Gollancz Team: Gillian - April 10th, 2012
Elspeth Cooper, Events, Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie, Kristen Britain, News, Prize Winners, Science Fiction, SF Gateway
Gollancz is fresh back from a very successful Eastercon, and with an astounding haul of Award wins, and Award nominations!
The British Science Fiction Awards
Yesterday our very own Christopher Priest won the BSFA award for Best Science Fiction Novel, for his wonderful novel The Islanders.
We were also thrilled to see the SF Encyclopedia recognised as the Best Non-Fiction project of the year. Darren Nashand Malcolm Edwards have worked hand-in-hand with the Encyclopedia, during the creation of our SF Gateway … More
Tags: Brandon Sanderson, BSFA Awards, Christopher Priest, David Gemmell Awards, Elspeth Cooper, Fantasy, Joe Abercrobmie, Kristen Britain, Patrick Rothfuss, Science Fiction, SF Gateway
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Gollancz Team: Gillian - January 1st, 2012
Editorial Posts, Seasonal Posts, SF Gateway
. . . It’s New Year’s Day! Happy 2012!
And as we all know, this is the year the world will come to an end. To celebrate, follow the link.
You know you want to; and sing along!
Check back over the remaining four days of Christmas for blogs about New Year resolutions, and some of the fabulous things we have in store for 2012 – debut authors, new releases and amazing covers amongst them. For … More
Tags: Christmas, SF Gateway
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Gollancz Team: Gillian - December 31st, 2011
Editorial Posts, Science Fiction, Seasonal Posts, SF Gateway
. . . It’s also New Year’s Eve, and the very last day of 2011! Cue fireworks, kissing your loved ones at midnight, Auld Lang Syne, parties and Jool’s Holland on TV. But all that happens at midnight – that’s hours away! So what to do until then . . . ?
But is 2012 really so far away? We could, in fact, make a day of the celebrations! 2012 will arrive in New Zealand at about 11.00 in the morning … More
Tags: A Long Long Sleep, Anna Sheehan, Christmas, H.G. Wells, John Sladek, Science Fiction, The Anubis Gates, The Time Machine, Tik-Tok, Tim Powers
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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! … 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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Gollancz Team: Gillian - December 28th, 2011
Alternate History, Editorial Posts, Fantasy, Masterworks, Science Fiction, Seasonal Posts, SF Gateway
I got an e-reader for Christmas and on it, I put . . .
O wonder of wonders! An e-reader for Christmas – for indeed, the ebook revolution is upon us! But once you have the device, whatever to load on to it? Which title, from the many, many novels available, should be the first one you download. Which seminal novel to choose, to be the very first on this extraordinary science-fictional device?
. . . of course it has to be … More
Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, Christmas, Dune, Fantasy, Frank Herbert, Gene Wolfe, Science Fiction, SF Gateway, Sheri S. Tepper
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