News from Angry Robot, Dark Discoveries, and Papercutz
From Angry Robot
J Robert King & Andy Remic sign to Angry Robot
ANGRY ROBOT have been busy signing more brilliant authors for its upcoming SF/F/WTF?!
imprint, due to launch in July 2009. No flannel, here they are...
Award-winning US author J ROBERT KING has been snapped up for two novels brimming with
wild creativity and extraordinary ideas. He calls his books “metaphysical suspense” – don’t
worry, that just means they blow your imagination apart while at the same time freezing your
blood.
Rob’s debut for Angry Robot, the fabulously named THE ANGEL OF DEATH, does exactly that.
The Grim Reaper becomes strangely fascinated with a human cop investigating the deaths
caused by a serial killer that Death has been following. But Death is a killer too, of course, and
is not above the law. It’ll be published in the UK, US and Australia in September 2009, as a
mass-market paperback.
This will be followed early next year by DEATH’S DISCIPLES. The sole survivor of a terrorist
attack on a plane starts to hear the voices of the dead passengers. But what they’re telling her
is far worse than what she’s suffered already.
King’s recent Sherlock Holmes novel for Tor, The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls, attracted a
mass of critical attention, as did his Mad Merlin trilogy for the same publisher. And he can ride a
unicycle, though maybe not while typing. Find out more at jrobertking.com
:::
From the UK, meanwhile, we’re delighted and just a little scared to welcome ANDY REMIC to
our ravening horde. His reputation as the hard man of British SF is well-deserved. Now he’s
taking the tough guy stylings of Quake, Spiral and his recent Combat-K novels into fantasy, for
a brand new trilogy that sees him, in one mighty bound, become the natural successor to the
much-missed David Gemmell.
KELL’S LEGEND, due September 2009 in mass-market paperback, introduces Kell, grizzled
veteran warrior much at odds with a civilised world where humanity has become soft. When a
new foe arises to threaten the city of Jalder, only Kell remembers that to live, you have to fight,
and fight dirty. But how can one man hold off against the Vachine, the terrifying clockwork
vampires of legend?
SF Signal said this about Remic’s books: “A roller-coaster of fun... fun and fast-paced @$$-
kicking action.”
Fantasy Book Critic agreed: ”Every once in a while a novel comes along that surprises the hell
out of you. That was the case with “War Machine” by Andy Remic. Imagine my surprise when
“War Machine” became my favorite science fiction novel of the year. Yes, you heard correctly.
Gary Gibson’s “Stealing Light”, Peter F Hamilton’s “The Dreaming Void”, Neal Asher’s
“Hilldiggers”, Josh Conviser’s “Empyre”, Richard K. Morgan’s “Black Man/Thirteen”, Matthew
Jarpe’s “Radio Freefall”; “War Machine” topped them all and no one is more shocked than I am!
...I loved every testosterone-fuelled second.”
Join the battle at andyremic.com
:::
More information on Angry Robot can be found at angryrobotbooks.com.
For answers to questions, review copies, interview and feature requests, please contact Lee
Harris at lee.harris@angryrobotbooks.com or +44 (0)115 845 6551.
From Dark Discoveries
So I've been a little bit quiet, but fear not as Dark Discoveries is still alive and kicking. Not only that, but we have been working like mad on a completely new face for Dark Discoveries magazine. So here it is!
To start off, we're adding color to the covers and increasing the scope to include a focus on movies, TV and comics. We've also got some of the biggest contributors we've ever have coming up in the pages of the next few issues. Topping it off, Dark Discoveries has a brand new website and a new newsletter to boot. There's the cover for issue #13, which is a special Tribute issue for Forrest J. Ackerman (with an interview with Ray Bradbury; tributes to Forry by John Landis, Joe Dante, Ray Harryhausen, William Nolan; and more!) and a new blog talking about upcoming ones. We'll be heading to the printer very soon on this one. Here's the link:
www.darkdiscoveries.com
Please scroll down and sign up for our newsletter. Anybody who does will receive a coupon for 10% off anything in the DD store as a special thank you.
Tales from the Crypt meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Papercutz • 40 Exchange Pl., Ste. 1308 • New York, NY 10005 • (212) 643 5407 • Fax: (212) 643 1545
Nantier@papercutz.com • www.papercutz.com
Distributed by Macmillan
Taking aim at super-popular book series Tales from the Crypt meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid
TFTC #13 presents “Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid” and “Guitar Demon”
News from Papercutz publicist David Seidman (davidseidman@earthlink.net / 310-652-4369)
Tales from the Crypt #13, on the stands in July, digs into one of the most in-demand pop-culture
phenomena: the stunningly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid graphic novels.
The Stinky Dead Kid -- Tales’ version of the Wimpy Kid --appears in two stories. “Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid” explains exactly how he became a Stinky Dead Kid, and “Guitar Demon”
(a satire on the computer game Guitar Hero) pits him into battle with a popular musical toy possessed by an evil entity.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, featuring middle-school loser Greg Heffley, started as a Web series
that’s attracted more than 20 million viewers -- roughly 70,000 per day. The first Wimpy Kid
book hit #1 on the New York Times’ children’s best-seller list, and the other two in the series
have sold comparably well. Fox has announced that it is developing the books into a movie.
