Full (Non)Metal Jackets: Blood of Ambrose & Brasyl
Cover Illustration © Stephan Martiniere
Jacket Design by Jacqueline Cooke
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Dave Palumbo recently turned in a beautiful painting for Joel Shepherd’s forthcoming fantasy novel, Sasha: A Trial of Blood & Steel (coming out in Fall, 09). I usually wait for the type treatment before debuting things here, but Dave has put it up on his own site, so for those who want an early look, here it is. Nice, huh?
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I’m up on Rick Kleffel’s Agony Column podcast talking about what Rick calls “The New Fantasy,” and covering works by Joe Abercrombie, Tom Lloyd, Joel Shepherd, James Enge, Justina Robson, Mark Chadbourn, Matthew Sturges, Chris Roberson and others. We even discuss Doctor Who‘s latest casting announcement and the effect Obama may have on genre fiction. Here’s the direct link, and the show is available via iTunes as well (it’s episode 555).
Rick writes:
“What’s darker, grittier and sells better than expected in days such as these which are already dark and gritty enough without the help of excellent fantasy writers? Well, it’s what I’m going to call for want of a better term, The New Fantasy, and since Lou Anders of Pyr Books is publishing a boatload of it in the upcoming months, I thought I’d give him a call. Lou Anders is a lucky guy. His job is to read a bunch of great fiction and then publish it, and as it happens — or at least as he observes and I concur — fiction does well during recessions. So what’s going to happen to the fiction market during a full-blown, we’re-wearin’-barrels Depression? Looks like it’s boom times for genre fiction. Lou and I explored The New Fantasy and talked about Pyr’s and other publishers current and upcoming titles.”
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Cyberabad Daysby Ian McDonald.
Art by Stephan Martiniere.
Design by Nicole Sommer-Lecht.
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A host of recent acquisitions, which, since they have appeared in Locus and are being talked about on various websites, I might as well aggregate here to whet your collective appetites:
The Ghosts of Manhattan, and an untitled sequel, a “steampunk superhero” tale from George Mann (The Affinity Bridge).
The Grave Thief, Book Three of the Twilight Reign, gritty epic fantasy from Tom Lloyd.
The Quiet War, brilliant near-future space opera from Paul McAuley.
Sasha: A Trial of Blood & Steel, book one of a epic fantasy quartet, from Joel Shepherd. Very politically savvy stuff and more of that “gritty” fantasy we love so much.
Diving into the Wreck, from Kristine Kathryn Rusch, wonderful space opera adventure based on her Asimov’s Readers Choice Award-winning novella of the same name.
Dawnthief, Noonshade, and Nightchild, the Chronicles of the Raven trilogy – more (yes) “gritty” epic fantasy from James Barlcay.
The Office of Shadow, espionage meets epic fantasy in this sequel to Midwinter, from DC/Vertigo author Matthew Sturges.
Excited? I am.
Here is the jacket for the trade paperback edition of Kay Kenyon’s A World Too Near,a book of which Realms of Fantasy said, “It would be criminal if this book didn’t make year’s best lists at the end of 2008.”
As with the hardcover, art is by Stephan Martiniere, design by Jacqueline Cooke.
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Here’s the cover for Justina Robson’s fourth Quantum Gravity book, Chasing the Dragon.Art once again by Larry Rostant, design by Grace Conti-Zilsberger. Click to enlarge. Sweet, no?
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That’s James Enge’s forthcoming Blood of Ambrose,cover art by Dominic Harman, layout by Jaqueline Cooke, and although you can’t see it here, featuring interior illustrations by Chuck Lukacs and a stunning interior layout by Bruce Carle.
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