John Joseph Adams's Blog, page 17
May 21, 2015
REVIEW: Seattle Geekly on THE END HAS COME – “The idea behind [it] was a brilliant one.”
“I used to be averse to short story collections but The End is Nigh edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey changed that last year with the beginning of The Apocalypse Triptych. […] The idea behind The Apocalypse Triptych was a brilliant one. The editors did such a great job or curating the short stories.” —Seattle Geekly, on The End Has Come (and The Apocalypse Triptych as a whole) [review]
May 17, 2015
NEWS: Upcoming Events Schedule: Baycon, Nebula Awards Weekend, Convergence and Others
I just made a last minute decision to attend Baycon this year (May 22-24), so I wanted to alert folks attending the con that I’ll be there, and also while I’m at it, I thought I’d highlight my other upcoming appearances.
Baycon
May 22 – May 24
Santa Clara, CA
Nebula Awards Weekend
Jun 4 – Jun 7
Chicago, IL
CONvergence
Jul 2 – Jul 5
Bloomington, MN
Worldcon
Aug 19 – Aug 23
Spokane, WA
PAX (tentative)
Aug 28 – Aug 31
Seattle, WA
World Fantasy Convention
Nov 5- Nov 8
Saratoga Springs, NY
[in New York City area]
Nov 9 – Nov 19
New York, NY
Baycon
Santa Clara, CA
Learn More
May 12, 2015
JJA Word Association Theater
I was watching Survivor the other night (shut up, I like it—and I’m a couple episodes behind, no spoilers!). One of the contestants, indignant that someone dared complain that he had flipped on their alliance, stood up, puffed out his chest, and shouted at him:
“You better RELAX, bro!”
It was uttered in such a ridiculous manner, with such exquisite bro-ness, that I could not help but riff on the line:
“If you want to get ready for beach season, you better WAX, bro!”
“If you need to send back that contract, do it by FAX, bro!”
“If it weren’t for the IRS, we wouldn’t have to pay TAX, bro!”
“If you want to get the most antioxidants from your protein smoothie, you gotta add FLAX, bro!”
“If you like video games, you should go to PAX, bro!”
“This weekend, we should go see MAD MAX, bro!”
And, my favorite, the pièce de résistance:
“If you want someone to appreciate your clever metaphors, don’t tell em to DRAX, bro!”
May 2, 2015
REVIEW: NPR on The Apocalypse Triptych – “The most ambitious, audacious undertaking of its kind.”
In a long piece about apocalyptic fiction for NPR, writer Jason Heller calls The Apocalypse Triptych “the most ambitious, audacious undertaking of its kind” and describes the stories as “stories of loss, love, betrayal, and survival pitted against a backdrop of earth-shattering cataclysm” and as “superbly written.” [review]
May 1, 2015
NEWS: THE END HAS COME is Now on Sale!
The End Has Come, volume 3 of The Apocalypse Triptych, is now available!
COVER:
COVER COPY:
Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.
But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild.
THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories.
Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse.
THE END HAS COME features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Carrie Vaughn, Mira Grant, Jamie Ford, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Elizabeth Bear, Ben H. Winters, Scott Sigler, and many others.
THE END IS NIGH is about the match.
THE END IS NOW is about the conflagration.
THE END HAS COME is about what will rise from the ashes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION—John Joseph Adams
BANNERLESS—Carrie Vaughn
LIKE ALL BEAUTIFUL PLACES—Megan Arkenberg
DANCING WITH A STRANGER IN THE LAND OF NOD—Will McIntosh
THE SEVENTH DAY OF DEER CAMP—Scott Sigler
PROTOTYPE—Sarah Langan
ACTS OF CREATION—Chris Avellone
RESISTANCE—Seanan McGuire
WANDERING STAR—Leife Shallcross
HEAVEN COME DOWN—Ben H. Winters
AGENT NEUTRALIZED—David Wellington
GOODNIGHT EARTH—Annie Bellet
CARRIERS—Tananarive Due
IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THE PROMISED LAND—Robin Wasserman
THE UNCERTAINTY MACHINE—Jamie Ford
MARGIN OF SURVIVAL—Elizabeth Bear
JINGO AND THE HAMMERMAN—Jonathan Maberry
THE LAST MOVIE EVER MADE—Charlie Jane Anders
THE GRAY SUNRISE—Jake Kerr
THE GODS HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN—Ken Liu
THE HAPPIEST PLACE . . .—Mira Grant
IN THE WOODS—Hugh Howey
BLESSINGS—Nancy Kress
Cover Art by Julian Aguilar Faylona
Cover Design by Jason Gurley
BUY THE BOOK:
Trade Paperback
Amazon.com
Ebook
Amazon.com
Audiobook (forthcoming May 15)
Audible.com
If you’d like to learn more about the book, read stories from the anthology for free online, or read interviews with the authors, visit the website for The Apocalypse Triptych at johnjosephadams.com/apocalypse-triptych.
