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DISPATCHES FROM THE BORDER

Events and News from Borderlands Books

May, 2010

Chapter One - Event Information, News, and Special Features

Upcoming Author Events

Mira Grant, FEED (Orbit, Mass Market, $9.99) Saturday, May 8th at 5:00 pm

Guy Gavriel Kay, UNDER HEAVEN (Roc, Hardcover, $25.95) Monday, May 10th at 7:00 pm

Robin Hobb, DRAGON HAVEN (Eos, Hardcover, $27.99) Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 pm

Kelley Armstrong, THE RECKONING (Harper Collins, Hardcover, $17.99) Friday, May 14th at 7:00 pm

Cory Doctorow, FOR THE WIN (Tor, Hardcover, $17.99) Monday, May 17th at 7:00 pm

SF in SF presents authors Rudy Rucker and Michael Shea at the Variety Preview Room, 582 Market Street, Saturday, May 22nd at 7:00 pm

Paolo Bacigalupi, THE WINDUP GIRL (Night Shade Books, Hardcover $24.95 and Trade Paperback, $14.95) and SHIP BREAKER (Little, Brown, Hardcover, $17.99), Thursday, May 27th at 7:00 pm

Sue Blalock, C.E. Grayson, and K.T. Sparrow, contributors to DESTINATION: FUTURE (Hadley Rille, Trade Paperback, $15.95) Saturday, June 12th at 3:00 pm

(for more information check the end of this section)

Top Sellers At Borderlands

Hardcovers:
1 Changes by Jim Butcher
2 Spellwright by Blake Charlton
3 A Mighty Fortress by David Weber
4 Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
5 Directive 51 by John Barnes
6 Trade of Queens by Charles Stross
7 Not Less Than Gods by Kage Baker
8 Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
9 Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
10 Pinion by Jay Lake tie with The Beastly Bride edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling

Paperbacks:
1 Changeless by Gail Carriger
2 Soulless by Gail Carriger
3 A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
4 The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
5 Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
6 Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton
7 Grey Moon Over China by Thomas A. Day
8 Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs tie with Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
9 Maelstrom: Destroyermen by Taylor Anderson
10 The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams

Trade Paperbacks:
1 The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2 I am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
3 How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce
4 World War Z by Max Brooks
5 The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie tie with Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Book Club Info

The QSF&F Book Club will meet on Sunday, May 9th, at 5 pm to discuss PASSAGE AT ARMS by Glen Cook.  Please contact the group leader, Christopher Rodriguez, at cobalt555@earthlink.net, for more information.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club will meet on Sunday, May 16th, at 6 pm to discuss THE VERY BEST OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE, edited by Gordon van Gelder.  Please contact bookclub@borderlands-books.com for more information.

Upcoming Event Details

Mira Grant, FEED (Orbit, Mass Market, $9.99) Saturday, May 8th at 5:00 pm - Come check out Mira Grant's first zombie novel!  "Born and raised in California, Mira Grant [the evil twin of Seanan McGuire] has made a lifelong study of horror movies, horrible viruses, and the inevitable threat of the living dead.  In college, she was voted Most Likely To Summon Something Horrible In The Cornfield, and was a founding member of the Horror Movie Sleep-away Survival Camp, where her record for time survived in the Swamp Cannibals scenario remains unchallenged.  Mira lives in a crumbling farm house with an assortment of cats, horror movies, comics, and books about horrible diseases.  When not writing, she splits her time between travel, auditing college virology courses, and watching more horror movies than is strictly good for you.  Favorite vacation spots include Seattle, London, and a large haunted corn maze just outside of Huntsville, Alabama.  Mira sleeps with a machete under her bed, and highly suggests that you do the same."  If you'd like to know more about the novel, check out <http://www.thefeedbook.com/>, which is one of the cooler book publicity sites I've ever seen.

Guy Gavriel Kay, UNDER HEAVEN (Roc, Hardcover, $25.95) Monday, May 10th at 7:00 pm - From Guy Kay's website: "The world could bring you poison in a jeweled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was . . . .  UNDER HEAVEN takes place in a world inspired by the glory and power of Tang Dynasty China in the 8th century, a world in which history and the fantastic meld into something both memorable and emotionally compelling."  Borderlands is delighted to welcome the awesome master fantasist Guy Gavriel Kay back to the store.

