Something big is happening.
On 12 October 1979 the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Pan Macmillan is celebrating thirty years of planet-hopping comic genius with the publication of special editions of Douglas [...]
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Promo: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Promo: The Wonder of Whiffling by Adam Jacot de Boinod (Particular Books)
I don’t usually post non-fiction and especially not those of a linguistic kind but I had to share this one. Not only did the author ask twice but the press release made me smile.
On top of that it appeals to the word geek in me and it’s from the same man as The Meaning of [...]
News and Promo: Transition by Iain Banks – Free audio podcast coming in September
I think this is brilliant:
Orbit is pleased to note that this September, you’ll be able to hear as well as read Iain M. Banks’ forthcoming novel TRANSITION. Little, Brown UK announced today that the audio version will be simultaneously released as a free serialized podcast, starting on UK publication day, September 3.
After the first [...]
Promo: My School Book Club
I must admit to liking my blog, though I would say that wouldn’t I? But I get to hear about some great things like this.
Red House Children’s Book Club is having a bit of a re-launch and turning into My School Book Club. I’m repeating the press release below but the best selling point [...]
Summer Reads 2009
My To Be Read pile count match the leaning Tower of Pizza – though I think mine wobbles more. To bring it to some sort of order as well as to bring some focus here are my choices for Summer Reads 2009.
I’ve organised them into batches and I have to complete each batch before I [...]
Promo: Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher (Orbit)
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
Published by Orbit and out now
For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies – elementals of earth, air, fire, water and metal. But now, Gaius Sextus, First Lord of Alera, grows old and [...]
Promo: The Devil’s Paintbrush by Jake Arnott (Sceptre)
The Devil’s Paintbrush by Jake Arnott Published by Sceptre on the 28 May 2009
Paris, 1903. Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald, one of the greatest heroes of the British Empire, is facing ruin in a shocking homosexual scandal when he meets the notorious occultist, Aleister Crowley. As they set out into the night on [...]
Promo: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (Picador)
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Published by Picador and Out Now
Official Site
In a vast, mysterious house on the cliffs near Dover, the Silver family is reeling from the hole punched into its heart. Lily is gone and her twins, Miranda and Eliot, and her husband, the gentle Luc, mourn her absence with unspoken [...]
Promo: The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan (HarperCollins)
The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan Published by HarperCollins on the 2 June 2009 Official Site
High-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, soon to be working on The Hobbit. A plane lands at JFK and mysteriously ‘goes dark’, stopping [...]
Promo: The City & The City by China Mieville (Macmillan)
The City & The City by China Mieville Published by Macmillan and out on the 15th May 2009
When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Bes el, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of [...]
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