Fiona Avery

Sean Williams is interviewed on the wonderful Adventures in SciFi Publishing podcast, available via iTunes and as a direct download. (Also interviewed, best-selling author Kevin J. Anderson.)

Meanwhile, The Book Swede takes us all the way back to our first season with a review of Fiona Avery’s historical fantasy, The Crown Rose.Says the Swede, “This is a good read. It combines classic French history, with an even older story, with generally good, intriguing and likeable characterisations, and a very well imagined 13th century Paris. It does indeed has a certain YA feel to it, but certainly less than the cover would seem to indicate, and is quite a fun feel-good read, but with enough battles, etc to keep my interest! 8.5/10.”

And Gardner Dozois has posted the contents of his forthcoming The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Edition. I’m thrilled that “Sanjeev and Robotwallah” by Ian McDonald has made the list, as it appeared originally in my own Fast Forward 1.Here’s the full list at SFScope.

Finally, we’ve uploaded a few more book pages from our 2008 season. Click “Forthcoming” on the left to see if you are on the Pyr site, and if you are viewing this through a feed click here.