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ABOUT THE STORE : NEWSLETTER
DISPATCHES FROM THE BORDER
Events and News from Borderlands Books
September, 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
Stephen Gould, EXO (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) Saturday September 20th at 3:00pm
Maria Alexander, MR. WICKER (Raw Dog Screaming Press, Hardcover, $27.05) Saturday September 27th at 3:00pm
Terry Shames, DEAD BROKE IN JARRETT CREEK (Seventh Street Books, Trade Paperback, $15.95) Sunday, October 12th at 3:00 pm
Greg Bear, WAR DOGS (Orbit, Hardcover, $25.00) Wednesday, October 15th at 7:00 pm
Permalink - http://borderlands-books.blogspot.com/2014/09/september-upcoming-events.html
News
* Overheard in the Store:
"C'mon, you know that everything is better with more arms and legs."
"Wow, that was so much faster than Amazon! And --- better!"
* A challenge was laid at Neal Stephenson’s feet asking science fiction
writers and scientists to work together and imagine an optimistic
future. This lead to Project Hieroglyph. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28974943
* The 2014 Parsec Awards, for excellence in science-fiction podcasting,
announce their winners! Bookmark these for the next time you need
something to listen to while working out or on a road trip.
Congratulations! http://www.parsecawards.com/2014-parsec-awards/2014-parsec-awards-winners-finalists/
* Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson announces that he will be playing Black Adam in the Warner Bros. upcoming Shazam film. http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/09/03/dwayne-johnson-cast-but-warner-bros-shazam-remains-shrouded-in-mystery/
* Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain is in talks to star opposite Matt Damon
in the film adaptation of Andy Weir’s THE MARTIAN, which will be
directed by Ridley Scott. http://variety.com/2014/film/news/jessica-chastain-to-joins-matt-damon-in-ridley-scotts-the-martian-1201214554/
* Congratulations to the 2014 Golden Duck Awards winners for excellence in children's science fiction. http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/08/2014-golden-duck-awards-winners/
* A pilot script has been commissioned for a potential Supergirl TV
series. Our only fervent hope is that original Supergirl Helen
Slater makes a guest appearance. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/supergirl-tv-series-works-730356
* Arthur C. Clarke’s classic science fiction novel CHILDHOOD’S END will
be turned into a six-hour miniseries by the Syfy network. http://www.blastr.com/2014-9-3/syfy-picks-arthur-c-clarkes-childhoods-end-six-hour-miniseries
* Ra’s Al Ghul will make an appearance in Arrow Season 3.
Unfortunately the character has, once again, been whitewashed in
casting. http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/arrow-season-3-makes-ras-al-ghul-white-again/
* Film director Mike Cahill has been chosen by Syfy to direct its
upcoming TV series adaptation of Lev Grossman’s THE MAGICIANS. http://sciencefiction.com/2014/09/04/mike-cahill-set-direct-pilot-syfys-new-series-magicians/
* The first TV spots for the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are
out, and everyone is wondering if the events of the film The Winter
Soldier and the repercussions felt in the TV series are enough to bring
back the viewers who left it. http://collider.com/agents-of-shield-season-2-tv-spots/
* Expect the Starz TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s AMERICAN GODS in 2016! http://screenrant.com/american-gods-tv-show-details-air-date/
* Congratulations to the 2014 Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards! http://www.mythsoc.org/news/mythopoeic-awards-2014-winners-announced/
* Over at io9 Rob Boffard explores whether the oft-used science fiction
dystopian villain of the Evil Mega Corporation could actually
exist. http://io9.com/could-an-evil-mega-corporation-ever-exist-in-real-life-1630401831
* Tor.com theorizes that the inspiration for the second season of "True
Detective" could be a classic Thomas Pynchon novel. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/09/did-we-just-learn-the-plot-of-true-detective-season-two#more
* The Netflix original series Hemlock Grove (which has struck a chord
with a large and vocal group of fans but remains a target for critical
mockery) is having a good news/bad news moment. The good news being that
it has been renewed for a third season, the bad news that it will be
the final season for the show. http://www.latino-review.com/news/hemlock-grove-gets-a-third-and-final-season-from-netflix
* The 2014 Hugo Awards were announced at Loncon 3. Congratulations
to all of the winners, including previous Borderlands guests Ellen
Datlow, Mary Robinette Kowal, Sofia Samatar, Charles Stross, and
more! http://www.loncon3.org/
* Veteran science fiction actors from Babylon 5, Star Trek, The X-Files,
Buffy, StarGate and Falling Skies team up for the Kickstarter series
Space Command. Check out the trailer revealed at Comic Con, but
keep in mind all the special effects are temporary at this point. http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/space-command-comiccon-trailer-teases-cast-full-familiar-scifi-faces.html
* The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, which is housed
at UC Riverside, just got a bequest of $3.5 million, the largest gift
ever received by the UCR library. http://www.pe.com/articles/collection-749160-klein-ucr.html
* Author and recipient of the 2014 Hugo for Best Fan Writer and Best
Related Work Kameron Hurley talks about the limitations of genre, the
difficulties in getting published when you write something
genre-bending, and lessons learned after genre-bending the first time in
THERE IS NO GENRE, ONLY STORY http://www.sffworld.com/2014/09/genre-story-kameron-hurley-mirror-empire-blog-tour/
* The 2014 winners of the Sidewise Award, for excellence in alternate
history writing, include local author Vylar Kaftan!
