Gollancz 50th
Dune! Some thoughts from Malcolm Edwards
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 […]
Read MoreOn the sixth day of Christmas…
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 […]
Read MoreJustina Robson discusses Flowers for Algernon
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.
Read MoreGollancz 50th: The Time Machine
‘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 […]
Read MoreJoe Abercrombie discusses The Lies of Locke Lamora
On Joe Abercrombie’s last visit to Gollancz Towers we asked him what he REALLY thought about The Lies of Locke Lamora.
Read MoreThe Lies of Locke Lamora
I don’t remember exactly how I came across Scott Lynch’s name on the internet. He must have posted on a forum where I was lurking or someone mentioned his name online. You know how the […]
Read MoreAlastair Reynolds discusses THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN
We recently caught up with Alastair Reynolds and asked him to tell us a little bit about the Gollancz 50th title he has written the introduction for The Book of the New Sun.
Read MoreGollancz 50th: The Book of the New Sun
“It is possible I already had some presentiment of my future. The locked and rusted gate that stood before us, with wisps of river fog threading its spikes like the mountain paths, remains in my […]
Read MoreDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
I remember the first time I became aware of Philip K. Dick, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Or, more precisely, according to the cover, the book that inspired BLADE RUNNER (in very big […]
Read MoreThe Name of the Wind
It was a grey, wet, dark Friday afternoon just before Christmas 2006 when an agent sent me a manuscript for consideration. It was over a thousand pages long and when printed out, single-sided and double-spaced, […]
Read MoreCelebrating 50 Years of Gollancz
A Special Message from Simon Spanton, Deputy Publishing Director, Gollancz We’re proud of our list. It’s probably (though it hurts us to admit it) not perfect but it’s chock full of books we’ve all fallen […]
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