Tales from the Crypt #13 is written by Stefan Petrucha and Jim Salicrup and drawn by
Rick Parker. It’s a full-color, 48-page comic book, cover-priced at $3.95.
You can order Tales from the Crypt
through NBM Publishing at 800-886-1223.
SEE PREVIEWS AND MORE AT
WWW.PAPERCUTZ.COM
You can order through NBM Publishing at
800-886-1223.
Visit Papercutz’s web site
(http://www.papercutz.com),
blog (http://papercutz.com/blog/)
and MySpace page
(http://www.myspace.com/papercutzcomics).
From Angry Robot
Angry Robot Signs Dan Abnett
Angry Robot is HarperCollins’ upcoming imprint devoted to all that’s new in genre fiction – SF, F
and WTF?! Today, we are delighted to announce we’ve signed noted SF & Fantasy author DAN
ABNETT for three original novels, for a substantial five-figure advance.
Dan Abnett made his name in the tie-in SF and Fantasy fiction field, selling more than 1.2
million copies in English language of his Warhammer 40,000 novels. They’ve also been
translated into ten other languages. He’s also recently made the UK fiction charts with original
Torchwood and Doctor Who novels. His comicbook scripts, for major publishers such as Marvel,
DC Comics and the UK’s 2000 AD, have attracted critical plaudits and strong sales on both sides
of the Atlantic.
The three novels for Angry Robot will allow Abnett to play to all his strengths as a writer. His
penchant for wildly imaginative world-building and lovable characters comes to the fore in
TRIUMPH, a ribald historical fantasy set in a warped version of our present day … only with
Elizabeth the First on the throne. This will be published by Angry Robot, in both the UK and US,
in October 2009.
Next year will see two novels in a stunning new future-war setting. EMBEDDED sends a
journalist into the frontline of a distant planetary war… chipped inside the head of a combat
veteran. When the soldier is killed, the journo must use all his resourcefulness to get safely
home again, reporting on a live feed all the way. No one writes future war as well as Dan
Abnett, and fans of tie-in series such as “Gaunt’s Ghosts” and his “Horus Heresy” novels will be
blown away by this bold new move into original science fiction.
Dan Abnett’s bonkers website and popular blog can be found at www.danabnett.com.
More information on Angry Robot can be found at www.angryrobotbooks.com.
For answers to questions, review copies, interview and feature requests, please contact Lee
Harris at lee.harris@angryrobotbooks.com or +44 (0)115 845 6551.
J Robert King & Andy Remic sign to Angry Robot
ANGRY ROBOT have been busy signing more brilliant authors for its upcoming SF/F/WTF?!
imprint, due to launch in July 2009. No flannel, here they are...
Award-winning US author J ROBERT KING has been snapped up for two novels brimming with
wild creativity and extraordinary ideas. He calls his books “metaphysical suspense” – don’t
worry, that just means they blow your imagination apart while at the same time freezing your
blood.
Rob’s debut for Angry Robot, the fabulously named THE ANGEL OF DEATH, does exactly that.
The Grim Reaper becomes strangely fascinated with a human cop investigating the deaths
caused by a serial killer that Death has been following. But Death is a killer too, of course, and
is not above the law. It’ll be published in the UK, US and Australia in September 2009, as a
mass-market paperback.
This will be followed early next year by DEATH’S DISCIPLES. The sole survivor of a terrorist
attack on a plane starts to hear the voices of the dead passengers. But what they’re telling her
is far worse than what she’s suffered already.
King’s recent Sherlock Holmes novel for Tor, The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls, attracted a
mass of critical attention, as did his Mad Merlin trilogy for the same publisher. And he can ride a
unicycle, though maybe not while typing. Find out more at jrobertking.com
:::
From the UK, meanwhile, we’re delighted and just a little scared to welcome ANDY REMIC to
our ravening horde. His reputation as the hard man of British SF is well-deserved. Now he’s
taking the tough guy stylings of Quake, Spiral and his recent Combat-K novels into fantasy, for
a brand new trilogy that sees him, in one mighty bound, become the natural successor to the
much-missed David Gemmell.
KELL’S LEGEND, due September 2009 in mass-market paperback, introduces Kell, grizzled
veteran warrior much at odds with a civilised world where humanity has become soft. When a
new foe arises to threaten the city of Jalder, only Kell remembers that to live, you have to fight,
and fight dirty. But how can one man hold off against the Vachine, the terrifying clockwork
vampires of legend?
SF Signal said this about Remic’s books: “A roller-coaster of fun... fun and fast-paced @$$-
kicking action.”
Fantasy Book Critic agreed: ”Every once in a while a novel comes along that surprises the hell
out of you. That was the case with “War Machine” by Andy Remic. Imagine my surprise when
“War Machine” became my favorite science fiction novel of the year. Yes, you heard correctly.
