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Interview: Poppy Z. Brite, Andrew Fox & Albert Cowdrey (post-Katrina)

[Note: This interview first appeared in Science Fiction Weekly in 2005.]

In late August 2005, a Category 5 hurricane called Katrina struck New Orleans, causing over thirteen hundred deaths, and over $100 billion dollars in damages. It was a hurricane so destructive, and one that has made such an impact on America’s social consciousness, that it’s under consideration by Time Magazine to be deemed its “Person of the Year” (a distinction once given to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin). And when Katrina’s storm surge caused the 17th Street Canal levee to break, flood waters overwhelmed the city, ensuring that the city, and it’s residents, will never be the same.

Just as Hurricane Katrina affected America as a whole, so did it affect the science fiction community. Three members of our community in particular witnessed Katrina’s impact first-hand, these being: long-time New Orleans residents Poppy Z. Brite, Andrew Fox, and Albert E. Cowdrey. Science Fiction Weekly tracked down these Katrina survivors and asked them to relate their experiences and to speculate on their beloved city’s future. (more…)

Interview: Richard K. Morgan

[Note: This interview first appeared in Science Fiction Weekly, in 2004.]

Richard K. Morgan was born in London, England in 1965, but lives in Glasgow, Scotland these days. He worked for fourteen years in the English Language Teaching industry, then his first novel, Altered Carbon (2002 U.K./2003 U.S.), was sold to major publishers on both sides of the pond (Gollancz/Del Rey) and subsequently optioned by Hollywood for a sum large enough for him to quit his day job…and he’s been writing ever since.

He is also the author of Broken Angels (2003 U.K./2004 U.S.) and Market Forces (2004 U.K./forthcoming, U.S.). You can visit his website at http://www.richardkmorgan.co.uk/.

I interviewed Richard via email in April 2004. (more…)

The Book of Cthulhu

I’m editing another anthology of reprint fiction for Night Shade Books, this time focused on Cthulhu/Mythos fiction. It will be called The Book of Cthulhu and will be released sometime next fall. As I’ve done with most of my other anthologies, I’d like to solicit recommendations, so if you have any outstanding examples of Cthulhu fiction you’d to point out to me, please feel free to let me know about them by entering them into my Cthulhu/Mythos Fiction Database.

This project has been canceled. See this post for details.

Brave New Worlds Table of Contents

Here’s the table of contents for my forthcoming dystopian anthology, Brave New Worlds, which comes out in January.

Introduction — John Joseph Adams
The Lottery — Shirley Jackson
Red Card — S. L. Gilbow
Ten With a Flag — Joseph Paul Haines
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas — Ursula K. Le Guin
Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment — M. Rickert
The Funeral — Kate Wilhelm
O Happy Day! — Geoff Ryman
Pervert — Charles Coleman Finlay
From Homogenous to Honey — Neil Gaiman & Bryan Talbot
Billennium — J. G. Ballard
Amaryllis — Carrie Vaughn
Pop Squad — Paolo Bacigalupi
Auspicious Eggs — James Morrow
Peter Skilling — Alex Irvine
The Pedestrian — Ray Bradbury
The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away — Cory Doctorow
The Pearl Diver — Caitlín R. Kiernan
Dead Space for the Unexpected — Geoff Ryman
“Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman — Harlan Ellison^®
Is This Your Day to Join the Revolution? — Genevieve Valentine
Independence Day — Sarah Langan
The Lunatics — Kim Stanley Robinson
Sacrament — Matt Williamson
The Minority Report — Philip K. Dick
Just Do It — Heather Lindsley
Harrison Bergeron — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Caught in the Organ Draft — Robert Silverberg
Geriatric Ward — Orson Scott Card
Arties Aren’t Stupid — Jeremiah Tolbert
Jordan’s Waterhammer — Joe Mastroianni
Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs — Adam-Troy Castro
Resistance — Tobias S. Buckell
Civilization — Vylar Kaftan
For Further Reading — Ross E. Lockhart

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Aggiecon 42 Guest of Honor

I’ll be attending Aggiecon 42 in March 2011 as a guest of honor, along with Catherynne M. Valente. There’s not much information about the convention on the website as of yet, but the subtitle of this year’s con is “Life, the Con, and Everything”–a nod to Douglas Adams, given this is Aggiecon number 42. Aggiecon is put on annually by the Cepheid Variable group at Texas A&M University.

Aggiecon 42 takes place March 25-27, 2011, in College Station, TX.

World Fantasy 2010

I’ll be attending the World Fantasy Convention later this week. I’ll be arriving Thursday evening and departing early Monday morning.

Here’s my schedule:

Friday, 8-11:30PM (Regency Ballroom)
AUTOGRAPH RECEPTION

Saturday, 4-4:30pm (Knox Room)
READING

For my reading, I’ll be reading a few selections from my anthologies. I’d rather do a group reading, featuring the authors etc., but World Fantasy forbids such events for some reason.

