- We’re pleased to announce that we’ve posted four fantasy titles from Mayer Alan Brenner that together make up the Dance of Gods series. They’re live for Amazon Kindle as of this writing, and will be available for B&N, Kobo, and iBooks throughout the coming week. Check out some links here. Thanks for following along!
- Congratulations (again!) to Peter V. Brett and Jon Sprunk. Fantasy Book Critic reviewer Mihir Wanchoo named Brett’s THE DESERT SPEAR (reviews | buy) #6 in his top ten fantasy novels of 2010, and Jon Sprunk’s SHADOW’S SON (reviews | buy) comes in at #2 in the list of top ten fantasy debuts. Way to go, guys!
- We’ve learned that four JABberwocky clients have been nominated for the David Gemmell Legend Award this year: Peter V. Brett for THE DESERT SPEAR (reviews | buy) Elizabeth Moon for OATH OF FEALTY (reviews | buy) Brandon Sanderson for THE WAY OF KINGS (reviews | buy) Jon Sprunk for SHADOW’S SON (reviews | buy) You
- Congratulations are in order for Jon Sprunk! His debut, SHADOW’S SON (reviews | buy | preview), was just named a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for best first novel. The award is voted on by members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (the deadline is midnight on April 8, 2011), and will be presented
- The Hot Blood Series, edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett, are now available in electronic form for the Kindle and the Nook (with more options coming soon)! The series of erotic horror anthologies is the original: with thirteen books published over the course of two decades, it’s safe to say that these books truly
- We just got word this afternoon that client Tobias Buckell and his partner-in-crime Paolo Bacigalupi (represented by Martha Millard) have been nominated for an Audie in the Original Work category for their fantasy novellas “The Executioness” (Buckell) and “The Alchemist” (Bacigalupi). The winners will be announced at a banquet in NYC on May 24.
- This time, congratulations are in order for Joshua Bilmes! Our fearless leader is celebrating his 25th anniversary as an agent today, and as part of our celebrating this milestone, we thought it would only be appropriate to do so with his favorite Drake’s Cakes (Yodels, pictured above). Want to offer your own well wishes? Join
- Congratulations are in order for Adam-Troy Castro! His story, “Arvies,” has been named a finalist for the Nebula Award, marking the sixth time he has been nominated for a Nebula. His stories and novels have been nominated for two Hugos, two Bram Stokers, and won both the Seiun (with Jerry Oltion) and Philip K. Dick
- We’d like to congratulate Jeri Westerson, whose third novel, THE DEMON’S PARCHMENT (get it here), was nominated for the best Historical Mystery of 2010, and Simon R. Green, who was nominated for the Career Achievement Award for Paranormal and Urban Fantasy. Simon’s latest release is New York Times bestseller A HARD DAY’S KNIGHT (get it
- Locus has published their 2010 “Recommended Reading List”, an annual compilation of the best SF/F of the year, and several JABberwocky clients have made the list! Peter V. Brett‘s THE DESERT SPEAR was one of Locus‘s favorite fantasies of 2010, John Hemry‘s novella “The Rift” was listed, and Tobias Buckell‘s “A Jar of Goodwill” was
- Elitist Book Reviews has posted their list of 2010 favorites a little belatedly, but we don’t mind–they’ve named David Louis Edelman‘s GEOSYNCHRON to the very top of their list of the year’s 10 best, and Brandon Sanderson‘s THE WAY OF KINGS was a runner-up. Congratulations to both!
- The UK’s SciFi Now has chosen Tim Akers and his second novel, THE HORNS OF RUIN, as the winner of their Rising Star Award for 2010. SciFi Now says, “We expect big things from him over the next few years.” Congratulations, Tim!
- Goodreads has released their full listing of Favorite Books of 2010, and clients Brandon Sanderson, Elizabeth Moon, Peter V. Brett, and Charlaine Harris are all on there. TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, co-written by Sanderson and Robert Jordan, is the Favorite Fantasy of the year, with THE WAY OF KINGS, written exclusively by Sanderson, following close on
- Congratulations are in order for Jeri Westerson. THE DEMON’S PARCHMENT (reviews | buy), her third medieval noir featuring Crispin Guest, has just been nominated for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, to be handed out at Left Coast Crime’s The Big Chile in Santa Fe in March. Making this doubly exciting is the fact
- Hello, everyone, Jessie here again. I’ve mentioned here before that we’re starting to post some backlist titles as ebooks through various channels, and we’ve started expanding our program. The Simon R. Green titles we made available on Kindle a few weeks ago are now up and running for Barnes and Noble’s Nook–that’s the three Forest
- Congratulations are due to Charlaine Harris. USA Today has posted their 2010 list of the year’s bestsellers, and Charlaine has two books on the list. The first is DEAD IN THE FAMILY, book #10 in the Sookie Stackhouse series, which hit the list at #37. DEAD AND GONE, book #9 in the series, is holding
- Simon R. Green‘s A HARD DAY’S KNIGHT, book #11 in Green’s bestselling Nightside series, will appear at #34 on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list on January 23. A HARD DAY’S KNIGHT (get it here!) is Green’s 40th published novel. Congratulations, Simon–what fantastic news!
