Soulless - Book Review

Soulless is a novel that will appeal to readers of steampunk, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. A fast paced novel filled with vampires, werewolves, tea and parasols.

The main character, Alexia Tarabotti, is feisty and fun reminding one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at some times and Elizabeth Bennett at others. A clever reworking of the Victorian era.

I only wish the book had come out when I wrote this review (in May) rather than in October, because then we'd be that much closer to the release of Gail Carriger's next novel.

And be sure to check back here next month when I post an interview with Ms. Carriger.

The Edge of the World - Kevin J. Anderson

Check out Orbit's website for Kevin J. Anderson's new book. You can read the first three chapters, listen to music inspired by the book (lyrics by Anderson and his wife), watch a video teaser and more.

http://www.orbitbooks.net/banners/the-edge-of-the-world/

News From Orbit

Orbit announces the expansion of their publishing line with a new imprint out of France. In Canada we already receive the UK and the US editions. I wonder if our Quebec stores will start stocking the France editions... It might make a cool addition to the WBBs new French section as well. To read the official announcement, check them out here: www.orbitbooks.net

Book Expo Cont'd - SF Publisher Booths

This post is to showcase some of the amazing booths that were set up. I didn't photograph the major players (Random House, Penguin, etc.) as they didn't have their genre imprints in evidence. Instead you'll see some of the smaller presses that specialize in Sci-Fi and Fantasy. If you've never heard of them, then check out the links at the side of this blog and pay them a visit.


BL Publishing - publishes mostly War Hammer and other gaming related books. They're currently selling their Solaris imprint so they can focus on thier other lines. Let's hope the new owner of Solaris does as good a job as BL has done with it. (Solaris publishes such authors as Gail Z. Martin, Emily Gee and Eric Brown.)

Orbit is the 2 year old SF imprint of Hachette Book Group. They've come out of the gates with a truly remarkable line-up, which just keeps getting better. (Some of their authors: Brent Weeks, Brian Ruckley and Jeff Somers.)

Paizo books has been publishing a lot of pulp SF classics under their Planet Stories imprint. They've decided to put a more pulp look on their covers for future releases.

PYR, an imprint of Promethius Books, was showing off their first mass market: Joel Shepherd's Crossover. They've consistently published high quality books in the SF & F field.

A few publishers that were not represented this year: Dorchester books (C.L. Wilson); Abaddon Books (a UK publisher that does series fiction: Afterblight Chronicles, Pax Britannia, Tomes of the Dead); Juno; Prime; Chaosium...

It's been a difficult year for publishing. Let's hope these smaller presses weather the times to bring us good reads in the future.