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ABOUT THE STORE : NEWSLETTER
DISPATCHES FROM THE BORDER
Events and News from Borderlands Books
May, 2014
Chapter One - Event Information, News, and Special Features
Editor's Note - You may be aware that we have a blog where this newsletter also appears <http://borderlands-books.blogspot.com/>.
At the end of major features in this newsletter you'll find permanent
links to the same item on our blog. These links can be convenient
if you want to send just a single article or if you'd like to link to it
from your website.
Upcoming Author Events
Marie Brennan, TROPIC OF SERPENTS (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) and Mary
Robinette Kowal, VALOUR AND VANITY (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) Sunday, May
11th at 3:00 pm
Meet editor Ellen Datlow, Tuesday, May 13th at 7:00 pm
August Ragone, EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS (Chronicle Books, Oversized Paperback, $29.95) Saturday, May 31st at 3:00 pm
Sarah Lotz, THE THREE, (Little, Brown, Hardcover, $26.00) Sunday, June 1st at 3:00 pm
Jane Lindskold, ARTEMIS AWAKENING, (Tor, Hardcover, $24.99) Saturday, June 7th at 3:00 pm
Greg van Eekhout, CALIFORNIA BONES, (Tor, Hardcover, $24.99) Wednesday, June 11th at 7:00 pm
Jo Walton, MY REAL CHILDREN, (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) Saturday, June 14th at 3:00 pm
Coming up this summer, we''re delighted to host Sarah Lotz, Jane
Lindskold, Greg van Eekhout, Jo Walton, and many others, so stay tuned!
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News
* Overheard in the Store:
"It's just like GAME OF THRONES, with anthropomorphic bugs."
"_Please_ don't make me nose-pass gluten-free pastries!"
"I just love the idea of killing someone with meat"
"That's not really a good thing to hear, 'Other than that, he's completely sane.'"
"You lose all validity because you just said that you needed to put your nachos down in order to do the Chicken Dance."
"Actually, I think I have a unicorn downstairs."
"Do you find this picture of Elric weirdly erotic?"
"You just take your logic and go!"
"The world needs more polyamorous ghost stories. Or, well, one."
"Dude, this can totally be my Darth Vader hat for work!"
* We regret to report the death of author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, famous for his marvelous magical realism. He was 87. http://www.npr.org/2012/07/10/156561881/writer-gabriel-garcia-marquez-who-gave-voice-to-latin-america-dies
* Congratulations to Charles E. Gannon for winning the 2014 Compton Crook Award: http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/04/gannon-wins-compton-crook-award/ . Gannon's novel FIRE WITH FIRE is also nominated for a Nebula Award.
* The world's smallest 3D printing pen lets you draw in the air: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/lix-the-worlds-smallest-3d-printing-pen-lets-you-draw-in-the-air/
* Nominees for the 2014 Aurora Awards have been announced. Check here for a full list: http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/aurora-awards/2014-aurora-nominees/
* Short list of nominees for the 2014 Hugos announced: http://www.loncon3.org/2014hugos.php
* Short list of nominees for 1939 Retro Hugos announced: http://www.loncon3.org/1939_retro_shortlist.php
* Scholastic along with Montegrappa, LBA Books, The London Book Fair and
newspaper The Independent announce a brand new award for unpublished
authors of children's fiction (aged 7 - 12): http://www.scholastic.co.uk/montegrappa
* Pan Macmillan along with The James Herbert estate announce a new award for horror literature named after the late author: http://www.panmacmillan.com/Featured-Pages/Offers/James-Herbert-Award.aspx?
