I’ll be in the New York area Feb. 20 – Mar. 9 to promote my new anthologies Under the Moons of Mars (available now) and Armored (forthcoming in April).

I have a few events scheduled already; if I add anything else, I’ll update this page.

What: Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom launch event

Where: Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.), DUMBO, Brooklyn.

When: Wednesday, February 22, 7–9 pm

Who: Editor John Joseph Adams, plus authors Jonathan Maberry, Chris Claremont, Genevieve Valentine, and David Barr Kirtley, and artists Misako Rocks!, Mike Cavallaro, Joe Sutphin, Chrissie Zullo, Tom Daly, and Gregory Manchess.

More Info: Facebook | Powerhouse Arena

What: The New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series Presents: A Journey to Barsoom (readings from Under the Moons of Mars)

Where: Soho Gallery for Digital Art, 138 Sullivan Street, in Soho.

When: Tuesday, March 6, 7–8:30 pm

Who: Editor John Joseph Adams, plus authors Jonathan Maberry and Catherynne M. Valente.

More Info: Facebook | NYRSF

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My new anthology Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom came out today. To help celebrate, I’m making a special offer to those who buy the book early:

Anyone who pre-ordered a copy Under the Moons of Mars or buys it (or bought it) in the month of February, can, with proof of purchase, receive a free epub or mobi edition of a back issue of Lightspeed. You may request any back issue you like, from June 2010 issue through January 2012.

To claim your free issue, send an email to johnjosephadams+barsoom@gmail.com providing proof of purchase of Under the Moons of Mars (hardcover or ebook). Proof of purchase herein is defined as a screen capture of an order receipt, a forwarded email receipt from an online vendor (such as Amazon.com or BN.com), a photo or scan of a paper receipt, or a picture of you with your book in your possession somewhere that is obviously not a bookstore. In  your email with proof of purchase, please also indicate which back issue you would like and in which format (epub or mobi).

Offer begins on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:01 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on Wednesday, February 29, at 11:59PM ET. Limit one issue per person.

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Locus Magazine, in its February issue, just published their recommended reading list and year-end summations.

Here are Locus‘s picks for the Recommended Reading list from Lightspeed & Fantasy:

• All That Touches the Air by An Owomoyela (Lightspeed 4/11)
• The Immortality Game by Cat Rambo (Fantasy 6/11)
• Woman Leaves Room by Robert Reed (Lightspeed 3/11)
• Red Dawn: A Chow Mein Western by Lavie Tidhar (Fantasy 11/11)
• The Sandal-Bride by Genevieve Valentine (Fantasy 3/11)

You can see the rest of the recommended reading list over on Locus Online.

In his year-end summation, Gardner Dozois said the following about Lightspeed and Fantasy:

The online magazine Lightspeed … published worthwhile stuff by Robert Reed, David Farland, Vylar Kaftan, An Owomoyela, and Genevieve Valentine. The online magazine Fantasy … recently taken over by Lightspeed editor John Joseph Adams, had a strong year, publishing good fiction by Lavie Tidhar, James Alan Gardner, Sarah Monette, Cat Rambo, Tim Pratt, Kat Howard, Jeremiah Tolbert, Genevieve Valentine, and others.

My only other work to come out in 2011 was my anthology Brave New Worlds, about which Dozois said: “Brave New Worlds, edited by John Joseph Adams, was a good reprint collection of dystopian SF.”

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Anyone who has an attending or supporting membership of this year’s Worldcon (Chicon 7) as of January 31, and all members of last year’s Worldcon (Renovation), may nominate works for the Hugo Awards. If you didn’t attend or support Renovation, and you don’t plan to attend Chicon 7, you can still nominate by purchasing a supporting membership. For more information, visit Chicon 7’s nomination page. Nominations close March 11.

The Hugos are open to any fan, and I would encourage any of you reading this to seriously consider voting and participating in the process. If you’re attending Worldcon (or attended last year’s), you have voting privileges—use them! Even if you haven’t read a hundred novels or surveyed the entire field of short fiction (and even if you want to nominate things other than Lightspeed!); if everyone nominates material they feel is worthy, then the best stuff will still rise to the top.

Also, ebook readers have even less of an excuse for not voting these days, thanks to the fabulous Hugo Voter Packet that’s distributed to members every year. All attending and supporting members of Worldcon now receive a packet containing most of the works nominated for the current year’s awards. Meaning, although you may have to pay $50 for a supporting membership, you’ll get far more than $50 worth of ebooks in exchange for that, plus you get the right to have some say in what wins the field’s most prestigious award. So, come on—let’s get out there and vote!

If you’d like to vote for Lightspeed (and/or Fantasy) material from 2011, here’s a list of eligible works, sorting them into their proper categories, and including a list of those eligible for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: http://tinyurl.com/2011Hugos-Nebulas.

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