Win a copy of Jasper Kent's THE THIRD SECTION

Thanks to the kind folks at Transworld, I have five copies of Jasper Kent's The Third Section up for grabs! For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.



It's the sequel to the excellent Twelve (Canada, USA, Europe) and Thirteen Years Later (Canada, USA, Europe).



Here's the blurb:



Russia 1855. After forty years of peace in Europe, war rages. In the Crimea, the city of Sevastopol is besieged. In the north, Saint Petersburg is blockaded. But in Moscow there is one who needs only to sit and wait – wait for the death of an aging tsar, and for the curse upon his blood to be passed to a new generation.



As their country grows weaker, a man and a woman - unaware of the hidden ties that bind them - must come to terms with their shared legacy. In Moscow, Tamara Valentinovna Komarova uncovers a brutal murder and discovers that it not the first in a sequence of similar crimes, merely the latest, carried out by a killer who has stalked the city since 1812.



And in Sevastopol, Dmitry Alekseevich Danilov faces not only the guns of the combined armies of Britain and France, but must also make a stand against creatures that his father had thought buried beneath the earth, thirty years before.



The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "SECTION." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy.



Second, your email must contain your full mailing address (that's snail mail!), otherwise your message will be deleted.



Lastly, multiple entries will disqualify whoever sends them. And please include your screen name and the message boards that you frequent using it, if you do hang out on a particular MB.



Good luck to all the participants!

Overview of Terry Goodkind's THE OMEN MACHINE

Can't afford to buy Terry Goodkind's The Omen Machine (Canada, USA, Europe), but you don't want to miss out on all that triumph of the human spirit stuff??? Rejoice!



Salazar is posting a snarky chapter-by-chapter overview of the Yeard's latest masterpiece on Neogaf. Follow this link to read about the latest adventures of Richard and Kahlan. . .

2011 Hugo Awards

Kudos to Lou Anders (about time!) and Clarkesworld Magazine!!!



BEST NOVEL



Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)



BEST NOVELLA



The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)



BEST NOVELETTE



“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)



BEST SHORT STORY



“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)



BEST RELATED WORK



Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)



BEST GRAPHIC STORY



Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by

Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)



BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM



Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner)



BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM



Doctor Who: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)



BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM



Sheila Williams



BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM



Lou Anders



BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST



Shaun Tan



BEST SEMIPROZINE



Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker



BEST FANZINE



The Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon



BEST FAN WRITER



Claire Brialey



BEST FAN ARTIST



Brad W. Foster



JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER



Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2009 or 2010, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).



Lev Grossman

Quote of the Day

The success of The Windup Girl makes me wonder whether or not we even know what the term ‘science fiction’ means to people. I hope my novel uses the same tools science fiction has always used, but turns them to some pressing, timely concerns of today. Maybe science fiction lost its track a little bit, and got off on some lines of speculation which are pretty interesting but not necessarily connected to today’s questions, as previously it had been core to our conception of ourselves and where we were headed. You want our genre to be perceived as the most relevant of storytelling methods. That science fiction is specifically about our world and what’s going on with it, imposing a sense of meaning over that world that otherwise is muddy.



- Paolo Bacigalupi, author of the excellent The Windup Girl (Canada, USA, Europe) in an interview with Locus Magazine.

This week's New York Times Bestsellers (August 16th)

In hardcover:



George R. R. Martin's A Dance With Dragons maintains its position at number 2. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.



Sherrilyn Kenyon's Retribution debuts at number 4.



Jim Butcher's Ghost Story is down four positions, ending the week at number 5. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.



Karen Traviss' Gears of War: Coalition's End debuts at number 23.



Charlaine Harris' Dead Reckoning is down one position, ending the week at number 24. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.



Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner's Home Improvement: Undead Edition debuts at number 28.



In paperback:



George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones maintains its position at number 2.



George R. R. Martin's A Clash of Kings is down one position, ending the week at number 4.



George R. R. Martin's A Storms of Swords maintains its position at number 7.



George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones is down one spot, finishing the week at number 10 (trade paperback).



George R. R. Martin's A Feast for Crows is up one position, ending the week at number 11.



George R. R. Martin's A Clash of Kings is down thirteen positions, ending the week at number 26 (trade paperback).



Stephenie Meyer's The Host debuts at number 26.



Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is up three spots, finishing the week at number 30.



Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars returns at number 31 (trade paperback).



George R. R. Martin's A Feast for Crows is up one spot, finishing the week at number 32 (trade paperback).

Jim Butcher contest winners!

Each of our winners will get their hands on a copy of Jim Butcher's Ghost Story, courtesy of the folks at Roc. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.



The winners are:



- Jonathan Massaquoi, from Washington, D.C., USA



- Mi Young Jun, from Glendale, Arizona, USA (Moreta on asoiaf.westeros.org)



- Milad Fereshtehnezhad, from Arlington, Texas, USA (Milad on sffworld.com)



- Parto Barkhordari, from Leesburg, Virginia, USA



- Arvind Raghupathy, from Plantation, Florida, USA



Many thanks to all the participants!

Win a copy of Brian Ruckley's THE EDINBURGH DEAD

I have three copies of Brian Ruckley's latest, The Edinburgh Dead, for you to win, compliments of the fine folks at Orbit. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.



Here's the blurb:



Edinburgh: 1828



In the starkly-lit operating theaters of the city, grisly experiments are being carried out on corpses in the name of medical science. But elsewhere, there are those experimenting with more sinister forces.



Amongst the crowded, sprawling tenements of the labyrinthine Old Town, a body is found, its neck torn to pieces. Charged with investigating the murder is Adam Quire, Officer of the newly- formed Edinburgh Police. The trail will lead him into the deepest reaches of the city's criminal underclass, and to the highest echelons of the filthy rich.



Soon Quire will discover that a darkness is crawling through this city of enlightenment - and no one is safe from its corruption.



The Edinburgh Dead is a powerful fusion of gothic horror, history, and the fantastical.



The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "EDINBURGH." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy.



Second, your email must contain your full mailing address (that's snail mail!), otherwise your message will be deleted.



Lastly, multiple entries will disqualify whoever sends them. And please include your screen name and the message boards that you frequent using it, if you do hang out on a particular MB.



Good luck to all the participants!