* Nominees for The Scribe Awards, for media tie-in works, have been announced http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/scribe-award-nominees/
* Congratulations to Karen Joy Fowler, whose latest novel WE ARE ALL
COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES won the 2014 Pen/Faulkner Award for fiction:
http://www.penfaulkner.org/award-for-fiction/
* Humans with pig hearts: science fiction that is soon to be science
fact?:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10793958/Pig-hearts-could-be-transplanted-into-humans-after-baboon-success.html
* Yay! Two previously unpublished early Octavia Butler stories, with an
introduction from Walter Mosley, will be released as an eBook on June
24th: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/early-octavia-butler-stories-coming-out-in-june/2014/04/29/fb20349a-cf8d-11e3-a714-be7e7f142085_story.html
* Steven Spielberg is set to direct film version of Roald Dahl classic, THE BFG: http://variety.com/2014/film/news/steven-spielberg-roald-dahls-the-bfg-1201164423/
* Cast list for Star Wars VII film announced: http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announced.html
* Karel Capek's 1919 play R.U.R., which coined the term robot, is not
only up for a 1939 retro-Hugo this year but has also been turned into a
60s retro short film: http://trekmovie.com/2013/10/03/chase-masterson-stars-in-new-retro-sci-fi-short-r-u-r-genesis/
* Warner Bros. has nine DC comics based movies in the pipeline including Sandman and Fables: http://io9.com/warner-bros-has-nine-dc-movies-planned-including-sandm-1569363127
* Remember that rumor that Atari buried a bunch of its unsold games,
including the incredible dud of an E.T. game in a landfill? Turns out
it's true: http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/xbox-successfully-digs-up-e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-video-game-1201164949/
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From The Office
(Editor's note: since Alan is still busy doing construction -- hey, the
basement has a FLOOR now! -- I've asked some other staffers to
contribute From the Office pieces for the next few months. Don't worry;
all the rest of us are just as opinionated as Alan, and he'll be back
with his own special brand of analysis in a few months. But meanwhile,
enjoy another guest piece from Jeremy Lassen, Borderlands' first (and
longest continuous) employee. (Please note that while Borderlands is
probably the only bookstore in the world with its own SWAT team, and
that Alan and I will personally back any of our employees in a street
fight, their opinions are their own and don't necessarily represent the
store. - Jude Feldman)
The City In Genre Books
by Jeremy Lassen
Genre fiction often uses setting as a major character. This is an
obvious statement in regards to fantasy fiction (Middle Earth is
probably the best realized 'character' in Tolkien's work,) but the
science fiction, horror and mystery genres also feature setting-driven
work.
The reasons these settings-as-characters appeal to readers are as
diverse as the number of readers out there, but there are some broad
categories of reasons: sometimes it's the excitement of seeing someplace
completely exotic. Other times is the comfort of seeing your very own
streets lovingly and accurately depicted, and other times, it's the
frisson of seeing something you know intimately presented with just a
few minor tweaks and changes. This month I wanted to keep things kind of
close to home and talk about some of my favorite books that use San
Francisco as a setting.
One of my favorite novels set in San Francisco is the horror classic Our
Lady Of Darkness by Fritz Leiber. It's a novel-length examination of
the "modern" horror sensibilities that he pioneered in his short works
like "The Smoke Ghost" and "The Hound." It mixes actual history and
historic figures with a purely fictional account of some supernatural
goings-on. That, combined with its sometimes painfully autobiographical
nature make it one of San Francisco's best appearances in fiction. From
the Tenderloin slums to the rocky outcropping of Corona Heights, it's a
regular travelog of 1970's-era San Francisco. I first knew San Francisco
through this novel, and when I moved here, I made a pilgrimage to
Corona Heights, and later, I eventually found my way to the tenement at
811 Geary Street. Some people go for the mystery side of the house, and
seek out Hammett. Some are attracted to the Beat writers' haunts. But
for me, the first glimmerings of my love affair with San Francisco began
with Our Lady of Darkness.
Dashiell Hammett's Maltese Falcon is one of the classic, old school,
City-as-major-character novels, and it's certainly worth a look if
you've never read it. But I'm a fan of its lesser known sibling, The
Dain Curse, which also features a pretty endearing snapshot of pre-WWII
San Francisco. Since San Francisco has its own legendary Hammett expert
in Don Herron, I'll suggest you check out his guidebook The Dashiell
Hammett Tour, or pursue his website where he has a wealth of information
(more on this later): http://www.donherron.com/?page_id=501
Staying in the mystery vein for a moment, I wanted to mention that
legendary California crime writer Kem Nunn has a new novel called
Chance, set in The City. It's part Sons of Anarchy, part Private Venus
by Giorgio Scerbanenco, featuring corrupt cops in Oakland, and a doctor
who gets involved in trying to help a damsel in distress, and lots of
bad people doing bad things. I really loved this one, and hope it ends
up being the beginning of a long-running series.
