reynolds’s usual fare, this is no less ambitious in covering vast scopes of space and time while addressing big questions. Suggest to fans of Ian MacDonald or Kim Stanley Robinson, particularly those who liked Aurora.”
—Library Journal, starred review

“Reynolds does his usual fine job of creating a compelling narrative out of the classic materials of space opera as viewed through a modern sensibility and an awareness of the real science of space travel. Recommended.”
—Asimov’s

A Buzzfeed June pick

“This is not military science fiction, this is war opera. Recommended!”
—Bewildering Stories

“Slow Bullets is a huge leap forward for Alastair Reynolds”
—Strange Horizons

“Alastair Reynolds’ new novella Slow Bullets has the scope of a much longer work (Edward Gibbon’s The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empires, say), the literary speed of the most rapidly hurtling bullet, and so many provocative scientific and / or philosophical ideas that even Steven Hawking’s head might well spin with them. Moreover, Reynolds artfully compresses all these disparate elements into a portable trade paperback or a weightless e-file, the better to accommodate our busy reading habits and the more fully to entertain us.

“Let me also note that Slow Bullets posits a far-future situation akin to the one that we confront on planet Earth today, but leavens his fictional crisis with a hard-won grasp of human psychology and a down-to-the-ground optimism that bestows on its readers reasons for supposing our ‘dammed human race’ nimble enough to overcome our demanding real-world crisis du jour. A fine example of the true science fictionist’s art … ‘with a bullet,’ as the editors at Billboard Magazine used to say.”
—Michael Bishop, author of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire, And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees, and Transfigurations

“Alastair Reynolds is the world’s best writer of space opera. If you have any doubts, then read Slow Bullets.”
—Allen Steele, author of Coyote and Spindrift

…and many more

The floodgates opened for coverage on the soon-to-be published HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION.

An NPR 2015 Great Read

A May 2015 Buzzfeed pick

“This is a collection of dexterous, loving, beautifully optimistic work that left me breathless and delighted…. Hannu Rajaniemi’s magnificent science fiction — as is paradoxically appropriate — is pure magic.”
—Amal El-Mohtar, NPR.com

“…the best and most original debut anthology since Angela Carter’s “Fireworks” 40 years ago.”
—Tom Shippey, Wall Street Journal

“This delightful trip into imaginative worlds brings a fresh take to timeless ideas.”
—Publishers Weekly

“You may already know Rajaniemi from his buzzy Jean le Flambeur series (The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel); if that’s the case, rest assured that his Collected Fiction offer the same fantastical quality, but in a dozen different flavors. If you’re new to his charms, this is an excellent place to start: Rajaniemi writes post-singular fairy tales about computer-dragon romances, technologically-uplifted cats and dogs, and haunted space stations. If you like your science fiction lavish and the science part a little outlandish, this is definitely the book for you.”
—Barnes & Noble.com

“Every story in the collection is a gem, one that delights in playing with expectations before simultaneously dodging and exceeding them. To read Collected Fiction is to be shown something new and wonderful at every turn.”
—Green Man Review

“Rajaniemi combines incredible technological expertise with such a vast imagination that many of his stories leave me overwhelmed by the worlds he creates. This collection demonstrates his breadth as well, involving everything from his invention of neurofiction to his stories of algorithmic romance to his tales that invoke ancient Finnish gods. Whatever the genre or subject, Rajaniemi’s stories are guaranteed to be interesting, unique, and utterly captivating. If a science fiction author’s job is to “think of impossible things,” then I can’t imagine anyone who does it better.”
—Bookaneer

“SF and Rajaniemi’s fiction in particular impart a sense of glamour, otherness, and estrangement…. the best stories are up there with the best.”
—Booklikes

“An excellent and versatile collection…. If you want originality, creativity, imagination and style from your stories, you can’t go wrong by reading these stories.”
—Risingshadows

“Nano-jacked super-beings, carnivorous emergent technologies, the doors of perception yanked wide and almost off their hinges…. Hannu Rajaniemi has a deserved reputation as the very hardest of Hard SF writers, but his range is far wider and far warmer. From stories of tech-driven future nightmare to eerie Finnish mythscapes rewired, quirky surreal mood pieces and experimental fiction genuinely worthy of the name, Rajaniemi writes fiction coded for the bleeding edge of modernity and yet rooted in age-old human imperatives; at the beating heart of these tales is a single concept—the ache of the human heart and the courage it takes to live with it, in this era or any other. So if you thought Hard SF was sterile stuff, lacking in human affect, think again—put the barrel of Rajaniemi’s fiction in your mouth and blow your mind.”
—Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon and The Dark Defiles

…and many more

Near the end of April, DEADLINE revealed that James Purefoy will portray Hap Collins in the Sundance TV’s HAP AND LEONARD, the adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale’s acclaimed crime series.

In May, both Kate Macdonald on her eponymous site and BLACK GATE delivered insightful analysis and overview of James Tiptree’s legendary collection HER SMOKE ROSE UP FOREVER.

Award winning editor Ellen Datlow revealed the table of contents for her terrifying new anthology THE MONSTROUS.

WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE by Daryl Gregory and YESTERDAY’S KIN by Nancy Kress both received nominations for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial and Locus Award. Gregory additionally garnered a Shirley Jackson Award nomination.

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

The amazing and affable Hannu Rajaniemi visited the Tachyon offices.

Our fearless leader Jacob Weisman aiding Hannu. (photo: Jill Roberts)

Taychon head honcho Jacob Weisman, our resident social media maven Rick Klaw (editor of THE APES OF WRATH and contributor to STEAMPUNK), and legendary writer/editor Dick Lupoff (THE BEST OF XERO) watched the home team A’s beat the New York Yankees in a close 5-4 contest.

(Dick Lupoff, Jacob Weisman, and Rick Klaw taking in the game)

On May 26, W. P. Kinsella celebrated turning 80 with an invite-only gathering in his native Newton.

(Image Credit: Boaz Joseph Photo)

June began with Nancy Kress winning the prestigious Nebula Award for YESTERDAY’S KIN.

Nancy Kress (with her Nebula Award) and Tachyon publisher Jacob Weisman

A trio of books sold out:

The entire 2,000 copy print run of HANNU RAJANIEMI: COLLECTED FICTION sold out. As per the original agreement, there will be no second printing of the hardcover edition.

The first printing of Alastair Reynolds’ acclaimed SLOW BULLETS sold out before publication.

One month before the official July 14 pub date, Peter V. Brett’s THE GREAT BAZAAR & BRAYAN’S GOLD has completely sold out!

The latter two were reprinted.

Nancy Kress’ Nebula award winning novella YESTERDAY’S KIN, editor Ellen Datlow (THE MONSTROUS, THE CUTTING ROOM: DARK REFLECTIONS OF THE SILVER SCREEN, LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS), and artist John Picacio all won Locus Awards.

Jacob Weisman and Jill Roberts

Publisher Jacob Weisman and managing editor Jill Roberts attended a party at the HUMBLE BUNDLE offices.

On the way home from the party, Jacob made some new friends.

Join us tomorrow for the rest of our year long journey.

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

Cover art by Julie Dillon

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more on THE MONSTROUS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Reiko Murakami

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about THE ESSENTIAL W. P. KINSELLA, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

For more about SLOW BULLETS, visit the Tachyon page

Cover art by Thomas Canty

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 more info about HER SMOKE ROSE UP FOREVER, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by John Picacio

For more information on YESTERDAY’S KIN, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty.

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story.

For more info about THE GREAT BAZAAR & BRAYAN’S GOLD, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover design by Elizabeth Story.