- Peter V. Brett‘s hotly anticipated second novel THE DESERT SPEAR has come in at #2 on Ranting Dragon‘s list of 2010’s best fantasy. And in the #4 spot? Brandon Sanderson‘s THE WAY OF KINGS, the first installment in his epic Stormlight Archive. We’re excited about both of these nods. Way to go, Peter and Brandon!
- Paul Goat Allen at B&N Book Club has named his “Best Science Fiction of 2010”, and David Louis Edelman‘s GEOSYNCHRON is on the list. Allen describes the list as books that “succeeded in not only entertaining me but illuminating me as well.” Bravo, David!
- User-driven book site Goodreads.com has released their list of favorites for 2010, and JABberwocky clients are at the top of the list. Readers have chosen Charlaine Harris‘s DEAD IN THE FAMILY as the best paranormal novel of 2010, and TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, co-written by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, as their best fantasy. Well done,
- 2010 was a great year for Charlaine Harris. Her tenth Sookie Stackhouse novel, DEAD IN THE FAMILY, was an immediate bestseller all over the world, hitting bestseller lists from France to Australia. DEAD IN THE FAMILY was one of only six books this year to hold the top spot on the New York Times bestseller
- SFFWorld has just posted their Review of the Year, including their picks for the best of 2010. We’re pleased to announce that JABberwocky clients have taken the #1, #2, and #3 spots on Rob’s “Best of Fantasy” list. Peter V. Brett‘s second novel THE DESERT SPEAR came in at the top spot, followed closely by
- Fantasy Faction has named Peter V. Brett‘s THE DESERT SPEAR the #1 book of 2010. Way to go, Peter! Fantasy Faction also loved Brandon Sanderson‘s THE WAY OF KINGS, which followed close on Brett’s heels in the #2 spot. Well-deserved honorable mentions went to TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, co-written by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, and
- Pat of Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist has named two Jabberwocky books to his “Best of 2010” list: David Louis Edelman‘s GEOSYNCHRON came in at #4, and Brandon Sanderson‘s THE WAY OF KINGS is at #18. TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, co-written by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, also made the list at #11. Congratulations to both!
- Congratulations are due to longtime JABberwocky client Simon R. Green, who turned in his 40th novel at the tail end of 2010. We’re all very proud to be working with such a beloved and prolific author. Well done, Simon!
- Good news, everyone! We at JABberwocky are pleased to welcome author E.C. Myers. Eugene’s debut, FAIR COIN, is a YA SF novel that will be published by Pyr Books. (Star Trek fans will know Eugene from his and Torie Atkinson’s popular and long-running rewatch of the original series, available on theviewscreen.com.) Congratulations Eugene, and welcome aboard!
- A couple weeks ago, we started relating some of the best-of news we’d been receiving of late. Well, with 2010 now ended and 2011 firmly underway, we’ve got even more great news! First up, congratulations are in order for David Louis Edelman. GEOSYNCHRON, the conclusion to his highly-regarded Jump 225 trilogy, about an aggressive entrepreneur
- If you’ve been to the website in the last week, you’ve probably noticed it was down. Our apologies; we had some hacker trouble, followed by further trouble with one of the MySQL databases. But, as you can see, we are at last up and running. And to avoid any ambiguity, we are very much open
- We’re excited to announce that we’ve soft-launched an e-book program we’ve been working on for a while now, starting with Simon R. Green‘s BEYOND THE BLUE MOON. At the moment, we’re just on Kindle, and we’ve just got the one book up, but we think it’s a strong opening: BEYOND THE BLUE MOON is the
- In the spirit of the season, we have updated our website. Our gift to you, dear reader, is a new Buying Guide. See that new tab, there, just above? If you click on it, it will tell you all you need to know about where best you can find that copy of THE HORNS OF