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Friday Reads: Dead Ever After
Gollancz Team: Jen - May 10th, 2013
Charlaine Harris, Friday Reads
This week’s Friday Read is Dead Ever After, the final novel in Charlie Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series, which came out this week. Through their tears at saying goodbye to Sookie, Gillian and Jen have managed to give you a Friday Read…
Tags: Bill Compton, Bon Temps, Charlaine Harris, Dead Ever After, Eric, final Sookie Stackhouse, Friday Read, Friday Reads, Sookie Stackhouse, True Blood
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Friday Reads: Iain Banks
Gollancz Team: Hannah - May 3rd, 2013
Friday Reads
Our Friday Reads tribute to Iain [M] Banks.
Tags: Feerum Endjinn, Friday Read, Friday Reads, Iain Banks, Iain M Banks, Stonemouth, The Crow Road, The Quarry, The Wasp Factory
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Friday Reads: The City and the Stars
Gollancz Team: Marcus - April 26th, 2013
Friday Reads, Masterworks, Science Fiction, SF Gateway
Every so often, when I know I’ve got a bit of time to kill and don’t want to do any ‘work’ reading, I grab an SF Masterwork off the shelf in the office and give it a go. (A shelf full of SF Masterworks is one of the best things about working at Gollancz). Normally I pick something almost at random, but I do try and make sure it’s something I haven’t read before. This week, though, I was … More
Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, Friday Reads, SF Gateway, SF Masterworks, The City and the Stars
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Friday Reads: Poison
Gollancz Team: Paul - April 19th, 2013
Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Friday Reads, Sarah Pinborough
‘Fairy Tales’ have always been something for children. Now that I’m 35 I think I’ve well and truly outgrown ‘fairy tales’. The sort of books I read are normally far darker and nastier than anything you get in a ‘fairy tale’ but as I now have two children it’s not going to be very long before I’m reading them tales of Hansel & Gretel, Cinderella and even Snow White. I’m definitely not going to be reading them More
Tags: Beauty, Charm, Fairy Tale, Modern Fairy Tale, Poison, Sarah Pinborough, Snow White
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Friday Reads: UNCLE
Gollancz Team: Marcus - April 5th, 2013
Friday Reads
A bit of a diversion this time around, as I use this week’s Friday Reads to a) introduce you to the best children’s books you’ve never heard of and b) ask you for money.
I should make it very clear that this is a personal project, and not connected with or endorsed by Gollancz, Orion or anyone else. However, I am grateful for the chance to blog about this project here today.
The UNCLE books, by the Reverend J. P. Martin, … More
Tags: Andy Riley, Friday Reads, Garth Nix, J.P.Martin, Justin Pollard, Kate Summerscale, Kickstarter, Martin Rowson, Neil Gaiman, out of print, Quentin Blake, Reverend J.P.Martin, Roald Dahl, Sir Quentin Blake, UNCLE
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