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Czech rights to Hugo-winning Elizabeth Bear’s THE RED-STAINED WINGS, the second book in The Lotus Kingdoms trilogy, to Albatros Media, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Czech rights to Hugo finalist Cherie Priest’s THE TOLL, to Dobrovský, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Catalan rights to British Fantasy Award-nominated Cassandra’s Khaw’s A SONG FOR QUIET, a Persons Non Grata novella, to Mai […]

Booklist: An openhearted debut that, like Jenna herself, has wonderfully surprising depth.

Congratulations to all the DMLA authors who made the 2018 Nebula Awards Finalist list! NOVEL Witchmark by C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing) NOVELLA Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing) Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing) NOVELETTE The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing) “The Substance of My Lives, The Accidents of Our Births” by Jose Pablo Iriarte (Lightspeed 1/18) GAME WRITING The Road to Canterbury by Kate Heartfield (Choice of Games) THE ANDRE NORTON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION […]

NPR: But this book is sneaky. As much as you want to think this is just some lightweight little confection made of robot fights and space murder ­and as much as All Systems Red wants to present itself as nothing but robot fights and space murder ­Martha Wells did something really clever. She hid a delicate, nuanced and deeply, grumpily human story inside these pulp trappings, by making her murderous robot story primarily character-driven. And the character doing the driving? […]

Publishers Weekly: As usual, McCammon dazzles the reader with gritty historical detail, vivid local color, and a cast of memorable grotesques, among them the Owl, who can literally watch his own back by disjointing his neck. Series fans will find this entry a thoroughly enjoyable extension of McCammon’s evolving period epic.

Hypable: When I say Dragon Pearl has it all, I mean it has it all. It’s difficult to place this book in a singular box, but rather than that being a deterrent, it seems to be one of its biggest strengths. Kids (and adults!) looking for something a little different will certainly find exactly that in Yoon Ha Lee’s novel.

Congratulations to all the DMLA authors who made the 2018 Locus Recommended Reading list! NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK) NOVELS – FANTASY The Monster Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson (Tor) Temper, Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager US) Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett (Crown; Jo Fletcher) Deep Roots, Ruthanna Emrys (Tor.com Publishing) Creatures of Want and Ruin, Molly Tanzer (John Joseph Adams) NOVELS – HORROR The Listener, Robert McCammon (Cemetery Dance) YOUNG ADULT NOVELS The Agony House, […]

Locus: This book is in conversation with a number of others, first of all with Bear’s own—this future is tied to her Jacob’s Ladder trilogy (Dust, Chill, and Grail) via a mention of that “famous ship from history.” There are also strong echoes of C.J. Cherryh and Iain M. Banks—especially the latter, since the Synarche is clearly a cousin of the Culture: an ancient, galaxy-spanning, multi-species polity dedicated to what we might call rational and utopian values (also prone to […]

Library Journal: When the humans decided to strike against the terra indigene, they were hit with a force that decimated all the people living in towns in Thaisia. Now both humans and Others­those who survived­attempt to revive some of the ruined areas for cooperative living. In Bennett, Jana Paniccia becomes deputy to a Wolfgard sheriff who holds bitter memories of the humans’ actions. Tolya Sanguinati attempts to build relationships with the town of Prairie Gold, and Inuit shopkeeper Jesse Walker, while […]

Bookseller: A cinematic novel that perfectly blends funny and emotional. Some friendships are larger than life.