Hope to see you all there!

Fantasy Magazine to Relaunch in March 2011 with a New Look, a New Approach, and a New Editor

ROCKVILLE, MD, OCT. 25 — Fantasy Magazine, the critically-acclaimed online short fiction magazine published by Prime Books, will relaunch in March 2011, with a brand new look, a new approach, and a new editor: bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams (Wastelands, The Living Dead).

Fantasy Magazine is currently edited by Sean Wallace and Cat Rambo. Wallace, who is also the publisher of Prime Books and Fantasy Magazine, will stay on as publisher but will be stepping down as co-editor. Rambo, who in addition to her work as an editor is also an accomplished author, will be stepping down in order to focus on her writing. John Joseph Adams will edit Fantasy Magazine while continuing to edit Lightspeed Magazine (also published by Prime Books), bringing both magazines under the same editorial umbrella.

Fantasy’s new publishing approach will bring it in line with its sister magazine, Lightspeed. Like Lightspeed, Fantasy will:

Offer all of its content for free on the web
Offer ebook editions of every issue of the magazine (including back issues)
Publish four short stories a month (two originals and two reprints)
Publish three nonfiction articles a month, closely tied to the fiction, plus one feature interview
Publish two fiction podcasts a month, produced by award-winning producer and narrator Stefan Rudnicki
Publish interviews with Fantasy Magazine authors (a/k/a “Author Spotlights”)

Fantasy Magazine launched in 2005 as a print magazine, before transitioning to its current online model in 2007. The magazine’s current inventory, selected by Rambo and Wallace, will appear in the magazine through February 2011; Adams will take editorial control of the magazine immediately, and his first selections will debut in the March 2011 issue when the new website launches.

About John Joseph Adams (Editor)

John Joseph Adams (www.johnjosephadams.com) is the bestselling editor of many anthologies, such as Wastelands, The Living Dead (a World Fantasy Award finalist), The Living Dead 2, The Way of the Wizard, By Blood We Live, Federations, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Barnes & Noble.com named him “the reigning king of the anthology world,” and his books have been named to numerous best of the year lists. Prior to taking on the role of editor at Lightspeed and Fantasy Magazine, John worked for nearly nine years in the editorial department of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In addition to his editorial work, John is also the co-host of io9.com’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

About Prime Books

Prime Books (www.prime-books.com), edited and published by Hugo Award- and World Fantasy Award-winner Sean Wallace, is an independent publishing house specializing in a mix of anthologies, collections, novels, and magazines. Some of its established and new authors/editors include John Joseph Adams, KJ Bishop, Philip K. Dick, Theodora Goss, Rich Horton, Nick Mamatas, Sarah Monette, Holly Phillips, Tim Pratt, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, and Jeff VanderMeer.

Contacts

Sean Wallace, publisher: sean@fantasy-magazine.com
John Joseph Adams, editor: john@fantasy-magazine.com

THE WAY OF THE WIZARD Table of Contents

My anthology, The Way of the Wizard, is forthcoming in November from Prime Books. Here’s the cover copy, and the table of contents is after the cut:

Power. We all want it, they’ve got it—witches, warlocks, sorcerers, necromancers, those who peer beneath the veil of mundane reality and put their hands on the levers that move the universe. They see the future in a sheet of glass, summon fantastic beasts, and transform lead into gold…or you into a frog. From Gandalf to Harry Potter to the Last Airbender, wizardry has never been more exciting and popular.

Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams (The Living Dead) brings you 32 of the most spellbinding tales ever written, by some of today’s most magical talents, including Neil Gaiman, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Robert Silverberg, Kelly Link, and many more.

Enter a world where anything is possible, where imagination becomes reality. Experience the thrill of power, the way of the wizard. (more…)

BRAVE NEW WORLDS cover!

Here’s the cover of my next anthology from Night Shade Books, Brave New Worlds, an anthology of dystopian fiction, which is due out in January 2011. The art and cover design is by Cody Tilson.

Here’s the cover copy:

YOU ARE BEING WATCHED.

In his smash-hit anthologies Wastelands and The Living Dead, acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams showed you what happens when society is utterly wiped away. Now he brings you a glimpse into an equally terrifying future — what happens when civilization invades and dictates every aspect of your life? From 1984 to The Handmaid’s Tale, from Children of Men to Bioshock, the dystopian imagination has been a vital and gripping cautionary force. Brave New Worlds collects the best tales of totalitarian menace by some of today’s most visionary writers, including Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

When the government wields its power against its own people, every citizen becomes an enemy of the state. Will you fight the system, or be ground to dust beneath the boot of tyranny?

The contents are not final on the book yet, so I can’t post them yet, but all of the authors on the cover are finalized, so they’re definitely in the book. Like my other recent Night Shade anthologies, the book will run around 230,000 words all together.

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