Robin Hobb, DRAGON HAVEN (Eos, Hardcover, $27.99) Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 pm - We are always thrilled to host the brilliant Robin Hobb!  Join us to meet her and hear about the second volume in the Rain Wilds Chronicles.  You can read a teaser excerpt from her new novel DRAGON HAVEN here: <http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2010/02/teaser-excerpt-from-robin-hobbs-dragon.html>

Kelley Armstrong, THE RECKONING (Harper Collins, Hardcover, $17.99) Friday, May 14th at 7:00 pm - Borderlands hosted Kelley Armstrong's very first American bookstore appearance, so we're delighted to welcome her back for the last book in this trilogy!  Quick synopsis from the press release: "In the final book of the New York Times bestselling Darkest Powers trilogy, Chloe Saunders must confront her feelings for an ill-tempered werewolf while plotting to destroy the corporation that threatens her life and the lives of her friends.  THE RECKONING finds Chloe and her fellow teen paranormals on the run from the deadly Edison Group, a collective of scientists hell-bent on controlling these teens' power, or destroying them completely.  Hunted by those they once trusted, can a necromancer, sorcerer, witch and werewolf combine forces to survive?  And will Chloe, torn between two brothers, lose the love of both?"

Cory Doctorow, FOR THE WIN (Tor, Hardcover, $17.99) Monday, May 17th at 7:00 pm - Borderlands is excited to welcome Cory Doctorow 'back home' to San Francisco for a reading and a signing!  Here's what he has to say about his new novel, FOR THE WIN: "It's a book, as you know, about union organizers who use video games to evade the restrictions on labor organizing in the developing world and special economic zones, and who organize gamers, gold-farmers, who then go on to unionize factory girls and so on. And it uses this conceit to explain some macroeconomic, cognitive economic, and behavioral economic ideas, in the same way that LITTLE BROTHER used its conceit to explain cryptography, security, statistics, and risk."  Events with Cory are always fascinating, so don't miss this one!

SF in SF presents authors Rudy Rucker and Michael Shea at the Variety Preview Room, 582 Market Street, Saturday, May 22nd at 7:00 pm - We are very excited to help SF in SF welcome these authors!  Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A from the audience moderated by author Terry Bisson.  Authors will schmooze & sign books after in the lounge. Books available for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books.  Seating is limited, so first come, first seated.  Bar proceeds benefit Variety Childrens Charity - learn more at <http://www.varietync.org/>.  We REALLY encourage you to take BART into the City, or use MUNI to get here - parking can be problematic in San Francisco, to say the least.  We are less than one block away from the Montgomery St. station.  Trust us - you don't want to be looking for parking and be late for the event!  Phone (night of event) 415-572-1015.  Questions? Email sfinsfevents@gmail.com.

Paolo Bacigalupi, THE WINDUP GIRL (Night Shade Books, Hardcover $24.95 and Trade Paperback, $14.95) and SHIP BREAKER (Little, Brown, Hardcover, $17.99), Thursday, May 27th at 7:00 pm - From Night Shade Books: "Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko . . . Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe.  What happens when calories become currency? What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits, when said bio-terrorism's genetic drift forces mankind to the cusp of post-human evolution? Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers one of the most highly acclaimed science fiction novels of the twenty-first century.  Named one of the best novels of the year by Time Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Locus, and nominated for the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Novel, THE WINDUP GIRL is now available in Trade Paperback."  Paolo also has a brand-new near future thriller called SHIP BREAKER, so do not miss this opportunity to meet one of tomorrow's biggest names!

Sue Blalock, C.E. Grayson, and K.T. Sparrow, contributors to DESTINATION: FUTURE (Hadley Rille, Trade Paperback, $15.95) Saturday, June 12th at 3:00 pm -  From the publisher: "Called by Publishers Weekly an "exceptional science fiction anthology," DESTINATION: FUTURE, edited by Z.S. Adani and Eric T. Reynolds, is a collection of fantastic science fiction stories about space travel, first contact, and other traditional science fiction themes.  This book includes stories from authors such as Elizabeth Bear, Sue Blalock, Michael A. Burstein, Sara Genge, C.E. Grayson, James Gunn, Sandra McDonald, K.D. Wentworth, Mike Resnick, K.T. Sparrow, Erin Stocks, Caren Gussoff, and more."  Come meet three of the authors, enjoy a short reading and hear about the process of working on this stand-out anthology!


Borderlands event policy - all events are free of charge.  You are welcome to bring copies of an author's books purchased elsewhere to be autographed (but we do appreciate it if you purchase something while at the event).  For most events you are welcome to bring as many books as you wish for autographs.  If you are unable to attend the event we will be happy to have a copy of any of the author's available books signed or inscribed for you.  We can then either hold it until you can come in to pick it up or we can ship it to you.  Just give us a call or drop us an email.  If you live out of town, you can also ship us books from your collection to be signed.  Call or email for details.This newsletter is distributed monthly free of charge and may be distributed without charge so long all the following information is included.

Dispatches from the Border
Editor - Jude Feldman
Assistant Editor - Alan Beatts

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