Page 31 of posts by: montsamu

Two events, one flyer: Cory Doctorow and Brandon Sanderson

Posted on 2013-02-10 at 13:51 by montsamu

Operation wallpaper-the-town for two big-time events this month:

February 16 (Saturday) 2 pm — Flyleaf Books hosts Cory Doctorow for Homeland, sequel to Little Brother. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/530598563635194/

February 20 (Wednesday) 7:30 pm – Quail Ridge Books again hosts best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, this time for the conclusion of The Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light. In addition, special guest Harriet McDougal will be joining Sanderson for the event. More info: https

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Friday Quick Updates: Beth Revis and Morgan Rhodes on Monday! One week 'til Doctorow! Two 'til Sanderson!

Posted on 2013-02-08 at 21:40 by montsamu

Hello and welcome to Friday February 8th. There are several events early next week, and of course Cory Doctorow at Flyleaf Books next Saturday (the 16th), and Brandon Sanderson at Quail Ridge Books the following Wednesday (the 20th) -- and also some brief news notes and mentions:

• The latest episode of the Carolina Book Beat podcast is my hour-long talk from January about 2012 and 2013 in local and regional sf/f books: http://carolinabookbeat.com/2013/02/07/the-latest-from-carolina-book-beat-36/
• Hey

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Friday quick updates, February 1

Posted on 2013-02-01 at 17:08 by montsamu

Some quick updates this Friday, including two events tomorrow (Saturday February 2 -- yes, today is February, and tomorrow is too), some fun local author news, and, hey, some local bookstore friendly e-reader news which is highly applicable to that fun local author news. (And now a bonus update!)

First, the events:

2 (Saturday) 3 pm — Quail Ridge Books hosts NY Times bestselling urban fantasy author and NC native Kim Harrison for Ever After, the latest in her Hollows series. More info: https://www

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February newsletter updated with tons of new events!

Posted on 2013-01-29 at 20:07 by montsamu

Yup, it always happens. I click "send" on the newsletter and shortly thereafter find out about a long list of upcoming events. Here's a quick roundup:

FEBRUARY 2013

NEW-NEW: 2 (Saturday) 5 to 7 pm — Chapel Hill Comics hosts Jared Axelrod, author of the Tor graphic novel The Battle of Blood & Ink: A Fable of the Flying City. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/418137048267731/

NEW-NEW: 11 (Monday) 5 pm — Quail Ridge Books hosts PETER LERANGIS – Children’s Fantasy With The Colossus Rises.

NEW-NEW:

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February newsletter: James Maxey, Kim Harrison, Cory Doctorow, and Brandon Sanderson! More!

Posted on 2013-01-28 at 19:48 by montsamu

Vol 3. No 2. January 28, 2013:

Welcome a bit early to the February newsletter! I'm sneaking this one in ahead of the end of the month to make sure everybody gets a chance to hear about the Witchbreaker book launch party tomorrow (Tuesday, January 29!) as Hillsborough's Purple Crow Books hosts James Maxey for the third book in his Dragon Apocalypse trilogy. More info below in the events, but if you miss it, you're also missing Cheryl's dragon cookies! (As well as, hopefully, the chance to hear James reading

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WUNC's The State of Things to air interview with Samuel R. Delany

Posted on 2013-01-24 at 15:32 by montsamu

Today (Thursday Jan 24) in the noon hour Eastern Time, WUNC's The State of Things will have author Samuel R. Delany on in a taped phone interview segment. It will broadcast over the airwaves state-wide at noon, with a re-broadcast at 9 pm. Additionally, at both broadcast times, Internet listening is available through both MP3 streaming and Windows Media streaming, and later today the segment should be available on the show's podcast, to which you can subscribe or check for episode listings both for iTunes a

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The Hardest Part: Gail Z. Martin on Ice Forged

Posted on 2013-01-23 at 16:15 by montsamu

After six books across two publishers in the world of her Chronicles of the Necromancer series, Charlotte author Gail Z. Martin's new book, Ice Forged (Orbit, January 2013) remains firmly in epic fantasy territory but otherwise starts an entirely new world. While earlier this week The Exploding Spaceship reviewed the book, here Martin writes that yes, indeed, while starting from scratch can be a refreshing change of pace, it was also the hardest part of creating her newest book.

By Gail Z. Martin:

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Friday quick updates: Jan 18-19 readings from Hal Johnson, and The Screwtape Letters

Posted on 2013-01-18 at 14:27 by montsamu

Whew! Last weekend's illogiCon was really fantastic; I've leave the con reports to others for now (Natania Barron rounds up a couple, including JL Hilton's, here) but I do have some photos, and I'm working on transcribing the Tim Powers interview as well. It was absolutely fantastic to meet Mr. Powers, whose books really are wonderful reads. I'd been reading (and in some cases re-reading) some of his books ahead of the convention, and even though the convention's past I've kept going on that front because

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The Hardest Part: Daniel M. Kimmel on Shh! It's a Secret

Posted on 2013-01-16 at 23:55 by montsamu

Daniel M. Kimmel's last book, a collection of sf film criticism entitled Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Related Work; it also contained Kimmel's review of Them!, a 1954 film about atomic bomb radiation creating giant ants which first appeared in Bull Spec #6. Now he's back with another book, this time his debut novel, in which Kimmel takes his often funny and insightful comments about Hollywood and sf filmmaking and turns

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Day one of illogiCon is here! Also: Gail Z. Martin starts a new fantasy series with Ice Forged

Posted on 2013-01-11 at 15:24 by montsamu

With registration opening at noon, and opening ceremonies and programming (and the dealer's room) getting started at 3, illogiCon ii: Schrodington's Revenge is finally here:

There are readings, panels (I'm moderating one on "The Local Scene" at 5 pm) and then later this evening, a dance, more panels (Liars' Panel, SF as Covert Commentary on the Real World, etc.) and filk gets going as well. There are day passes available, as well as (of course!) weekend-long registrations, so come on by the Embassy

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