08-26-03: Greeting
from Jay Lake and Frank Wu, P. D. James Enters the Murder
Room, Attack of the Tweezerhead Rebellion
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Greeting
from Jay Lake and Frank Wu
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Jay Lake informs me that yes, the
book is in this sideways format.
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Here's the cover of Jay Lake's
upcoming collaboration with illustrator Frank Wu,
'Greetings from Lake Wu'. Lake has apparently entered
some sort of career-elevator, as novels, collections
and appearances in anthologies are becoming so
ubiquitous we'll all soon be sending in our greetings
from Lake Wu. Here's what Jay has to say:
"The
book will be available for preorder in the next
week or so at the Wheatland
Press Web site
http://www.wheatlandpress.com/,
and generally available in early October from SF
bookstores, major online booksellers or directly
from Wheatland Press. Also watch for news of a
limited edition with some very special stuff in
it -- should be fun for all."
You can also order the fascinating
anthology 'Polyphony' from Wheatland as well. I don't
know how much money you have, but I'm think that we
should let them eat books -- the kind of fine books
you will hear all about on this site!
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P.
D. James Enters the Murder Room
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The UK hardcover is just
about available --probably on
a boat heading to your local
mystery bookstore.
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It's not an annual
celebration, but this year we can look
forward to the latest P. D. James novel, 'The
Murder Room' from UK publishers Faber and
Faber. Yes, I'll admit that I'm sure Terry
will be reading this posthaste, and giving
you her take on James' venerable Adam
Dalgliesh story. A modern murderer is
re-creating the crimes documented in a small
museum. Dalgliesh must solve them while
attempting to maintain a beeper-ruled
relationship with Emma Lavenham. For
discerning readers, James is a must-buy. But
Terry will unearth the truth as
well!
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Attack
of the Tweezerhead Rebellion
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Hey hey we're the Tweezerhead
Rebellion -- and people say we
tweezer around.
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In the depths of time, I was
once a member of the ill-fated Tweezerhead
Rebellion, a sort of collective of utter misfits
who recorded sounds and music that were utterly out
of place and time. Richard Stephens provided an
illustration for these halcyon days, and now I
present it to you. He's got a lot more in this
vein. Just as Abraham Ebdus in Jonathan Lethem's
'The
Fortress of
Solitude',Richard favors
a sort of 1970's SF novel cover style. If you're
interested in obtaining prints -- or seeing other
art, you can contact Patty Grua via email:
ultimatel@hotmail.com.
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08-25-03: Outside the
Lines with Chris Simms, Inside the Mortuary with Mary Roach,
In Toronto With Torcon 3, Neal Asher website
update.
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Outside
the Lines with Chris Simms
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Will Chris Simms do for
driving what Robert Bloch did for
showers?
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When M
for Mystery sent out
a list of recent and often signed British
titles, both Terry and I could easily have
broken the bank with our wishes. First off the
dashboard is this novel about a killer on the
road masquerading as a breakdown rescuer. Bad
Things Happen. Very soon Terry D'Auray will be
looking at this new novel by Chris Simms, which
I must say now that it's in my hands does look
quite intriguing; the kind of novel you pick up
on a lark and plow through before you know
exactly what happened outside of the novel
itself.
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Inside
the Mortuary with Mary Roach
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Mary Roach told me that
when the folks at Norton saw
this cover their hair stood on
end, and we got the real cover
for the book as a result. We
also talked about Norton's
record as a stand-alone
family, non-Bertlesmann
publisher.
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On Friday, August 22, 2003, I
talked with Mary Roach in a live radio interview
for KUSP's
Fine Print. We had an absolute blast. She was
funny as hell, very smart and very personable;
the whole radio station was breaking out to meet
her and get their books signed. You'll
definitely want to check out our interview,
which I have online in both MP3
and RealAudio
formats. She wouldn't say much about her next
book, but what she did say sounds very
intriguing. If you haven't bought
'Stiff',
you need to get out and do so immediately. You
have no idea how much fun awaits you after you
die!
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In
Toronto With Torcon 3
Oh yeah, I almost forgot
amidst all the hubbub, what with Mary Roach and
David Corbett interviews in one week. I'll be at
Torcon 3 this year, with my lovely wife,
enjoying the panels and Niagra Falls. You can
feel free to look me up if you're there, and
I'll be providing the kind of inconsistent and
off-base reporting you've come to expect! At
least this time, I won't be driving 50 miles
each way each day; we're in the Fairmont, I
think. Of course,while I'm at the World Science
Fiction convention, I'll be reading lots of
horror for Cemetery Dance, and finishing up
Charles De Lint's latest fantasy/horror/magic
realism novel, 'Spirits in the Wires'. And I
suspect that Terry, having shut down Hotel
California, will have a lot to say as well on
the mystery side. So expect more content in more
directions than you can shake a stick at! We'll
see if we can't scare up a few interviews while
we're there, and maybe a nice picture of Niagra
Falls, though I must admit that heights give me
the heebies!
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Neal
Asher website update
Neal Asher just sent an email
to let me know that he's done a massive update
on his website.
Here's the scoop from Neal himself:
"I've just done a major
revamp of my website (first one below) and felt
I should let everyone know. I've separated
things out and added some extra pages so you now
have pages for: anthologies, magazines &
articles."
Check it out, it's well worth
your time to take a gander at one of the best
new/old SF writers out there.
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