I’m on tour! Tor Books is sending me on a short, regional/west coast book tour in support of the release of my new anthology, The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination. Today’s event is listed below, but you can also check out the whole tour schedule to see if I’m coming to a bookstore near you.
Kepler’s Books
READING / SIGNING
Feb. 21, 7:30pm
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park CA
Join me today for a Twitter chat with contributors to The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination. Here’s the press release from Tor:
This Wednesday, February 20, at 4 PM EST #TorChat is taking you behind the scenes in some very dangerous places—the minds of several mad scientists. Joining readers will be the mistress of time travel and author of the New York Times bestselling Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon; the creator of Soon I Will Be Invincible’s Doctor Impossible, Austin Grossman; and creative genius (and by that, we mean mad scientist) Seanan McGuire, the author of the October Daye series, as well as the Newsflesh Trilogy (as Mira Grant). Together, they’ll be discussing the perfect layout to the underground lair, how to perfect your evil laugh, and, of course, the best way to try to take over the world!
The chat will be loosely moderated by editor extraordinaire and mad scientist wrangler John Joseph Adams, a fanastic anthologist, editor, and the publisher of Lightspeed Magazine. We hope all you budding evil geniuses will follow the chat and join in using the Twitter hashtag #TorChat!
JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS (@JohnJosephAdams) is the bestselling editor of Wastelands, Under the Moons of Mars, Seeds of Change, The Living Dead, The Way of the Wizard, By Blood We Live, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He’s a two-time finalist for the Hugo and a three-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award. He is also the publisher and editor of Lightspeed Magazine, and the co-host of Wired.com’s “The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy” podcast. His newest anthology is The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, publishing on February 19th.
DIANA GABALDON(@Writer_DG) is the author of the award-winning, number one New York Times bestselling Outlander novels, which includeOutlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums Of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath Of Snow And Ashes, and An Echo In The Bone, with twenty million copies in print worldwide. She has also written a graphic novel calledThe Exile, and a number of novels and novellas about her character, Lord John Grey, the latest of which, The Scottish Prisoner, came out in 2011. The eighth novel in the main series, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, will be published in 2013.
AUSTIN GROSSMAN (@Austin_Grossman) is the author of Soon I Will Be Invincible, which was nominated for the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize. His writing has appeared in Granta, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He is a video game design consultant and a doctoral candidate in English Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, and he has written and designed for a number of critically acclaimed video games, including Ultima Underworld II, System Shock, Trespasser, andDeus Ex. His second novel, You, came out from Mulholland Books in 2012, and his short fiction has also appeared in the anthology Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom.
SEANAN MCGUIRE(@seananmcguire) is the author of the October Daye and InCryptid urban fantasy series. Writing under the open pseudonym Mira Grant, she is the author the Newsflesh trilogy—which includes Feed,Deadline, and Blackout—which she describes as “science fiction zombie political thrillers” that focus on blogging, medical technology, and the ethics of fear. A story set in that milieu appeared in John Joseph Adams’s anthologyThe Living Dead 2. Her other short work has appeared in Fantasy Magazine, Book View Café, The Edge of Propinquity, Apex Magazine, and in the anthologies Zombiesque and Tales from the Ur-Bar.
Mwa-ha-ha-ha!
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, edited by yours truly, is now on sale and available wherever books are sold. Here’s the cover copy:
Mad scientists have never had it so tough. In super-hero comics, graphic novels, films, TV series, video games and even works of what may be fiction, they are besieged by those who stand against them, devoid of sympathy for their irrational, megalomaniacal impulses to rule, destroy or otherwise dominate the world as we know it.
Dr. Frankenstein was the first truly mad scientist of the modern era. And where did it get him? Destroyed by his own creation. And Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo, a man ahead of his time as well as out of his head, what did he do to deserve persecution?
Even Lex Luthor, by all counts a genius, has been hindered not once, not twice, but so many times that it has taken hundreds of comic books, a few films and no fewer than ten full seasons of a television series to keep him properly thwarted.
It’s just not fair. So those of us who are so twisted and sick that we love mad scientists have created this guide. Some of the names have been changed to protect the guilty, but you’ll recognize them. But it doesn’t matter. This guide is not for you. It’s for them, the underhanded, over-brained, paranoiacs who so desperately need our help.
What lies behind those unfocused, restless eyes and drooling, wicked grins? Why–and how–do they concoct their nefarious plots? Why are they so set on taking over the world? If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions, you’re in luck: Because we are exposing their secrets, aiding and abetting their evil. It all awaits, within.
Watch out, world!
All original, all nefarious, all conquering tales from the megalomaniacal pens of DIANA GABALDON, AUSTIN GROSSMAN, SEANAN McGUIRE, NAOMI NOVIK, DANIEL H. WILSON and 17 OTHER EVIL GENIUSES
To learn more, visit the website I built for the book, which features Free Reads, interviews with the authors, and more!
This year’s Locus Awards nomination period is now open.
Anyone may vote for the Locus Awards. In each category, you may vote for up to five works or nominees, ranking them 1 (first place) through 5 (fifth). Listed options in each category are based on Locus‘s 2012 Recommended Reading List, with options in categories for editor, artist, magazine, and publisher including results of the past two years. You are welcome to use the write-in boxes to vote for other titles and nominees in any category. Nominations close April 15, 2013. To nominate, go here.