Going back in time a bit, I have a soft spot for Oakly Hall's historical
crime novels, featuring Ambrose Bierce. The first was Ambrose Bierce
and the Queen of Spades, in 1998, and the last was . . . And the Ace of
Shoots, from 2005, with 3 other novels in between. Imagine a bitter,
sarcastic Sherlock Holmes living in pre-quake San Francisco. That's a
rough sketch of Hall's vision of Ambrose Bierce in these books, and this
Bierce has a young journalist sidekick playing the role of Watson. Much
like Kem Nunn, Oakly Hall is a true California original . . . a
writer's writer who has had a huge influence on much of contemporary
California fiction, and his work shouldn't be missed.
Staying with mystery but jumping forward to the present, I wanted to
point out Isabel Allende's new novel, Ripper. This novel is a delightful
potpourri of crazy genre mashups. The first thing you will be
scratching your head about is - Isabel Allende wrote a murder mystery?
Set in San Francisco? Yes. She did. Yes, it is THAT Isabel Allende.
There's also a hint of the YA teen detective genre -- think a 21st
century Nancy Drew kind of vibe, featuring an online group of teens who
play the 'game' of solving murders that are written about in the media.
When the young protagonist finds herself and her family caught up in a
series of murders plaguing The City, the plot begins to unfold at a
furious pace. There are some beautifully drawn characters in this one,
and an equally beautifully portrait of contemporary San Francisco,
focused much more on an old school bohemia, rather than the recently
trendy hipster tech subcultures.
Moving into the realm of the fantastic, I wanted to point to our own
Richard Kadrey, whose San Francisco based novel Butcher Bird preceded
his more famous Sandman Slim series. Butcher Bird is filled to bursting
with the local flavor of dive bars and tattoo parlors, and Kadrey's
always sharp wit and broad sense of cultural history make it a pleasure
to read. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Paradise Lost, on the mean
streets of San francisco, was how I described it when it first came out.
Another San Francisco based writer who has used the City By The Bay for
good effect is Pat Murphy. Her novel The City Not Long After was
originally published as an adult SF novel, and later reprinted as a YA
novel. It's a beautiful novel for children of all ages, and a love song
to the culture and people that made The Exploratorium a magical part of
our very real San Francisco. Her utopian post-apocalyptic visions of San
Francisco fit neatly into the current crop of dystopian/apocolyptic
trends.
Staying in the future San francisco for a moment, I wanted to touch on
two science fiction novels by Brits that feature San Francisco. The
first is Nine Tail Fox by John Courteney Grimwood. It has the vibe of an
slightly edgy urban fantasy, but is a 20-seconds-into-the future
science fiction story, with a hard noir-ish edge. A dead cop must solve
his own murder, from the mean streets of Chinatown to the upscale modern
palaces of the Seacliff neighborhood. It's a little bit travelog-y in
that the bits of San Francisco that are used for local flavoring are
ones that are routinely broadcast beyond our foggy borders, but there's
nothing egregiously wrong with Grimwood's San Francisco, and the plot
and characters are executed masterfully. And, OMG, what great cover art
by Jon Foster.
Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon is another novel that plays around with
the Noir-ish elements of solving one's own murder. The San Francisco
setting is far future enough that there aren't any physical indicators
that it is OUR San Francisco. Rather, this is a book that LOVES Dashiell
Hammett and his Continental Op, and the psychological portrait of The
City is hugely reflective of THAT literary reality. It's sort of like
seeing bits of San Francisco in the Star Fleet Academy parts of a Star
Trek movie. except instead of the brightly lit utopian office parks and
college campus vibe, you get the grimy, poorly-lit, messed up streets of
Blade Runner, or DOA, or The Maltese Falcon. It's not OUR San
Francisco, but San Francisco has seen itself in this light for a long
time now.
