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Fan Book Trailer for Black Hole Sun

Check out this awesome new book trailer post on YouTube by a fan of Black Hole Sun. I especially like the music and the summary of the story.

http://youtu.be/Klu298_SsoM

Books of Wonder Signing May 6 NYC

On Sunday, May 6th, Books of Wonder is pleased to welcome seven teen fiction authors to share their thrilling stories of revenge, hope, and courage. Author and National Book Award Finalist PAOLO BACIGALUPI will present The Drowned Cities, set in a dark future America where violence is all too common and two young refugees must fight for their lives; GALAXY CRAZE will introduce The Last Princess, in which a series of natural disasters has devastated the earth, and a young princess of England must escape from a murderous revolutionary who is targeting her royal family; DAVID MACINNIS GILL will share Invisible Sun, an action-packed story featuring a young hero who must race through fire and flood to prove himself, against all odds, to the girl he loves; KATE KLIMO will present Daughter of the Centaurs — Centuriad #1, following the tale of Malora, the last surviving member of a tribe of horse wranglers and hunters, who must now roam the dangerous wild with no one but a band of horses for companionship; ALETHEA KONTIS will introduce Enchanted, an inventive new take on an age-old fairytale about Sunday, the youngest of seven sisters named for the days of the week, who befriends a frog with the potential to become a prince — will she find love in such an unlikely place? ELIZABETH NORRIS will share Unraveling, in which high schooler Janelle is hit by a car then miraculously brought back to life by loner Ben — and her mysterious revival is only the first of many puzzles she’ll have to solve. And last but not least, MARY G. THOMPSON will present Wuftoom, the story of a sick boy named Evan who is confined to his bed and experiencing a metamorphosis into something even science cannot explain, all alone except for his visits from the Wuftoom, a wormlike creature who tells Evan he is becoming “one of them.” Join us on Sunday May 6th for the chance to hear these talented authors speak about their books, take questions from the audience, and sign copies of their work. Ages 12 and up. 1-3pm.

Mars Stinks dot Com

To celebrate the launch of Invisible Sun (and the nearly-complete Shadow on the Sun), we created an new website devoted to the Durango books. W00t! The URL is MarsStinks.com. And more content is on the way, including a new book trailer for Invisible Sun!

Memspiration

One of my favorite writers (and people) has a great terrific blog posts on the inspirations for her soon to be released novel, Meet You at Harry's. http://jbknowles.livejournal.com/4523...

Celebrating Diana Wynne Jones

One of my favorite novels (and anime adaptations) is Howl's Moving Castle. One of my son's favorite series was the Chrestomanci books. The author of these is Diana Wynne Jones. When Diana passed away last year, it was like losing a dear friend, one who only brought us goodies and never asked to borrow money or hand tools. So I was very happy when I received the note below from Diana's US publishers. Please repost and retweet this invitation to any and all authors, readers, librarians, teachers, booksellers and anyone else who loves Diana'a work:

Photo by Ben Millett

It is hard to believe that a year has passed since we lost Diana Wynne Jones. This spring Diana's publishers around the world will be jointly remembering this wonderful author's life and work during an online celebration and extravaganza. The official celebration/blog tour starts on April 12 and will run for two weeks. We have set up a blog at http://dwj2012.tumblr.com/ and it is ready for submissions and for sharing. The Twitter hashtag is #dwj2012. Please join us.

HUGO Nominees 2012

The HUGO Nominees for 2012 just came out. I'm very excited because I see friends in the list!

Best Novel (932 ballots)

Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra)

Deadline by Mira Grant (Orbit)

Embassytown by China Miéville (Macmillan / Del Rey)

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (Orbit)

Best Novella (473 ballots)

Countdown by Mira Grant (Orbit)

"The Ice Owl" by Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011)

"Kiss Me Twice" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's June 2011)

"The Man Who Bridged the Mist" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's September/October 2011)

"The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary" by Ken Liu (Panverse 3)

Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

Best Novelette (499 ballots)

"The Copenhagen Interpretation" by Paul Cornell (Asimov's July 2011)

"Fields of Gold" by Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)

"Ray of Light" by Brad R. Torgersen (Analog December 2011)

"Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)

"What We Found" by Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2011)

Best Short Story (593 ballots)

"The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" by E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld April 2011)

"The Homecoming" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's April/May 2011)

"Movement" by Nancy Fulda (Asimov's March 2011)

"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2011)

"Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue" by John Scalzi (Tor.com)

Best Related Work (461 ballots)

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)

Jar Jar Binks Must Die… and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies by Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)

The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature by Jeff VanderMeer and S. J. Chambers (Abrams Image)

Wicked Girls by Seanan McGuire

Writing Excuses, Season 6 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story (339 ballots)

Digger by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)

Fables Vol 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

Locke & Key Volume 4, Keys to the Kingdom written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)

Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication written and illustrated by Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (The Tayler Corporation)

The Unwritten (Volume 4): Leviathan created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. Written by Mike Carey, illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) (592 ballots)

Captain America: The First Avenger, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely, directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)

Game of Thrones (Season 1), created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin; directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor (HBO)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner Bros.)

