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It's Monday, it's March 8th, and there's a new Dear Reader. Brought to you in part by the British Columbia Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, because they're giving me a grant too. Damn, the book had better turn out to be as good as the proposal, huh?
Scott Andrews is including "Thieves of Silence" in an e-antho of the best (so far) of his e-zine Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Needless to say, chuffed.
Lovecraft Unbound, which features a story by yours truly, has just been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. Check out Ellen's site for this and other good news about the antho.
I got a couple of mentions on the Locus 2010 recommended reading list. "The Long, Cold Goodbye" is on there, and so is "Thieves of Silence", both under the Novelette heading.
The fabulous Rich Horton (all editors and critics who like my work are by definition fabulous) is buying reprint rights to my story "The Long, Cold Goodbye" for the 2009 edition of the Year's Best Fantasy and Science Fiction put out by Prime Books.
Jetse Devries very generously bought reprint rights to "Summer Ice" for the upcoming Shine anthology of optimistic futures. Check out the site for contests! With prizes!
Here's a semi-permenant link to Fantasy Magazine. I've written a couple of reviews for them, with more to come. Fantasy also has new fiction every week, interviews, and various other cool and amusing things.
I'm keeping my favorite blurb up because it's my favorite: "I read this one during a flight through a bad storm, and at one point the plane shook so violently that everyone screamed and some passengers started praying. My thought was: Now I'll never find out how this book ends." -- Fantasy Book Critic
cover art by David Ho
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The Engine's Child is now in stores!
For the uninitiated: you can find out more about the book here. |
The first chapter of The Engine's Child is still available for your perusal here. Or you can log on to Amazon and get the actual book mailed right to your door.
Reviews of The Engine's Child have been slowing down, but there's a nice new one up here. "If you enjoy your fantasy with richly unusual settings, powerful female characters, and/or the hybridization of magic and technology, The Engine's Child definitely deserves your attention."
A good review on scifiguy.ca. "This is not your traditional fantasy, but an excursion to an island of diverting strangeness and curious possibilities. I like this a lot and hope you give it a try too."
Another review on Fantasy Book Critic says "The Engine's Child is an absolute page-turner featuring a wonderful writing style, imaginative setting and strong characters. Just don't expect a by the numbers epic fantasy. Highly, highly recommended, The Engine's Child has made me a new fan of Holly Phillips..."
Strange Horizons says "Phillips style is never less than spellbinding. [She] is a writer of vision and grace."
From The Agony Column: "'The Engine's Child' suggests that we've stepped past the boundaries of genre and into literature that knows no boundaries."
From Library Journal: "Richly complex."
From the Washington Post: "Richly imaginative."
And from Kirkus: "A rush of images and emotions ... a well-realized fantasy world...delightful prose."
NOTICE: For anyone who is looking for promotional material, marketing information, or wants to get ahold of me for an interview or other public engagement, please contact Ballentine publicist Lisa Barnes (lbarnes AT randomhouse DOT com).
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