John Joseph Adams's Blog, page 9
October 18, 2016
REVIEW: “Showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates its current renaissance.” —The Washington Post, on BASFF 2016
“The second edition to the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Karen Joy Fowler (Mariner), is just as strong as the first, if not stronger. […] Showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates its current renaissance.” —The Washington Post, on BASFF 2016 [review]
October 12, 2016
REVIEW: “This anthology’s fusion of literary horror and emotional/psychological depth will appeal to readers tired of formulaic genre fiction.” —Library Journal (Starred Review), on WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT?
“This anthology’s fusion of literary horror and emotional/psychological depth will appeal to readers tired of formulaic genre fiction. (Starred Review)” —Library Journal, on WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT? [review]
REVIEW: “Intellectually demanding [… ] a very elite, highly curated set of stories.” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review), on BASFF 2016
“Intellectually demanding […] a very elite, highly curated set of stories. […] A set of primal, classic-seeming tales from our past, present, and future. (Starred Review)” —Kirkus Reviews, on BASFF 2016 [review]
October 4, 2016
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016
Series Editor: John Joseph Adams | Guest Editor: Karen Joy Fowler
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor—a leading writer in the field—then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.
From quiet, elegiac, contemporary tales to far-future, deep-space sagas, the stories chosen by guest editor Karen Joy Fowler and series editor John Joseph Adams for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 demonstrate the vast spectrum of what science fiction and fantasy aims to accomplish, displaying the full gamut of the human experience, interrogating our hopes and our fears—of not just what we can accomplish or destroy as a person, but what we can accomplish or destroy as a people—and throwing us into strange new worlds that can only be explored when we shed the shackles of reality.
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 includes: Salman Rushie, Sofia Samatar, Charlie Jane Anders, Ted Chiang, Kelly Link, Maria Dahvana Headley, Adam Johnson, Kij Johnson, Catherynne M. Valente, Dexter Palmer, and others.
The 2016 volume will collect the best material published in 2015, selected by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Karen Joy Fowler.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: October 4, 2016
September 30, 2016
EVENT: BASFF 2016 Launch Event @ Kepler’s Books Oct. 4
Come join us October 4 @ 7:30pm at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, CA, for a Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 launch event, with me, guest editor Karen Joy Fowler, and contributors Charlie Jane Anders and Liz Ziemska, with moderator Daryl Gregory on hand to lead our discussion. [event details | Facebook invite]
REVIEW: “Sophisticated sf/fantasy readers will find here everything they enjoy about the genre, plus a few other surprising delights.” —Library Journal, on BASFF 2016
“Whether conjuring a little magic or exploring technology’s impact, these impressive selections demonstrate that these works may be brief in length but long on complexity and voice. Sophisticated sf/fantasy readers will find here everything they enjoy about the genre, plus a few other surprising delights.” —Library Journal, on BASFF 2016 [review]
REVIEW: “A genuinely chilling, wildly imaginative collection […] At once timely and timelessly unique, [this anthology] is sure to have genre fans enthralled.” —RT Book Reviews
“A genuinely chilling, wildly imaginative collection […] At once timely and timelessly unique, [this anthology] is sure to have genre fans enthralled.” [Top Pick, 4.5 Star Rating] —RT Book Reviews, on WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT? [review]
September 29, 2016
REVIEW: “[An] amazing collection […] ranging from hilarious to truly terrifying […] a great option to hand to horror fans.” —Booklist
“[An] amazing collection […] ranging from hilarious to truly terrifying […] a great option to hand to horror fans.” —Booklist, on What the #@&% Is That? [review]
REVIEW: “The only rating I could possibly give the book is five stars” —Dread Central
“If you’re looking for a read (or lots of reads, as the case may be) that’s equally fun, scary, and thoughtprovoking, then What the #@&% Is That? will be up your alley. With editors as experienced as John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen, I’d be surprised if most horror/sci-fi fans don’t enjoy it. The only rating I could possibly give the book is five [out of five] stars.” —Dread Central, on What the #@&% Is That? [review]
September 28, 2016
NEWS: New Novel by Debut Author Bryan Camp Acquired for John Joseph Adams Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
In my role as editor of John Joseph Adams Books* for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I just acquired two books by debut novelist Bryan Camp. Here’s the deal memo that just ran on Publishers Marketplace:
Bryan Camp’s THE CITY OF LOST FORTUNES, about a magician with a talent for finding lost things who is forced into playing a high stakes game with the gods of New Orleans for the heart and soul of the city, to John Joseph Adams Books, in a preempt, in a two-book deal, to be published Spring 2018, by Seth Fishman at The Gernert Company (NA).
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* If you missed the news, here’s the Locus and PW reports on the launch of John Joseph Adams Books. Our first three books, Beacon 23, Shift, and Dust by Hugh Howey are out now. Otherwise, thus far I acquired two books in a new series by Carrie Vaughn and two books in a new series by Molly Tanzer.
