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March 9, 2010
Pyr Celebrates 5th Anniversary With Essay Contest
Grand Prize Winner Embarks on a ‘Pyr and Dragons Adventure’
Amherst, NY — To celebrate their 5th anniversary, Pyr, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books, will sponsor a contest that incorporates things they hold dear: creative and powerful writing, a passion for reading [...]
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Press Release: Pyr Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Essay Writing Contest
TWO Blurbs for GFTW!
One of the best things about being a reviewer is when you get blurbed.
First off is Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson. The blurb comes from my review of Plague Year (an awesome book). Plague Zone will hit stores November 24, 2009.
Characters never stand still, political intrigue abounds, and the characters face almost certain death [...]
Book Review: Diving into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
# Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure
# Paperback: 375 pages
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: November 24, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1591027861
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027867
# Author Website: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The adventure-filled story of Diving into the Wreck was first introduced to readers with a novella (of the same name) in the August 2005 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. That [...]
Book Review: Sasha by Joel Shepherd
# Genre: Historical Fantasy, Epic/High Fantasy
# Paperback
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: October 27, 2009
# ISBN-10: 159102787X
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027874
#Author Website: Joel Shepherd
In the Cassandra Kresnov trilogy, Joel Shepherd created a strong heroine with a powerful personality. The pseudo-historical epic fantasy Sasha continues Shepherds trend by introducing the reader to Sashandra “Sasha” Lenayin, former princess and [...]
Book Review: World’s End by Mark Chadbourn
# Genre: Fantasy, Apocalyptic Fiction
# Paperback: 415 pages
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: May 26, 2009
# ISBN-10: 159102739X
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027393
# Author Website: http://www.markchadbourn.net/
British author Mark Chadbourn describes his Age of Misrule series as an “offer [of] something distinctive, an extra choice for the reader. What I’ve done with Age of Misrule is to take certain [...]
Book Review: Blood of Ambrose by James Enge
# Genre: Sword and Sorcery, Epic/High Fantasy
# Paperback: 480 pages
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: April 21, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1591027365
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027362
# Author Website
I have been a fanboy of Morlock Ambrosius and his creator James Enge ever since they first appeared in Black Gate 8 with “Turn up this Crooked Way”. The stories of Morlock, [...]
Free Fiction: The Crooked Letter by Sean Williams
Pyr is offering everyone a free pdf download of The Crooked Letter by Sean Williams.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
When mirror twins Seth and Hadrian Castillo travel to Europe on holidays, they don’t expect the end of the world to follow them. Seth’s murder, however, puts exactly that into motion.
From opposite sides of death, the Castillo twins grapple [...]
Book Review: Midwinter by Matthew Sturges
# Genre: Epic Fantasy; Sword and Sorcery; Parallel Worlds
# Title: Midwinter
# Author: Matthew Sturges
# Paperback: 430 pages
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: March 24, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1591027349
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027348
On its surface, Midwinter by Matthew Sturges should have been the kind of book I love. Fairie based epic fantasy? Check. Lots of sword fights? Check. Truly [...]
Book Review: Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald
# Author: Ian McDonald
# Paperback: 330 pages
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: February 24, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1591026997
# ISBN-13: 978-1591026990
# Author Website: Cyberabad
At first, I didn’t think I was going to enjoy reading Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald. I think I can boil my reasoning down to three factors:
1. Near future SF has never been [...]
Book Review: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
* Genre: Epic Fantasy
* ISBN: 1591026903
* ISBN-13: 9781591026907
* Format: Paperback, 448pp
* Publisher: Prometheus Books
* Pub. Date: September 01, 2008
* Series: The First Law Trilogy, #3
* Author Website
* Author Blog
Don’t tell anyone, but Last Argument of Kings is already available for sale at Amazon, a whole month early.
Have you ever felt that sometimes a hero is [...]
