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Danger Day

December 6, 2013 at 7:36 pm
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DANGEROUS WOMEN is here.  The anthology was released on December 3 in hardcover and ebook, and should be available from your favorite local bookstore or online retailer.  This is a monster, as those who have already snagged a copy can testify, a massive crossgenre assembly of all original stories about women warriors, femmes fatale, and kickass adventurers, containing not only "The Princess and the Queen," my own 30,000 word account of the Dance of the Dragons, but all sorts of other terrific stuff as well.

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Here's a story about the book from today's PASATIEMPO, the magazine of the Santa Fe NEW MEXICAN.

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/books/readings_signings/damsels-who-distress-dangerous-women-an-anthology/article_2b831a74-dac3-5826-b1eb-5a4b1f89d4cc.html

Our table of contents:

The full table of contents:
INTRODUCTION, by Gardner Dozois
SOME DESPERADO, by Joe Abercrombie
MY HEART IS EITHER BROKEN, by Megan Abbott
NORA’S SONG, by Cecelia Holland
THE HANDS THAT ARE NOT THERE, by Melinda Snodgrass
BOMBSHELLS, by Jim Butcher
RAISA STEPANOVA, by Carrie Vaughn
WRESTLING JESUS, by Joe R. Lansdale
NEIGHBORS, by Megan Lindholm
I KNOW HOW TO PICK ‘EM, by Lawrence Block
SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL, by Brandon Sanderson
A QUEEN IN EXILE, by Sharon Kay Penman
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, by Lev Grossman
SECOND ARABESQUE, VERY SLOWLY, by Nancy Kress
CITY LAZARUS, by Diana Rowland
VIRGINS, by Diana Gabaldon
HELL HATH NO FURY, by Sherilynn Kenyon
PRONOUNCING DOOM, by S.M. Stirling
NAME THE BEAST, by Sam Sykes
CARETAKERS, by Pat Cadigan
LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME, by Caroline Spector
THE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN, by George R.R. Martin

And for those in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, or the rest of the Land of Enchantment…

This Monday, my co-editor Gardner Dozois and I will be at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe with seven of our writers.   So come join me and Steve Stirling and Melinda Snodgrass and Diana Rowland and Gardner Dozois and Carrie Vaughn and Diana Gabaldon and Sam Sykes and Megan Lindholm/ Robin Hobb for an evening of DANGEROUS TALK ABOUT DANGEROUS WOMEN,

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So come and hear us if you can, and get your books signed as well.  We should have copies of many other titles by our attending writers on hand, along with a big stack of DANGEROUS WOMEN itself.

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The Dangerous Women Are Coming

December 2, 2013 at 5:53 pm
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The dangerous women are coming to the Jean Cocteau this week.

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(We also hoped to present THE LAST SEDUCTION, but the film has been withdrawn from distribution because of a rights dispute, alas).

See one, see two, see them all.  Kickass avengers, femmes fatale, women warriors, alien queens, what more could you want?

All of this, of course, is part of our Dangerous Women Week, to mark the debut of  DANGEROUS WOMEN, the gigantic crossgenre anthology I edited with Gardner Dozois.

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And next Monday, December 9, we'll launch the book with "Dangerous Talk About Dangerous Women" at the Cocteau, a gala panel discussion and booksigning featuring me and Gardner, and seven of our contributing writers – CARRIE VAUGHN (!), SAM SYKES (!), MELINDA M. SNODGRASS (!), S.M. STIRLING (!), DIANA ROWLAND (!), MEGAN LINDHOLM/ ROBIN HOBB (!), and DIANA GABALDON (!).

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The Martians Are Here

October 8, 2013 at 12:19 pm
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Today's the day.

It's publication day.  The first of my "October barrage," OLD MARS, hits the bookstores today.  Copies will also be available from your favorite online bookseller.

So go and grab a copy, and return to the Mars That Was,

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You can't go home again.  But you can go back to Mars.

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The Martians Are Coming

October 1, 2013 at 8:53 am
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It's only a week till the release of OLD MARS, the latest anthology from Gardner Dozois and Yours Truly, featuring fifteen brand new, original, never before published tales of the Red Planet of bygone years, the one with the canals and the dead sea bottoms and the lost cities and myriad marvelous Martians.

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If you'd like a taste, Pat's Fantasy Hotlist has posted an excerpt from Allen Steele's story, "Martian Blood."  You can find it here:

http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.ca/2013/09/extract-from-old-mars-edited-by-george.html

Pat is also giving away three copies of the hardcovers.  To see how you can snag one, check out that link above.

The full lineup of stories and authors:
RED PLANET BLUES (Introduction) by George R.R. Martin
MARTIAN BLOOD, by Allen M. Steele
THE UGLY DUCKLING, by Matthew Hughes
THE WRECK OF THE MARS ADVENTURE, by David D. Levine
SWORDS OF ZAR-TU-KAN, by S.M. Stirling
SHOALS, by Mary Rosenblum
IN THE TOMBS OF THE MARTIAN KINGS, by Mike Resnick
OUT OF SCARLIGHT, by Liz Williams
THE DEAD SEA-BOTTOM SCROLLS, by Howard Waldrop
A MAN WITHOUT HONOR, by James S.A. Corey
WRITTEN IN DUST, by Melinda Snodgrass
THE LOST CANAL, by Michael Moorcock
THE SUNSTONE, by Phyllis Eisenstein
KING OF THE CHEAP ROMANCE, by Joe R. Lansdale
MARINER, by Chris Roberson
THE QUEEN OF NIGHT’S ARIA, by Ian McDonald

You can preorder a copy from Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mars-George-R-R-Martin/dp/0345537270/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380639121&sr=1-1
or grab one next Tuesday from your favorite local bookseller.