An unlikely portrait of San Francisco comes from Anne Rice. It's easy to
forget that Anne Rice set An Interview With a Vampire's framing device
here in San Francisco, and her novel The Witching Hour takes place
mostly in a beautiful old San Franciscan Painted Lady. Rice attended San
Francisco State, and wrote Interview while she attended. For a long
while after Rice won the writing lottery, it was common to hear snarky
grad students from SF State's English department tell apocryphal stories
of how Rice's instructors rewrote the novel for her. Jealously is an
ugly, ugly thing. But it is clear Rice's early, moody gothic novels came
in part from her experiences in 70s and 80s San Francisco.
One of the weirdest and most lovely re-imaginings of San Francisco comes
from local author Ysabeau S. Wilce, whose series of YA books focus on
the titular hero Flora Segunda. The Kingdom of Califi is a kingdom ruled
over by the Aztec-esque Southern Kingdom. While there is an active
revolutionary movement, Flora's mother is a general in the Army of the
collaboration government, which is based out of San Francisco. There are
crumbling Victorians, and magical house spirits who live in them with
their human occupants. The Presidio is a massive Army base, full of
intrigue and politics. There's magic and adventure and an incredibly
subversive political message running throughout this series of books.
The three Flora Segunda Novels are three of best "San Francisco" books
I've read, although it's definitely a San Francisco you've never seen
before.
Speaking of weird and awesome, there are not one, but TWO zombie
apocalypse novels set in San Francisco. You MIGHT think I'm going to
talk about The Loving Dead by Amelia Beamer. But since that one is set
mostly in the East Bay, I wont talk about it. At all. Even though it's
awesome. No. The two I'm thinking of are Thomas S. Roche's The Panama
Laugh, which features a pretty crazy-wide setting for its apocalypse,
but our protagonist eventually finds himself holed up with a bunch of
crazies at The Armory in the Mission District. Thomas is an old school
San Francisco guy, who actually worked at The Armory for a while, so
this one has a lot of stuff that rings true.
The second City-based zombie novel I wanted to mention was The Last
Weekend by Nick Mamatas. He's a transplant from the East Coast, but
don't hold that against him. His outsider's eye of The City and its
politics, and his zany combination of political thriller, disaster
movie, and zombie apocalypse novel should not be missed.
I certainly could go on and on about the myriad of novels set in San
Francisco. It's a regular destination for the supernatural and the
fantastical, as well as the criminal. Before I end this little overview,
I wanted to point, once again, to Don Herron. Don has written a
wonderful overview of mysteries set in San Francisco, and it can be
found here: http://www.donherron.com/?page_id=1895.
The other resource that Herron had a hand in helping create is the huge
database curated by The Bancroft Library at Cal - A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
CRIME FICTION SET IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. In part, it was created
by cataloging Don Herron's personal collection of San Francisco mystery
fiction. It can be found here: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/sfmystery/,
and is an amazing resource to check out. Be careful, though -- it's
easy to fall in and lose several hours at a time. And while you are at
it, be sure to let us know about YOUR favorite book set in The City.
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Top Sellers At Borderlands
Hardcovers
1. Summoning The Phoenix - Poems and Prose About Chinese Musical Instruments by Emily Jiang & April Chu
2. The Martian by Andy Weir
3. Influx by Daniel Suarez
4. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
5. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
6. Hild by Nicola Griffith
7. Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
8. Letters to the Pumpkin King by Seanan McGuire
9. Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
10. Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson & Allegiant by Veronica Roth (tie)
Mass Market Paperbacks
1. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
2. Marked by Alex Hughes
3. Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
4. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
5. Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
6. The Long War by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
7. A Clash of Kings by George R.R.Martin
8. Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire
9. Dawn's Early Light by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris and Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (tie)
10. The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter and A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton (tie)
Trade Paperbacks
1. Questionable Practices: Stories by Eileen Gunn
2. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
3. You by Austin Grossman
4. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
5. Indexing by Seanan McGuire
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Book Club Info
The QSF&F Book Club will meet on Sunday, May 11th, at 5 pm to
discuss DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor. 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 18th,
at 6 pm to discuss DAWN by Octavia Butler. The book for June 15th
is WOOL by Hugh Howey. Please contact
bookclub@borderlands-books.com for more information.
