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May 24, 2018

Tachyon tidbits featuring Ellen Klages, Michael Moorcock, Eugene Fischer, and Jeff VanderMeer

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized annihilation, elizabeth story, ellen klages, eugene fischer, ignotus awards, interview, jacob weisman, jeff vandermeer, Locus, michael moorcock, rina weisman, SF in SF, Terry Bisson, the atlantic, the fancy hat lady reads, wicked wonders, you tube

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

Ellen Klages (photo: Scott R. Kline), Michael Moorcock (A.V. CLUB), Eugene Fischer (Angela Betancourt), and Jeff VanderMeer (Kyle Cassiday)

THE FANCY HAT LADY READS includes Ellen Klages’ WICKED WONDERS among Short Fiction Favorites (beginning at about 9:56).

LOCUS reports on the April SF in SF with Michael Moorcock.

SF in SF hosted Michael Moorcock at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco on April 9, 2018, coordinated by Rina Weisman and moderated by Terry Bisson. The event featured readings and signings, a Q&A session, a full bar, and time to mingle. Books were available for purchase thanks to Borderlands Books; Tachyon Publications sponsored the event. For more information, see the SF in SF website.

Jacob & Rina Weisman, Terry Bisson, Michael Moorcock. Photo by Arley Sorg

THE NEW VOICES OF FANTASY contributor Eugene Fischer is a finalist for the 2018 Ignotus Awards, given annually to the best Spanish science fiction and fantasy publications.

Foreign story

The spectrum of the abbot by Louisa May Alcott (ed. Pulpture)
“The sea of trees” by Rachel Swirsky (in Dark Fantasies (ed. Sportula))
“The October film show: Under the House” by Michael Wehunt (in A Better Place (ed.Dilating minds))
New mother by Eugene Fischer (ed. Cerbero)
“Three cups of affliction in the light of the stars” by Aliette de Bodard (in Tales for Algernon)

For THE ATLANTIC, Jeff VanderMeer in animated interview discusses how writing fiction about environmental crises may jolt readers out of complacency.

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

Cover design by Elizabeth Story

January 11, 2018

Tachyon tidbits featuring Patricia A. McKillip, Kameron Hurley, Nancy Springer, and Michael Swanwick

Alec Checkerfield Uncategorized apocalypse nyx, best of 2017, brian giberson, donde acaba el infinito, elizabeth story, kameron hurley, michael swanwick, nancy springer, paperback wonderland, patricia a mckillip, susana patrícia, the fancy hat lady reads, the oddling prince, Thomas Canty, wadim kashin

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

Patricia A. McKillip (photo: Stephen Gold/Wikimedia Commons), Kameron Hurley, Nancy Springer (Bob O’Lary), and Michael Swanwick (Beth Gwynn)

At PAPERBACK WONDERLAND, Susana Patrícia declares Patricia A. McKillip’s THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD as one of the best books of 2017.

An epic story that I just don’t know how to review, so just go read it and see for yourself 😉

The Spanish language site DONDE ACABA EL
INFINITO names Kameron Hurley’s APOCALYPSE NYX as a book they want to read in 2018.

Anthology of stories by Kameron Hurley. Almost all of them have been read by Patreon, but (re) reading Hurley on paper is always a pleasure.

Spanish translation courtesy of Google

THE FANCY HAT LADY READS previews Nancy Springer’s THE ODDLING PRINCE. (Starts at around 15:07)

On his FLOGGING BABEL blob, Michael Swanwick offers Odd Advice for New Writers: The Blurb Shelf.

Okay. So you’re a new writer, you’ve made a few sales, maybe your first novel has come out. Now you’ve been approached to provide a blurb for somebody else’s book. What do you do?

Knowing new writers, you’re going to drop everything, read the book at once, and if at all possible you’re going to provide a blurb. It’s what real writers do, after all. It’s a sign that you’ve made it into the Great Game! They want your blurb! Just like they want Ursula K. Le Guin’s! But after that?

I suggest you start a Blurb Shelf. Find a convenient corner among your books and when you receive a copy of the book (as you should) from the publisher, place it there. The next time one of your blurbs appears, put that book next to the first one. And so on. After a while, the shelf will begin to take on a kind of personality. When it does, stop and ponder:

Do you like what you see?

Ideally, you should be blurbing the kind of writers you want to be, those who write works like your own, those you admire, and those you think are becoming worthy of being on your blurb shell. It should serve as a kind of mirror to your writing preferences.

For more info about THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

For more info on APOCALYPSE NYX, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Wadim Kashin

Design bv Elizabeth Story

For more info on THE ODDLING PRINCE, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Brian Giberson

Design by Elizabeth Story