NEWS: PRESS START TO PLAY Cover & TOC Reveal
Now that Kotaku has made the big reveal for us, I’m free to also share the final cover, (not final) cover copy, and table of contents for PRESS START TO PLAY, a mostly-original anthology of stories about and inspired by video games I edited (with Daniel H. Wilson) for Vintage. It’s forthcoming in August 2015, but you can pre-order it now.
COVER:
COVER COPY (not final):
Achievement unlocked! In the spirit of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, here are twenty-six works of fiction that put video games—and the people who play them—in the spotlight. Whether these authors are tackling the humble pixelated coin-op arcade games of the 70s and 80s, or the vivid, immersive form of entertainment that abounds today, you’ll never look at phrases like “save point,” “first-person shooter,” “dungeon crawl,” “pwned,” or “kill screen,” in quite the same way again.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Foreword—Ernest Cline
Introduction—John Joseph Adams
God Mode—Daniel H. Wilson
NPC—Charles Yu
Respawn—Hiroshi Sakurazaka (translated by Nathan Collins)
Desert Walk—S.R. Mastrantone
Rat Catcher’s Yellows—Charlie Jane Anders
1Up—Holly Black
Survival Horror—Seanan McGuire
REAL—Django Wexler
Outliers—Nicole Feldringer
—Chris Avellone
Save Me Plz—David Barr Kirtley (reprint)
The Relive Box—T.C. Boyle (reprint)
Roguelike—Marc Laidlaw
All of the People in Your Party Have Died—Robin Wasserman
RECOIL!—Micky Neilson
Anda’s Game—Cory Doctorow (reprint)
Coma Kings—Jessica Barber (reprint)
Stats—Marguerite K. Bennett
Please Continue—Chris Kluwe
Creation Screen—Rhianna Pratchett
The Fresh Prince of Gamma World—Austin Grossman
Gamer’s End—Yoon Ha Lee
The Clockwork Soldier—Ken Liu (reprint)
Killswitch—Catherynne M. Valente (reprint)
Twarrior—Andy Weir
Select Character—Hugh Howey
PRE-ORDER:
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Books-a-Million
IndieBound
The End Has Come
edited by John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey
Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.
But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories.
Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse.
Publisher: John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey
Publication Date: May 1, 2015
April 17, 2015
REVIEW: Fantasy Book Review on WASTELANDS 2
Fantasy Book Review reviews Wastelands 2: “Contain[s] a number of individual stories that are every bit as good – and 2 that are arguably even better [than Wastelands 1]. […] As with all of John Joseph Adams’ work I highly recommend it.” [review]
NEWS: THE END HAS COME Now Available for Pre-Order!
The End Has Come, volume three of The Apocalypse Triptych, is now available for pre-order.
COVER COPY:
Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.
But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild.
THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH tells their stories.
Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse.
THE END HAS COME features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Carrie Vaughn, Mira Grant, Jamie Ford, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Elizabeth Bear, Ben H. Winters, Scott Sigler, and many others.
THE END IS NIGH is about the match.
THE END IS NOW is about the conflagration.
THE END HAS COME is about what will rise from the ashes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION—John Joseph Adams
BANNERLESS—Carrie Vaughn
LIKE ALL BEAUTIFUL PLACES—Megan Arkenberg
DANCING WITH A STRANGER IN THE LAND OF NOD—Will McIntosh
THE SEVENTH DAY OF DEER CAMP—Scott Sigler
PROTOTYPE—Sarah Langan
ACTS OF CREATION—Chris Avellone
RESISTANCE—Seanan McGuire
WANDERING STAR—Leife Shallcross
HEAVEN COME DOWN—Ben H. Winters
AGENT NEUTRALIZED—David Wellington
GOODNIGHT EARTH—Annie Bellet
CARRIERS—Tananarive Due
IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THE PROMISED LAND—Robin Wasserman
THE UNCERTAINTY MACHINE—Jamie Ford
MARGIN OF SURVIVAL—Elizabeth Bear
JINGO AND THE HAMMERMAN—Jonathan Maberry
THE LAST MOVIE EVER MADE—Charlie Jane Anders
THE GRAY SUNRISE—Jake Kerr
THE GODS HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN—Ken Liu
THE HAPPIEST PLACE . . .—Mira Grant
IN THE WOODS—Hugh Howey
BLESSINGS—Nancy Kress
Cover Art by Julian Aguilar Faylona
Cover Design by Jason Gurley
PRE-ORDER:
The book will be exclusive on Amazon for at least 90 days. Estimated release dates for other stores are included below. (Pre-orders are not available for stores other than Amazon for this title.)
Ebook
Kindle (May 1, 2015)
Kobo (August 1, 2015)
Barnes & Noble (August 1, 2015)
JohnJosephAdams.com (August 1, 2015)
Trade Paperback (May 1, 2015)
Amazon
Audiobook
Audible (May 15, 2015)
If you’d like to learn more about the book, read stories from the anthology for free online, or read interviews with the authors, visit the website for The Apocalypse Triptych at johnjosephadams.com/apocalypse-triptych.