Upcoming Event Details
Marie Brennan, TROPIC OF SERPENTS (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) and Mary
Robinette Kowal, VALOUR AND VANITY (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) Sunday, May
11th at 3:00 pm - We're informed by a reliable source that Marie and
Mary, brilliant writers both, will both be in period costume for this
signing -- the exact words were that the authors have "quite the show
planned for you. Period costumes, puppets, dragon bones, and party
favours." Marie has already visited us for the Second Memoir of
Lady Trent (the Victorian era's foremost dragon naturalist,) but because
the timing of the event was unusual, many folks were unable to attend
-- here's your second chance! We're also delighted to welcome Mary
Robinette Kowal back to the store for the fourth volume of the
Glamourist Histories, VALOUR AND VANITY. In this novel, "master
glamourists Jane and Vincent find themselves in the sort of a magical
adventure that might result if Jane Austen wrote 'Ocean’s
Eleven'". Do not miss the enchanting opportunity to meet these two
fabulous authors at once. And, hey, dragon bones!
Meet editor Ellen Datlow, Tuesday, May 13th at 7:00 pm - We are
delighted to host the esteemed, talented, and much-awarded Ellen Datlow
for an informal chat in the bookstore. A bit more detail from her
website: "[Ellen] has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror
short fiction for almost thirty years. She was fiction editor of OMNI
Magazine and SCIFICTION and has edited more than fifty anthologies,
including the horror half of the long-running The Year’s Best Fantasy
and Horror. She currently acquire short stories for Tor.com." Her most
recent anthologies are AFTER: NINETEEN STORIES OF APOCALYPSE AND
DYSTOPIA (co-edited with Terri Windling) and LOVECRAFT'S MONSTERS. Since
Ellen lives in New York, we don't get to see her as often as we'd like,
so be sure to join us, bring your questions, and your collections to be
signed.
August Ragone, EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS (Chronicle Books,
Oversized Paperback, $29.95) Saturday, May 31st at 3:00 pm - We are
delighted to welcome local author August Ragone, presenting EIJI
TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS - DEFENDING THE EARTH WITH ULTRAMAN,
GODZILLA AND FRIENDS IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAPANESE SCIENCE FICTION FILM.
From the publisher's website: "Behind-the-scenes hero to anyone who’s
thrilled by giant monsters duking it out over Tokyo, Eiji Tsuburaya was
the visual effects mastermind behind Godzilla, Ultraman, and numerous
Japanese science fiction movies and TV shows beloved around the world.
The first book on this legendary film figure in English, this highly
visual biography surveys his fascinating life and career, featuring
hundreds of film stills, posters, concept art, and delightful on-set
photos of Tsuburaya prompting monsters to crush landmark buildings. A
must-have for fans, this towering tribute also profiles Tsuburaya’s film
collaborators, details his key films and shows, and spotlights the
enduring popularity of the characters he helped create." August Ragone
has written and commented on Japanese film and pop culture for more than
20 years. Don't miss the fascinating opportunity to check out
this book and bring your questions!
Sarah Lotz, THE THREE, (Little, Brown, Hardcover, $26.00) Sunday, June
1st at 3:00 pm - Come to Borderlands to hear Sarah Lotz read from her
haunting new novel, THE THREE. There are world-spanning events we
never forget: in this novel Lotz takes that truth and spins a tale of
fear, uncertainty and media pressure. Although it is similar in
structure to WOLRD WAR Z, THE THREE is completely unique. From the
publisher's website: "Black Thursday. The day that will never be
forgotten. The day that four passenger planes crash, at almost
exactly the same moment, at four different points around the
globe. There are only four survivors. Three are children,
who emerge from the wreckage seemingly unhurt. But they are not
unchanged. And the fourth is Pamela May Donald, who lives just long
enough to record a voice message on her phone. A message that will
change the world. The message is a warning."
