Angry Robot Books
Roberson's Interminable Ramble — Angry Robot, a new imprint from HarperCollins dedicated "to the best in modern adult science fiction, fantasy and everything inbetween," has just launched their official site and announced their first titles. ...

Zombie PI Matt Richter to star in Nekropolis
SFScope — [image] Publisher Angry Robot will release Tim Waggoner 's Nekropolis as a 352-page mass market paperback in the UK, and in various ebook formats, on 6 August. The US, Canadian, and Australian releases will follow on 1 October. The book is the first of a trio of urban fantasies. The book tells the story of Matt Richter, who is a private eye and a zombie. "His mean streets are the city of the dead, the shadowy realm known as Nekropolis . And in this first case, Richter must help a delectable half-vampire named Devona recover a legendary artifact known as the ...

Angry Robot Books
SF Signal — ... This week marks the announcement of a new science fiction imprint from HarperCollins: Angry Robot Books, dedicated to "the best in modern adult science fiction, fantasy and everything in between". ...

PRESS RELEASE: New Genre Imprint Angry Robot Announces Launch Titles!
Fantasy Book Critic — ... Angry Robot is HarperCollins’ new imprint devoted to all that’s new in SF, F and WTF?! Publishing worldwide, as books, eBooks and downloadable audio, its mission is to bring a contemporary edge to traditional genre fiction. Angry Robot launches in the UK in July 2009, and in the US and the rest of the world in September. Ebook editions will be available worldwide from July. Its first titles are a mix of genres, from a street smart neat-future thriller to ultra-dark horror to wild modern ...

Realms of Fantasy Not Closing and Robots are Angry
Tor.com — ... In other news, HarperCollins has announced a new science fiction imprint: Angry Robot Books. The imprint will start will four titles this year from Chris Roberson, Kaaron Warren, Lauren Beukes, and Tim Waggoner. Their mission is to “publish the best in brand new genre fiction - SF, F and WTF?!” There is more detail as to what this means ...

March 11, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... are concerned, the first of this year's new interviews is up: Jack McDevitt. Mary Robinette Kowal also has a reminder regarding the Nebula Weekend.Interviews Mad Genius Club interviews Sean Williams. Cult Pop has a video interview with SF Signal. Heidi Broadhaed interviews P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. New Publications/Websites Check out the new HarperCollins imprint Angry Robot Books. Lisa Mantchev's upcoming novel has a website: Theatre ...

Angry Robot Signs Dan Abnett, Live Webcast Events for Bestselling author Patrick Carman, and Launch Event for “The Garbage Man” & “The Absence”...
Fantasy Book Critic — ... Angry Robot, HarperCollins’ new imprint devoted to all that’s new in genre fiction including SF, F and WTF?!, recently announced the signing of noted SF & Fantasy author Dan Abnett for three original novels. Dan Abnett made his name in the tie-in SF & Fantasy fiction field, selling more than 1.2 million copies of his Warhammer 40,000 novels, which have also been translated into ten other languages. He’s also recently made the UK ...

What's an eBook Worth?
SF Signal — ... Meanwhile, new genre publisher Angry Robot Books will be producing eBook versions of every title they publish. They are trying to determine a fair price. To that end, they have ...

Angry Robots Make Me Angry
The Crotchety Old Fan — ...  turned me on to a survey from the folks at Angry Robot (Harper Collins) publishing;  they want to know what the e-book buying public thinks an e-book is worth. ...

What would you pay for an e-book?
Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news — Oh I like this question...because to be honest there is no way I would pay almost 10 dollars for an e-book. There is no cost in transport or storage (physical...I know, web space isn't cheap) or printing. I know, the authors must be paid and the publisher and retailer must make a profit, but like extended service contracts....I am not going to buy something that is excessively over priced. Meanwhile, according to a posting on SF Signal, new genre publisher Angry Robot Books will be producing eBook versions of every title they publish. They are trying to determine a fair ...

Contest - Name that Robot
Neth Space — The folks over at the new SFF imprint, Angry Robot have come up with a clever bit a viral marketing that I'm happy to pass along. It's a contest to name the robot on ...

Contest: name a robot, win some books
FROM A SCI-FI STANDPOINT — The folks at Angry Robot , the new SF imprint from Harper Collins, are offering you the chance to win copies of the first seven books they publish. All you have to do to win is….. ...