Congratulations to Vylar and her fellow winners. http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/
* The discovery of some intensely bizarre sea creatures has made it
necessary for scientists to add to the categories of life. io9 has
all the details here: http://io9.com/bizarre-sea-creatures-force-scientists-to-create-new-ca-1630460043
* Margaret Atwood becomes the first author to join an art project where
trees are planted, and authors are commissioned to write novels that
will not be published until the trees are cut down to make the books in
100 years. This means that the next novel she writes won’t
actually see publication until 2114. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/09/margaret-atwood-future-library-project-100-years
* Very cool interview with John Scalzi, who was kind enough to visit us in early September and sign about a million books: http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/john-scalzi-comiccon-lock-in/Content?oid=3126373
* Speaking of signed books, if you missed any of our recent signings, we
still have some autographed copies of works by Joe Abercrombie, Dana
Fredsti, Ray Garton, Brian Herbert, Glen Hirshberg, Richard Kadrey,
Katharine Kerr, Richard A. Lupoff, Kelli Stanley, John Scalzi, and Brent
Weeks! Call or email us for details.
* I don't know what to say about this at all, except it's very, very
weird. Epic Rap Battles of History: Edgar Allen Poe vs. Stephen
King. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56R3hU-fWZY
* We're extremely sorry to report the death of author Graham Joyce, who
passed away September 9th at the age of 59. Graham was a brilliant
writer, a true gentleman, and a dear friend. We will miss him
terribly. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/10/graham-joyce-fantasy-author-dies-aged-59
Permalink - http://borderlands-books.blogspot.com/2014/09/september-news-roundup.html
From The Office
by Alan Beatts
Graham Joyce passed away recently. He was a friend of mine.
I thought about writing a heartfelt memorial piece about him but I'm not
going to. The way I feel about it, and the way I feel about
Graham, is personal and I'm not going to share it widely. I met
him at the World Fantasy Convention in 2000. That same weekend I
met (and became friends with) Lou Anders, Allison Baker, John Picacio,
and Chris Roberson. It was a very good weekend. In the years
since, Graham came to Borderlands many times for readings. Often
he would stay at my house when he was in town.
Like I said, he was a friend.
Also, like I said, I'm not going to talk how I feel about him being gone. But I will share three things ---
I once saw Graham tell a very long joke that involved him sticking his
index finger into his publisher's ear and making a horrible screeching
sound. The punchline involved how Martians have sex.
There is an editor who for many years (and perhaps to this day) insisted
that Graham saved his life one night. The editor in question was
quite drunk and fell, face first, at the top of a down escalator.
Graham grabbed him and pulled him to his feet just before the
editor's beard became caught in the mechanism. The result was that
neither the escalator nor the editor was harmed and, for years, Graham
insisted that it had been no big deal.
He had the awful judgement to prefer Captain Beefheart over Dire
Straights and insisted that his carefree, bucolic and innocent
upbringing in Coventry was ruined by the Summer of Love -- the mere news
of which drove him to drink, drugs, and ill-advised social
associations.
A habit of association that continued long enough to include a store full of booksellers in San Francisco.
Permalink - http://borderlands-books.blogspot.com/2014/09/graham-joyce.html
Top Sellers At Borderlands
Hardcovers
1. THE BROKEN EYE by Brent Weeks
2. THE GETAWAY GOD by Richard Kadrey
3. MAGICIAN’S LAND by Lev Grossman
4. HALF A KING by Joe Abercrombie
5. FOOL’S ASSASSIN by Robin Hobb
6. THE ULTRA THIN MAN by Patrick Swenson
7. LOCK IN by John Scalzi
8. THE LITTLE GREEN BOOK OF CHAIRMAN RAHMA by Brian Herbert
9. MOTHERLESS CHILD by Glen Hirshberg
10. THE RHESUS CHART by Charles Stross
Mass Market Paperbacks
1. REPUBLIC OF THIEVES by Scott Lynch
2. THE THOUSAND NAMES by Django Wexler
3. NEPTUNE'S BROOD by Charles Stross
4. WISE MAN'S FEAR by Patrick Rothfuss
5. DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin
6. BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH by Alastair Reynolds
7. THE DAYLIGHT WAR by Peter V. Brett
8. THE HUMAN DIVISION by John Scalzi
9. SHARDS OF TIME by Lynn Flewelling
10. KING OF THORNS by Mark Lawrence
Trade Paperbacks
1. ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie
2. BLACK PRISM by Brent Weeks
3. ASSAIL by Ian C. Esslemont
4. SORCERER'S FEUD by Katherine Kerr
5. LIGHTSPEED SPECIAL ISSUE: WOMEN DESTROY SCIENCE FICTION edited by John Joseph Adams
Permalink - http://borderlands-books.blogspot.com/2014/09/august-bestsellers.html
Book Club Info
The QSF&F Book Club will meet on Sunday, September 14th, at 5 pm
to discuss LOCKSTEP by Karl Schroeder. 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, September
21st, at 6 pm to discuss IMPLIED SPACES by Walter Jon Williams.
