Best of 2007

SciFiNow: Best of 2007

Just got the news that SciFiNow magazine, one of Britain’s premiere sf media mags, has released their Best Books of 2007. And among the list, Ian McDonald’s Brasyl,and Michael Moorcock’s The Metatemporal Detective.

Here’s the full list:

1) Halting State (Stross) – ORBIT
2) Stealing Light (Gibson) – TOR UK
3) Brasyl (McDonald) – PYR/GOLLANCZ
4) The Metatemporal Detective (Moorcock) – PYR
5) Helix (Brown) – SOLARIS

Congratulations to Ian and Mike! We’re very proud.

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SFSite’s Best of 2007

Greg L. Johnson of SFSite has posted his Best of 2007 list, a list of “the ten science fiction and fantasy books that I liked the most in 2007.” And wouldn’t you know it, Pyr takes the # 2 and # 1 spot.

Greg’s #2 choice for 2007 is Ian McDonald’s Brasyl,of which he says, “With wit and stunning imagery, Ian McDonald takes us to a near-future, and a distant past, that is as strange as any alien world. …a story that masterfully blends history, character, Portuguese street slang and cosmological speculation, meeting both the requirements of hard SF and literary style along the way.”

And coming in at #1, Kay Kenyon’s Bright of the Sky,which “lies somewhere between Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the Sun and Karl Schroeder’s Ventus, and was, for me, the one book of the year that, once I started reading, was impossible to put down.”

Congratulations to both Ian and Kay!

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In with the New Year, Out with the Old

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A few more end of the year round ups showing up.

John of SFSignal posts his 2007: A Year in Review – John’s Take. He lists his personal favorite reads from the year – not necessarily all books published in 2007, but all books he read, liked, and rated a 4.5/5 or higher. Two Pyr books make the list: Martin Sketchley’s The Liberty Gunand Mike Resnick’s Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future.

Meanwhile, over at Futurismic, Tomas Martin takes A New Year’s Look at 2007’s Science Fiction. Listing his Top Five Books of 2007, we’re pleased to see Joel Shepherd tying with himself in fifth place for Breakawayand Killswitch, Ian McDonald coming in at number three for Brasyl,and (thank you) a “special mention” for my own Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge.

Meanwhile, the interestingly titled The Breathing Corpse blog lists The Years Best Reads – Science Fiction. Mike Resnick’s Starship: Pirateand New Dreams for Oldboth make the list with the comments that, “I read a bunch of Mike Resnick this year but these are the best. Starship: Mercenaryis out now and I’ll be reading it soon. Resnick is now one of my favorite writers.” Meanwhile, their 2008’s Books I Can’t Wait to Read includes several Resnick titles as well, including the forthcoming Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight.

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Bookgasm’s 5 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2007

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Bookgasm has just announced their 5 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2007. Ryun Patterson has chosen Ian McDonald’s Brasylas the # 1 title of the year. He says:

“Holy wow. Once I started reading Brasyl, I knew I would never see the world quite the same way again… Brasyl shows that Pyr has serious chops in acquiring new material in addition to picking up previously published gems. Read the review if you want more, but my first recommendation is this: Close your browser, put your computer to sleep, go to the bookstore, buy Brasyl, take off the dust jacket without reading it, and clear your calendar. You’re in for a treat. Along with McDonald’s River of Gods,it is easily one of the best books of the last 10 years.”

Meanwhile, Joel Shepherd’s two 2007 Cassandra Kresnov novels, Breakawayand Killswitch,tie for # 5.

“There’s not a lot about these books that I haven’t already said in my pair of breathless reviews, and while one probably would have made the list on its own merits, having two of these tomes in the span of a year really takes the cake. Pyr books has been knocking down doors in both publishing original fiction and bringing foreign work to North America, and Shepherd’s Cassandra Kresnov series demonstrates the second half of this equation wonderfully. Why weren’t these books brought over sooner? How many other authors and ideas are just waiting to get picked up, gussied up with holy-cow-amazing cover art by the likes of Stephan Martiniere, and unleashed upon the unsuspecting North American public? More, I hope.”

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SFFWorld Review of the Year

The guys at SFFWorld have put up their annual Review of the Year in two parts. They run through their opinions on the best fantasy books, best SF books, best films and tv shows, best comics and games. Very glad to see both Joe Abercrombie (The Blade Itself /Before They Are Hanged)and Ian McDonald (Brasyl)getting heavy mentions, as well as Kay Kenyon (Bright of the Sky) and my own Fast Forward 1anthology. Thanks guys!

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Fast Forward Makes Year’s Best

I’m very proud to announce that Ken MacLeod’s wonderful short story, “Jesus Christ, Reanimator,” which originally appeared in our anthology, Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge,has been selected for inclusion in the forthcoming The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 2, edited by Jonathan Strahan. The collection will be in stores March 2008, from Night Shade.

Meanwhile, I’m excited to say I’ve already accepted wonderful stories from Nancy Kress, Jack Skillingstead and Paul McAuley for Fast Forward 2, with more coming in soon. John Picacio returns as illustrator for the next cover as well.

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