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Dark Haven (SF Signal)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:40:47 GMT

Fantasy author Gail Martin is launching a huge kickoff to promote her new book Dark Haven , book three in The Chronicles of The Necromancer which will published by Solaris Books in February of 2009. What's the book about? In Dark Haven , the effects of Jared the Usurper's reign of terror go further than anyone imagined, striking at the stability of the Winter Kingdoms....

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Solaris Books signs debut steampunk novelist Tim Akers (The UK SF Book News Network)

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:49:08 GMT

From a Solaris Books press release: "Solaris is delighted to announce a new acquisition from debut author Tim Akers. Heart of Veridon is the first book in the Burn Cycle. Jacob Burn is a disgraced airship pilot, and a man augmented by strange implants designed to keep him alive in combat conditions. "An exiled son of [...]

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James Lovegrove on his forthcoming Solaris novel, ‘Age of Ra’ (The UK SF Book News Network)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:26:51 GMT

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on a new deal for UK author James Lovegrove for a novel called Age of Ra, to be published by Solaris Books. Intrigued by the concept, we dropped James a line with a few questions to see if he'd be prepared to shed a little more light on the [...]

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Solaris buys Simon R. Green's ‘Nightside’ series for UK publication (The UK SF Book News Network)

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:08:28 GMT

From a Solaris Books press release: "Solaris is very excited to announce the purchase of the first six books in Simon R. Green's Nightside series for UK publication.

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Solaris announces new novel deal for Conrad A. Williams (The UK SF Book News Network)

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:03:26 GMT

The latest news from the UK's Solaris Books imprint is that they're "proud and terrified" to announce a brand new acquisition from critically acclaimed writer Conrad A. Williams, Decay Inevitable, which Solaris is describing as "one of the grittiest modern fantasies ever written, and a masterful dark thriller."

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GIVEAWAY: Win a Chronicles of The Necromancer Mega-Pack! (SF Signal)

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:29:00 GMT

Here's your chance to win some bling! One lucky SF Signal reader, chosen at random, will win a Chronicles of The Necromancer Mega-Pack, courtesy of author Gail Martin and Solaris Books. The Mega-Pack contains: 1 signed limited edition advance review copy of The Summoner 1 signed limited edition advance review copy of The Blood King 1 signed final copy of The Blood King (which has about...

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Solaris announces brand new James Lovegrove novel, ‘The Age of Ra’ (The UK SF Book News Network)

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:46:33 GMT

UK sf, fantasy and horror publisher Solaris Books have announced a deal for critically acclaimed author James Lovegrove, for a brand new epic science fiction novel, The Age of Ra. Solaris' Mark Newton has some more information for us: "In The Age of Ra, the ancient Egyptian gods have defeated all the other pantheons and claimed [...]

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Solaris announces new novel deal for Mark Chadbourn (The UK SF Book News Network)

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:13:17 GMT

Last week, Solaris Books announced a deal for a new novel by British Fantasy Award-winning author Mark Chadbourn. Mark Newton sent us the following detaiils: "The Lord of Silence is a thrilling new epic fantasy. When the great hero of the city of Idriss is murdered, Vidar, the Lord of Silence, must take his place [...]

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Solaris Books announces three-book deal for Eric Brown (The UK SF Book News Network)

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:42:06 GMT

In a recent press release, the UK's Solaris Books have announced the acquisition of three new 'Bengal Station' novels from Science Fiction author Eric Brown. The release gives the following details: "Necropath, Xenopath and Cosmopath feature Jeff Vaughan, a telepath employed by the spaceport on Bengal Station, a vast twenty-level city-port that dominates the ocean between [...]

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Steampunk anthology (Boing Boing)

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:56:26 GMT

Extraordinary Engines is a forthcoming steampunk anthology from Solaris Books, including original stories by Daniel Abraham, Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Beth Bernobich, Eric Brown, Keith Brooke, Paul Di Filippo, Hal Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Jay Lake, Margo Lanagan, James Lovegrove, Ian R. MacLeod, Michael Moorcock, James Morrow, Kim Newman, Robert Reed, Chris Roberson, Adam Roberts, Lucius...

