Archive for the ‘Gollancz 50th’ Category
Dune! Some thoughts from Malcolm Edwards
Gollancz Team: Malcolm - January 11th, 2012
Editorial Posts, Gollancz 50th, Masterworks, Science Fiction
My first encounter with Dune was the opening sentence of Part Two, Muad’Dib: “Now Harkonnen shall kill Harkonnen,” Paul whispered.
Dune wasn’t even a novel at that time – it was a pair of magazine serials, published in one of the leading magazines, Analog, still under the legendary editorship of John W. Campbell Jr. The first section, “Dune World” (“Dune” in the novel), appeared in three parts between December 1963 and February 1964. Readers then had … More
Tags: Dune, Frank Herbert, Gollancz 50th, Masterworks, Science Fiction
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On the sixth day of Christmas…
Gollancz Team: Gillian - December 30th, 2011
Ben Aaronovitch, Brandon Sanderson, Charlaine Harris, Editorial Posts, Fantasy, Gollancz 50th, Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss, Science Fiction, Seasonal Posts, SF Gateway
The 30th of December. It’s somehow not quite Christmas any more, it’s not quite the New Year either, so it seems a marvellous day to look back at the year 2011 . . . and it’s been quite a year for Gollancz! So here are six of our highlights from the past twelve months . . .
1) Our 50th birthday party – it’s extraordinary to think that the Gollancz SF list is 50 years old! In that time the list … More
Tags: All Clear, Ben Aaronovitch, Blackout, Brandon Sanderson, Charlaine Harris, Christmas, Connie Willis, Dark Fantasy, Dead Reckoning, Fantasy, Gollancz 50th, Joe Abercrombie, Moon Over Soho, Patrick Rothfuss, Rivers of London, Science Fiction, SF Gateway, Sookie Stackhouse Series, The Heroes, The Wise Man's Fear
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Justina Robson discusses Flowers for Algernon
Gollancz Team: Jen - November 24th, 2011
Gollancz 50th, Justina Robson, Science Fiction
We recently caught up with Justina Robson and asked her to tell us a little bit about the Gollancz 50th title she has written the introduction for Flowers for Algernon.
Tags: Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algenron, Gollancz 50th, Justina Robson, Science Fiction
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Gollancz 50th: The Time Machine
Gollancz Team: Gillian - October 25th, 2011
Gollancz 50th, Masterworks, Science Fiction
‘I seemed to see a ghostly, indistinct figure sitting in a whirling mass of black and brass for a moment – a figure so transparent that the bend behind with its sheets of drawings was absolutely distinct; but this phantasm vanished as I rubbed my eyes. The Time Machine had gone . . . The Time Traveller vanished three years ago. And, as everybody knows now, he has never returned.’
The Time Machine is a curious little novel. It’s … More
Tags: Gollancz 50th, H.G. Wells, Masterworks, Science Fiction, The Time Machine
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Joe Abercrombie discusses The Lies of Locke Lamora
Gollancz Team: Jen - October 12th, 2011
Fantasy, Gollancz 50th, Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch
On Joe Abercrombie’s last visit to Gollancz Towers we asked him what he REALLY thought about The Lies of Locke Lamora.
Tags: Fantasy, Gollancz 50th, Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora
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