SF Tidbits for 4/7/09
SF Signal — ... for questions...for Kim Stanley Robinson. Gary Westfahl reviews Alien Trespass: "...Alien Trespass is sending another important message to the contemporary creators of science fiction films.... John Clute reviews Gene Wolfe. Pyr has an excerpt of Blood of Ambrose by James Enge. Angry Robot News New genre imprint Angry Robot has just signed on J. Robert King and Andy Remic. Angry Robot is ...

Colin Harvey sells two to Angry Robot
SFScope — Colin Harvey sells two to Angry Robot By Ian Randal Strock April 7, 2009 Colin Harvey sold Winter Song and Damage Time to Marc Gascoigne at Angry Robot Books . Agent Jenny Rappaport of The Rappaport Agency handled the "nice deal", in association with subagent the Zeno Agency. Winter Song is "about a highly evolved human who crash lands on a forgotten colony planet and his desperate struggle to get off it." Damage Time is "about a detective in New York City hunting stolen memories that are posted on the net for entertainment." Comments (0) ...

BLOG Eastercon convention report
SFX — ... pounds heavier, and sixty pounds lighter, I am now the proud owner of yet more books to sit somewhere on my ever-growing “to read” pile. I’m off to WorldCon, next – Montreal in August. Again, it’s on a work ticket (and yes, I know I’m a jammy sod). This convention relationship I have? I think I’m heading for third base… This is a personal article by Lee Harris, one of bloggers - read more about our volunteer contributors on this dedicated page . Angry Robot's website is here and you can visit the official Eastercon Bradford LX website here . Were you there? ...

Is The Kindle Lighting the Fire Under the Impending eBook Revolution?
SF Signal — Marc Gascoigne from Angry Robot wrote in to tell us about this interesting statistic gleaned by Tech Crunch from the recent launch of the super size Kindle DX: The most startling thing Jeff Bezos said today at Amazon's launch of the Kindle DX, it's large-format Kindle optimized for textbooks and newspapers, was this statistic: For books that are available on the Kindle, sales are already 35 percent of the same books in print, up from 13 percent just a few months ago. In other words, if a paper book sells 10,000 copies on Amazon, it ...

SF Signal Is Angry Robot's Site of the Month!
SF Signal — SF Signal is honored to be the very first Angry Robot Site of the Month! I just received this email from Assistant Editor Lee Harris: We are thrilled - nay, delighted - to announce the first Angry Robot Site of the Month. The Site of the Month is awarded to the website that fulfills our distinctly random criteria for the month, or one which we just think is plain excellent. Our criteria for choosing is likely to change month-on-month, and is largely dependent on how we feel at the time. Our April Site of the Month is SF ...

BLOG Getting your novel published
SFX — ... . He works at Angry Robot and you can find out more about them at the official site. If you've written a novel, or are planning to write one, get in touch and let us know how you're getting on and what your ambitions are. Have you had success getting a first book read by a publisher? Drop your comments and tips into the thread below.

Angry Robot buys books from Broaddus, Forbeck, and Shevdon
SFScope — Angry Robot Books announced the signing of three new authors: [image] Maurice Broaddus sold Angry Robot a trilogy called The Knights of Breton Court . The series is "a modern retelling of the King Arthur cycle, set among the drug gangs of inner city America. Told through the eyes of King, as he tries to unite the crack dealers and do the right thing, it's a stunning, edgy work, genuinely unlike anything we’ve ever read. Cheap movie analogy for you: Gilliam's Fisher King meets The Wire ." The first book should be out in Summer 2010, with the next two following at ...

Spotlight | Angry Robot Books
Walker of Worlds — Angry Robot Books is the new genre imprint from HarperCollins that focuses on science fiction, fantasy and other speculative fiction offerings. Their first releases are due out in July, starting with Slights, a horror novel by Kaaron Warren and Moxyland, a science fiction offering from Lauren Beukes. And these two are only the start of it, with authors like Chris Roberson, Andy Remic, J Robert King and Dan Abnett contributing to the catalog later in the year. So, let's have a look at what we can expect in the next few months: JULY ...

