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Returning to China Mieville’s Embassytown


mieville-embassytowntpThe Hugo and Nebula Award season is upon us.

Here comes Embassytown by China Mieville!

Awards are not important though. Not really. People reading great work is what’s important. Therefore, people should read Embassytown and here is a list of reviews and video interviews to do the convincing for me!

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Shark Week at Suvudu! When the Mieville Kraken Rises!


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The moment we started doing Shark Week on Suvudu, I thought of Kraken by China Mieville. For obvious reasons. But it’s my feeling that Kraken is overlooked by a lot of people

Here’s why you should read Kraken! During this week!

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Video Interview: China Mieville


Embassytown by China MievilleChina Mieville visited my home late this morning to sign copies of his new book, Embassytown, as well as do a brief video interview answering those questions that were sent into the Suvudu website on Thursday.

Here China talk about science fiction, language, and why he refers to himself as a “quantum” Hugo Award winner! Fun stuff from a serious writer!

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Ask China Mieville


Embassytown by China MievilleChina is coming by my place on Saturday. I’ll be able to sit down with him and ask him all of the questions that are already swirling within about his newest book, Embassytown!

But I’d like to include many of you if possible in that discussion. Though this is short notice, if you have any questions for China I might—just might—be able to ask him those questions on camera comment. So ask away! Time is a’wastin’!

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Terry Reviews: Kraken by China Mieville


krakenOne of the new additions I’ve installed on the Terry Brooks website is the ability to follow his reviews on Goodreads. He gets asked what he’s reading all of the time and we thought it would be a great thing to start posting what he’s reading along with his reviews.

As the tenth book Terry has reviewed on Goodreads, this month he wants to feature Kraken by China Mieville! Here’s what he had to say about it!

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Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays: Elizabeth Moon


Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays: Elizabeth Moon

This week’s excerpt features OATH OF FEALTY by Elizabeth Moon, the first book in her excellent (and highly recommended) Paladin’s Legacy series. Hit that read more button to check it out.

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Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays: China Mieville


Del Rey Spectra 50 Page Fridays: China Mieville

Our newest excerpt features China Mieville’s multiple award winner KRAKEN. Giant squid? Check. Religious fanaticism? check. The end of the world? Perhaps. Read more to find out…

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New Releases 10/26/10


Here are the latest sci-fi/fantasy releases!
Hardcover

Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Paperback

Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber
Live Free or Die: Troy Rising I by John Ringo
Warrior Priest by Darius Hinks
Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese
Servant of the Underworld: Obsidian & Blood, Book 1 by Aliette de [...]

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Suvudu Likes: 8/21/2010


The Black Prism by Brent WeeksThere are some great sci-fi/fantasy bloggers out there, fans who are devoting a lot of time and energy into supporting authors and their readers. Variety is the spice of life, as they say, and with the menagerie of unique and very different individuals out there contributing, it produces a whole that is better than its parts.

Here is a list of what other bloggers on the internet(s) did in the last week—reviews, interviews, comments, giveaways, and the like.

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Hail to the squid skirt!


What else would one wear to celebrate the publication of China Miéville’s Kraken but a squid skirt?

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