Gollancz Team Archive
Simon
I find myself Deputy Publishing Director of Gollancz with no clear idea of how I got here but fairly sure I enjoyed the journey. There was some college, a lot of bookselling and a bit of marketing along the way but that was a long time ago. I’ve been editing since 1991. I’ve always read SF, Fantasy and Horror but I’ve always enjoyed reading other stuff as well. I’ve published other stuff too but never had as much fun doing it as I have publishing genre books. I’m very happy doing what I’m doing; to the extent that I’ve been comprehensively ruined for doing anything else. Anything else may have got off lightly. I’m definitely more Arthur Dent than I am Takeshi Kovacs. But then if anyone in publishing tells you they’re like Takeshi Kovacs they are LYING.
Locke Lamora is dying . . .
Gollancz Team: Simon - May 23rd, 2013
Fantasy, Scott Lynch
We know how patient you’ve had to be about the release of Scott’s third wonderful novel in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence, The Republic of Thieves.
But with publication date now confirmed as October the 10th we can torture ourselves with hints and tasters in the run up to the day when the book is finally out there. So we thought you might like to read Scott’s own blurb for Republic. I’ll hold my hands up to the shoutline … More
Tags: Cover copy, Fantasy, Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves
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The John W. Campbell Award Nominations
Gollancz Team: Simon - May 14th, 2013
Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, M. John Harrison
And the Gollancz nominations for the John W. Campbell Award are…
Tags: Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Blue Remember Hills, Empty Space, Jack Glass, John W. Campbell Award, M. John Harrison, Science Fiction, The Fractal Prince
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Cover Reveal: Steelheart
Gollancz Team: Simon - March 27th, 2013
Brandon Sanderson, Cover Art, Cover Reveal, Fantasy
Today we’re delighted to be able to show you the new cover for Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson.
This is the launch of a fantastic new series from Brandon that will run alongside the epic fantasy that we’re hoping will become a whole new benchmark for epic fantasy; The Stormlight Archive.
Steelheart is a gripping tale of revenge and justice set in a terrifying world where the Epics, a small cabal gifted with superpowers, are ruling us. Democracy is little more than a … More
Tags: Brandon Sanderson, Cover Reveal, Steelheart
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Wolfhound Century: Chapter Three
Gollancz Team: Simon - March 19th, 2013
Acquisitions, Extract, Fiction
It’s time for chapter three of our book of the month, Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins. Although the chapters are short, they are perfectly formed to deliver you one of our fine debuts…
Chapter three
When Lom got back from placating Magadlovosk on the phone, Ziller was already in the office, writing up his report. Ziller wrote carefully, word by meticulous word, holding his chewed pencil like a jeweller mending a watch.
‘Where are they?’ said Lom.
‘Who?’
‘Briefcase,’ said Lom. ‘The soldier.’
Ziller … More
Tags: Book of the month, Extract, Peter Higgins, Wolfhound Century
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Wolfhound Century: Chapter Two
Gollancz Team: Simon - March 13th, 2013
Extract, Fiction
Welcome to the next free extract from Peter Higgins’ wonderful Wolfhound Century.
Short chapters aren’t they? I think there’s an interesting essay to be written on chapters and their various lengths in novels, how and why they break the book up, how they group intent and theme, how they affect the flow, but here and now is not the time. While we’re distracted I’d rather take a moment to direct your attention to the quote from which Peter … More
Tags: Book of the month, Chapter Extract, Extract, Fiction, Peter Higgins, Wolfhound Century
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