NEWS: My 2015 Worldcon Schedule

I’ll be at Worldcon/Sasquan this year. I won’t be there till Friday morning, but I’ll be there through Sunday afternoon. Here’s my schedule:

  • SpoCon Presents: Short Story Editors
    Aug 21 01:00 PM to 01:45 PM (45 minutes)
    John Joseph Adams , Ellen Datlow , Mir Plemmons (M)
  • Climate Change – Science and Fiction
    Aug 21 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM (45 minutes)
    Ctein (M), John Joseph Adams , Ramez Naam , Bobbie Benton Hull , Gregg Castro
  • Signing / Meet & Greet at the Audiobooks by Skyboat Media / Lightspeed Booth (N12)
    Aug 31 11:00 AM to 12:45 PM (1 hour 45 minutes)
    John Joseph Adams, Christie Yant (till 11:45 AM)
  • How to Edit Anthologies
    Aug 22 01:00 PM to 01:45 PM (45 minutes)
    John Joseph Adams , Ellen Datlow , Rich Horton , Mike Resnick (M)
  • The Future of Short Fiction: Online Magazines Today
    Aug 22 02:00 PM to 02:45 PM (45 minutes)
    Anaea Lay , Scott H. Andrews , Mike Resnick (M), John Joseph Adams , Neil Clarke
  • Hugo Awards Reception
    Aug 22 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (2 hours)
  • Hugo Awards Ceremony
    Aug 22 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM (2.5 hours)
  • Kaffee Klatche – John Joseph Adams
    Aug 23 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM (45 minutes)
    John Joseph Adams
  • Reading – John Joseph Adams
    Aug 23 02:00 PM to 02:30 PM (30 minutes)
    John Joseph Adams

Also, if you’re looking for Lightspeed special issues, there will be several available at the Audiobooks by Skyboat Media / Lightspeed Booth (N12), including the Limited Editions of Women Destroy Science Fiction! and the Queers Destroy Science Fiction! special issues of Lightspeed, plus copies of Women Destroy Fantasy! and Women Destroy Horror!, and copies of the Lightspeed anthology Lightspeed: Year One.

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NEWS: PRESS START TO PLAY Panel at PAX Prime August 30!

If  you’re going to PAX Prime this year, please check out our panel:

PRESS START TO READ: Stories Based on the World of Games
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Cerberus Theatre | WSCC Level 3

Video games have always been driven by stories. Granted, some of the earliest stories weren’t terribly sophisticated, but each new generation of games bring us deeper, more complex narratives within our games and stories that unfold just like great works of literature. Join the editors and authors of PRESS START TO PLAY, an anthology of stories inspired by and based on games, for a discussion on the relationship between games, literature, and what authors and developers can learn from each other.

Participants: John Joseph Adams (M), Daniel H. Wilson, Cat Rambo*, Chris Avellone, Django Wexler, Chris Kluwe

Also, we have a signing afterward!

BOOK SIGNING
7:30 PM | Autographing Area | Westin Hotel

Participants: John Joseph Adams, Daniel H. Wilson, Chris Avellone, Django Wexler, Chris Kluwe

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*Not actually a contributor to the anthology, but awesome nonetheless.

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NEWS: THE END HAS COME Ebook Wide Release (Now Available Outside of Amazon)

THE END HAS COME is now available as an epub ebook in the Kobo and Nook stores, and is also now available in mobi/Kindle, epub, and pdf from the JohnJosephAdams.com store. And, of course, it’s still available on Kindle via Amazon, as well as in trade paperback and audiobook.

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REVIEW: Adam-Troy Castro on Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015

On Facebook, author (and reviewer) Adam-Troy Castro started reading Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (guest editor: Joe Hill), and just three stories in made the following pronouncement: “On the basis of those first three stories, alone, I am ready to call this book a monument.” There’s a lot of background behind that praise that he goes into in his post which is well worth reading as well (which he couches in the context of “behind the scenes of a writer’s ego”). [review]

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NEWS: BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2015 Contributor List Announced

Advance Review Copies of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 are trickling out into the world, so we thought now would be a good time to announce our contributor list. The anthology will contain stories from the following authors; we’re keeping the specific stories selected for inclusion under wraps for now, but meanwhile here is a list of the authors featured in the anthology.

  • Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2015Nathan Ballingrud
  • T.C. Boyle
  • Adam-Troy Castro
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Theodora Goss
  • Alaya Dawn Johnson
  • Kelly Link
  • Carmen Maria Machado
  • Seanan McGuire
  • Sam J. Miller
  • Susan Palwick
  • Cat Rambo
  • Jess Row
  • Karen Russell
  • A. Merc Rustad
  • Sofia Samatar
  • Sofia Samatar (that’s right, TWO STORIES!)
  • Kelly Sandoval
  • Jo Walton
  • Daniel H. Wilson

The book will publish on October 6, 2015, and can be pre-ordered now:

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NEWS: SDCC Giveaway for PRESS START TO PLAY Was a Hit!

Daniel H. Wilson and I were both at San Diego Comic Con this past weekend, and we had the opportunity to giveaway about 160 copies of PRESS START TO PLAY to eager SDCC patrons. We did a big group signing as well, as several of the contributors to the anthology were in attendance.

It was really great to see how excited people were about the book. And hey, if you’re one of those lucky people who got a free signed copy, I hope you’ll consider telling a friend about it and/or posting a kind note on Goodreads or the like!

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Back Row (L to R): Jessica Barber, Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams, Daniel H. Wilson, Chris Avellone | Front Row (L to R): Rhianna Pratchett, Micky Neilson, Seanan McGuire (not pictured: Austin Grossman)

Press Start SDCC Table

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