To assist you in finding material to nominate, I’ve assembled this post to list everything that I worked on in 2012.
After the jump, you’ll find all of the 2012 eligible stories/authors that either appeared in Lightspeed or Nightmare, or in projects I’m otherwise affiliated with.
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Check out this awesome video of David D. Levine (a/k/a the villain Dr. Talon) reading his “Letter to the Editor,” which you’ll be able to read yourself in The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination (out Feb. 19):
In other news, Tor Books, publisher The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, is sending me on a short west coast book tour in support of the anthology’s release.
Dates and details below. All of the events should run 60-90 minutes unless otherwise noted.
Over on Goodreads, we’re giving away 5 copies of Oz Reimagined. These are Advance Review Copies (ARCs), also known as Advance Uncorrected Proofs; this is an early version of the book that is produced ahead of publication, for the purpose of giving reviewers time to read the book before it comes out, so their coverage can be timed accordingly. There may be some errors in this version of the text, and it does not include the interior art–it’s the same book otherwise. If you’d like to enter to win a copy, just pop over to Goodreads and enter! Contest ends Feb. 4.
Also on Goodreads, Tor Books is giving away 9 copies of The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination. Giveaway ends Jan. 31, so if you want to win one pop over to Goodreads and enter for a chance to win! Contest ends Jan. 31.
This year’s Hugo Awards nomination period opens January 1.
The 2012 Hugo Awards will be presented in San Antonio, TX during Lone Star Con 3, the 71st World Science Fiction Convention (Aug. 29-Sep. 2). Nominations close on March 10, 2012. Anyone who has a supporting or full membership of Lone Star Con 3 as of January 31, 2013 and all members of Chicon 7 (last year’s Worldcon) may nominate works. If you didn’t attend Chicon 7, and you don’t plan to attend Lone Star Con 3, you can still nominate by purchasing a supporting membership. Nominations may be submitted through the online ballot, available here.
To assist you in finding material to nominate, I’ve assembled this post to list everything that I worked on in 2012.
If you are planning and eligible to vote for the Hugos this year, if you email me proof of your Worldcon membership (i.e., your name is listed on the Worldcon website as an attending member, or the email confirmation or receipt you received when you purchased your membership, etc.) I would be happy to make all of my 2012 content available to you in the digital format of your choice (doc, pdf, mobi, or epub).
After the jump, you’ll find all of the 2012 eligible stories/authors that either appeared in Lightspeed or Nightmare, or in projects I’m otherwise affiliated with. (more…)
This year’s Nebula Awards nomination period is now open.
From November 15 to February 15, Active and Associate SFWA members may submit nominations for the Nebula Awards. Nominations may be submitted through the online ballot, available here. For more information, visit SFWA’s How to Vote page.
To assist you in finding material to nominate, I’ve assembled this post to list everything that I worked on in 2012.
Note: If you are not a SFWA member, but you are a Worldcon attendee and are planning/eligible to vote for the Hugos this year, if you email me proof of membership (i.e., your name is listed on the Worldcon website as an attending member, or the email confirmation or receipt you received when you purchased your membership, etc.) I would be happy to make these files available to you for that purpose.
After the jump, you’ll find all of the 2012 eligible stories/authors that either appeared in Lightspeed or Nightmare, or in projects I’m otherwise affiliated with. (more…)
This year’s World Fantasy Awards nomination period is now open.
The World Fantasy Awards will be presented in Brighton, England during the World Fantasy Convention (Oct. 31 – Nov. 3). Deadline for nominating is and ballots must be received by May 31, 2013.
All registered members of the 2011 World Fantasy Convention in California, the 2012 World Fantasy Convention in Canada, and the 2013 event in Brighton will be eligible to vote before the deadline. If you didn’t attend one of the previously mentioned World Fantasy conventions, and you don’t plan to attend this year, you can still nominate by purchasing a supporting membership.
Already registered? Go and nominate your favorite works! Voting information is available on the World Fantasy Convention 2013 website.
To assist you in finding material to nominate, I’ve assembled this post to list everything that I worked on in 2012.
If you are planning and eligible to vote for the World Fantasy Awards this year, if you email me proof of your World Fantasy membership (i.e., your name is listed on the World Fantasy website as an attending member, or the email confirmation or receipt you received when you purchased your membership, etc.) I would be happy to make all of my 2012 content available to you in the digital format of your choice (doc, pdf, mobi, or epub).
After the jump, you’ll find all of the 2012 eligible stories/authors that either appeared in Lightspeed or Nightmare, or in projects I’m otherwise affiliated with. (more…)
This year’s Stoker Awards nomination period is now open.
Complete Stoker rules for 2012 are available on the HWA website [PDF link]. Nominations close January 15.
To assist you in finding material to nominate, I’ve assembled this post to list everything that I worked on in 2012.
If you are an HWA member, you may email me to request copies of all of the stories listed here in either doc, pdf, mobi, or epub format.
After the jump, you’ll find all of the 2012 eligible stories/authors that either appeared in Lightspeed or Nightmare. Since Lightspeed publishes science fiction/fantasy primarily, I’ve only noted the stories here that lean toward horror/dark fantasy. (For a full list of my 2012 materials, see my Nebula Awards nominations post.) (more…)