Here’s the preliminary cover for one of my forthcoming anthologies, THE MAD SCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO WORLD DOMINATION (Tor, January 2013).
From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr. Doom, readers have long been fascinated by megalomaniacal plans for world domination and the madmen who come up with them. Typically, we see these villains through the eyes of superheroes (or other good guys) as they attempt to put an end to their evil ways. This anthology, however, will explore the world of mad scientists and evil geniuses–from their own point of view.
Evil geniuses are always so keen on telling captured heroes all their fiendish plans. Isn’t it about time someone gave them a platform such as this one to reach the masses with their messages of hope death and prosperity destruction?
Featuring stories by: Carrie Vaughn, Alan Dean Foster, Daniel H. Wilson, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., L. A. Banks, Austin Grossman, Marjorie M. Liu, Ben Winters, David Farland, Mary Robinette Kowal, Harry Turtledove, Seanan McGuire, David D. Levine, Genevieve Valentine, Naomi Novik, Jeffrey Ford, Grady Hendrix, Theodora Goss, Jeremiah Tolbert, and David Brin, plus a new 40,000 word novella from Diana Gabaldon! Also featuring an introduction by legendary X-Men scribe Chris Claremont.
This year’s World Fantasy Award nomination period is still open. The 2011World Fantasy Awards will be presented in Toronto, Ontario during the World Fantasy Convention (November 1-4). Deadline for nominating is May 31.
Anyone who has a supporting or full membership from the 2011 World Fantasy Convention, or the upcoming 2012 World Fantasy Convention may nominate works. If you didn’t attend World Fantasy last year, and you don’t plan to attend this year, you can still nominate by purchasing a supporting membership.
Already registered? Go and nominate your favorite works! Here’s a link to the PDF of the nomination ballot. (Note: You may email your ballot to the award administrator, Rodger Turner, to the email address listed on the ballot.)
Here’s a list of works published in Fantasy Magazine in 2011 that are eligible for the World Fantasy Award this year. (Note that the World Fantasy categories are slightly different than the Nebulas and Hugos in regard to word counts: World Fantasy considers a Novella to be 10,000-40,000 words and Short Story to be 10,000 words or less, whereas the Nebulas and Hugos divide those categories differently, and have a third category [Novelette] in between.)
Short Fiction (under 10,000 words)
March 2011
April 2011
May 2011
June 2011
July 2011
August 2011
September 2011
October 2011
November 2011
December 2011
Additionally, I published one story in Lightspeed in 2011 that I feel could be interpreted as fantasy, or at least is close enough to be considered for the award:
November 2011
And, finally, as usual, I am also eligible for:
Special Award, Professional
- John Joseph Adams (for editing & Fantasy Magazine)
Today, I launched a Kickstarter for a new online horror magazine to be edited by me, called NIGHTMARE.
About the Magazine
In Nightmare‘s pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. No subject is off-limits, and we will be encouraging our writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope.
Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, every month Nightmare will bring you a mix of originals and reprints, and featuring a variety of authors—from the bestsellers and award-winners you already know to the best new voices you haven’t heard of yet. When you read Nightmare, it is our hope that you’ll see where horror comes from, where it is now, and where it’s going.
Nightmare will also include nonfiction, fiction podcasts, and Q&As with our authors that go behind-the-scenes of their stories. Our planned publication schedule each month will include two pieces of original fiction and two fiction reprints, along with a feature interview and an artist gallery showcasing our cover artist. We will publish ebook issues on the first of every month, which will be available for sale in ePub format via our website and also available in other formats such as Kindle and Nook. We will also offer subscriptions to our ebook edition in a variety of formats. Each issue’s contents will be serialized on our website throughout the month, with new features publishing on the first four Wednesdays of every month. (more…)
Here’s the table of contents and cover copy for Other Worlds Than These. (In case you missed it, we just recently revealed the cover.)
Cover Copy
What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world?
We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from The Golden Compass to The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume—until now.