Sci-Fi Book Releases for July
Walker of Worlds — ... stepsister to colonize a Jovian moon in the process of being terraformed. Out here, self-reliance is the key to survival—and Bill finds that his Boy Scout motto isn't merely a pretty saying. It's a necessary rule for survival! This is it: what we think is the best of the classic Robert Heinlein adventure novels that influenced a generation of engineers and space scientists and still set the heart racing and the mind afire! Buy from: Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com >Moxyland ...

Linkshruba
Torque Control — ... UK perspective, Ursula Le Guin’s Lavinia is also bound to be one of the books of the year.) The top twenty vote-getters for the Gemmell Award Matt Cairnduff on Fritz Leiber’s Swords and Deviltry Jeffrey Ford on Philippine Speculative Fiction IV see also the SF Signal Mind Meld on international sf/f, part one and part two An interview with the editorial staff of Angry Robot. It probably wasn’t meant to strike fear into my heart… ...

Ad Lib Column: Mike Shevdon
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist — ... Mike Shevdon's forthcoming urban fantasy novel, Sixty-One Nails, will be published by Angry Robot in November 2009. For more info about this title: ...

Mishmash | New Superhero Themed Anthology & Other Sundries
Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review — ... Angry Robot has announced two more acquisitions for 2010. First is Aliette de Bodard's SERVANTS OF THE UNDERWORLD the first in a series. Which is described as: "… a wild mix of fantasy and crime novel, set in Aztec times. In this alternate world, though, the gods are real and stalk the temples, demanding sacrifices from the people. Amidst the bloodletting, a serial killer appears to be getting away with murder – but how do you find a murderer in a world where the streets themselves are awash with blood?” ...

Aliette de Bodard sells first three books to Angry Robot
SFScope — [image] Aliette de Bodard sold three books to Publishing Director Marc Gascoigne of Angry Robot via agent John Berlyne of Zeno Literary Agency . Gascoigne describes Servants of the Underworld , the first of the three, as "a wild mix of fantasy and crime novel, set in Aztec times. In this alternate world, though, the gods are real and stalk the temples, demanding sacrifices from the people. Amidst the bloodletting, a serial killer appears to be getting away with murder—but how do you find a murderer in a world where the streets themselves are awash with blood?" ...

Lavie Tidhar sells three steampunk novels to Angry Robot
SFScope — Lavie Tidhar sold three books to Publishing Director Marc Gascoigne of Angry Robot via agent John Berlyne of the Zeno Literary Agency . Gascoigne says The Bookman is a steampunk adventure, and is an "exciting mix of Victorian culture and anachronistically advanced technology. In The Bookman , a shadowy terrorist of that name brings London society practically to a standstill by placing bombs inside books. After several atrocities against London's theatres, he outdoes himself with an audacious attack on the blessing of the launch of the first expedition to ...

BLOG The price of eBooks
SFX — ... friend of mine who has never used one, and who hates the very idea, to see how he gets on with it. In the meantime, what do you think is a fair price for an eBook (can you also mention in your comment whether you currently own an eReader, and in which country you live, as it would be interesting to see if geography has a bearing). This is a personal article by Lee Harris, one of our site contributors and also - in the interests of full disclosure - an employee of publisher Angry Robot .

Interview: Marc Gascoigne
Bibliophile Stalker — ... agented or known authors. More details are on our website. Anything else you want to plug? Don’t get me started! I ventured to answer a “five great authors” list in a piece for another interview site last week and ended up squeezing in something like 40 names. The talent is all around us and long may we be able to play a part bringing it to a wider audience. PS, I should plug the Angry Robot website too: for more info or to join the Robot Army, see angryrobotbooks.com ...

SF Tidbits for 9/1/09
SF Signal — Interviews and Profiles: @The Dragon Page: Jane Lindskold (Nine Gates). Bibliophile Stalker interviews Marc Gascoigne, Publishing Director of Angry Robot books. Rick Riordan Discusses Labyrinth and Lightning Thief at B&N; Video. [via Missions Unknown] Mary Robinette Kowal-bits: @Writing Excuses podcast-interviews Mary Robinette Kowal. Locus Online has interview excerpts with Mary Robinette Kowal. ...

