More Books

[andyhat]

So this week's book haul is a much more modest 18 books. Of course, that's not counting the two issues of Asimov's (the Oct/Nov double and the Dec issues), one issue of Analog, and the second issue of Alchemy that arrived as well.

Notable books this week: Geoff Ryman's new novel Air, The Jon Stewart/Daily Show spoof textbook America, Jay Caselberg's two novels (Wyrmhole and Metal Sky), four new titles from PS Publishing (novellas by Paul Park and Stephen Baxter, and collections by Lucius Shepard and Stephen Gallagher), three collections from Prime (by Hemmingson, Lake, and Files), the newest title in Delirium's Dark Homage series (this one by John Pelan), and the latest Little Book from Borderlands Press, (Thomas F. Monteleone's Little Brown Book of Bizarre Stories).

And now it's time to do laundry and start reading.

Comments

[avantpop.livejournal.com]

The Dark Homage series was a great idea but died early. The next was zombies and I had a 12,000 worder sold to Delirirum and ready to go but, for various business reasons, they discontinued the series. I think the story will be in their hardcover mag, when it is launched.

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard that they were discontinuing it. I was looking forward to the second volume, too. But such is the book business. Any idea when the magazine will be launched?

[avantpop.livejournal.com]

The mag was supposed to be launched this fall, called HELLBENT. Doesn't seem to be happening yet. Spring maybe?

The Dark Homage series was cancelled because the kind fellow running Delirium was designing a perfect bound chapbook series for another publisher (in the same vein) and they didn't want any competition out there. Seems kinda outlandish but, that's that.