Hugo, screenplay by John Logan; directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount)

Source Code, screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones (Vendome Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (512 ballots)

"The Doctor's Wife" (Doctor Who), written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)

"The Drink Tank's Hugo Acceptance Speech," Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon (Renovation)

"The Girl Who Waited" (Doctor Who), written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)

"A Good Man Goes to War" (Doctor Who), written by Steven Moffat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)

"Remedial Chaos Theory" (Community), written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna; directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)

Best Semiprozine (357 ballots)

Apex Magazine edited by Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Sizemore

Interzone edited by Andy Cox

Lightspeed edited by John Joseph Adams

Locus edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.

New York Review of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer

Best Fanzine (322 ballots)

Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer

The Drink Tank edited by James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia

File 770 edited by Mike Glyer

Journey Planet edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, et al.

SF Signal edited by John DeNardo

Best Fancast (326 ballots)

The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe

Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)

SF Signal Podcast, John DeNardo and JP Frantz, produced by Patrick Hester

SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente

StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

Best Professional Editor — Long Form (358 ballots)

Lou Anders

Liz Gorinsky

Anne Lesley Groell

Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Betsy Wollheim

Best Professional Editor — Short Form (512 ballots)

John Joseph Adams

Neil Clarke

Stanley Schmidt

Jonathan Strahan

Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist (399 ballots)

Dan dos Santos

Bob Eggleton

Michael Komarck

Stephan Martiniere

John Picacio

Best Fan Artist (216 ballots)

Brad W. Foster

Randall Munroe

Spring Schoenhuth

Maurine Starkey

Steve Stiles

Taral Wayne

Best Fan Writer (360 ballots)

James Bacon

Claire Brialey

Christopher J Garcia

Jim C. Hines

Steven H Silver

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (396 ballots)

Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2010 or 2011, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).

Mur Lafferty

Stina Leicht

Karen Lord *

Brad R. Torgersen *

E. Lily Yu

*2nd year of eligibility

The Hugo Awards are the premier award in the Science Fiction genre, honoring Science Fiction literature and media as well as the genre's fans. The Hugo Awards were first presented at the 1953 World Science Fiction Convention in Philadelphia (Philcon II), and they have continued to honor Science Fiction and Fantasy notables annually for nearly 60 years.

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INVISIBLE SUN Launch Day!

Woo-Hoo! The companion novel to Black Hole Sun, Invisible Sun, goes on sale today! Any book birthday is special, but Invisible Sun is extra special to me because it id dedicated to my dear friend, critique partner, and cheerleader Julie Prince, who passed away last year. Julie was an inspiration, and it was her belief in my work that helped me get published.

Here's the official copy about the book and yet another smoking hot cover:

Obsessed with MUSE, the clandestine project that created the AI in his brain, mercenary chief Durango draws the ire of the government when he steals part of the secret project data and hightails it with his lieutenant, Vienne, to an ancient monastery. There, he meets the monks who raised Vienne from an orphan and also encounters soldiers working for his old nemesis, the crime lord Mr. Lyme. Lyme controls the territory surrounding the monastery, as well as the datacenters housing the rest of MUSE.

Undeterred, Durango and Vienne pull off an ill-advised raid on Lyme's complex. During the ensuing battle, however, Vienne is captured, and Durango is beaten and left for dead. Now, wounded and shaken, Durango must overcome bounty hunters, treacherous terrain, a full scale civil war, and a warrior monk with an eye for vengeance (not to mention his own guilt, self-doubt, and broken arm) to find Vienne and free her from Archibald, a brain-washing pyromaniac with a Napoleon complex who wants to rule Mars–and kill Durango in the process.

Read the series that Suzanne Collins, author of the Hunger Games, says "Rockets readers to new frontiers!"

Last Day of $.99 Sale of Black Black Hole Sun

LAST CHANCE! Don't miss this exclusive #edeal on BLACK HOLE SUN ow.ly/7YiZh $0.99! Sales ends today! And INVISIBLE SUN comes out tomorrow!

Black Hole Sun for 99 Cents

For a limited time only, Black Hole Sun, is on sale for 99 cents in ebook format from major online retailers! For a buck, you can read the YA sci-fi novel that Suzanne Collins said "rockets readers to new frontiers!" and received starred reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal. Look for the sequel, Invisible Sun, on March 27!

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What a great discount. As close as you can get to being free.

RT Convention and Me

Sandwiching my panel on April 13 at C2E2 are my appearances at the RT Convention, which runs April 11–15. Thanks to Melissa Marr, this is my first appearance at RT, and I'm really looking forward to it. This is my official schedule. I was be in the audience for most of the other YA/teen sessions, as well.

Thursday, 4/12: 11:15–12:15, Panel: READER YA: POST-APOCALYPTIC AND NEAR FUTURE YA PANELISTS; David Macinnis Gill, Beth Revis, Carrie Ryan, Margaret Stohl MODERATOR: Rosemary Clement-Moore
Friday, 4/13: 2:45–3:45, Panel: YOUNG ADULT 7: WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?: BOUNDARIES IN YA PANELIST: Sara Rees Brennan, David Macinnis Gill, Stephanie Kuehnert, Melissa Marr, Richelle Mead MODERATOR: Margaret Stohl
Saturday, 4/14: Teen Day: Signing in the YA Alley, 11:00 AM –2:00 PM
Saturday, 4/14: Teen Day: Speed Dating, 2:30–3:30 (here's the program)
Saturday, 4/14: Teen Day Party, 6:15–7:30