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Solaris Books announces major new Steampunk anthology, ed. Nick Gevers (The UK SF Book News Network)

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:46:12 GMT

A press release from Solaris Books has announced the publication of a brand new anthology of Steampunk-themed fiction: "BL Publishing is utterly delighted to announce the purchase of a major new anthology from editor and reviewer Nick Gevers [co-editor of the recent Infinity Plus anthology] for its growing Solaris imprint. "Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology...

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Chris Roberson's ‘Three Unbroken': Solaris online serialisation launches (The UK SF Book News Network)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:46:50 GMT

Detail: The UK's Solaris Books have begun the online serialisation of Three Unbroken by Chris Roberson, making the first chapter available to read on their website at www.solarisbooks.com/books/three-unbroken/free/ (you can sign up to the dedicated RSS Feed for future posting updates). Solaris Books' European Sales & Marketing manager George Mann...

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Read Chris Roberson's Three Unbroken Online for Free (SF Signal)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:32:54 GMT

Solaris Books is serializing Chris Roberson's second Celestial Empire novel, Three Unbroken , online for free. (The first novel, The Dragon's Nine Sons , is reviewed here .) Here's a more detailed description of Three Unbroken from the press release: Three Unbroken is the next epic novel in the Celestial Empire sequence and details the explosive war between the Chinese and Aztec empires...

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I'll be damned. . . (Pat's Fantasy Hotlist)

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:19:00 GMT

... new series by one of the finest writers of fantasy around. Mark Newton, one of the editors at Solaris Books ( www.solarisbooks.com ), emailed me about this yesterday. He knew I was a fan of Kearney, and thought I'd be interested in learning more about what Paul was working on. Now, I've mentioned elsewhere how running this blog engendered quite a few "fuck me" moments since its creation....

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Solaris Books’ online promotion for Chris Roberson's ‘Three Unbroken’ (The UK SF Book News Network)

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:22:10 GMT

From a Solaris press release: "BL Publishing imprint Solaris Books is very excited to announce an exciting new project with Chris Roberson, author of Set the Seas on Fire [Amazon] and The Dragon's Nine Sons [Amazon]. "Three Unbroken is the next epic novel in the Celestial Empire sequence and details the explosive war between the Chinese [...]

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Free Chris Roberson Novel! (When Gravity Fails)

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:09:00 GMT

Well, here's our latest bit of news. Just, you know, because we love you all, we're giving you a free book as a serialization. No, really . SOLARIS TO PUBLISH NEW CHRIS ROBERSON NOVEL ONLINE FOR FREE BL Publishing is very excited to announce an exciting new project with Chris Roberson, author of Set the Seas on Fire and The Dragon's Nine Sons. THREE UNBROKEN Three Unbroken is the next...

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Serialised Publishing Returns (Booksellers Association)

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:48:00 GMT

Hats off to Solaris Books in planning to serialise Chris Roberson's next fantasy novel on its website for free. ‘Three Unbroken’ will be published at a rate of two chapters per week and the text made available for download at www.solarisbooks.com. The project will start in November with the book not being published until 2009. So the Dickens model returns and interestingly...

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SF Tidbits for 10/30/07 (SF Signal)

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:36:58 GMT

Solaris Books plans to serialize Three Unbroken ( Chris Roberson 's second novel in his Celestial Empire sequence, after The Dragon's Nine Sons ) on their website for free, at a rate of two chapters per week. Three Unbroken is based on the sixty-four elements of the I-Ching, and "follows the lives of three soldiers from their induction into the armed forces to their eventual fight for...

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Polish Physiognomy (14theditch)

ondoo1@verizon.net — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:49:16 GMT

The Polish version of The Physiognomy from Solaris Books , translated by Konrad Walewski .

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Solaris Books (Elaine Cunningham)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:11:57 GMT

I first learned about Solaris Books , a new fiction line from Games Workshop (the people who bring you Warhammer) when one of the editors sent me the galleys for Ed Greenwood's upcoming book Dark Lord (which is, imo, one of Ed's best stories.) This week I received an email from Justin Gustainis, requesting a blurb for his novel Black Magic Woman . Thanks to the wonders of insomnia,...

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