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Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand KingdomsOctober 23, 2009 A bunch of last-minute January books came in this week, including two trade SF/F/H titles that caught my eye:Stories (In)Between: A Between Books Anthology, ed. Greg Schauer, Jeanne B. Benzel and W.H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises). Small press anthologies make me squee, anthologies in support of bookstores make me squee, and a TOC with Greg Frost, Cat Valente, Lawrence M. Schoen, C.J. Henderson, and Danielle Ackley-McPhail definitely makes me squee. ObGBC: 3 women (17%), 18 men. So... female authors don't patronize Between Books? I am a little less squeeful now. On the bright side, it's nice to have one of the co-editors be female; you don't see that very often. The Vampire Maker, Michael Schiefelbein (St. Martin's). How have I not heard of this series before? Angsty gay vampire romance from a major and fairly mainstream publisher? Sign me up! The only snag is that the publisher labeled it "fiction", so I might end up having to hand the review off to the Fiction section. Bah and humbug, I say. And a mass market and a trade for February: State of Decay, James Knapp (Roc). This debut novel of zombie soldiers and sex slaves seems to follow fairly naturally from the recent trend of books like Breathers that give zombies agency, but with a much darker spin. Like The Windup Girl, it notes that the same qualities that make someone valuable in the sex trade--attentiveness, quick reflexes, excellent physical condition, devotion to service--could also make them valuable as a soldier. We'll see whether the prose lives up to the potential of the setting. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit). I've been hearing about this for months, so it's great to finally see an ARC. To get a taste of it, check out her post from April on writing characters of color. Orbit has been consistently turning out excellent genre fiction over the past few years--I have a higher chance of liking an Orbit book than I do of liking one from Tor, at this point, with Del Rey/Spectra somewhere in between the two--and I expect this title to continue the trend. Posted by Rose Fox on October 23, 2009 | Comments (7)
October 25, 2009
In response to: Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Danielle Ackley-McPhail commented: Hi Rose!
October 25, 2009
In response to: Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Jeanne B. Benzel commented: Thanks for the mention Rose! We are very proud of the book and hope you enjoy the stories.
October 26, 2009
In response to: Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Rose Fox commented: Thanks for the explanation, Jeanne! I'll definitely stop by next time I'm in your area.
October 26, 2009
In response to: Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms James Knapp commented: Hi Rose, thanks for mentioning State of Decay - I appreciate that and hope you enjoy it!
October 26, 2009
In response to: Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms W. H. Horner commented: I have to echo everyone else and say, "Thanks for mentioning THE STORIES IN BETWEEN." We're working hard to wrap things up . . . and it's going to be a beautiful book.
October 26, 2009
In response to: Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Rose Fox commented: Sorry about that, W.H.! I know the name perfectly well, but apparently my fingers wanted to type a more familiar word. Fixed now.
October 27, 2009
In response to: Looking Ahead: Stories (In)Between, The Vampire Maker, State of Decay, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms W. H. Horner commented: Thanks! No harm done. I know the feeling.
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