Books Received and Read

[netmouse]

Kage Baker's The Sons of Heaven came in the mail this week, thanks to Dot Lin at Tor. This is not an ARC - you can all get it through your local book store if you like; it came out on July 10. The cover art by Paul Youll is straightforward in theme and composition and yet delightfully well-rendered. I look forward to reading it.

Speaking of reading, this week I finished off Territory, by Emma Bull, The Last Colony, by John Scalzi, and before those, Mainspring, by Jay Lake (all from Tor as well -and speaking of cover art, Stehan Martiniere did an absolutely gorgeous job on Mainspring's, as you can see). Now I just need to get off my butt and drop a sheaf of reviews in the general direction of Bill Shafer, and then you'll know what I think of them.

:)

Comments

[childe.livejournal.com]

I may be a little... er... biased, but I hear that there's a book called The Remembrance by some schmo named Crampton.

/shamelessplug

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Oh! are you saying there are advance reading copies (or regular copies) available for reviewers? ;)

[childe.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I don't have any -free- copies available, if that's what you're getting at. Is not having that available for reviewers a faux pas?

I'm still such a n00b at this. :)

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

I don't know about a faux pas, but if you're promoting your own book, it is customary to provide copies for various reviewers out there. At the very least, you should make sure a copy is forwarded to Locus (the magazine).

[childe.livejournal.com]

Well, would you stoop to an electronic copy?

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

I would be honored to have an electronic copy.

Odds that I'll read it are admittedly lower compared to a paper copy, but I'd be delighted anyway. (I've had an electronic copy of Scalzi's Android's Dream for over a year now. Have a I read it? No, not the whole thing. I spend too much time online reading things for work (either research or copy editing).