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The Princess and the Queen

August 31, 2013 at 10:21 am
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The final story in DANGEROUS WOMEN will be my own, a 30,000 word novella entitled "The Princess and the Queen," a history (somewhat abridged) of the Dance of the Dragons, as set down by a maester of the Citadel.

Tor.com has  uploaded a sample to their site.  You can find it here:

http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/dangerous-women-george-r-r-martin-excerpt

Enjoy.

(The full 80,000 word account of the Dance will eventually appear in a book, as yet untitled, that we're calling the GRRMarillion).

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OLD VENUS Delivered

July 29, 2013 at 1:15 pm
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Another anthology done, another monkey off my back.

The last revision just came in on OLD VENUS, the latest (and last, for a time) original anthology that Gardner Dozois and I have been putting together.  Gardner will be delivering the final manuscript… well, e-manuscript… to our editors at Bantam Spectra later today.

Sixteen stories set on Venus.  Not, however, the real life Venus, with its rains of sulfuric acid and surface temperatures that would roast a man in the blink of an eye,  but the old watery pulp Venus of our lost youth, with its swamps, dinosaurs, and web-footed Venusians… Venerians… whatever.

The final lineup for this one will look like this:

INTRODUCTION, by Gardner Dozois
FROGHEADS, by Allen M. Steele
THE DROWNED CELESTRIAL, by Lavie Tidhar
PLANET OF FEAR, by Paul McAuley
GREEVES AND THE EVENING STAR, by Matthew Hughes
A PLANET CALLED DESIRE, by Gwyneth Jones
LIVING HELL, by Joe Haldeman
BONES OF AIR, BONES OF STONE, by Stephen Leigh
RUINS, by Eleanor Arnason
THE TUMBLEDOWNS OF CLEOPATRA ABYSS, by David Brin
BY FROGSLED AND LIZARDBACK TO OUTCAST VENUSIAN LEPERS, by Garth Nix
THE SUNSET OF TIME, by Michael Cassutt
PALE BLUE MEMORIES, by Tobias S. Buckell
THE HEART'S FILTHY LESSON, by Elizabeth Bear
THE WIZARD OF THE TREES, by Joe R. Lansdale
THE GODSTONE OF VENUS, by Mike Resnick
BOTANICA VENERIS: THIRTEEN PAPERCUTS BY IDA COUNTESS RATHANGAN, by Ian McDonald

This one is even more fun than our forthcoming OLD MARS, I think… and there's one story in there that's so bloody good that if it doesn't win the Hugo and Nebula both, I'll count it as a major injustice.  Which one?  Ah, I will leave you guys to figure that out.  But first you'll need to read the book.  Look for it along about a year after OLD MARS.

Gardner and I wish to categorically deny the rumor that we are now working on OLD URANUS.

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Breakfast at Brakebills

July 29, 2013 at 10:02 am
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Monday morning, and Tor.com has uploaded another teaser from DANGEROUS WOMEN.

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If you'd like to break your fasts at Brakebills with Lev Grossman, check out this sample from his Magicians story, "The Girl in the Mirror," at:

http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/dangerous-women-lev-grossman-excerpt

Watch this space.  More to come.

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Two More From Tor

July 28, 2013 at 2:27 pm
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Tor.com is posting up these DANGEROUS WOMEN excerpts faster than I can blog about them.

Two news ones have gone up since I posted about the Jim Butcher tease.

Here's a taste of Russian cooking from Carrie Vaughn's "Raisa Stepanova" —

  http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/dangerous-women-carrie-vaughn-excerpt

And here's a little tease from  Diana Rowland's "City Lazarus" —

 http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/dangerous-women-diana-rowland-excerpt

Swell stories both, I avow.  Go ye and get teased.

More to come, including… yes…. "The Princess and the Queen."

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Still More Danger

July 26, 2013 at 7:15 pm
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Tor.com has posted another excerpt from DANGEROUS WOMEN, this one from Jim Butcher's story "Bombshells," set in his Harry Dresden series.

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You can check it out here:

http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/dangerous-women-jim-butcher-excerpt

Read.  Enjoy.  Pre-order.

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Dangerous Virgins

July 25, 2013 at 6:41 pm
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Tor.com has just posted another teaser from our forthcoming DANGEROUS WOMEN anthology, this one an except from Diana Gabaldon's story, "Virgins."

You can check it out here:  http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/dangerous-women-diana-gabaldon-excerpt

And yes, this story is part of Diana's bestselling and award-winning OUTLANDER sequence.

DANGEROUS WOMEN will be published on December 3, but is available for advance purchase now from your favorite online bookseller.

The full table of contents:
INTRODUCTION, by Gardner Dozois
SOME DESPERADO, by Joe Abercrombie
MY HEART IS EITHER BROKEN, by Megan Abbott
NORA’S SONG, by Cecelia Holland
THE HANDS THAT ARE NOT THERE, by Melinda Snodgrass
BOMBSHELLS, by Jim Butcher
RAISA STEPANOVA, by Carrie Vaughn
WRESTLING JESUS, by Joe R. Lansdale
NEIGHBORS, by Megan Lindholm
I KNOW HOW TO PICK ‘EM, by Lawrence Block
SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL, by Brandon Sanderson
A QUEEN IN EXILE, by Sharon Kay Penman
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, by Lev Grossman
SECOND ARABESQUE, VERY SLOWLY, by Nancy Kress
CITY LAZARUS, by Diana Rowland
VIRGINS, by Diana Gabaldon
HELL HATH NO FURY, by Sherilynn Kenyon
PRONOUNCING DOOM, by S.M. Stirling
NAME THE BEAST, by Sam Sykes
CARETAKERS, by Pat Cadigan
LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME, by Caroline Spector
THE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN, by George R.R. Martin

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