Exclusive Excerpt | Winter Song by Colin Harvey (Angry Robot) | Part 1
Walker of Worlds — With a huge thanks to Angry Robot Books, over the next five days I'll be posting a new excerpt of Winter Song by Colin Harvey each and every day for you to get some free reading. The book is due out on October 1st in the UK and here's the cover and blurb followed by the complete first chapter - enjoy! The planet had fallen off the map. When Karl Altman's spaceship crashed, he had only one question: "HOW THE HELL DO I GET OUT OF HERE?" Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out ...

Walker of Worlds — ... A huge thanks goes out to Angry Robot Books for the excerpts of Winter Song by Colin Harvey that I've had the pleasure to host over the past five days. The book is due out on October 1st in the UK, so make sure you get out there and buy it! Once again, here are the links to each excerpt followed by the cover and blurb and some links to online retailers. ...

John Meaney sells near-future thriller duology as "Thomas Blackthorne" to Angry Robot
SFScope — ... , writing as Thomas Blackthorne, sold two near-future thrillers to Angry Robot . The duology of Edge and Point will be published in February and August, respectively, in the UK and Australia, with US editions to follow. Publishing Director Marc Gascoigne describes the books: "In Edge , we find ourselves in a decaying UK. The government's response to decades of uncontrollable knife crime has been to legalise duelling, turning fighting with blades into a legitimate activity. The pinnacle of this new 'sport' is the primetime TV show Knife Edge , in which have-a-go members of ...

Forbidden Planet launch party for Angry Robot Books
SFScope — ... is hosting a launch, not for a book or author, but for a publishing imprint. Press and Marketing Manager Danie L. Ware writes "It's a brand-fusion to reinvent science fiction in the UK, a union that may yet shake London to the core. Forbidden Planet are delighted to be hosting the UK Launch of Angry Robot Books on Saturday 10 October (12:30-2 PM ) at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR. "Angry Robot is a new imprint, a wickedly fresh take on the SF, F, and WTF industry. Publishing the best in dark and edgy fiction from renowned authors ...

SF Tidbits for 9/17/09
SF Signal — Interviews & Profiles: Dark Scribe Magazine interviews Ellen Datlow, editor of Lovecraft Unbound. @Innsmouth Free Press: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Burning Shadows). The Chronicles of the Necromancer author Gail Z. Martin talks with author A.J. Hartley about publishing, creating believable historical thrillers and his newest novels, Act of Will and What Time Devours. (Also of interest: Gail's reports from Dragon*Con,Parts one, two, and ...

An Aside | 2009 British Fantasy Award Winners Revealed
A Dribble of Ink — ... (along with a slew of other sites) shows off the list of winners for this year’s British Fantasy Awards. The big winner? ...

Angry Robot Gore
Gareth L Powell - science fiction writer — ... Now, the results are up on their website, and my entry can be found under the “Best Tales of Gore” category. ...

SFF Book Releases for October 2009
Walker of Worlds —

Book Haul | Received in September
Walker of Worlds — ... Rats and the Ruling Sea by Robert VS Redick (Gollancz) Retromancer by Robert Rankin (Gollancz) The Wisdom of Dead Men by Oisin McGann (Corgi) The Hitchhikers Books by Douglas Adams (Pan) Fast Ships, Black Sails edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (Night Shade Books) Winte Song by Colin Harvey (Angry Robot Books) Torchwood Encyclopedia by Gary Russell ( ...

Windup Girl and Triumff
Rob's Blog o' Stuff — ... a future that seems scarily possible within the current landscape of the world. While the setting was the strongest element of the novel, I was unable to completely connect with the plot or remain connected with the characters throughout the novel. After the explosive and engaging first chapter or two, the narrative wasn’t able to maintain my interest completely for the remainder of the novel. Mark took a look at one of the launch titles form the new Angry Robot imprint, which is from a fairly familiar genre name Dan Abnett. While he ...

Excerpt: Winter Song by Colin Harvey (1)
Grasping for the Wind — Over the next five days,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Winter Song by Colin Harvey. ABOUT THE BOOK: The planet had fallen off the map. When Karl Altman’s spaceship crashed, he had only one question: “HOW THE HELL DO I GET OUT OF HERE?” Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Altman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of a Viking race have reverted to a ...

Excerpt: Winter Song by Colin Harvey (2)
Grasping for the Wind — Over the next five days,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Winter Song by Colin Harvey. Part One is here. ABOUT THE BOOK: The planet had fallen off the map. When Karl Altman’s spaceship crashed, he had only one question: “HOW THE HELL DO I GET OUT OF HERE?” Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Altman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of a ...