Table of Contents
- Foreword — Lev Grossman
- Introduction — John Joseph Adams
- Moon Six — Stephen Baxter
- A Brief Guide to Other Histories — Paul McAuley
- Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage — Seanan McGuire
- An Empty House With Many Doors — Michael Swanwick
- Twenty-Two Centimeters — Gregory Benford
- Ana’s Tag — William Alexander
- Nothing Personal — Pat Cadigan
- The Rose Wall — Joyce Carol Oates
- The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria — John R. Fultz
- Ruminations in an Alien Tongue — Vandana Singh
- Ten Sigmas — Paul Melko
- Magic for Beginners — Kelly Link
- [A Ghost Samba] — Ian McDonald
- The Cristobal Effect — Simon McCaffery
- Beyond Porch and Portal — E. Catherine Tobler
- Signal to Noise — Alastair Reynolds
- Porridge on Islac — Ursula K. Le Guin
- Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut — Stephen King
- The Ontological Factor — David Barr Kirtley
- Dear Annabehls — Mercurio D. Rivera
- The Goat Variations — Jeff Vandermeer
- The Lonely Songs of Laren Door — George R. R. Martin
- Of Swords and Horses — Carrie Vaughn
- Impossible Dreams — Tim Pratt
- Like Minds — Robert Reed
- The City of Blind Delight — Catherynne M. Valente
- Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain — Yoon Ha Lee
- Angles — Orson Scott Card
- The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories — Christie Yant
- Trips — Robert Silverberg
- For Further Reading — Ross Lockhart
Here’s the cover for my anthology, Other Worlds Than These, forthcoming from Night Shade Books in July 2012. The cover and design is by the amazing Cody Tilson (who also designed and illustrated my Brave New Worlds anthology.)
What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world?
We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass to C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume—until now.
Good news, everyone! Lightspeed and I are again both nominated for the Hugo Award. Lightspeed is again up for best semiprozine and I am again up for best editor (short form). Thanks to everyone who thought my work was worth nominating, and congratulations (and best of luck!) to all of the other nominees. [The other nominees.]
Voting is set to open today (Monday, April 9) and closes on July 31, which also happens to be my birthday. (And you know what would make a really great birthday gift? A HUGO AWARD. Just sayin’!) If you’re a full or supporting member of this year’s Worldcon, you can vote your favorites in each category. [Vote!]
My eligible works last year include my anthologies Brave New Worlds and Lightspeed: Year One, and, of course, Lightspeed Magazine itself. If you want to do some reading before you vote (and you should!), you can still read everything published in Lightspeed online, plus Worldcon will also have our July 2011 issue available for free as part of the Hugo Voter Packet, in a variety of ebook formats. Brave New Worlds will also be be available in the Voter Packet, so huzzah for lots of great free reading!
And if you still can’t decide whether or not to vote for Lightspeed after reading all that, please consider the environment; if Apex, Locus, or NYSRF wins the award for best semiprozine, the Worldcon committee will have to produce THREE Hugos for the winner, whereas if Lightspeed (or Interzone, to be fair!) wins, only one will be necessary. [I kid! Well, I mean, that's all true! But I kid about you basing your decision on that at all. :)]
A lot of people have been asking about the ebook edition of ARMORED, so I thought that question warranted its own post, even though that information is on the ARMORED site. ARMORED is available in ebook format, but it is only available via Baen’s ebook site, www.baenebooks.com. Baen’s ebooks are all DRM-free, provided in multiple formats (and all are available to you via a single purchase), and should work on all ebook reading devices, including iPad, Nook, and Kindle.
Armored is now available at traditional brick and mortar bookstores nationwide (i.e., via Barnes & Noble or various independent booksellers), via online retailers such as Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.com, or from various other vendors. It is also available as an ebook via Baen Ebooks.
I’ll be attending FOGcon this weekend (March 30 – April 1), which takes place in the San Francisco area. Here’s my convention schedule:
Saturday 10:30 a.m. Reading
I’ll be reading from my new anthology, ARMORED.
Saturday 4:30 p.m. You Are Not Your Rejection Slips
Learn techniques for coping with the inevitable ups and downs of a writing career. How can you maintain a sense of self-worth after a hundred rejection slips? How do you handle the feelings of being simultaneously the most brilliant writer ever and the biggest pile of s*** in the field?
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Anthology Pitch-a-Thon
Editors with anthologies will sit on the panel, and describe their books-to-be, along with the hopes and fears of the slush pile; the audience will bounce ideas off the editors, ask questions, and learn about how each panelist makes their selections.
My new anthology, ARMORED, comes out next week (March 27), and accordingly, I’ve just launched the official website for the anthology, which features a few stories from the anthology to read for free, as well as interviews with most of the authors.
Currently, you can read the following content in its entirety:
- Foreword—Orson Scott Card
- Introduction—John Joseph Adams
- The Johnson Maneuver—Ian Douglas
- Jungle Walkers—David Klecha & Tobias S. Buckell
In the coming days and weeks, the following stories will become available:
- Transfer of Ownership—Christie Yant
- Nomad—Karin Lowachee
I also have a giveaway ongoing over at Goodreads. (Ends March 26!)
So pop on over to the official website and check it out, and if you dig it, please tell a friend!
