The title line says it all, yard-apes. This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of Ad Astra – the local Toronto sf convention where we Torontonian sf people go each spring to see one another, talk about all things genre and hone our knife-throwing skills. I’ll be there this weekend, on panels and doing a mini-launch […]
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Those are the things that Publisher’s Weekly thinks my novel Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism is made of. There’s a very nice review of my book posted at the magazine’s website. The salient parts, pulled expertly by CZP honcho Brett Savory, read as follows: “Nickle (Monstrous Affections) blends Little House on the Prairie with
The X-Files, Rosemary’s Baby… and Little House on the Prairie? Read More »
It was a good night, some weeks back, when Cory Doctorow and I read aloud from our new books at the Augusta House in Toronto. The evening was part of the ChiZine Reading Series – and this event celebrated the Cecil Street Irregulars, a writer’s workshop from which Cory and I both learned everything we
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This is a note to yard-apes spending the weekend in Toronto and wishing to say hello and listen to a cheerful bit of readings. This Sunday evening, I’ll be joining actual optimists and good friends Cory Doctorow and Karl Schroeder at the Augusta House, to read from our novels. I will be reading from Eutopia:
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Well this was a lovely surprise: came home today to find a google alert showing what I believe is the second on-line review of Eutopia – this time from the reviewer known only as Dreadlocksmile, on the U.K. horror review site Vault of Evil. It is a fine review, and I will link to it.
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… gone, on Friday. That’s the last chance anyone has to order this special edition from the Horror Mall. It’s a $50 signed limited edition, and it’s the only place you’ll be able to purchase and see illustrations by Canadian landscape painter Lawrence Nickle (my dad). The illustrations are fantastic, and worth the price by
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Actually, I believe it’s the first review of my novel, posted at The Landing Dock Reviews site, right here. It’s a very good review by author Jim Cherry. He concludes: The horror is more implicit than explicit, there’s no big ’reveal’ scene where a monstrous nightmare vision is thrown at the reader for shock or
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Perhaps the most indulgent post I’ve made about Eutopia so far, but not, I suspect, the most indulgent one I’ll make: photos, of one of my author copies of my novel Eutopia. Brett got review copies back from the printer’s last week, and set aside a few for the author. So just to prove it’s
Just got word that Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, had a pretty good first month on pre-order at The Horror Mall this December. The limited edition hardcover is #8 on The Horror Mall’s pre-order best-seller list. It’s a premium option for yard-apes that want to pick up the book – a tale of eugenics,
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It’s some months still before Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism hits shelves and mailboxes around the world. But Sue Granquist over at Black Gate is already anticipating its release in a very kind way, right here. Sue also singles out my pal Claude Lalumiere’s The Door To Lost Pages, which is coming out around
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