Sample Chapter: Winter Song – Day 1
SciFiChick.com — WinterSong-front-72dpi Angry Robot ( http://www.angryrobotbooks.com ) has offered up 5 daily sample chapters from Winter Song , by Colin Harvey!— One Karl— Karl was dreaming of his clone-wife on distant Avalon when the plasma bolt slammed into Ship’s engines. One moment he was bathing with Karla in iodized springs beneath Jodi’s Falls, soaping her up-tilted breasts in the warm sunlight of Delta Pavonis, the next a giant was sitting on his chest while alarms screeched in the emergency lighting. The pressure lifted and he floated naked in his bed-web on the bridge, a voice calling ever louder, “Karl, ...

Excerpt: Winter Song by Colin Harvey (3)
Grasping for the Wind — Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Winter Song by Colin Harvey. Part One is here. Part Two is here. ABOUT THE BOOK: The planet had fallen off the map. When Karl Altman’s spaceship crashed, he had only one question: “HOW THE HELL DO I GET OUT OF HERE?” Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Altman discovers himself hunted by an ancient ...

Excerpt: Winter Song by Colin Harvey (4)
Grasping for the Wind — Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Winter Song by Colin Harvey. Part One is here. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. ABOUT THE BOOK: The planet had fallen off the map. When Karl Altman’s spaceship crashed, he had only one question: “HOW THE HELL DO I GET OUT OF HERE?” Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Altman discovers ...

Excerpt: Winter Song by Colin Harvey (5)
Grasping for the Wind — Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Winter Song by Colin Harvey. Part One is here. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. Part Four is here. ABOUT THE BOOK: The planet had fallen off the map. When Karl Altman’s spaceship crashed, he had only one question: “HOW THE HELL DO I GET OUT OF HERE?” Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, ...

Sample Chapter: Winter Song – Day 5
SciFiChick.com — WinterSong-front-72dpi Angry Robot ( http://www.angryrobotbooks.com ) has offered up 5 daily sample chapters from Winter Song , by Colin Harvey!— When she leaves you alone for a little while, you taste the straw that is your bedding. It’s almost inedible, but overwhelmed by hunger you force it down. When she returns and catches you, she scolds you. “I’ve bought you extra gruel,” she adds. “It’s all there is.” You get most of it in your mouth, finishing it within seconds. You lick the plate clean with what the rational part of your mind flags with inappropriate haste (inappropriate to what?), then you ...

Excerpt: Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett (1)
Grasping for the Wind — ... Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett. ...

Excerpt: Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett (2)
Grasping for the Wind — ... Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett. ...

Excerpt: Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett (3)
Grasping for the Wind — ... Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett. ...

Excerpt: Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett (4)
Grasping for the Wind — ... Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett. ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kaaron Warren
SF Signal — ... partner. In part it's a follow up from my novella "The Grinding House", because the people of the tree are terrified of the disease Spikes. I changed the name of the disease from Spurs, for fear the UK readers would think I was talking about a football team! Q: For unfamiliar readers, where can we find more of your work? My short story collection, The Glass Woman, is available from Amazon. My novels came be found at Angry Robot Books. For a list of all my published stories and links to the anthologies they ...

Excerpt: Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett (5)
Grasping for the Wind — ... Over a five day period,thanks to Angry Robot Books, I will be excerpting portions of Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero by Dan Abnett. ...

SF Tidbits for 11/7/09
SF Signal — Interviews/Profiles The Dragon Page Cover to Cover: Cherie Priest (Boneshaker) My Favourite Books: Lou Anders. News Angry Robot Books' 2010 Publishing Schedule. Wired: Vintage Shatner Monologue Unearthed for Star Trek Blu-ray. Live Science: Some of the Universe's First Galaxies Discovered. Articles/Advice/Lists The Northerner: Brains over Blood - The Rise of the ...

MIND MELD: The Most Memorable SF/F Book Covers
SF Signal — ... - Europe's most widely-read weekly genre fiction magazine. During the day, however, he's the mild-mannered Assistant Editor at Angry Robot - though given the choice of a second identity he would have gone for billionaire playboy. In addition to his editorial duties, he also manages the imprint's marketing activities. He also writes a little (with the emphasis on "little"). ...