Category: NEWS

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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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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NEWS: New Humble Bundle, “Made With Kickstarter” Bundle, Features NIGHTMARE and HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!!

The latest Humble Book Bundle is out, and it’s a “Made With Kickstarter” Bundle. It includes issue #33 of Nightmare (which was originally funded on Kickstarter), and HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects (which of course was funded on Kickstarter).

You can pay-what-you-want to get the bundle, which includes a great assortment of titles. Here’s more about the Bundle and how Humble Bundle works, from the press release:

Kickstart your book collection! The biggest books on Kickstarter are now available in a bundle! Name your price for To Be Or Not To Be, God Hates Astronauts, Imagined Realms Book 1, Hollow World, and Help Fund My Robot Army. If you pay more than the average price, you’ll also get The Big Feminist BUT, A Hero at the End of the World, The Great Way Trilogy, The Sleep of Reason: An Anthology of Horror, Steampunk World, and Nightmare Magazine #33. If you pay $15 or more, you’ll receive all of the above plus Code Monkey Save World, Ava’s Demon, The Warden and the Wolf King, and MOTHER RUSSIA.

Pledge what you want. The contents of this bundle would cost you up to $165 if purchased separately, but here at Humble Bundle, you pay what you want.

Read Anywhere. These comics and books are available in multiple formats including CBZ, PDF, MOBI, and ePub, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here for comics and here for books.

Support charity. Choose where the money goes — between the publisher and two charitable causes (EFF and First Book) via the PayPal Giving Fund. For details on how this works, click here. If you like this bundle, feel free to drop something in the Humble tip jar.

If you’ve already got my stuff in the Bundle,  you should still totally go check it out, if for no other reason than it includes Ryan North’s AMAZINGLY BRILLIANT choose-your-own-adventure novel, To Be or Not to Be, which is probably about what you think it’s about.

So what are you waiting for? Go check it out!

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