Gary Gibson’s “Stealing Light”, Peter F Hamilton’s “The Dreaming Void”, Neal Asher’s
“Hilldiggers”, Josh Conviser’s “Empyre”, Richard K. Morgan’s “Black Man/Thirteen”, Matthew
Jarpe’s “Radio Freefall”; “War Machine” topped them all and no one is more shocked than I am!
...I loved every testosterone-fuelled second.”
Join the battle at andyremic.com
:::
More information on Angry Robot can be found at angryrobotbooks.com.
For answers to questions, review copies, interview and feature requests, please contact Lee
Harris at lee.harris@angryrobotbooks.com or +44 (0)115 845 6551.
From Dark Discoveries
So I've been a little bit quiet, but fear not as Dark Discoveries is still alive and kicking. Not only that, but we have been working like mad on a completely new face for Dark Discoveries magazine. So here it is!
To start off, we're adding color to the covers and increasing the scope to include a focus on movies, TV and comics. We've also got some of the biggest contributors we've ever have coming up in the pages of the next few issues. Topping it off, Dark Discoveries has a brand new website and a new newsletter to boot. There's the cover for issue #13, which is a special Tribute issue for Forrest J. Ackerman (with an interview with Ray Bradbury; tributes to Forry by John Landis, Joe Dante, Ray Harryhausen, William Nolan; and more!) and a new blog talking about upcoming ones. We'll be heading to the printer very soon on this one. Here's the link:
www.darkdiscoveries.com
Please scroll down and sign up for our newsletter. Anybody who does will receive a coupon for 10% off anything in the DD store as a special thank you.
Tales from the Crypt meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Papercutz • 40 Exchange Pl., Ste. 1308 • New York, NY 10005 • (212) 643 5407 • Fax: (212) 643 1545
Nantier@papercutz.com • www.papercutz.com
Distributed by Macmillan
Taking aim at super-popular book series Tales from the Crypt meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid
TFTC #13 presents “Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid” and “Guitar Demon”
News from Papercutz publicist David Seidman (davidseidman@earthlink.net / 310-652-4369)
Tales from the Crypt #13, on the stands in July, digs into one of the most in-demand pop-culture
phenomena: the stunningly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid graphic novels.
The Stinky Dead Kid -- Tales’ version of the Wimpy Kid --appears in two stories. “Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid” explains exactly how he became a Stinky Dead Kid, and “Guitar Demon”
(a satire on the computer game Guitar Hero) pits him into battle with a popular musical toy possessed by an evil entity.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, featuring middle-school loser Greg Heffley, started as a Web series
that’s attracted more than 20 million viewers -- roughly 70,000 per day. The first Wimpy Kid
book hit #1 on the New York Times’ children’s best-seller list, and the other two in the series
have sold comparably well. Fox has announced that it is developing the books into a movie.
Tales from the Crypt #13 is written by Stefan Petrucha and Jim Salicrup and drawn by
Rick Parker. It’s a full-color, 48-page comic book, cover-priced at $3.95.
You can order Tales from the Crypt
through NBM Publishing at 800-886-1223.
SEE PREVIEWS AND MORE AT
WWW.PAPERCUTZ.COM
You can order through NBM Publishing at
800-886-1223.
Visit Papercutz’s web site
(http://www.papercutz.com),
blog (http://papercutz.com/blog/)
and MySpace page
(http://www.myspace.com/papercutzcomics).
From Angry Robot
Angry Robot Signs Dan Abnett
Angry Robot is HarperCollins’ upcoming imprint devoted to all that’s new in genre fiction – SF, F
and WTF?! Today, we are delighted to announce we’ve signed noted SF & Fantasy author DAN
ABNETT for three original novels, for a substantial five-figure advance.
Dan Abnett made his name in the tie-in SF and Fantasy fiction field, selling more than 1.2
million copies in English language of his Warhammer 40,000 novels. They’ve also been
translated into ten other languages. He’s also recently made the UK fiction charts with original
Torchwood and Doctor Who novels. His comicbook scripts, for major publishers such as Marvel,
DC Comics and the UK’s 2000 AD, have attracted critical plaudits and strong sales on both sides
of the Atlantic.
The three novels for Angry Robot will allow Abnett to play to all his strengths as a writer. His
penchant for wildly imaginative world-building and lovable characters comes to the fore in
TRIUMPH, a ribald historical fantasy set in a warped version of our present day … only with
Elizabeth the First on the throne. This will be published by Angry Robot, in both the UK and US,
in October 2009.
Next year will see two novels in a stunning new future-war setting. EMBEDDED sends a
journalist into the frontline of a distant planetary war… chipped inside the head of a combat
veteran. When the soldier is killed, the journo must use all his resourcefulness to get safely
home again, reporting on a live feed all the way. No one writes future war as well as Dan
Abnett, and fans of tie-in series such as “Gaunt’s Ghosts” and his “Horus Heresy” novels will be
blown away by this bold new move into original science fiction.
Dan Abnett’s bonkers website and popular blog can be found at www.danabnett.com.
More information on Angry Robot can be found at www.angryrobotbooks.com.
For answers to questions, review copies, interview and feature requests, please contact Lee
Harris at lee.harris@angryrobotbooks.com or +44 (0)115 845 6551.
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