The latest volume in the bestselling Recluce saga by L. E. Modesitt, jr., Arms-Commander, will soon be released, and the author was kind enough to provide this extract for your reading pleasure. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.Here's the blurb:Arms-Commander takes place ten years after the end of The Chaos Balance and tells the story of the legendary Saryn. The keep of Westwind, in the cold mountainous heights called the Roof of the World, is facing attack by the adjoining... Read Full Story

To my everlasting shame, though I own many of Alastair Reynolds' novels, I have yet to give any of his novel-length works a shot. I enjoyed The Six Directions of Space last year, and I was eager to sink my teeth into the upcoming Subterranean Press double-feature comprised of the novellas Thousandth Night and Minla's Flowers. Once again, I was shocked to discover that Reynolds can write works of epic proportions that resound with depth in short form, more so than most authors manage to do in ... Read Full Story

In hardcover:Stephen King's Under the Dome debuts at number 1. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan's The Gathering Storm is down two spots, finishing its third week on the NYT list at number 6. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.Charlaine Harris' A Touch of Dead is down eight positions, ending its sixth week on the charts at number 17. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.Charlaine Harris' Dead and Gone is dow... Read Full Story

Thank you for your many heartfelt words of support. Your flood of letters and emails really means a lot to me. To underscore the overriding sentiment, yes it is really sad that a few heartless, conscienceless people can do so much harm and there’s no rational reason why other people would believe such nonsense. The Internet makes it easy for anyone to say any hateful, untrue thing they want. And when a small group of people with agendas do this for nearly a decade, I can see why otherwise sma... Read Full Story

This from Orbit's website:We are very pleased to announce that Orbit has agreed to a three-book deal with internationally bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson. The first novel, scheduled for publication in 2012, has the working title 2312.Tim Holman, Orbit VP and Publisher, says: “Kim Stanley Robinson is a writer who can make the future credible, no matter how incredible it might seem. 2312 will be set in our solar system three hundred years from now; a solar system in which mankind has le... Read Full Story

Thanks to artist Vincent Chong's generosity, our winner will get his hands on the art print of his choice from the selection found in the Image Archive on http://www.vincentchong-art.co.uk/. The print will be a size of 8.3x11.7 inches and be printed on 280gsm Smooth Pearl paper.The winner is:- Antoine Tiévant, from Salles, FranceMany thanks to all the participants! Read Full Story

I was in the audience at the Bell Center last night, and what a performance! This is a "must see" for all John Williams fans! And for Star Wars fans, of course!Sure, every single person is already won over from the very first note. But there's no denying the quality of the gig. I could have done without the sound effects while the symphony orchestra was playing, but overall it was a memorable night.I didn't expect the Bell Center to be this packed. I thought they were using the configuration ... Read Full Story

You can see a number of hilarious promotional videos on Jeff Somers' blog. This one gives you 5 good reasons to buy the mass market trade paperback edition of both The Electric Church (Canada, USA, Europe) and The Digital Plague (Canada, USA, Europe). Read Full Story

Since I have no use for my US ARC of Steven Erikson's Dust of Dreams, I'm giving it away to one lucky winner! For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.Here's the blurb:In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world…In Letherii, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. And in these same Wastelands, others gather ... Read Full Story

I've said early on that the early Sandman omnibuses were sort of hit or miss with me, what with all the stories being so all over the place without any sort of continuity. Well, The Sandman: Fables & Reflections is the worse in that regard, I'm afraid. The storylines which comprise this sixth omnibus are vignettes that have little or nothing to do with one another and, perhaps, the overall story arc.I felt it was a bit of a letdown, for the tale had become brilliant in the last few instal... Read Full Story