Some junk

The mass market paperback of Edge of Tomorrow came within 150 copies of being the number one science fiction novel in the country, according to Bookscan this week. If you've not bought it and are at all curious—the mass market is the original Japanese novel, not a novelization of the film—why not buy it now? Especially for the #weneeddiversebooks crowd! After all, when was the last time a work in translation was the number one SF title on Bookscan? (Hint: never happened.)

In related news, here's a brief interview with me about All You Need Is Kill: Graphic Novel. So far, amazoners in the UK like it and in the US not so much. Note: according to an aggrieved tweeter, the interview contains spoilers for the manga. Not the five-year-old novel. The manga on which it is based. Now I know why people say "Whatev" instead of "Whatever."

My latest class in the Bay Area is coming up in a couple of weeks: Nick Mamatas: Fabulous Fiction: Mysteries, Thrillers, Romance, Sci Fi, Fantasy & More. Perhaps worth noting is that class alumnus Rahul Kanakia just sold two books to Disney-Hyperion.