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DEL REY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
AUTHORS ON TOUR
TROY DENNING, author of Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Invincible, will be touring at the locations below to sign his new novel, the triumphant conclusion to the Legacy of the Force nine-book series!
ROSEVILLE, MN
Tuesday, 5/13 @ 7:00pm
Barnes & Noble
2100 North Snelling Ave
OAK BROOK, IL
Wednesday, 5/14 @ 7:30pm
Borders Books & Music
1500 16th Street, Suite D
CARMEL, IN
Thursday, 5/15 @ 7:00pm
Barnes & Noble
14709 US Hwy 31 North
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Saturday, 5/17 @ 1:00pm
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine St.
HUNTINGTON, NY
Sunday, May 18 @ 2:00pm
Book Revue
313 New York Avenue
HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO
Thursday, May 29 @ 7:30pm
Tattered Cover
9315 Dorchester Street
SEATTLE, WA
Friday, May 30 @ 7:00pm
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
FOLSOM, CA
Sunday, June 1 @ 2:00pm
Borders Books & Music
2765 E. Bidwell St.
ORLANDO, FL
Saturday, June 7, time to be announced
Disney Hollywood Studios
AUTHOR PANELS AT NEW YORK COMIC CON
The following Del Rey/Villard authors will appear on these panels at New York ComicCon, which will run April 18-20, 2008, in the Jacob Javits Center, New York City. For much, much more information, see the NYCC website at http://www.nycomiccon.com.
Women in Fantasy and SF
Friday 4/18, 5-6 PM, Panel Room 3 (1E15)
• Naomi Novik, Empire of Ivory
Del Rey Manga
Saturday 4/19, 12-1 PM, Panel Room 2 (1E03)
Science Fiction Roundtable
Saturday 4/19, 3-4 PM, Panel Room 3 (1E16)
• Peter David, Tigerheart
• Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void
Terry Brooks Talks Shannara
Saturday 4/19, 1-2 PM, Panel Room 3 (1E07)
Terry Brooks Autograph Signing
With Robert Napton
Saturday 4/19, 4:30-6:30 PM, Autograph Room
• Ticketed signing: Tickets are free and available at the NYCC Variant Stage.
New York City Through Its Authors
Saturday 4/19, 2-3 PM, Panel Room 3 (1E08)
• Nina Harper, Succubus in the City
• Alissa Torres, American Widow
Flight panel
Sunday 4/20, 11 AM-12 PM, Room (1E08)
• Kazu Kibuishi, Amy Kim Ganter, Jake Parker, and Phil Craven
The following NYCC signings will be held at the Del Rey booth, #1920. Some may move to the Midtown Comics booth instead, but fans can always check at our booth first for details:
Saturday 4/19:
• Peter David, 11:00am-noon, signing free advance copies of Tigerheart
• Naomi Novik, 12:30pm-1:30pm, signing free advance copies of Victory of Eagles
• Peter F. Hamilton, 1:30pm-2:30pm, signing The Dreaming Void (on sale for $27)
• Nina Harper, 3:30pm-4:30pm, signing free copies of Succubus in the City
Sunday 4/20:
• Kazu Kibuishi, 2:00pm-3:00pm, signing Flight Explorer (on sale for $10)
If you can't make Terry Brooks' Saturday signing, catch him at the Midtown Comics booth Friday from 5:30pm-6:30pm.
DARK WRAITH CONTEST WINNERS
Andrew Ive, William T. Fee, Patrick Lafferty, Harry Staruk, Diane Pollock, Stephanie Wright, Robert McCammant, Ellen Bean, Mike Philpot and Gregory Simeroth
THE QUEEN'S BASTARD ADVANCE COPY CONTEST
A beautiful young assassin who must hide her identity as a queen's illegitimate daughter is the heroine of The Queen's Bastard, the first of two books for Del Rey by C.E. Murphy (author of Urban Shaman, Heart of Stone and many more paranormal fantasy/romance novels). Fluent in languages and cold-blooded enough to take lives when she must, Belinda Primrose is able to take on any persona that will allow her to infiltrate the inner circles of her mother's enemies. But her spying takes a very different twist when she discovers her birthright has gifted her with magical powers her mother never knew—powers that enable her to attract the love of handsome young Prince Javier, whose throne her mother both fears and desires, and to make Belinda wonder—for the first time—whether she wants to seize power of her own.
To enter the drawing for an early copy of The Queen's Bastard, please send your name and address in the body of an email with the subject heading QUEEN'S BASTARD by Friday, April 18th, 2008 to delrey@randomhouse.com. Winners, chosen at random, will be notified by email.
AND DON'T FORGET! What we ask in return from the lucky winners of these early copies is that you please send us your comments on the book, good or bad, in an email. In sending your comments on the book, please tell us if you do not want us to publish them in a future DRIN.
OUR LATEST BESTSELLER!
Del Rey is proud to announce that Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Revelation hit the New York Times paperback bestseller list at #1 and has stayed on the list for three weeks! Don't miss its sequel, Invincible, the final book in the Legacy of the Force series, coming May 2008 from Del Rey!
MICHAEL MOORCOCK TO BE SFWA GRAND MASTER
British author Michael Moorcock, perhaps most famous for crafting the adventures of Elric of Melnibone—which Del Rey is reissuing in beautiful new fully illustrated omnibus editions—will be honored as the newest Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America at the Nebula Awards in April. Previous Grand Masters have included Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Anne McCaffrey, and Robert Heinlein.
Official SFWA announcement
AUTHOR ARTHUR C. CLARKE DIES AT 90
World-renowned author Arthur C. Clarke died recently at his home in Sri Lanka. Clarke is famous not only for his brilliant literary work, but for his uncanny predictions of future technologies, seemingly boundless imagination, and tenacious optimism about mankind's potential both on this planet and in the stars. As Del Rey editor Chris Schluep, who was on vacation in Brazil when notified of Clarke's death, was recently quoted as saying on GalleyCat, "I can't help but think that without his ground-breaking work on satellite technology, it wouldn't even be possible to have heard the news and provide such an immediate reaction."
• Times of London obituary
• New York Times essay
• Omnivoracious tribute
AWARDS AND HONORS
At Norwescon 31, in SeaTac, Washington, the winners for the 2007 Philip K. Dick Award Winner were announced, and a special citation was given to Del Rey author Minister Faust for his novel From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain. The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.
Richard K. Morgan is now among the six authors shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2008, the UK's main prize for science fiction literature, for his book Thirteen (UK title Black Man).
Thirteen has also earned Morgan a nomination for the Gumshoe Awards, given by review site Mystery Ink each year to recognize the best achievements in the world of crime fiction, in the category of Best Thriller. The winners will be announced on April 21, 2008.
CRITICS' PICKS
Lane Robins' dark fantasy Maledicte has been selected for the 2007 Locus Recommended Reading List in the category of First Novel.
JUST FOR FUN
Del Rey has published the classic dark fantasies of H.P. Lovecraft for many years. Now Lovecraft fans and internet humorists alike may be interested to know that horror, humor, and the web have a new and truly monstrous offspring: LolThulhu. (Ya, R'lyeh.)
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