Please contact bookclub@borderlands-books.com for more information.
Upcoming Event Details
Stephen Gould, EXO (Tor, Hardcover, $25.99) Saturday September 20th
at 3:00pm - This sequel to IMPULSE returns us to Steven Gould's beloved
world of JUMPER! From the publisher: "Cent can teleport. So
can her parents, but they are the only people in the world who
can. This is not as great as you might think it would be -- sure,
you can go shopping in Japan and then have tea in London, but it’s hard
to keep a secret like that. And there are people, dangerous
people, who work for governments and have guns, who want to make you do
just this one thing for them. And when you’re a teenage girl
things get even more complicated. High school. Boys.
Global climate change, refugees, and genocide. Orbital
mechanics. But Cent isn’t easily daunted, and neither are Davy and
Millie, her parents. She’s going to make some changes in the
world." Join us to meet author Steven Gould and get your books signed!
Maria Alexander, MR. WICKER (Raw Dog Screaming Press, Hardcover, $27.05)
Saturday September 27th at 3:00pm - From the publisher: "Located beyond
life, The Library of Lost Childhood Memories holds the answer.
The Librarian is Mr. Wicker -- a seductive yet sinister creature with an
unthinkable past and an agenda just as lethal. After committing
suicide, Alicia finds herself before the Librarian, who informs her that
her lost memory is not only the reason she took her life, but the cause
of every bad thing that has happened to her. Alicia spurns Mr.
Wicker and attempts to enter the hereafter without the Book that would
make her spirit whole. But instead of the oblivion she craves, she
finds herself in a psychiatric hold at Bayford Hospital, where the
staff is more pernicious than its patients. Child psychiatrist Dr.
James Farron is researching an unusual phenomenon: traumatized children
whisper to a mysterious figure in their sleep. When they awaken,
they forget both the traumatic event and the character that kept them
company in their dreams -- someone they call "Mr. Wicker." During
an emergency room shift, Dr. Farron hears an unconscious woman talking
to Mr. Wicker -- the first time he’s heard of an adult speaking to the
presence. Drawn to the mystery, and then to each other, the doctor
and Alicia team up to find the memory before it annihilates Alicia for
good. To do so they must struggle not only against Mr. Wicker’s
passions, but also a powerful attraction that threatens to derail her
search, ruin Dr. Farron’s career, and inflame the Librarian’s
fury. After all, Mr. Wicker wants Alicia to himself, and will
destroy anyone to get what he wants. Even Alicia herself."
Terry Shames, DEAD BROKE IN JARRETT CREEK (Seventh Street Books, Trade
Paperback, $15.95) Sunday, October 12th at 3:00 pm - We are delighted to
welcome local author Terry Shames for the DEAD BROKE IN JARRETT CREEK
launch party! Terry serves on the boards of the Northern
California chapters of both Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in
Crime, and her first two novels have gotten a fantastic reception.
In the third novel in the series, her protagonist Samuel Craddock may
well be in over his head -- "With the Jarrett Creek bankrupt and the
police department in disarray, Samuel Craddock takes on a murder
investigation. He discovers that the town's financial woes had
nothing to do with incompetence and that murder is only one of the
crimes he must solve." We do hope you'll join us to meet Terry and
discover Craddock's world.
Greg Bear, WAR DOGS (Orbit, Hardcover, $25.00) Wednesday, October 15th
at 7:00 pm - Join us to meet the near-legendary Greg Bear and check out
his newest novel! From the jacket: "An epic interstellar tale of war
from a master of science fiction. The Gurus came in peace, bearing
gifts. They were a highly advanced, interstellar species who
brought amazingly useful and sophisticated technology to the human race.
There was, of course, a catch. The Gurus warned of a far more
malevolent life form, beings who have hounded the Gurus from sun to sun,
planet to planet, across the cosmos. Pundits have taken to
calling them the Antagonists -- or Antags -- and they have already
established a beachhead on Mars. For all they've done for us, the
Gurus would now like our help. Enter Master Sergeant Michael Venn,
a veteran Skyrine (a Marine who is specially trained for off-world
combat) who is dropped onto the Red Planet with his band of brothers on a
mission to take down as many Antags as possible. But from the
moment they're dropped through the thin Martian atmosphere, their
mission goes horribly, terribly wrong. From a group of female
special ops Skyrines with secret orders, to mysterious humans who've
settled on Mars, to the overwhelming and highly-reinforced Antags
themselves, Venn and his brothers will face impossible odds just to
survive-let alone make it home alive." (Please note, the publisher
has informed us that Mr. Bear will sign five additional books for each
copy of WAR DOGS purchased at the event.)
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
All contents unless otherwise noted are the property of
Borderlands Books
866 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-824-8203
http://www.borderlands-books.com
Comments and suggestions should be directed to editor@borderlands-books.com
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