Jane Lindskold, ARTEMIS AWAKENING, (Tor, Hardcover, $24.99) Saturday, June 7th at 3:00 pm -
Celebrated author Jane Lindskold launches an entirely new series with
ARTEMIS AWAKENING. Publisher's Weekly described it as: "…paying
homage to golden-age SF by authors like Andre Norton, Leigh Brackett,
and C.L. Moore…" which invokes fallen interstellar empires, genetically
altered animals (and humans) and a race to rediscover everything
humanity has lost. From the publisher's website: "The distant
world Artemis is a pleasure planet created out of bare rock by a
technologically advanced human empire that provided its richest citizens
with a veritable Eden to play in. All tech was concealed and the
animals (and the humans brought to live there) were bioengineered to
help the guests enjoy their stay. . . but there was always the
possibility of danger so that visitors could brag that they had “bested”
the environment. The Empire was shattered in a horrific war;
centuries later humanity has lost much of the advanced technology and
Artemis is a fable told to children. Until young archeologist
Griffin Dane finds intriguing hints that send him on a quest to find the
lost world. Stranded on Artemis after crashing his ship, he encounters
the Huntress Adara and her psych-linked companion, the puma Sand Shadow.
Their journey with her will lead Dane to discover the planet’s secrets.
. . and perhaps provide a key to give unimagined power back to
mankind."
Greg van Eekhout, CALIFORNIA BONES, (Tor, Hardcover, $24.99) Wednesday, June 11th at 7:00 pm -
Greg van Eekhout lives in Los Angeles and is the author of many short
stories and several novels including NORSE CODE and the charmingly
titled middle-grade adventure KID VS. SQUID. However, I have to
admit I'm most excited about his new novel CALIFORNIA BONES.
Here's the publisher's description: "When Daniel Blackland was six, he
ingested his first bone fragment, a bit of kraken spine plucked out of
the sand during a visit with his demanding, brilliant, and powerful
magician father, Sebastian. Then, when Daniel was twelve, he watched
Sebastian die at the hands of the Hierarch of Southern California,
devoured for the heightened magic layered deep within his bones.
Now thirty, Daniel is a petty thief with a forged identity. Hiding amid
the crowds in Los Angeles -- the capital of the Kingdom of Southern
California -- he is trying to go straight. But his crime-boss uncle has a
heist for Daniel to undertake: break into the the Hierarch’s storehouse
of magical artifacts and retrieve Sebastian’s sword, an object of
untold power. Daniel assembles a trustworthy team of
his closest friends from the criminal world. Moth, who can
take a bullet and heal in mere minutes. Jo Morales, illusionist. The
multitalented Cassandra, Daniel’s ex. And, new to them all, the
enigmatic, knowledgeable Emma, with her British accent and her own
grudge against the powers-that-be. The stakes are high, and the stage is
set for a showdown that might just break the magic that protects a
long-corrupt regime. Extravagant, inventive, and shot through with
moments of intensity as bright as the California sun, Daniel’s story is
an epic adventure set in a city of canals and secrets and casual
brutality -- different from the world we know, and yet also familiar and
true." We're looking forward to hosting Greg and checking out
this incredible book; we certainly hope you'll join us!
Jo Walton, MY REAL CHILDREN, (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) Saturday, June
14th at 3:00 pm - In MY REAL CHILDREN, her first new novel since 2011's
AMONG OTHERS (which won both the Nebula Award and Hugo Award for Best
Novel) Jo Walton explores two different worlds and a woman who can't be
sure which is real. From the publisher's website: "It’s 2015, and
Patricia Cowan is very old. 'Confused today,' read the notes clipped to
the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know -- what
year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she
remembers things that don't seem possible. She remembers marrying
Mark and having four children. And she remembers not marrying Mark
and raising three children with Bee instead. She remembers the
bomb that killed President Kennedy in 1963, and she remembers Kennedy in
1964, declining to run again after the nuclear exchange that took out
Miami and Kiev. Her childhood, her years at Oxford during the
Second World War -- those were solid things. But after that, did
she marry Mark or not? Did her friends all call her Trish, or
Pat? Had she been a housewife who escaped a terrible marriage
after her children were grown, or a successful travel writer with homes
in Britain and Italy? And the moon outside her window: does it
host a benign research station, or a command post bristling with nuclear
missiles? Two lives, two worlds, two versions of modern history;
each with their loves and losses, their sorrows and triumphs."
Borderlands event policy - all events are free of charge unless
otherwise stated. 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 the book(s) until you can come in to pick them
up or we can ship 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 for a nominal fee. Call or email for
details.
Dispatches from the Border
Editor - Jude Feldman
Assistant Editor - Alan Beatts
Contributor - Na'amen Gobert Tilahun
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