The US cover for Queen of Fire seems to be percolating out through various places today so I thought I’d go ahead and share it. Heartfelt thanks to everyone at Ace for their hard work on this. Blurb on the Amazon pre-order page.
Archives: 2014
Last 30 days Book Recommendations
My (seemingly endless) mission to recommend a book a day until Christmas continues. Listed below are the last 30 days books recommendations originally made via Twitter with links to my Goodreads reviews, enjoy:
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245224756
The Complete Halo Jones by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1087239032
The 13th Valley by John M. Del Vecchio https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1087970525
Sandman vol 1 – Neil Gaiman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1088859511
The Middle Kingdom (Chung Kuo #1) by David Wingrove https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1089546717
Famous Monsters by Kim Newman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1090388401
Waylander by David Gemmell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245222398
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/717368757
I am Legend by Richard Matheson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1092021510
Chickenhawk by Robert Mason https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1092022266
The Terror by Dan Simmons https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1092023174
The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1095151043
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245222508
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1096628137
The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1097568544
Bomber Command by Max Hastings https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1098909928
William Blake: The Complete Writings https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1099401682
1812: Napoeleon’s Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1100658699
Legend by David Gemmell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1101413088
The Alienist by Caleb Carr https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245225119
Promise of Blood by Brian McLellan https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1103023376
Count Zero by William Gibson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245223685
White Jazz by James Ellroy https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/987381207
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert R. McCammon https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1106115032
The Hell of it All by Charlie Brooker https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/403903373
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1107595048
The Smoke by Tom Barling https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1108498517
First Light by Geoffrey Wellum https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1109452637
The Black Death by Philip Ziegler https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1110232363
I, Partridge by Steve Coogan et al https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1111065964
Queen of Fire – Pre-order Pages
Pre-order pages for Queen of Fire are now active on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and iBooks. The UK release date is 2nd July 2015 followed by the US release on the 7th. No covers yet, and the blurb for the UK version hasn’t gone up. Also, no page as yet for the UK Kindle version as far as I can tell. Anyway, happy pre-ordering. I’ll update the links on the Books page when the covers appear.
and ‘Blood Song’ in Czech is…
Píseň krve. To be released on 27th November and available for pre-order now from: http://www.palmknihy.cz/pisen-krve.html
Tower Lord – Semi-finalist in the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate Tower Lord for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2014 in the fantasy category. The awards have now reached the semi-final round and I was surprised to find Tower Lord had been included as it didn’t originally appear in the list of nominations, and has only made it this far because enough people submitted ‘write-in votes’ to ensure its inclusion. The support and encouragement I have received from readers since beginning this whole journey a few years ago has been one of its most rewarding aspects. So, even if Tower Lord doesn’t advance any further in the awards, I already feel like I won something special.
Voting in the semi-final round closes on November 15, with the top 10 books in each category advancing to the next stage. Please take the time to drop by and cast a vote for the book of your choice: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2014
and ‘Blood Song’ in Mandarin is…
Thanks to my Taiwanese publisher Fantasy Foundation for making this happen. This version will be available worldwide excluding mainland China.
Last 30 Days’ Book Recommendations
My mission to recommend a book a day until Christmas continues (somehow). Listed below are the last 30 books I recommended via Twitter with links to my Goodreads reviews, enjoy:
The Social History of the Machine Gun by John Ellis https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1061343313
The Passage by Justin Cronin https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/898991957
War on the Waters by James M McPherson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1002062862
The City by Stella Gemmell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/629233553
Bloody April by Peter Hart https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/255731118
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1065473118
Chopper: Song of the Surfer by John Wagner and Colin McNeil https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1066248236
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/355262163
Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/681570152
The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1035131846
The Lost Regiment #1: Rally Cry by William R. Forstchen https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1069002380
Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1070835616
City of Golden Shadow (Otherland #1) by Tad Williams https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1071653247
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1059663565
War in the Air 1914-45 by Williamson Murray https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1073255374
Sharpe’s Enemy by Bernard Cornwell https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1074341502
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245224129
Floating Dragon by Peter Straub https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245223250
Business in Great Waters by John Terraine https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1076793468
NOS4R2 by Joe Hill https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1077415795
A History of Warfare by John Keegan https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1078182446
Alien by HR Giger https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1079122967
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1079818592
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/245222785
The First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1081492776
Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall by Spike Milligan https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1082324809
Slow River by Nicola Griffith https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1083081075
On Writing by Stephen King https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1083807813
Flashman in the Great Game by George McDonald Fraser https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1084672569
Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Max Hastings https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1085620022
and ‘Tower Lord’ in Italian is…
…’Il Signore Della Torre’. I know this because it’s now published in Italy in e-book and hardcover. Many thanks to my Italian publishers Fanucci Editore for making this happen. Details on amazon.it (other booksellers are available).
and ‘Blood Song’ in Portuguese is…
…‘A Cancao Do San’gue’. Many thanks to Anderson Tiago of the Brazilian fantasy site Intocados for sending me the cover from Leya who will be publishing the book in Brazil (looks oddly familiar I must say). For any Portuguese speakers out there I did an interview for Intocados which you can read here: http://intocados.com.br/index.php/literatura/entrevistas/417-entrevista-anthony-ryan-autor-de-blood-song
New Non-fiction Anthology – ‘Story Behind the Book : Volume 3’
Thanks to Kristijan Meic and Ivana Steiner for including my essay on the ideas that inspired the writing of Blood Song in their new anthology ‘Story Behind the Book : Volume 3 – Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction.’
Book description:
‘The anthology collects nearly 40 non-fiction essays from some of the most exciting authors working today. Offering an unique insight into the creative and publishing process, these essays reveal all the beauty, effort and frustration that inevitable comes hand in hand with the urge to write, edit or illustrate. Contributors include Steven Erikson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugh Howey, Richard Kadrey, Rod Rees, Christopher Fowler, Gary Gibson, Eric Brown, Anthony Ryan, Alan Averill, Ian Gibson, Garry Kilworth, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ian R. MacLeod, Cat Sparks, James Everington, Pat Cadigan, Stephen Deas, Jay Kristoff, Peter Roman, Paul Tremblay, Geoffrey Gudgion, Tina Connolly, Joan Frances Turner, Freda Warrington, Beth Bernobich, Jeff Somers, James A. Moore, Ben Jeapes, John R. Fultz, Nick Mamatas, Sean Lynch, Max Gladstone, Karen Sandler, Robert Reed, Roberto Calas, Richard James Bentley and William J. Cobb. All proceeds will be donated to Epilepsy Action.’
The anthology has been put together by the folks behind the upcoming4.me website. This is a very worthwhile cause and a great collection of essays so please consider buying a copy:
Amazon.com
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Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1502534711
Amazon.co.uk
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