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The Gemmell Awards 2012

Gollancz Team: - April 4th, 2012
Andrzej Sapkowski, Author Post, Brandon Sanderson, Events, Fantasy, Guest Post, James Barclay, Joe Abercrombie, Pierre Pevel, Prize Winners, Stan Nicholls

Today we’re thrilled to have another guest blogger on the blog. Following the delightful Pornokitsch joining us to talk about the ethos behind their award, today we have Stan Nicholls, Chairman of the David Gemmell Legend Awards, with a little bit about how the award came about, and what it’s designed to do. And watch this space! The David Gemmell Legend Award Shortlists are announced on Sunday!

When David Gemmell died on 28th July 2006, aged … More

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Asbury Park

Gollancz Team: - March 19th, 2012
Author Post, Horror, Rob Scott

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Rob Scott introduces us to Asbury Park, the setting for his supernatural crime thriller.

I try to run backwards through time. I can’t.

Twenty-seven years ago, around the time the first of my friends earned a driver’s license, I spent the better part of a humid summer loitering on the beaches and boardwalks of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Granted, I’d been visiting Monmouth County all my life, but that summer the place was different: There were no parents, … More

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Silent Running – a timely film?

Gollancz Team: - March 14th, 2012
Alastair Reynolds, Author Post, Film Reviews

Alastair Reynolds’ latest novel, Blue Remembered Earth, revealed not just a compelling vision of a possible future and a flair for adventure but also an abiding interest in ecology. It’s no surprise then, that Alastair should have chosen to write a piece on Silent Running for the Mark Morris edited Cinema Futura. We’re grateful to Alastair for his permission to re-run the piece here. Go to http://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/ for a wide-ranging … More

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Dabbling with Destiny

Gollancz Team: - February 21st, 2012
Author Post, Fantasy, Michael J. Ward

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I’ve often been asked if I could imagine DestinyQuest as a computer game; after all, video games were the main inspiration for my gamebook series. I usually answer with a most affirmative nod and then proceed to reel off a shopping list of all the ‘cool things’ I’d love to see amalgamated into a game franchise – visceral combat, tons of loot, flexible character-building, epic dungeon crawls, a free-roaming world… Yes, I … More

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Kit Berry 60 Second Interview

Gollancz Team: - February 8th, 2012
Author Post, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Interview

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In celebration of the David Gemmell Award long-lists being published, Gollancz is thrilled to be running a series of interviews-in-sixty-seconds with as many long-listed authors as we can get our hands on. Today we’re talking to Kit Berry, the critically acclaimed author of the Stonewylde series which began with a self-contained trilogy (Magus of Stonewylde, Moondance at Stonewylde and Solstice at Stonewylde) and now continues … More

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